Tiago Bettencourt

Tiago Bettencourt and Mantha arrived in 2007 as a solo project for the vocalist of the already established and well-liked band Toranja. Born in 1979 in Coimbra (although he later moved to Lisbon), he had racked up sales of better than 60,000 units for both of Toranja's albums, 2003's Esquissos and the follow-up, Segundo, in addition to garnering a handful of nominations from the MTV Music Awards. Toranja's indefinite hiatus in 2006 provided him with the opportunity, and he set out to form his own group with drummer João Lencastre and bass player Tiago Maia. The trio headed to...