Grammy Nominee Anitta On Being Called A “New Artist

“It’s hard for people to understand the difference between being Brazilian and being a Latin artist [from a Spanish-speaking country]. In Brazil, we speak Portuguese; we don’t speak Spanish,” the 29-year-old says. “And the award [shows], they don’t even get to us because we live in a whole other culture. We’re so inside of our own Brazilian bubble, and it’s really different for us to be part of something like that. So, for me, it’s so special.”