Axé is a popular music genre originated in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the 1980s, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as marcha, reggae, and calypso. It also includes influences of Brazilian music such as frevo, forró and carixada. The word Axé comes from the Yoruba term àṣẹ, meaning “soul, light, spirit or good vibrations”. Axé is also present in the Candomblé religion, as “the imagined spiritual power and energy bestowed upon practitioners by the pantheon of orixás”.
Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical style blends funk, latin music, R&B, soul music, reggae, and traditional Brazilian percussion.
Jota Quest is a Brazilian pop rock band. The band was founded in 1993, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais as J. Quest, but due to trademark issues with Hanna-Barbera, they renamed themselves Jota Quest. The band members include: Rogério Flausino (vocals), Marco Túlio (guitar), Márcio Buzelin (keyboards), "PJ" – Paulo Roberto Diniz, Jr. (bass) and Paulinho Fonseca (drums). Jota Quest initially stood apart from Minas Gerais' musical tradition by garnering national success with pop rock and blue eyed soul-tinged pop. Eventually the band exposed its Clube da Esquina influences, including collaborations with Minas Gerais exponents Paulinho Pedra Azul and Milton Nascimento in Oxigenio as well as jams with 14 Bis and a collaboration with Roberto Carlos over his hit single "Alem do Horizonte". Jota Quest sold over 4,000,000 copies in Brazil, Latin America and Portugal.
Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo Cady is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host. She is one of the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singers, with six albums released with Banda Eva, and seven more albums in a solo career. Sangalo is noted for her powerful voice, charisma and live performances. Her music is also very popular in Portugal. She has sold 20 million copies of her albums.
"Ribbon in the Sky" is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder. The ballad was first featured on the 1982 greatest hits album, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, and charted at No. 54 pop and No. 10 R&B in the US when it was released.
Margareth Menezes is a Brazilian singer from Salvador, Bahia.
Ivete Sangalo is the first solo album of Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo, released in 1999.
Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio Pedreira is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond-certified hit singles in Brazil and five golden and platinum albums from 2003 to 2007, as granted by the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD).
Pode Entrar is the tenth studio album by the Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo released on June 5, 2009.
"Deixo" is a song performed by the Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo. It was released as the lead single from her second live album Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete no Maracanã.
"Corazón Partío" is a song written and performed by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz from his 1997 album Más. Released as a single, the flamenco-influenced upbeat song was his international breakthrough and entered several Billboard charts in the United States, including Hot Latin Tracks and Hot Dance Singles Sales. It is recognized as one of Alejandro Sanz's signature songs. A remix of the song, released in 1998, reached number one in Spain.
The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The show will be aired on Univision.
Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden is the eleventh album by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, released on December 7, 2010. The album was recorded during a single concert performed on September 4, 2010, at Madison Square Garden in New York. It's the fourth digital video disc from the singer and its first international release. The disc sold over 300,000 copies only on its pre-sale, which earned her a certified Triple Platinum and Gold Record by ABPD.
Paula Fernandes de Souza is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and arranger. In a poll organized among readers of VIP magazine in 2011, she was named the 16th "sexiest woman in the world". That same year, she was one of the most searched people on Google Brazil. She winner a Latin Grammy Awards for her album "Amanhecer" in 2016.
"Acelera Aê " is a song performed by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, taken from her third live album Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden. Written by Gigi, Magno Sant'Anna, Fabinho O'Brian e Dan Kambaiah, the song is an axé pop song, that talks about getting ready for a great event. It was released as the album's lead single on August 20, 2010, in the digital download format in many countries, such as Brazil, Belgium and Portugal. The song reach number ten on the Brazilian charts.
"Desejo de Amar " is a song performed by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, taken from her third live album Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden. Written by Alain Tavares & Rita Mendes, the song is an axé music song, that talks about desiring and loving someone. It was released as the album's second single on January 6, 2011, on the Brazilian radio stations. The song was the summer and carnival song. It reach number thirty-four on the Billboard Brasil charts.
The albums discography of Brazilian singer-songwriter Ivete Sangalo consists of seven studio albums, three live album, seven compilation albums, one extended play and five video albums. In 1993, Sangalo began her career as lead singer of Banda Eva, the most successful Brazilian axé music band, and released six studio albums, one live album and two compilation albums.
The Voice Brasil is a current Brazilian reality talent show which premiered on Rede Globo on September 23, 2012. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol.
The Voice Kids is a current Brazilian reality talent show which premiered on Rede Globo on January 3, 2016. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice Kids, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol.
BreakTudo Awards is a Brazilian award that happens annually. The awards honor the year's biggest achievements in music, film, television and Brazilian internet, voting takes place over the internet. The selection of the nominees of some of the categories is done by public voting through the internet, other categories are nominations of a specialized team of the priming. BreakTudo Awards is the first Brazilian award to award a K-pop group and is one of the biggest young awards in Brazil.
