The song that is widely held to be the second most-covered song of all time — after the Beatles’ “Yesterday” — is “The Girl From Ipanema,” aka “Garota de Ipanema,” whose ubiquitousness was so taken ...

Part of the challenge is in the specificity of her music: Anitta’s roots are in Brazilian funk, also called “baile funk” and “funk carioca,” the distinctive Rio-born musical style that parallels ...

NPR catches up with Anitta, the most popular singer to come out of Brazil in years, who's up for a Grammy for Best New Artist. How Anitta, the 'Girl from Rio,' went global RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — ...

Fans sing along to Anitta at the Village Festival in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 4. Anitta sat down with NPR at her home in one of west Rio de Janeiro's exclusive gated communities earlier this month. She ...

The song that is widely held to be the second most-covered song of all time — after the Beatles’ “Yesterday” — is “The Girl From Ipanema,” aka “Garota de Ipanema,” whose ubiquitousness was so taken ...

Anitta performs at the Village Festival in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 4. (Marco Storel for NPR) Anitta walks to the stage to perform at Village Festival in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 4. (Marco Storel for NPR) ...

Getting the rights to use the melody of Jobim's 1960s classic was no picnic, but it was worth it, as the single is quickly rising at American Top 40 stations, even as it stands as one of the Brazilian ...