in 2011 the american tv channel cbs, elected daniela mercury as the "carmen miranda of the new times". the "canibália" album was released in the united states yielded a critique of the new york times saying: "daniela mercury goes beyond the concepts that were stressed during her career (...) with a contemporary pop, embracing ethnic and cultural diversity of brazil (particularly african-brazilian culture, while daniela mercury is white), remembering the past and transforming it."