neyma fully began her career when she appeared on the "fantasia" tv singing competition, in which she took in the second place. however, her breakthrough came when she was given a recording contract and in 1999 released her first album, "brigas". it featured the popular singles "brigas", "mae virtude mais bela" and the well received single, "praia feliz", which won her much publicity. the success of the album "brigas" led her to release "baila" in 2000 and "renascer" in 2001. but it was "arromba", released in 2005, that brought neyma back into the spotlight as an acclaimed singer who was internationally recognized as a major singing sensation from mozambique and the lusophone world. in early 2010, she released her sixth album, entitled "neyma 10 anos" in acknowledgement of her 10 years in the mozambican music industry.