MARO | |
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 MARO in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca |
| Born | 30 October 1994 Lisbon, Portugal |
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Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca (born 30 October 1994), known professionally as MARO (stylised in all caps), is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She won Festival da Canção 2022 and represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "Saudade, saudade".[1][2]
Mariana is the second of the three children of João Pedro Basto Forjaz Secca and Cristina Isabel Capello Brito da Cruz.[3] She initially planned to become a veterinarian, but instead chose to pursue a musical career, studying at Berklee College of Music and moving to Los Angeles.[4]
She has collaborated with Jacob Collier in his Djesse Vol. 2 album and has a presence on YouTube, where she posted videos of herself singing with artists such as António Zambujo, Rosa Passos, Eric Clapton, Mayra Andrade, Salvador Sobral and a plethora of other artists.
She features on the track "Better Now" by American electronic music duo Odesza, the second single from the upcoming album The Last Goodbye.[5] As of April 2022, the song peaked at 19th on the Dance/Electronic Billboard Chart.[6]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| POR [7] |
ISL [8] |
IRE [9] |
LTU [10] |
NLD [11] |
SWE [12] |
SUI [13] | |||
| "Midnight Purple" (featuring NASAYA) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Why" (featuring Ariza) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What Difference Will it Make" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mi condena" (featuring Vic Mirallas) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tempo" (featuring NASAYA) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I See it Coming" (featuring NASAYA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Saudade, saudade" | 2022 | 3 | 13 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 79 | |
| "Am I Not Enough for Now?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Can You See Me? | |
| "We've Been Loving in Silence" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "It Keeps On Raining" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Like We're Wired" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
