Brazilian singer Marilia Mendonça dies in plane crash

She was one of the most popular representatives of sertanejo, a musical genre close to country and very popular in Brazil. Singer Marilia Mendonça, 26, winner of the Latin Grammy Awards in 2019, died in a crash of a small plane taxi in the state of Minas Gerais on Friday (November 5th).

His producer, Henrique Ribeiro, his advisor, Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho, and the two pilots of the plane were also killed, announced the agent of Marilia Mendonça. State-owned electricity company Cemig said in a statement that the accident could be linked to a collision with one of its infrastructure.

On Saturday, a huge crowd began to gather near a stadium where a large public vigil is to take place in his hometown, Goiânia, the capital of the state of Goias (center), where his body was transported.

Many Brazilian personalities have reacted with emotion to the death of the singer, who began her career in 2014 and was one of the first women to establish herself in the sertanejo, a genre traditionally dominated by men.

” I’m crying. I think I can’t even believe it ”, wrote the musician Caetano Veloso. “I refuse to believe it, I refuse”, tweeted footballer Neymar. President Jair Bolsonaro praised“One of the greatest artists of her generation”.

Agora fiquei sabendo que, na verdade, ela morreu no acidente. Estou chorando. Acho que nem posso acreditar.

– caetanoveloso (@Caetano Veloso)

Me recuso acreditar, me recuso ?

– neymarjr (@Neymar Jr)

– O país inteiro recebe em shock a notícia do passamento da jovem cantora sertaneja Marília Mendonça, uma das maio… https://t.co/9mJkdDZiGa

– jairbolsonaro (@Jair M. Bolsonaro)

Immensely popular in Brazil, Marilia Mendonça had 39 million subscribers on Instagram and 22 million on her YouTube channel. Just before the accident, she had posted on social networks a video of her boarding and have a meal inside the plane, announcing “A weekend of shows”.