Joelma

Joelma da Silva Mendes, best known only as Joelma (born June 22, 1974) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and dancer. The singer since the age of 19, Joelma began her career in 1994, and in 1998 she met and married the musician and producer, Ximbinha, In 2015, Joelma and Ximbinha announced the end of marriage and the band, giving birth to the recording of their first album only in the same year.

On April 29, 2016, her released debut album as solo artist, the homonym Joelma, released through Universal Music, debuted in second place on the Pro-Música Brazil album chart Brazil (PMB) and the Billboard Brazil Albums Chart. From that album, the first single "Não Teve Amor", along with the tracks "Ai Coração" and "Debaixo do Mesmo Céu". On April 28, 2017, Joelma released the first DVD and live album, Avante. The project generated singles like "Amor Novo", which features Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo, and "Chora Não Coração". as well as compete three times a Latin Grammy. Joelma is also internationally known, performing in countries such as Portugal, United States, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Angola, England, Sweden, Cape Verde, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and French Guiana. She was found four times - in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 respectively - one of the 100 most women sexy world of all time by the magazine VIP. Joelma has an estimated net worth of more than R $300 million, and has been elected several times by Forbes as of 2011 as one of the best paid singers of the year in the country.

Biography Joelma Mendes da Silva was born in the city of Almeirim, Pará, and gold miner José Benahum Mendes, being the fifth of the couple's seven children. Joelma claims to have been the victim of domestic violence in childhood; Her father was an alcoholic, and brutally assaulted his wife and children, Because of this, she and her siblings were forced to be raised only by their mother and had no contact with their father for about 35 years. Years after her father's abandonment, two of her brothers were murdered.

Her interest in music happened during the end of her childhood to the beginning of her youth, when she sang in the musical choir of an evangelical church, As a teenager, Joelma began to participate and win talent shows at a local festival performing dubbing by artists such as Sula Miranda and Xuxa. At the age of 19, he made his local debut performing for the first time at the Art and Culture Fair of Almeirim (Fearca). ending the band's activities in the same year to pursue a career as an artist ground. Joelma had full freedom to produce and accompany her creation from her debut album as a solo artist. The album cover portrays the singer as a heroine and is signed by the cartoonist Carlos Paul, according to her, says the inspiration for using the comic book theme on the album came from the fans, for "calling it powerful all the time." According to the singer herself, she did not intend to be directly involved in choosing the repertoire of the album, but decided to intervene when she received many tracks "elbow pain": "I asked for more joyful songs for the composers. positive", said Joelma, who, in addition to letters that speak of love, overcoming, brought feminine power to work. and stop "Brazil Albums charts" of Billboard.biz and received positive reviews,

The singer's first solo tour, Avante Tour, began on March 18 of that same year. The series of shows gave rise to her first live album, Avante, recorded on November 9, 2016, in São Paulo. The tickets for the recording began to be sold in late August, running out in less than a week. The work had the participation of Ivete Sangalo, Solange Almeida and their three children: Yago, Yasmin and Natalia, and was released on April 28, 2017. In pre-order on April 6, the DVD soon became the best-selling product on 's website in less than 24 hours and contained an eponymous EP with four tracks from the album released on April 14 that less than 24 hours, has reached the top of iTunes Brazil. The personal life and professional career of Joelma are portrayed by fans and people close to her in the book Joelma: Entre Olhares, released in February 2017, the Shopping Cerrado in Goiânia, with an autograph session with the artist. The play was written by Jessyca Campos, a fan of the singer. The production process began with an online campaign supported by Joelma's social networks, whereby she asked fans in a video to send her stories with her to Jessyca. The singer followed the texts of her fan in a profile on Facebook and after her last performance at the head of the Banda Calypso came the idea of gathering the material in a book. "It was a small project, but in the course of my life with shaken periods, I was going to be able to do it," he said. work was gaining another form, adding some traces of biography. and totally focused musical style for the sertanejo universitário, When recording the song, Joelma reports that she cried when she reached the chorus of the song, reminding her of her difficult childhood suffered by the domestic aggressions caused by her father: "This music reminds me of my childhood, that 10% of my childhood which was not good, so much so that when I went to put the voice in this song, I came precisely in that 10%, I would break down, I could not take it, I cried a lot. in the morning or 1 in the morning to get her clothes on, and she was going to sleep there at 3 in the morning and my father would arrive drunk and beat her up.", The song had been recorded and originally released in its solo release on its eponymous debut album in 2016. The 2nd Vice President of the management board, Deputy Antonio Moraes (PSDB), coordinated the ceremony and highlighted the importance of their music for the area.

On August 19, 2015, after 18 years of marriage, Joelma and Ximbinha announced their separation. On November 9, 2015, they signed the divorce.

Joelma has three children: Yago Matos Mendes da Silva (son of the lawyer and Alderman of the Camera Breves Robson Cristiano Leão Matos, born on December 8, 1995), Natália da Silva Mendes Sarraffi (daughter of Roberto Luís Sarraffi, Born on December 25, 1989), and Yasmin Mendes Farias (daughter of Ximbinha, born July 11, 2004). In February 2009 suffered a miscarriage.

Polemic In 2013 the magazine Época published an article in which Joelma compared homosexuality with drug addiction. In the interview the singer had reportedly declared that if she had a gay son, she would "fight to the death" to make sure he became heterosexual again, and also compared homosexuality to the state of addiction. Banda Calypso's film project That's Calypso was reportedly canceled due to the strong backlash against her statements. Several celebrities spoke out against her comments, including Adriane Galisteu, and the actress Betty Faria, who posted: "The world is on the brink of a nuclear war [... and you're] worrying about healing gay [people]. Heal your souls." Days later, the band denied the film's release had been canceled, and distanced themselves from Joelma's statements: At no time the singer has compared homosexuality to drug addiction. What was reported were statements made to her friends and fans about the difficulty they feel, when they wish, to change their sexual orientation and that they, themselves, compared such difficulty [to] the difficulty of [being] chemically dependent. While [the] religion followed by Joelma [does] not support same-sex marriage, the singer respects and accepts the sexuality of all people, fans and friends, having no prejudice [against] religion, sex and color.

Discography

Studio albums Joelma

Live albums Avante (Ao Vivo São Paulo)

Extended plays (EPs) Joelma Não Teve Amor (Remixes) Assunto Delicado Avante (Ao Vivo em São Paulo)

Singles Debaixo do Mesmo Céu Amor Novo

Tours

Officials Avante Tour

Filmography Television

Web Year Title As Site/Social network 2011 Orkut Ao Vivo Special guest Orkut 2017 Fica, Vai Ter Live! Facebook

Awards and nominations With the Banda Calypso Awards and nominations won in career with Banda Calypso.

As soloist Awards and nominations won in solo career.

Year Award Category Nominee work Result 2016Multishow Brazilian Music Award Best Show Tour Avante Prêmio Globo de ProgramaçãoBest Regional Action CommercialTV Liberal"Voando pro Pará" 2017 Troféu Internet Best Singer JoelmaMusic of the Year"Não Teve Amor" Troféu Imprensa Best Show Tour Avante Best Singer Joelma Prêmio Vulque Best Singer of the Year 2018 Troféu Internet Best Singer Music of the Year "Amor Novo"