Born in Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), in a family of musicians – her father was a maestro of pop orchestra, her mother was a classic piano player- Loalwa has always been under the influence of the good music. From the classic piano - at the age of 4 - to the song, she started her career when she was 13 years old.

She has grown surrounded by Brasil’s legendary rythms, wich burn within the soul of her songs. Her natural gifts are strenghtened by the hard work. Loalwa quickly obtains many awards, and performs at Rio’s most prestigious night clubs.

Her talent grants her the  recognition of Brasil’s pop music greatest artists, as: Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia, Alcione, Maria Bethânia, Emílio Santiago, Gal, Costa, Caetano Veloso, etc; which will become her stage or recording co-workers, from 1975 to 1985. From this year on, she decides to live in Paris, after her success in Palais des Sports, on the show “Brésil en Fête”.

Loalwa showed up in the mythical temples of show business: Paradis Latin, Méridien (Paris), Olympia (88 and 92), TLP Dejazet, New Morning, Zenith, Madison Square Garden, London Palladium, Waldorf, Astoria, etc...

Lambada,  the song which conquered the planet:

· Over 25 million records sold.
· Over 80 gold and platinum records.

Lambada succeeded, by definitely bringing a new view to latin music overseas.

Loalwa is one the 20 most listened voices in the whole world. Lambada, forever a world-wide success.

Loalwa composed and sang two songs for the sound-track of the movie “Le Roi Desperados” – produced by French tv studio Canal + - and performed in a magnificent way with famous London Philharmonic Orchestra, in Abbey Road, for the sound-track of the French movie “Dis-Moi Oui”; directed by Alexandre Arcady and music by Phillipe Sarde.

Many songs marked her career: Chorando se Foi (Lambada), Tago Mago, Dançando Lambada, Mélodie d’Amour, La Media Noche, etc. Loalwa's adaptation of Stevie Wonder’s song “Another Star” (Outro Lugar) into Portuguese demonstrates her versatility, and incites great names of world music to be interested in her compositions and arrangements.

Solo album: 2003.

Recomeçar (To Recommence); a mosaic of songs of her authorship, in association with composers and arrangers of diverse musical cultures.

Recomeçar, from romantic clime to hot rythms, with:

Carlinhos Brown (Brazil)
Lincoln Olivetti (Brazil)
Gilson Peranzetta (Brazil)
Jacky Arconte (Caribbean)
Benjamin Constant (France)
Fabien Nataf (France)

Loalwa is a member of Arts, Sciences and Litterature French Academy; by which she was decorated with the silver medal (Prix Thorlet 2003).

New solo album: release 2006. Another album made with fine musical contributions. A trip between romantism and the explosion of rythms which characterize the artist's personality.

A new title enriches the singer's career, who has just been honorably named Ambassadress of the Association Francophone pour la Promotion de l'Esprit Sportif (AFPES) all over the world.

Solo album 2011 : ENSOLARADO

Nice featurings artists from Africa, Caribean and Latin America

Loalwa, many-sided DIVA, either in Portuguese, Spanish, English or French.

Beyond limits, she will know how to guide us into new dreams.