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Genres
  
Pop, gospel

Occupation(s)
  
Musician

Name
  
Damares Oliveira

Years active
  
1997–present


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Birth name
  
Damares Alves Bezerra de Oliveira

Born
  
January 30, 1980 (age 44) Umuarama, Parana, Brazil (
1980-01-30
)

Labels
  
Sony Music (2010 – present) Louvor Eterno (1999–2009) Louvores ao Rei (1997–1998)

Associated acts
  
Davi Sacer, Cassiane, Rayssa e Ravel, Regis Danese, Fernanda Brum, Aline Barros, Andre Valadao, Lauriete, Elaine de Jesus, Lazaro

Role
  
Gospel singer · cantoradamares.com

Spouse
  
Aldori de Oliveira (m. 1996)

Parents
  
Antonio Bezerra, Rosa Maria Bezerra

Albums
  
O Maior Trofeu, Diamante, Diario de um Vencedor, O Deus que Faz, Apocalipse

Profiles

Menina de 09 anos que fez a cantora damares chorar


Damares ([dɐ̃maɾɨs] born Damares Alvez Bezerra de Oliveira; January 30, 1980, Umuarama) is a Brazilian gospel singer. Popularly known as "Diva of Pentecostal Music", her talent awarded trophies in the categories of "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year" among others and Promises in the categories of "Best Video", "Best Singer" among others and still has two diamond disks. The Revelation album has sold over 600,000 copies, making Damares become known in Brazil and abroad.

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Their newest album, Diamante (Diamond) has sold over 400 thousand copies is between making more cd's sold in 2011, according to ABPD, only behind artists like Paula Fernandes, Father Marcelo Rossi and Fabio de Melo. In exclusive list of international artists this singer in ninth place, but the list of national singer getting up a position in eighth place. The singer was the only Christian among musicians. Also on the list were the singer Ludmila Ferber, in sixteenth place with "O Poder da Aliança" and the musical group Diante do Trono, in the position of twelfth best selling DVD in 2011.

Fundo Musical Para Oração || CONSOLADOR (Damares) by Cicero Euclides


Biography, career and national recognition

Damares is the daughter of the Pastor Antonio and Rosa Maria Bezerra (née Alvez), Damares is younger sister of seven brothers. She studied at the Municipal School of Augusto Angels. Damares is married to the pastor Aldori de Oliveira. They married when she was just 16 years.

The singer became known in the gospel world in 2008, when she released the album Revelation, which sold over 600,000 copies, including the song "Sabor de Mel" (lit. "Taste of Honey"), which became a fever on the radio segment, and earned her several Talento Trophy awards in 2009, having won the Revelation category alongside Mariana Valadão.

In 2009, in Curitiba she was recording a live album recorded on CD and DVD. The following year, the singer closes contract with Sony Music and released the album Diamante, which sold 130,000 copies in a month, and how is the album title, is a diamond with more than 300,000 copies sold.

In 2011, the singer was nominated in several categories in the Trophy Promessas, and on 22 October the same year she recorded a live DVD with an audience of more than 60,000 people. The recording was made during the event Glorifica Litoral, in the city of São Sebastião, São Paulo, and still others brought singers and groups like the Rescue. It is on record views on YouTube. Only a music video for "Sabor de Mel" has more than five million views, and the song "Um Novo Vencedor" from his latest album was nearly half a million views a month. She also was one of those invited to participate in the Festival Promessas, an event that brought together some 20, 000 people in Flamengo Park and aired on Rede Globo. Besides Damares, the singers were fellow gospel singer Fernandinho, Eyshila, Fernanda Brum, Davi Sacer, Pregador Luo, Ludmila Ferber, Regis Danese and Diante do Trono. The transmission of the event was a success on TV, making the station was isolated leader of audience.

Damares also received the title of "Ambassador of Peace" by the United Nations.

Discography

Studio Albums
Live Albums
Video Albums

Awards and nominations

Troféu Talento
Troféu Promessas

References

Damares Wikipedia