Brazil says goodbye to the singer Marília Mendonça in shock

• Brazil Dies in a plane crash Marília Mendonça, the most popular singer

Thousands of Brazilians flooded the hometown of the late popular music star Marília Mendonça on Saturday to pay him an emotional tribute, a day after he died in a plane crash at the age of 26.

Mendonça, a superstar of the Brazilian "sertanejo" and winner of the Latin Grammy, died on Friday with four other people when a plane that was taking her to a concert

the southeastern

.

His body was flown on Saturday to Goiania, his hometown, capital of the central state of Goiás.

to a stadium where a mass public viewing will be held.

Fans began lining up at dawn outside the 15,000-seat stadium, where large flower arrangements came in a steady stream, AFP correspondents said.

"We came to say goodbye to our great Marília Mendonça and thank her for spending these years of her life singing for us and

," student Davi Dyeimes Linares, who

to be among the first of the row.

Some 100,000 people were expected to attend, according to Goiás Governor

.

The star and an uncle who worked with her, who also died in the accident, were to be buried later in a small private ceremony for close friends and family at a local cemetery.

The Mendonça producer and the two pilots

are also among those killed after the twin-engine plane crashed near a picturesque waterfall outside the city of Caratinga, where the artist was scheduled to perform.

Mendonça was known for breaking into a Brazilian country music scene

and marked by machismo. She was a prominent figure in a burgeoning subgenre known as "feminejo" or "sertanejo de mujeres". Nicknamed the "Queen of Suffering", she was known for her ballads of love and heartbreak, but also about the empowerment of women.

She had about

and

.

His death drew tributes from figures ranging from Brazilian music legend

, who said the country was "in a state of shock."

"She was one of the greatest artists of her generation," the president wrote on Twitter.

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