Charlotte Dos Santos

Charlotte Dos Santos was born in 1990 in Oslo and grew up in Bærum with a Norwegian mother and a Brazilian father. Her music draws inspiration from samba and bossa nova, but also from flamenco and Arabic music — from basically everywhere except her home country. She studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Contemporary Writing and Production and jazz vocals. As an artist she blends soul, jazz and bossa nova in a sound reminiscent of Minnie Riperton and Linda Lewis. Since her critically acclaimed 2017 EP Cleo, she has accumulated over 26 million streams, earned praise from The Fader, Pitchfork, Bandcamp and Clash, and won a Norwegian Grammy for Best R&B/Soul album.