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Blaya

Blaya is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kaoma. Those roots explain a lot about how Blaya arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Valesca Popozuda, will.i.am, POCAH, Nego do Borel and Mark Ronson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Madonna, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Blaya, reaching back through Kaoma and forward to Madonna. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Karla Rodrigues, known professionally as Blaya, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese singer and dancer.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
BlayaKaomaMadonnaValesca Popozudawill.i.amPOCAHNego do BorelMark RonsonAnittaKelly RowlandLinn da Quebrada

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Blaya connections

Blaya grew out of Kaoma, shares an orbit with Valesca Popozuda, will.i.am, POCAH and Nego do Borel, went on to shape Madonna. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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