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可能很多朋友还不知道Mayra Andrade 是谁， 可听过她的歌的乐迷，都很难忘她那很自由自由略带点忧郁的吟唱，她唱的歌曲歌词都优美忧伤，歌颂爱情，和自然的对话，为大地母亲担忧，在如今的流行音乐里独具一格，也和热烈的拉美拉丁歌曲有鲜明的不同。
Mayra Andrade 1985年出生于古巴哈瓦那，但先后在非洲的塞内加尔，安哥拉，德国生活成长，每年她都回去圣地亚哥的佛得角岛屿呆两个月， 在那她深受葡萄牙音乐的熏陶，2001年在获奖Jeux de la Francophone, 2008年获英国BBC 3台的世界音乐奖。
目前Mayara 在法国巴黎生活居住，也在那录音她的音乐。
Mayra Andrade (born 1985 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Paris, France.
Andrade was born in Cuba but grew up in Senegal, Angola, and Germany.However, she spent around two months of the year in the Cape Verdean island of Santiago. The first song she remembers singing is "O Leãozinho" by the Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso, whom she has cited as a musical influence. Andrade often performed as a teenager and won the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie songwriting contest at 16, beginning voice lessons in Paris at 17. During this time, she also met the composer Orlando Pantera and began collaborating with him. Andrade then began to perform in various Portuguese-speaking regions, including the Cape Verdean cities Mindelo and Praia as well as Lisbon. She won the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (English: German Record Critics Award) in 2007. She also won the Newcomer award at the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008
