Soraia Ramos

Soraia Ramos (born 14 September 1992) is a singer and composer of Cape-Verdean descent. In 2020, she won the award for Best Female Artist from Central Africa at the 6th edition of the African Muzik Magazine Awards (Afrimma).

Biography Ramos was born on 14 September 1992 in Portugal, where she lived with her parents in Arrentela, part of the municipality of Seixal, until she was 13. Her younger brother is singer Lisandro Cuxi. She moved to France for a 3-year period, and afterwards, moved to Switzerland. She has expressed an interest in the artistic world since she was young, with the support of her family being essential for her to follow in her musical career; Save for her grandmother, who had emphasized the importance of her studies, saying that "Studying is more important than singing". During this time, she ended her receptionist courses.

Someone who also always believed in her future was her friend Cátia Teixeira that lived in the same building as Soraia, being both her agent and her hairdresser at her first concert at a club in Amora in 2015. Ramos worked at a Subway in Switzerland and on Fridays would go to Portugal to play concerts.

In another interview with Jornal Público, Ramos recounted how she had recently visited the Escola Básica da Quinta de São João, her old school in the margem sul of Lisbon. The students identified themselves with her, be it through her origins or through her music. The visit culminated with everyone singing Nosso Amor, a song by Ramos with Calema. Ramos admitted to Público that she privately hoped that the children did not recognize her, as at that age, she only knew Floribella. The visit to her old school and to the neighborhood brought many memories and emotions to both the residents and the singer. Sónia, her 60-year old neighbor, told Público that Soraia made many miss her as she emigrated to France, because she sang to her the songs of Anselmo Ralph, Sara Tavares and Floribella, and her voice touched her heart.

Work Ramos competed in the Vozes da Diáspora competition, earning 4th place. In 2017, she signed with the producer Klasszik, She had other partnerships such as NGA, Monsta, DREEZY, among others. They were also nominated by the 8th African Muzik Magazine Awards for Song of the Year.

Ramos was part of the lineup for the Festival Zambujeira do Mar, in 2022 on their secondary stage and in the 2023 edition on their main stage.

Ramos has also won the Best Female Artist in Central Africa award at the 6th edition of the African Muzik Magazine Awards (Afrimma) in 2020. That same year, she was nominated for four categories for the MTV Music Awards 2020: Best Female Africa, Best Lusophone, Best Female Central Africa and Best Collaboration.'' where she was nominated for Best Female Act and Best Lusophone Act.

She was chosen at the end of 2021 to be the cover of the EQUAL playlist on Spotify, the biggest female-only playlist in the world, which led to her face being shown on advertisements at Times Square in New York. She was also on the cover of Africa playlist on Apple Music in 2022, becoming the first artist from the Portuguese-speaking world to do so. The album was given that name for the mixture of various genres. The album did not have any rules, and the results came in small moments that consolidated together. This was the result of the hard work that Ramos put in, sometimes recording in pajamas at her studio, said her producer Nelson de Sousa, who further described her as open to new experiences and ready to work at any time at night or day. Cocktail "is a constellation of Soraias", Ramos said, due to the various sounds, themes, messages, and feelings; Among them, she said, was the headaches that men have given her.

The same month, Ramos performed at Festival Imminente at the Terreiro do Paço in Lisbon to a large audience. Performances of her first new album debuted on 30 March 2024 at the Coliseu, and the album has gained more than 30 million streams since its launch. Ramos was invited to participate at the Web Summit 2024 in Rio de Janeiro.

Discography

Cocktail (2023)