The stardom of “Ipanema,” however, was never repeated. Her first solo album of bossa nova tracks, “The Astrud Gilberto Album” (1965), failed to crack the top 40 in sales. Her 1969 album “I Haven’t Got Anything Better to Do” featured a close-up shot of Ms. Gilberto with a tear in her left eye. One reviewer said she maintained a “voice as smooth as butterscotch,” but the public’s interest in bossa nova was on the wane.
Furthermore, her relationship with her homeland never fully healed after she left for the United States in the mid-1960s. She said the Brazilian media pried into her personal life too much, including a reported relationship with Getz in the 1960s, and was unforgiving of her decision to emigrate. Her last performance in Brazil was in 1965 at the height of her fame.
“Isn’t there an ancient proverb to the effect that ‘No one is a prophet in his own land?’” she said in 2002.
She added: “I have no qualms with Brazilians, and I enjoy myself very much when I go to Brazil. Of course, I go there as an incognito visitor, and not as a performer.”
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