Joelma
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Joelma da Silva Mendes, best known only as Joelma (born June 22, 1974) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, stylist, businesswoman, choreographer, dancer, producer and instrumentalist. She was lead singer of Banda Calypso for 16 years. Alongside the band, she has sold over 21 million albums in Brazil and abroad, a record of sales in her country to date.

She's conquered several important prizes in music, besides owning an album certified five times diamond, being one of the only two artists in Brazil to have it, besides Ivete Sangalo. Joelma is remarkable for her strong timbre and ability do dance and sing at once. In 2016, the singer embarked on a solo career, releasing her first album in April of the same year under Universal Music Group.

Born in a very humble family from the interior of Pará, Joelma has six brothers and had a difficult childhood: her father was an alcoholic and abusive towards her mother. Due to constant problems with addiction, he was unemployed, and her mother had to sustain the family. Joelma and his brothers, despite being underage, would work to help. From childhood to adolescence, Joelma's bigges dream was to become a lawyer, and she liked to study to become one in the future. At 18 she was separated from her first husband, unemployed and had a daughter. Having to seek support, she fought her shyness and began to make money singing and playing guitar in the bars of her homwtown Almeirim and cities in the region, at the insistence of a friend at school, who always called her to sing with a small band because she found her voice beautiful. The group did well and was successful for a few years. She became known after attending the city's Art and Culture Fair. She sang for six years in the band "Fazendo Arte", until she decided to record her first solo album.