I just found out about this Portuguese "diva" at Janetxone:

Raquel posted:

"Yeah Mariza is a portuguese singer!! our diva!! she's very young..around 29 i think!!

Sting has a song with her.....Madonna is a big fan....but today she was on portuguese tv...and talking about her famous fans...and she said...I met Janet in Spain last year..and she said she was a fan of my music and that i was really talented!!

No wonder....MAriza is,,,probably the best singer i've heard in many years.....i saw her live...she playes before Alicia Keys in Lisbon..and she's fabulous!!

if ya live in europe...u may know her....if ya don't...well...Janet really likes her....she sings Fado ( that's a tradicional portuguese thing...but some of her songs are jazz.....and..well...janet likes brazilian jazz...so that makes sense cause in Brazil people talk portuguese!!!!

Here is MAriza....she's very....different!!"

Later another fan translated "fado" as fate and/or sad. Well that really describes this style of music. Mariza is very powerful. She's not exactly Brazilian jazz though.

Anyway, here's a link to her site:

http://www.mariza-online.net/