Miss Perfumado is the fourth album by Cape Verdean vocalist Cesária Évora, released in 1992. It sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.[1][2] 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.[3]

Miss Perfumado
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1992
RecordedStudio de la Madeleine and Studio Music' Ange, Paris in May–June 1992
GenreMorna / Coladeira
Length62:40
LabelLusafrica
ProducerPaulino Vieira
Cesária Évora chronology
Mar Azul
(1991)
Miss Perfumado
(1992)
Cesária
(1995)
Professional ratings
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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. The album was well received.[4][5] The lyrics of the songs are in Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole, for example those of the song Miss Perfumado.[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sodade"Armando Zeferino Soares4:51
2."Bia"B. Leza4:11
3."Cumpade Ciznone"Manuel de Novas3:14
4."Direito Di Nasce"Manuel de Novas4:40
5."Luz Dum Estrela"Teófilo Chantre4:24
6."Angola"Ramiro Mendes4:28
7."Miss Perfumado"B. Leza4:29
8."Vida Tem Um So Vida"Manuel de Novas, Dany Mariano5:36
9."Morabeza"B. Leza4:21
10."Recordaï"Teófilo Chantre4:27
11."Lua Nha Testemunha"B. Leza6:19
12."Barbincor"Manuel de Novas3:59
13."Tortura"Teófilo Chantre3:57

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
French SNEP Albums Chart[7] 42
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 152

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[10] 2× Gold 300,000[9]

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions
FRA
[7]
"Sodade" 1992 42

References

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  1. ^ BBC: "Singer Cesária Évora dies at the age of 70", 17 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Miss Perfumado. Cesária Évora". allmusic.com. Allmusic, Netaktion LLC. 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "CAPE VERDE: Miss Perfumado - Cesária Évora". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Avaliações dos nossos clientes :Miss Perfumado". fnac.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Miss Perfumado". rateyourmusic.com. Sonemic, Inc. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Cesária Évora – Miss Perfumado. Portuguese translation". lyricstranslate.com. LyricsTranslate.com. 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Les Charts" (in French). Lescharts.com. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Belgium Charts (French)" (in French). Ultratop.be. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. ^ Wartofsky, Alona (17 December 2011). "Cesária Évora obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  10. ^ "French album certifications – Cesária Évora – Miss Perfumado" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
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