DANIELA MERCURY

BIOGRAPHY

Daniela is a singer born in the Carnival of Bahia who is always revolutionizing her artistic expression. It all started when Daniela discovered her talent as she performed in pubs, at the age of 15. Soon after that, she dared to face the most difficult challenge: Trio Elétrico - a mobile stage followed by thousands of people through the streets of Salvador. For the artist, there couldn't be a better school. Nobody would understand how a singer who had suddenly appeared was already capable of such a complete performance. Only the Carnival of Bahia could solve that mystery. And that is one of the secrets for her great success, which has naturally made Daniela Mercury one of the main artists of Brazilian Popular Music nowadays. With her innovative spirit and all the energy she puts forth on stage, Daniela Mercury took her music everywhere, as a truly ambassadress of Brazilian culture. The need to express her ideas, opinions, feelings and musicality has revealed Daniela, since her very first album, as a great songwriter. Either on her own or with a partner, Daniela wrote songs for all her albums and some of those tracks became smashing hits. She is also responsible for the arrangements of most of the songs performed in her albums and concerts, elaborating them either on her own or in a collective creation process together with her band’s musicians. This participation in the arrangements allows the artist to defend each work with the confidence of those who achieve their goals and the joy of an artist who lives according to her artistic identity. To make way for her independence, she founded the production agency “O Canto da Cidade”, which she heads. With the same effort towards autonomy, Páginas do Mar was conceived: a music publishing house created by Daniela to guarantee the control of her work therefore avoiding the bad usage or vulgarization of her songs. Thus, Daniela Mercury decides on the routes of her career and feels free to make daring or commercially risky choices. She is autonomous to do her social and citizenship work together with the UNICEF, the Comunidade Solidária and the UNESCO and, above all, she keeps her integrity as an artist.