| Luedji Luna | |||||
| Birth Name: | Luedji Gomes Santa Rita | ||||
| Birth Place: | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | ||||
| Years Active: | 2014–present | ||||
| Occupation: | singer | ||||
| Website: | luedjiluna.com.br | ||||
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Luedji Gomes Santa Rita (born 25 May 1987), known professionally as Luedji Luna, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.
Born in Salvador, Bahia, Luedji Luna is the daughter of an economist mother and an historian father.[1] She studied law at the Federal University of Bahia and singing at the Escola Baiana de Canto Popular.[2] She started performing in 2011, and in 2014 made her record debut with the single "Dentro ali". In 2017, her debut album Um Corpo no Mundo was released; for this work, she was awarded a and was nominated as best new artist at the 2018 Multishow Brazilian Music Award.[3] [4]
Luedji Luna's second album Bom mesmo é estar debaixo d'água was released in 2020, and was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album.[5] A deluxe version of the album was released in 2022 and included 10 new songs.[6] [7]
Luedji Luna toured in the United States, Europe and Canada, and performed in major events including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Rudolstadt-Festival, and the .