Luísa Sobral

Luísa Sobral
Luísa Sobral at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev
Background information
Birth name	Luísa Vilar Braamcamp Sobral
Born	(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 30) Lisbon, Portugal
Genres	Alternative soul pop jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	UMG
Associated acts	Salvador Sobral

Luísa Vilar Braamcamp Sobral (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈizɐ viˈlaɾ bɾɐ̃ˈkɐ̃p suˈβɾaɫ]; born 18 September 1987) is a Portuguese singer and songwriter.

She came to prominence in 2003 after placing third on season one of Ídolos, the Portuguese version of Idols. After going on a hiatus to attend the Berklee College of Music, she released her debut album, The Cherry on My Cake, in 2011. She later composed "Amar pelos dois", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Portugal, performed by her brother Salvador Sobral.

Luísa Sobral was born and raised in Lisbon, and also lived in the United States for a period of time as a child. Her younger brother is Salvador Sobral, who is also a singer. Through her father, she is related to Hermano José Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo Branco, a 19th-century Portuguese nobleman and politician of Italian and Dutch descent.

In 2003, at the age of 16, Sobral auditioned for season one of Ídolos, the Portuguese version of Idols. She eventually placed third in the competition. After Ídolos, Sobral went on a hiatus from music in order to focus on her education. She moved to the United States to study music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 2009. Her move to the United States, made her compositions more distinct, a mixture between Portuguese, Brazilian, French and North American musical traditions, reflecting her musical influences in her classic soft-spoken singing style.