 A year later, "Mar Azul" was released and later "Miss Perfumado" in 1992 that sold 500,000 copies, it featured the single "Sodade" which became an international success and the label competed with other record label giants including Sony and BMG.Along with the success of Cesária Évora which won herself a Grammy Award for Best World Music in 2004, Lusafrica produced other artists, the company later lost money in the early 2000s, its catalog became most extensive.In the early 2000s, José da Silva was forced to reduce the catalog and perform some staff dismissals in Lusafrica.