At the time of the accident, she was on her way to a concert in which, in addition to the singer, four other people died. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
Mendonça quickly became famous in the popular country music genre sertanejo and was marked by singing about the empowerment of women in an environment traditionally dominated by male musicians.
She was the most listened to artist in Brazil on Spotify in 2019 and 2020, according to her PR company, and had more than 38 million followers on Instagram.
Caetano Veloso, a seven-year-old supporter of the Brazilian genre of MPB – Brazilian pop music – praised her on Twitter as a “wonderful Mendonço” and said the news left him in tears.
“Young and talented, Marília has been the protagonist of a new chapter of Brazilian country music and an inspiration to more singers in this segment. The country is shocked and regrets this loss, which came too soon,” Castro said in a press release.
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