Simaria Mendes | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Simaria Mendes Rocha Escrig |
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Born | Uibaí, Bahia, Brazil | 16 June 1982
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Years active | 1990s–present |
Spouse | Vicente Escrig
(m. 2007; div. 2021) |
Musical career | |
Genres | Sertanejo |
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Labels | Atração Fonográfica (2004) Social Music (2012–14) Universal (2015-present) |
Simaria Mendes Rocha Escrig (Portuguese: Simaria Mendez Rocha Escrig Brazilian Portuguese: [siˈmâ.ri.â]; born June 16 1982) mononymously known as Simaria or Simaria Mendes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. She is widely known and recognized in her home-country of Brazil as one of the duo, Simone & Simaria, known as As Coleguinhas.[1] The duo was one of Brazil's most successful sertanejo and forro groups from 2012 to 2022, until both Simone and Simaria Mendes's pursued their solo careers.[2]
Following a highly controversial breakup, the group went through a division of items and belongings before officially parting ways on 18 August 2022.[3]
In 2007 Mendes married Vicente Escrig, a Spanish-Brazilian businessman,[4] with whom she has two children; they but divorced in 2021.[5]
Simaria, together with her sister and Brazilian singer-songwriter Anitta, released "Loka," which became the most watched Brazilian video.[6]