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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gabriela S. Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese

Anitta writes song and cheers for samba school celebrating her Afro-Brazilian faith

Brazil Carnival - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country's biggest stage: the Sambadrome.

This year, the 31-year-old took on the new challenge of joining some of Brazil's most traditional samba artists as a songwriter for a Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro.

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