Rita Lee was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album winner. She has released twenty-one studio albums, six live albums, sixteen compilation albums, one extended play, two spoken word albums, three remix albums and 81 singles. Rita Lee sold millions of records in Brazil,[1] and is the best-succeeding MPB female composer in history.[2]

Rita Lee discography
Rita Lee, 1972
Studio albums21
EPs1
Live albums6
Compilation albums16
Singles81
Spoken word albums2
Remix albums3
Collaborative albums1

Rita Lee began her career as the lead vocalist of the Brazilian rock group Os Mutantes. In 1970, she released her first solo album Build Up, which was produced by Arnaldo Baptista, who was also a member of the group at the time. Since it was a side project from Os Mutantes, the album failed to achieve success in Brazil.

After Lee was removed from the band in late 1972, she started her solo career. She released an album as a duo with Lúcia Turnbull, before meeting the band Lisergia, which eventually became her backing band Tutti Frutti. In 1974, Rita Lee and Tutti Frutti released their first album Atrás do Porto Tem Uma Cidade, but only in the following year, with the album Fruto Proibido, Lee and the group would become well known in the country. Fruto Proibido sold over 700,000 copies in Brazil[3] and produced big radio hits such as Ovelha Negra, Agora Só Falta Você and Esse Tal De Roque Enrow.

In late 1970's, Rita Lee ended her musical partnership with Tutti Frutti and started recording with her husband Roberto de Carvalho. Since then, the couple released many best-seller albums in the country, such as Rita Lee (1979), Rita Lee (1980), Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho (1982) and Balacobaco. In 2012, Lee announced a temporary retirement from music, due to physical tiredness.[4] In 2021, Lee was featured in the track Amarelo, Azul e Branco, from the album Cor of the Brazilian duo Anavitória. The song achieved moderate success in the country, despite not being officially released as a single.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
BRA
[5]
POR
[6]
ARG
[7]
URU
[8]
FRA
[9]
Build Up
Hoje É o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida
Atrás do Porto Tem Uma Cidade
Fruto Proibido 7
  • BRA: 700,000[3]
Entradas e Bandeiras
Babilônia 5
Rita Lee
Rita Lee 7 14
  • ABPD: 2× Platinum[17]
Saúde 4 14
Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho
Bombom
  • ABPD: 2× Platinum[22]
Rita e Roberto 10
Flerte Fatal 5
Zona Zen
Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho
  • POR: 10,000
Rita Lee
Santa Rita de Sampa 38
3001
  • BRA: 100,000
Aqui, Ali, Em Qualquer Lugar 2
  • BRA: 250,000[31]
  • ARG: 40,000
Balacobaco 8 17
Reza
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

International albums

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List of international albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details
Baila Conmigo
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
BRA
Refestança (with Gilberto Gil and Tutti Frutti)
Bossa 'n' Roll 5
[36]
A Marca da Zorra
Acústico MTV Rita Lee 36
[37]
MTV Ao Vivo: Rita Lee
  • BRA: 50,000
Multishow Ao Vivo: Rita Lee
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
BRA POR
[39]
O Melhor de Rita Lee
Gala Apresenta: O Melhor de Rita Lee
Os Grandes Sucessos De Rita Lee
Rita Hits
Tratos à Bola
Grandes Sucessos de Rita Lee & Roberto
Lança Perfume e Outras Manias
Meus Momentos
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
  • BRA: 250,000
Meus Momentos (Volume 2)
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Performance: Rita Lee
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
MPB Compositores: Rita Lee
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: RGE
  • Formats: CD
Para Sempre
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Novelas
Hits Volume I
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
O Melhor de Rita Lee
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
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Perfil: Rita Lee
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums

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List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details
Brilho do Encontro (with Erasmo Carlos)
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: RGE
  • Formats: LP

Remix albums

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List of remix albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details
Rita ReLEEda
Classix Remix Vol.I
Classix Remix Vol.II

Spoken word albums

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List of spoken word albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details
Pedro e o Lobo
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP
Tutu, O Menino Indio
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays

