Loalwa Braz

Loalwa Braz Vieira (3 June 1953 – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian singer, best known for providing the lead vocals for the French-Brazilian recording act Kaoma from 1989 to 1999.

Her biggest success was Lambada in 1989, a direct cover of the 1986 song "Chorando Se Foi" by Márcia Ferreira, which itself was a Portuguese version of the 1984 song "Llorando se fue" by Peruvian group Cuarteto Continental, which itself was an adaptation of the 1981 song by Los Kjarkas of the same name, which was composed by Ulises Hermosa and Gonzalo Hermosa.

Braz was fluent in four languages, and recorded songs in her native Portuguese, as well as in Spanish, French and English.