Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, known as Pixinguinha was a Brazilian composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha composed popular music, particularly within the genre of music known as choro.
Grande Otelo was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away from the families that adopted him; only when he took up art did his life become settled.
Leci Brandão is a Brazilian politician, singer and composer of Brazilian Popular Music. She is the daughter of Pérola Negra, one of the artists who pioneered in making the Brazilian pagode music popular throughout the land. Her performance of "Quero Sim" won the National Meeting of Samba Composers in 1973.
Cru is a 2004 album by Seu Jorge first released in France on September 21, 2004 by the Parisian independent label Fla-Flu with the record company Naïve. This was his second album to be released outside his native Brazil, the first being Carolina. Many of the songs on the album are covers such as "Chatterton", written by Serge Gainsbourg and "Don't" by Leiber & Stoller. The album also includes political and social commentary in songs such as "Mania de Peitão" and "Eu Sou Favela".
Zé Ramalho is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and Alceu Valença.
Elizabeth "Beth" Santos Leal de Carvalho was a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer.
Jovem Guarda was primarily a Brazilian musical television show first aired by Rede Record in 1965, although the term soon expanded to designate the entire movement and style surrounding it. The members of the program were singers who had been influenced by the American rock n' roll of the late 1950s and British Invasion bands of the 1960s, although the music often became softer, more naïve versions with light, romantic lyrics aimed at teenagers. They were Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos and Wanderléa, with other bands and musicians appearing on the show as guests.
Ana Carolina Sousa is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician.
Nora Ney was a Brazilian singer. She is also the most notable interpreter of the samba-canção music style and a pioneer of the Brazilian rock.
Marcos Palmeira de Paula is a Brazilian actor, TV host and producer. He is nephew of the siblings Chico Anysio and Lupe Gigliotti. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in the series Mandrake.
Linda Batista, born Florinda Grandino de Oliveira was a Brazilian popular musician.
Bete Mendes is a Brazilian actress and politician.
Wilson Simonal de Castro, was a Brazilian singer, born in Rio de Janeiro on February 23, 1938. He died in São Paulo on June 25, 2000. He was a singer with great success in the 1960s and in the first half of the 1970s. He was married two times and had two sons: Wilson Simoninha and Max de Castro, both are artists today. He also had a daughter, named Patricia.
Estampado is the third studio album from Brazilian singer Ana Carolina, released on January 8, 2003. The album features Seu Jorge on the song "O Beat da Beata". It sold 200,000 in Brazil, being certified platinum twice.
Multishow ao Vivo: Ana Carolina - Dois Quartos is the second live album and fourth DVD by Brazilian singer Ana Carolina, released on May 6, 2008, through Sony BMG and Armazém.
Gil e Jorge is a 1975 album featuring collaboration between Brazilian musicians Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil. The two perform together alongside percussionist Djalma Corrêa on each of the songs, improvising and interacting directly throughout. The album was released in Brazil under the title "Ogum Xangô" with a different cover.
YB Music is an independent record label established in São Paulo, Brazil. It started in 1999, releasing music from new underground artists as well as revival acts. Its catalog includes different syles of Brazilian music featuring hip hop, samba-rock revisited by, electronic music, instrumental music including classical music and jazz, , and mangue beat from Recife. The label was responsible for the first album by Nação Zumbi after the death of their frontman Chico Science. The label received in 2001, 2005 and 2012 the APCA prize with the releases of Samba Rock, Samba Power and Badi Assad respectively.
The discography of Brazilian singer Maria Bethânia consists of 34 studio albums, 15 live albums, several participations in movie and telenovela soundtracks as well as numerous collaborations with other artists.
Roberto Carlos em ritmo de aventura is a 1968 Brazilian musical comedy film directed by Roberto Farias, with screenplay written by Paulo Mendes Campos. The film is the first of a trilogy directed by Farias featuring the singer Roberto Carlos.
Fragma is the debut album by Brazilian singer and pianist Amanda Magalhães, released on 16 September 2020. With Fragma, Magalhães says she intended to "unite [...] the tropical swing of Brazilian rhythms and the American black music feel". The album was entirely written and produced by her and she defined it as "an album that talks about affection and brings the stages of my affectionate life, filled with black music, samba and MPB".
