Adriana (10)

A native of Lisbon, Portugal, Adriana has played music as long as she can remember. After graduating from the classical Conservatory at the age of 16, she flew to Paris to audition for the Berklee College of Music's World Scholarship Tour. Adriana graduated summa cum laude and was also awarded the "Berklee Achievement Award" at age 20. While in the USA, Adriana honed her skills in performance, songwriting, arranging, production and music business. She worked in America as a professional musician, playing in many concerts, on recordings, for television and radio, and at private and corporate events. She started writing songs, and made a demo, leading to her signing with Universal Music Portugal and her debut record release in 2009. Adriana's debut album was nominated for a Golden Globe in Portugal, achieving top radio airplay, and her songs debuting on TV shows for millions of viewers including the Emmy-award winning soap opera "Meu Amor" and the Emmy-award nominated soap opera "Remédio Santo." In 2011, Adriana released her second album "O Que Tinha de Ser" in which all songs are written and produced by her in Portuguese and English, with the exception of two covers, one of them in Spanish. With this album, Adriana toured extensively, including performing as the opening act for Seal. Adriana has been selected by the Recording Academy in the USA as an up-and-coming recording artist/songwriter and is already earning credits in the U.S. with her work as a songwriter. "One More Mistake I Made" is a song co-written by Adriana and Vince Gill, which is on Vince Gill's latest album "Down to My Last Bad Habit" and has reached Billboard charts - Billboard 200 and Top Country albums.