the uk so it gives you an idea ofjust how big a personality she was in the region and in brazil. she started her career as a teenager there, had a big hit in 2016 and her popularity has soared since then, she was known as the queen of suffering because she sing about breakups but also focused on female empowerment and that one her legions of fans, she had a huge social media following, 39 million followers on instagram, and not long before the plane crash, she actually posted on twitter a video of her boarding the plane, asking herfans for tips of what you should eat in the local area where she was going to perform so herfans have paid tribute to her and the whole country is in morning. the whole country is in morning- the whole country is in morninu. . . , morning. what are we seeing in the way of morning. what are we seeing in the way of tributes? morning. what are we seeing in the way of tributes? still s - the way of tributes? still s president the way of tributes? still s p
in but unfortunately, all five people on board were killed in that crash. an investigation is now under way into exactly what happened. there has been some reports that the plane may have hit powerlines, electricity lines, in that area as i said, it was not far from it was due to land so that investigation is ongoing but marilia mendonca was one of brazil s most popular contemporary singers and so at the moment, the country is in mourning. she won a latin grammy, as you said, in 2019 and last year, she was the most listened to artist on spotify in brazil, the streaming service. so one commentator described her as a kind of country of country singing adele. she had shows on a beyonce scale in terms of the crowds that were there. that commentator also said that her death will hit brazil in the same way that amy winehouse hit the uk, so it gives you an idea ofjust how big a personality she was in the region and in brazil. she started her careerjust as a teenager there, had a big hit i
so that investigation is ongoing. but marilia mendonca was one of brazil s most popular contemporary singers and so at the moment, the country is in mourning. she won a latin grammy, as you said, in 2019 and last year, she was the most listened to artist on spotify in brazil, the streaming service. so one commentator described her as a kind of country singing adele. she had shows of a beyonce scale in terms of the crowds that were there. that commentator also said that her death will hit brazil in the same way that amy winehouse hit the uk, so it gives you an idea ofjust how big a personality she was in that region and in brazil. she started her careerjust as a teenager there, had a big hit in 2016 and her popularity has soared since then. she was known as the queen of suffering because she sang about breakups and but she also focused on female empowerment and that won her legions of fans she had a huge social media following, 39 million followers on instagram and not long before t