Brazil’s biggest pop star Anitta became the first Brazilian artist to win the VMA award

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Brazil’s biggest pop star Anitta became the first Brazilian artist to win the VMA award

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Evolver is from her fifth studio album “versions of me’ which was released in 2021

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The song gathered recognition after it blew up on tiktok this year

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The song also earned Anitta a Guinness World Record for being the first solo Latin song to top the Spotify Global Daily chart

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The song also reached 70th on billboard top 100 which is the highest ever in her career

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“Tonight is history. It’s the first time of Brazil here. It’s the first time my country has ever won an award like that.” , she said in her acceptance speech

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Then she explained about the origins of the VMAs night’s performance

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“Tonight I performed here a rhythm that for many years in my country was considered a crime; I was born and raised in the ghetto of Brazil,” she added

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She was about “favela funk,” which was criminalized by the Brazilian government in the 90s when the dances were tied to anti-authoritarian political activism

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