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List of spoken word albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details
Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BRA
[41]
POR[41] ARG
[42]
URU
[43]
SPA FRA
[41]
US
Dance
EU
"José (Joseph)" 1970 Build Up
"Vamos Tratar da Saúde" 1972 Hoje é o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida
"Menino Bonito" 1974 83 Atrás do Porto Tem Uma Cidade
"Mamãe Natureza"
"Ando Jururu"
"Agora Só Falta Você" 1975 2 Fruto Proibido
"Esse Tal de Roque Enrow" 4
"Dançar Pra Não Dançar" 33
"Luz Del Fuego" 20
"Ovelha Negra" 1
"Lá Vou Eu" 1976 O Grito (soundtrack)
"Coisas da Vida" 60 Entradas e Bandeiras
"Corista de Rock" 82
"Com a Boca No Mundo" 1977
"Arrombou a Festa" 1 Non-album single
"Loco-Motivas" 39 Loco-Motivas (soundtrack)
"Jardins da Babilônia" 1978 17 Babilônia
"Miss Brasil 2000" 58
"Agora é Moda" 11
"Eu e Meu Gato" 16
"Doce Vampiro" 1979 26 Rita Lee (1979)
"Papai Me Empresta o Carro" 55
"Mania de Você" 1980 1
"Chega Mais" 1
"Corre-Corre" 67
"Nem Luxo, Nem Lixo" 46 Rita Lee (1980)
"Bem-Me-Quer" 62
"Lança Perfume" 1981 2 2 3 1 70
"Baila Comigo" 1 4 7[44]
"Caso Sério" 44
"Ôrra Meu" 47
"Shangrilá" 70
"Mutante" 4 Saúde
"Saúde" 1982 1
"Banho de Espuma" 1
"Tatibitati" 51
"Atlântida" 77
"Flagra" 1 Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho (1982)
"Frou-Frou"
"Cor de Rosa Choque" 3
"Vote em Mim"
"Barriga da Mamãe" 1983
"Barata Tonta"
"Só de Você" 32
"Pirata Cigano"
"On The Rocks" 50 Bombom
"Desculpe o Auê" 8
"Raio X" 1984
"Vírus do Amor" 1985 52 Rita e Roberto
"Noviças do Vício"
"Yê Yê Yê"
"Choque Cultural" 1986
"Bwana" 1987 Flerte Fatal
"Pega Rapaz" 33 5
"Brazix Muamba" 87
"Xuxuzinho"
"Sassaricando" 80 1 92[45] Sassaricando (soundtrack)
"Zona Zen" 1988 Zona Zen
"Livre Outra Vez" 83
"Independência e Vida" 1989
"Perto do Fogo" 1990 65 Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho (1990)
"Esfinge" 1991
"Every Breath You Take" Bossa 'n' Roll
"Filho Meu" 1993 Rita Lee (1993)
"Todas as Mulheres do Mundo"
"Vítima" 1996 37 A Próxima Vítima (soundtrack) and Rita e Roberto
"Obrigado Não" 1997 79 Santa Rita de Sampa
"Fruta Madura"
"O Que Você Quer"
"O Amor em Pedaços"
(with Pato Fu)
2000 24 3001
"Erva Venenosa" 2001 29
"Pagu"
(with Zélia Duncan)
52
"Pra Você Eu Digo Sim" 7 Aqui, Ali, Em Qualquer Lugar
"Minha Vida" 2002 36
"Amor & Sexo" 2004 9 Balacobaco
"Tudo Vira Bosta" 68
"Cecy Bom (C'est Si Bon)" 2009 78 Caras & Bocas (soundtrack) and Zona Zen
"Ti-Ti-Ti" 2010 Ti-Ti-Ti (soundtrack)
"Reza" 2012 71 Reza
"Tô um Lixo" 98
"Change"
(featuring Gui Boratto)
2021 Non-album single
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other appearances

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Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Jou Jou e Balangandans" (Live) 1980 João Gilberto João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira
"Uai, uai" 1982 Ney Matogrosso Mato Grosso
"Groupie" Gal Costa
Caetano Veloso
Chico Buarque
Gilberto Gil
Minha Voz
"Kid Supérfluo, o consumidor implacável" 1984 Arrigo Barnabé Tubarões Voadores
"Merda" 1986 Luiz Caldas
Chico Buarque
Caetano Veloso
Melhores Momentos de Chico e Caetano
"A fina poeira do ar" 1989 Paulo Ricardo Paulo Ricardo
"Samba do Arnesto" 1990 Adoniran Barbosa: O Poeta do Bexiga
"O que é que a baiana tem?" 1994 Dorival
"Zumbi (Lembranças do dia)" Golpe de Estado Zumbi
"Mania de Você" (Live) 2002 Gal Costa Duetos
"Luz del Fuego" (Live) Cássia Eller Participação Especial
"Coisas da vida" 2009 Wanessa Camargo Meu Momento
"Purabossanova" 2013 Sérgio Britto Purabossanova
"Amarelo, azul e branco" 2021 Anavitória Cor

