Lenine (musician)

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Lenine
Background information
Birth nameOsvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel
Born (1959-02-02) 2 February 1959 (age 64)
Recife, Pernambuco Brazil
Genres MPB
Alternative rock
Brazilian rock
Blues
Samba
Manguebeat
Frevo
Maracatu
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, violin
Years active1982–present
Labels Six Degrees Records, Sony Music, Som Livre, Universal Music
Website Lenine.com

Lenine, artist name of Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel (born 2 February 1959), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter from Recife, Pernambuco. Between the years of 2002 and 2018, he has earned a total of seven Latin Grammy Awards, (including the 2005 awards for "Best Brazilian Contemporary Album" and "Best Brazilian Song"). [1]

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Career

Lenine's career began at the age of 18, when he moved to Rio de Janeiro to compete in a music festival. In 1983, he released his first LP, Baque Solto, with partner Lula Queiroga. Ten years later, he released his second album, Olho de Peixe, with percussionist Marcos Suzano. Lenine's first solo record, O Dia em que Faremos Contato, was released in 1997, featuring a mixture of electronica, northeastern Brazilian rhythms and samba. Two years later, he released Na Pressão. In 2001, Falange Canibal was released. This album attracted international attention due to the appearance of the U.S. group Living Color performing with him on the song "O Homem dos Olhos de Raios-X". His next album In Cité (2004) was recorded live at the auditorium of the Cité de la Musique (City of Music) in Paris.

In 2005, Lenine won two Latin Grammys: one for "Best Brazilian Contemporary Album" and one for "Best Brazilian Song". [2] His first North American release, a self-titled collection of his own compositions, was issued in 2006.

In addition to being a performer of note, Lenine is an accomplished composer for other artists; he possesses a catalog of over 500 songs written for artists including Maria Bethânia, Milton Nascimento, Daniela Mercury, and Zélia Duncan. Among Lenine's most famous songs is "Relampiano" (lightning strikes), about a child from the favela who sells candies at stoplights. This song, written with Paulinho Moska, was inspired by an encounter between them and a young street vendor in Rio de Janeiro. [3]

In 2015, his album Carbono was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best MPB Album category, with the track "Simples Assim" being nominated for the Best Brazilian Song category. [4]

His live album Em Trânsito was ranked as the 26th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine. [5]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Past Winners". latingrammy.com.
  2. ↑ "Lenine. Biography". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Continuaçao — Informações". 10 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "La lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy 2015". Infobae (in Spanish). 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Antunes, Pedro (21 December 2018). "Rolling Stone Brasil: os 50 melhores discos nacionais de 2018". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Grupo Perfil. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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