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Brazilian Singer
Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio, known as Claudia Leitte was born on July 10th, 1980 in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro and is a Brazilian axé singer, and former vocalist of the group Babado Novo. She hosted MTV Brazil’s Video Music Brazil 2007,in which she had been nominated as best singer in that award. Leitte has been the vocalist of Salvador-based axé band Babado Novo since November 2001. Her band released five albums, the first named Sem Vergonha, released in 2003, sold more than 90,000 copies, being the band's first Gold disc, while the album named 'Uau! Babado Novo ao Vivo em Salvador', released in 2004, sold more than 100,000 CDs and more than 70,000 DVDs, and the fourth album, released in December 2005, named 'Diário de Claudinha' sold 70,000 copies in just one week.
Claudia Leitte won the Brazilian Best Female Singer award in 2007, and she and her band won the following Carnatal awards: best female singer, best band, bestbloco, best music ("Exttravasa") and best artist. In January 2008, Leitte announced that she would be leaving her band, and starting a solo career, recording her first solo career DVD in February 2008 in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.