References

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  1. ^ "'Fiquei com vontade de viver a minha velhice solitária', revela Rita Lee, reclusa há 8 anos" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rita Lee, a rainha do rock brasileiro, completa meio século de carreira" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "'Fruto Proibido' resgata a mais roqueira de todas as faces de Rita Lee" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Rita Lee diz que vai se aposentar dos shows, alegando "fragilidade física"" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Peak chart positions for albums in Brazil:
  6. ^ Peak chart positions for albums in Portugal:
  7. ^ Peak chart positions for studio albums in Argentina:
  8. ^ Peak chart positions for studio albums in Uruguay:
  9. ^ "Rita Lee Chart History - France" (in French). Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  10. ^ "Loja relança discos esgotados dos Mutantes" (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c Ricardo Alexandre (June 26, 2017). Dias de Luta: O rock e o Brasil dos anos 80. Arquipélago Editorial. ISBN 978-85-60171-41-5.
  12. ^ "Senadores manifestam pesar pela morte de Rita Lee". Rédio Senado (in Portuguese). May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  13. ^ "Como Rita Lee foi do hard rock esperto a uma química pop irretocável" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  14. ^ "Rita Lee tem mais um 'Disco de Platina' e contrato novo". O Globo (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. August 21, 1981. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  15. ^ "'Lança perfume', de Rita Lee, é relançado em vinil após 40 anos" (in Portuguese). November 4, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Rita Lee, um fenômeno que a crise dos discos não ofuscou: relembre a capa da Exame com a cantora". Exame (in Portuguese). May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  17. ^ "O som livre de Rita". O Globo (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. September 9, 1981. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "Rita Lee: prêmios e volta ao rock". Diário do Paraná (in Portuguese). Diários Associados. October 8, 1982. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dossiê Rita Lee: tudo sobre os 50 anos da carreira solo da Rainha do Rock Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). August 27, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  20. ^ "Rita Lee e Roberto: muito som, muita luz, muito amor". Diário de Natal (in Portuguese). Diários Associados. January 26, 1983. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  21. ^ "Rita Lee Jones (Biografia)". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Portuguese). Instituto Cultural Cravo Albin. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  22. ^ "Rita Lee dá discos de platina a americanos". Luta Democrática (in Portuguese). March 1, 1984. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  23. ^ "Ói, nóis aqui outra vez". Tribuna da Imprensa (in Portuguese). December 13, 1985. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  24. ^ "Os Melhores de Setembro". Jornal dos Sports (in Portuguese). Esportes SPA XXI. October 4, 1985. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  25. ^ "A roqueira assume seu lado pop". O Globo (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. May 12, 1987. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  26. ^ "Sucesso Total". O Globo (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. August 6, 1987. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  27. ^ "Rita ataca a crítica". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Editora JB. December 2, 1988. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  28. ^ "Dial97". O Liberal (in Portuguese). Delta Publicidade. 1989. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  29. ^ Soares Neves, José (1999). Os profissionais do disco : um estudo da indústria fonográfica em Portugal. Observatório das Actividades Culturais. ISBN 972-8488-09-2.
  30. ^ a b c d e "Brazilian album certifications – Rita Lee" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  31. ^ "A Saúde da Senhora do Rock" (in Portuguese). Época. April 13, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  32. ^ "Rita Lee recebe disco de platina em Buenos Aires" (in Portuguese). Folha. April 9, 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  33. ^ "Rita Lee: a ovelha negra ainda está na ativa" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. February 5, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  34. ^ "Música brasileira ainda vende mas já teve melhores dias em Portugal" (in Portuguese). Publico. February 9, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  35. ^ a b "Aposentadoria da cantora Rita Lee ainda está sendo digerida pelos fãs". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). January 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  36. ^ "Parada BIZZ - December 1991". Revista BIZZ. December 1991. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  37. ^ "Brazil Albums 1998" (PDF). Billboard. October 10, 1998. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  38. ^ "Ovelha negra de cara limpa". Istoé (in Portuguese). n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  39. ^ "Rita Lee Chart History - Portugal" (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  40. ^ "TOP OFICIAL AFP". Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (in Portuguese). n.d. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  41. ^ a b c "Rita Lee Singles Chart History" (in French). Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  42. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Argentina:
  43. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Uruguay:
  44. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  45. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 34. August 26, 1989. p. IV. Retrieved May 28, 2021.