Part of the challenge is in the specificity of her music: Anitta’s roots are in Brazilian funk, also called “baile funk” and “funk carioca,” the distinctive Rio-born musical style that parallels ...

Brazilian superstar Anitta returned to the stage with her electrifying “Ensayos de Anitta,” kicking off one of the most highly anticipated pre-Carnival seasons of the year. This weekend, the ...

You can count on this trio of Brazilian superstars to bring the most fiery batidão tracks. On Thursday, Anitta, Dennis, and Pedro Sampaio released their collaboration (and Anitta’s last release of the ...

Anitta changed Brazilian pop culture as her contemporaries knew it, and in the last years, she’s been on a mission to make herself and Brazilian funk Brazil’s main cultural exports. Released on the ...

In USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on the road. Anitta may have hustled her way to the top of Latin pop, but grind culture isn ...