Anselmo Ralph

Anselmo Ralf Andrade Cordeiro, known as Anselmo Ralph, was born on 12 March 1981 in Luanda. After a childhood with a stay in Madrid, where he discovered Juan Luis Guerra, he went to New York to study accounting at the Borough of Manhattan Community College before finally choosing music.

Back in Angola, he published in 2006 "Histórias de Amor" on the label Bom Som: success is immediate in Angola as in Portugal, and he won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Artist in Copenhagen. The album "O Cupido" (2009) attracted record crowds, including more than 40,000 people at Pavilhão da Cidadela de Luanda.

With "A Dor do Cupido" (2013), carried by the immense "Não Me Toca", then "Amor é Cego" (2016), both at the top of the Portuguese rankings, Anselmo Ralph becomes the ambassador of Angolan love songs. "Momentos" (2020) and the EP "Lições de amor" (2025) confirm a career of twenty years at the highest level.

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Anselmo Ralph (born 12 March 1981 in Luanda) is a student in accounting at Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Arts in 2006 with his album *Histórias de Amor* and won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Artist. *A Dor do Cupido* (2013), *Amor é Cego* (2016) and *Momentos* (2020), which made him one of the greatest stars of African pop-phone. He has been a man of the Voice Portugal* since 2014, and was also a cast by the Voice Gerações* in 2025. In 2025 he published the EP *Lições de amor* (in two parts) and the live album *The Black Room Sessions*, confirming a sustained activity.