Luísa Vilar Braamcamp Sobral (born 18 September 1987) is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in 2003 after placing third on season one of Ídolos, the Portuguese version of Idols. She is the composer of "Amar pelos dois", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 for Portugal, performed by her brother Salvador Sobral.

Sobral was born and raised in Lisbon, and also lived in the United States for a period of time as a child. Her younger brother is Salvador Sobral, who is also a singer. Through her father she is related to Hermano José Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo Branco, a 19th-century Portuguese nobleman and politician of Italian and Dutch descent. She studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 2009.

In 2003, at the age of 16, Sobral auditioned for season one of Ídolos, the Portuguese version of Idols. She eventually placed third in the competition. After Ídolos, Sobral went on a hiatus from music in order to focus on her education.

Luísa Sobral returned to the music industry in 2011, appearing as a singer in the jazz guitarist Greg Ruggiero's second album on the Fresh Sound New Talent inprint "My Little One" before the release of her debut studio album, "The Cherry on My Cake." The album peaked at No. 3 on the Portuguese albums chart. In 2012, she became the third Portuguese artist to perform with Jools Holland, performing with Melody Gardot. She later went on tour with Gardot. Her second studio album, "There's a Flower in My Bedroom," was released in 2013, and her third, "Lu-Pu-I-Pi-Sa-Pa," the following year.

In 2016, Sobral released her fourth studio album, "Luísa," which was recorded in Los Angeles. The same year, she composed the song "Amar pelos dois." The song was to be performed by her younger brother, Salvador Sobral. "Amar pelos dois" went on to win Festival da Canção, and was thus chosen to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. During initial rehearsals for the contest in Kiev, Luísa had to stand in for Salvador as a performer, due to his health issues. During the final on 13 May 2017, the song was declared the winner, becoming the first-ever win for Portugal, and the all-time record-holder for the most points received by a song in the final. Luísa performed the song with Salvador during his winner's encore performance, like she did after he won Festival da Canção 2017.

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