Edifício Praça da Bandeira, better known by its former name, Joelma Building, is a 25-story building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1971, located at Avenida 9 de Julho, 225. On 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire. There were 756 people in the building at the time. Because flammable materials had been used to furnish the interior, the entire building was engulfed in flames within 20 minutes. The fire was extinguished at 1:30pm, with 179 deaths and 300 people injured.
Banda Calypso was a Brazilian brega pop band, with influences of regional rhythms of the state of Pará. The band was formed in Belém, the state capital, in 1999 by singer/dancer Joelma da Silva Mendes and guitarist/producer Cledivan Almeida Farias, better known as Mestre Ximbinha. Early exposure of their work was restricted to only the North and Northeast regions of Brazil. The band now enjoys success throughout Brazil and has begun to establish its career abroad with tours to the United States, Europe and Angola.
Almeirim is a city on the Amazon and the northernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is also the fourth largest municipality in that state and the eighth largest in Brazil. The municipality is crossed by the Equator.
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
Joelma Patrícia da Cunha Viegas a.k.a. Cajó, is a team handball player from Angola. She plays on the Angola women's national handball team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Viegas is a Portuguese surname of visigothic origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Joelma das Neves Sousa is a Brazilian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Brazil at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Francisco Jozenilton Veloso, better known by his pseudonym and stage name Shaolin, was a Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, humorist, comedian and media presenter.
Events in the year 1974 in Brazil.
Joelma da Silva Mendes, best known only as Joelma is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and dancer. The singer since the age of 19, Joelma began her career in 1994, and in 1998 she met and married the musician and producer, Ximbinha, forming with him the Banda Calypso in June 1999. Together, achieved fame and success, and became sales record holders in albums in Brazil, launching thirteen studio albums, ten live albums and eight video albums which generated singles successes. In 2015, Joelma and Ximbinha announced the end of marriage and the band, giving birth to the recording of their first album only in the same year.
Joelma is the first extended play (EP) of the Brazilian singer Joelma, released on March 24, 2016 under the seal of Universal Music Group only digital download in iTunes Store. With four unreleased tracks, the EP is a preview of the first Joelma studio album, and all 4 EP tracks are present on the disc "Joelma".
"Não Teve Amor" is a song released by the singer Joelma, present in their first album Joelma. It was released as the third single album and composed of Marília Mendonça, Juliano Tchula and Rangel Castro. On January 28, 2016 the song was made available for download on the social networks of the singer, a week after "Ai Coração" to be released.
Joelma is the debut solo album of Brazilian singer Joelma Mendes, initially under the stage name Joelma Calypso and later simply as Joelma. It was released on April 29, 2016, by Universal Music. The album features 14 songs, including 4 tracks from the EP Joelma released digitally in March 2016, a cover of "Barca Furada" by Banda Calypso and 9 previously unreleased tracks.
Assunto Delicado(Delicate Subject) is the Second extended play (EP) of the Brazilian singer Joelma, released on September 30, 2016 under the seal of Universal Music Group only digital download in iTunes Store. The name of the work is the same one of its tracks, "Assunto Delicado", composition of Marília Mendonça, Maraisa and Juliano Tchula. With four previously unreleased tracks, the EP is a complement to the recording of the singer's first solo career DVD, recorded the following month.
Avante (English: "Forwards is the first live material by Brazilian singer Joelma, being the second CD in her solo career and the singer's first DVD, released on April 28, 2017 by Universal Music.
"Ai Coração" is a song released by the singer Joelma, present in their first album Joelma. It was released as the second single album and composed of Louro Santos and Waldecy Moreno.
Avante EP(English: Forward EP ) is an extended play (EP) of Brazilian singer Joelma released in order to support the release of Album of the same name. It was released on all digital platforms on April 14, 2017 by Universal Music. Voando pro Pará, 'Não Teve Amor, Chora Não Coração and #Partiu were the songs released.
