The Brazilian singer known as Duda Beat was born Eduarda SimSes in Recife,
Pernambuco in 1987. She began singing in the school choir and as a teenager sang
in a covers band with a group of friends. At the age of 18 she moved to Rio de
Janeiro to study medicine and paid her way through college by working as a
cleaner and performing songs in bars at night. Eventually the prospect of
becoming a performer began to appeal more than becoming a doctor and she
discontinued her studies to concentrate on a full-time singing career. She met
the music producer Tomás Troia and he helped produ...