Anna Eira Margarida Mourão de Melo e Abreu (born February 7, 1990) is a Finnish-Portuguese singer. She came in second in the Finnish Idols 2007 contest, receiving 43% of the final votes. Abreu enchanted the judges with her strong and unique voice, but still being a girl of only 155 cm in height. She sailed through the semi-finals with an impressive 80% of the votes, performing Seether’s “Broken”. Abreu expressed interest in singing genres such as latino, R’n’B and soul in the future. She received a record deal in May 2007.
Her first single ‘End of Love’ was released in June. Her first full length album was released on the 22nd August 2007, which sold gold on the first day of its release. The album is mostly pop with influences of soul, R’n’B and latino. The album includes two Spanish and Portuguese songs, the song previously known from Idols: “Solta-se o Beijo” and a new song “Contigo Corazón”. Also the song “Ivory Tower” has lines in Portuguese. The rest of the songs are in English. Her second album was released on the 22nd October 2008, its name is “NOW”. Her third album called “Just A Pretty Face?” was released on the 21st October 2009. |
