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She won the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards for Best New Artist in the General Field, Best Song in Portuguese (“ A festa ”) and her debut album Maria Rita won the Best MPB ( Musica Popular Brasileira ) Album award for that year.

The world hit that “ Segundo ” turned out to be, granted her in 2006, two additional Grammys Latinos – Best MPB Album and Best Brazilian Song with “ Caminho das Águas ” authored by Rodrigo Maranhão – and over 50 shows abroad, with full public and reviews acceptance in the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Irving Plaza ( NY ), San Francisco Jazz Festival, among others.