Miss Perfumado Explained

Miss Perfumado
Type:studio
Artist:Cesária Évora
Cover:Miss Perfumado Cesaria Evora.jpg
Released:June 1992
Recorded:Studio de la Madeleine and Studio Music' Ange, Paris in May–June 1992
Genre:Morna / Coladeira
Length:62:40
Label:Lusafrica
Producer:Paulino Vieira
Prev Title:Mar Azul
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Cesária
Next Year:1995

Miss Perfumado is the fourth album by Cape Verdean vocalist Cesária Évora, released in 1992. It sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.[1] It included one of her most celebrated songs, "Sodade", composed by Armando Zeferino Soares. The song speaks about the sense of longing for her homeland that the Cape Verdean diaspora experience when away from the island nation.[2]

Both the seventh song and the album are named after a song that was made by B. Leza. The sixth song, "Angola", composed by Ramiro Mendes, helped Évora to achieve her first gold record in France. That track would later be adapted into a 1997 single called "Pa Manyen", by former President of Haiti Michel Martelly, which later became a hit.

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
French SNEP Albums Chart[3] 42
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 152

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16232543 BBC: "Singer Cesária Évora dies at the age of 70"
  2. Web site: CAPE VERDE: Miss Perfumado - Cesária Évora . 25 October 2023 . 200worldalbums.com . en.
  3. Web site: Les Charts. Lescharts.com. 23 October 2014.
  4. Web site: Belgium Charts (French). Ultratop.be. 23 October 2014.