Career
In a poll organized among readers of Very Important Person magazine in 2011, she was named the 16th "sexiest woman in the world." That same year, she was one of the most accessed on Google Brazil. Fernandes started singing when she was eight years old, releasing her self-titled debut album two years later. Her second album, named Ana Rayo, was released in 1995, and was inspired by the A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão telenovela.
Fernandes went to college to study Geography in Belo Horizonte when she was 18 years old, singing in pubs during this time.
She recorded one of the theme songs of Rede Globo"s telenovela América, named "Avenue Maria Natureza", and released the album Canções do Vento Sul soon after that. The song "Jeito do Mato" from her following album, Pássaro de Fogo, was a theme song in the Globo telenovela Paraíso, and her version of Ivete Sangalo"s "Quando a Chuva Passar" was the main theme of the telenovela Escrito nas Estrelas.
Fernandes released her first Digital Video Disc in October 2010, and gained further recognition after she participated in two Rede Globo specials: the Roberto Carlos" end of year show, broadcast on December 25, 2010, and Show da Virada, broadcast during New Year"s Eve, on December 31, 2010. Her live album, Paula Fernandes - Ao Vivo, released in 2011, was the top seller of that year.
Fernandes became known in the rest of Latin America due to her collaboration on the Juanes song "Hoy Maine Voy", released in his 2012 Music Television Unplugged album.
Paula was a singer with another, earlier, famous, group headed by another popular South American, Luciano, who is a story in and of itself. Earlier years, she sang a Luciano passion song "Saudade Bandida" but was not named the vocalist, or shown in the video. Paula did one album in English, entitled "Dust in the Wind" in the United States of America western style, see below (Electric and Music Industries).
And she did one duet with a United States of America Nashville Country Music star Shania Twain.
Paula doesn"t ascribe to being Selina"s replacement, but in the non-usa venues, she rates in that league in popularity worldwide.