Mari Santanna Becomes Brazil's First AI Sertaneja Singer to Release an Album on Spotify

Mari Santanna, introduced as Brazil's first AI-generated sertaneja singer, has just released her debut album, "Rancho da Boiadeira #1," now available on Spotify. The album marks a new chapter for Boiadeiros Digitais, the music project behind AI artists dedicated to sertanejo, one of the most-streamed genres in Latin America.

The album brings together 10 original tracks, composed and produced with the help of artificial intelligence while staying true to sertanejo's core themes: heartbreak, rural life, and nostalgia. Among the songs, "Apagada" has stood out as the album's most-played track, taking over real nightlife in the zona sul of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, where it's already playing in bars and music venues frequented by an audience that doesn't always notice - or care - that they're listening to an AI-made artist.

The success of "Apagada" in live venues is a meaningful signal for the project: it shows that Mari Santanna's acceptance goes beyond digital platforms and has already reached the live music circuit, a space historically reserved for human artists. According to Aleo Gerez, the project's creator, a Brazilian advertising professional and digital influencer career manager, this reinforces the idea that sertanejo audiences are ready to embrace new forms of music production, as long as the music delivers the emotion and identity the genre demands.

Mari Santanna shares the Boiadeiros Digitais project with fellow AI artist Leo Mendes Sertanejo, and together the two have released more than 200 songs since the initiative began. "Rancho da Boiadeira #1" is, however, the singer's first official album, consolidating a catalog that had previously been spread across singles and turning the project into a complete authorial body of work with its own sound identity within sertanejo.

Mari Santanna's momentum has already reached national television, with an appearance on "Domingo Espetacular," a program by Brazilian broadcaster TV Record, and is now gaining traction on radio through an outreach campaign with sertanejo stations across Brazil. With the album's arrival on Spotify and "Apagada" performing well in São Paulo's bars, the Boiadeiros Digitais project is betting that 2026 will be the year Mari Santanna consolidates her place as a real presence - not just a technological curiosity - in the Brazilian sertanejo scene.

Fans and industry professionals can follow Mari Santanna's journey on Instagram (@marisantannaoficial) and YouTube (@MariSantannaOficial), where new releases and behind-the-scenes content are shared regularly.

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Boiadeiros Digitais is a Brazilian AI music project focused on the sertanejo genre, creating original songs performed by AI-generated artists Mari Santanna and Leo Mendes Sertanejo. The project created by Aleo Gerez combines AI-assisted composition, vocal synthesis, and traditional sertanejo songwriting to produce music for streaming, radio, and social platforms, with a growing catalog of 200+ original tracks and a debut album, "Rancho da Boiadeira #1," available on Spotify.

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