Madredeus is a Portuguese musical ensemble formed in 1985. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music, fado, and influences of modern folk music.
Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo (vocals/guitar), Rodrigo Amarante (guitar/vocals), Rodrigo Barba (drums), and Bruno Medina. Currently they are on an extended hiatus, performing some concerts sporadically.
The MTV Video Music Brazil awards, more commonly known as VMB, were MTV Brasil's annual award ceremony, established in 1995. MTV viewers picked the winners for most categories since 2001. Unlike in the MTV Video Music Awards, the most important category at the MTV Video Music Brazil was the Viewer's Choice, not the Video of the Year; both of these categories merged in 2005. In 2007, the awards have faced a major rebranding, with several categories extinguished and even the trophies' design changed; from this year on, the awards were no longer focused on music videos, but on the artists, and the most important category became the Artist of the Year. However, the Video of the Year category existed to award the best music video.
Fresno is a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto Alegre in late 1999. As of 2020, members are Lucas Silveira, Gustavo Mantovani, Thiago Guerra (drums) and Mario Camelo (keyboards). They already have ten albums, the most recent being "Sua Alegria foi Cancelada".
The 3rd Annual Latin Grammys were held in Los Angeles at the Kodak Theatre on Wednesday, September 18, 2002. Alejandro Sanz was the night's big winner, winning a total of three awards including Album of the Year. The ceremony returned in style after the 2001 ceremony was cancelled because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks across America, and all presenters apologized to viewers during the broadcast for such.
Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. He is part of the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, and Little Joy, and released his first solo record, Cavalo, in Brazil in late 2013 and worldwide in May 2014. He also wrote and performed the narcocorrido "Tuyo", the theme song for the Netflix Original Series Narcos (2015) and Narcos: Mexico (2018), and wrote the score for the film "7 Days In Entebbe" (2018).
Orquestra Imperial is a Brazilian Big Band formed in 2002 with the objective of recreating the typical Gafieira Samba sound. The group brought together notable names from the new Carioca pop scene such as Rodrigo Amarante, Moreno Veloso, Domenico Lancellotti and Kassin, Nina Becker, Thalma de Freitas, Max Sette and Rubinho Jacobina with experienced musicians like Nélson Jacobina and the samba percussionist and singer Wilson das Neves. Other musicians who have contributed to the Orquestra include Berna Ceppas, Rodrigo Bartolo, Pedro Sá, Bidu Cordeiro and DJ Marlboro who has gained the title of official Orquestra Imperial DJ.
Little Joy is a Brazilian/American rock supergroup formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro. They released their only album in 2008.
Marcelo de Souza Camelo is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, and poet. He is best known as composer and lead guitarist of the Brazilian band Los Hermanos. Since the end of the band, he continues composing for many interpreters, mainly Maria Rita and Ivete Sangalo. In 2008, was released his first solo CD, Sou.
The 2006 MTV Video Music Brazil was hosted by Cazé Peçanha, Marcos Mion and Daniela Cicarelli and took place at the Credicard Hall. It was the last year where VMB focused on awarding music videos ; from 2007 on, VMB's categories were redefined to focus on the artists.
The 2005 MTV Video Music Brazil was hosted by Selton Mello and took place at the Credicard Hall. It was the only edition of the awards where the presenters of the main categories performed a song or a medley of songs related to the category presented before introducing the nominees and announcing the winners. In 2005, the Viewer's Choice and Video of the Year categories were combined into a single category; prior to 2005, the Video of the Year award was chosen by a jury of experts, while most of the categories were decided by the viewers.
Red Hot + Rio 2, produced by Béco Dranoff, John Carlin, and Paul Heck; with supervising musical producers Andres Levin, Mario Caldato Jr., and Kamal Kassin; in collaboration with U.S. label E1 Entertainment, is an album released as part of the Red Hot Organization's series of tribute albums created to raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. The album was released June 28, 2011. Consisting of 34 original recordings featuring unique collaborations involving over 60 international and Brazilian stars, RIO 2 is a cutting-edge tribute to the influential Tropicália movement that rocked Brazil's cultural and political landscape in the late 1960s. In addition, RIO 2 is a 15-year celebration of the first Red Hot + Rio project released to great acclaim in 1996.
Rogério Tolomei Teixeira, better known by his stage name Rogério Skylab, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, classical guitarist, poet, essayist, record producer, actor and former television presenter. His unique musical style is characterized by minimalism and eclecticism, and his lyrics are permeated by acerbic allusions to popular culture, pessimism, scatology, nihilism and black comedy. Some of his most recognizable compositions are "Motosserra", "Fátima Bernardes Experiência", "Dedo, Língua, Cu e Boceta", "Eu Chupo o Meu Pau" and "Matador de Passarinho".
Los Hermanos is the debut studio album by the rock band Los Hermanos. It was released in 1999 on Abril Music.
Bloco do Eu Sozinho is the second album by Brazilian band Los Hermanos, released in 2001.
Ventura is the third album by Brazilian band Los Hermanos, released in 2003. It was the first work of a Brazilian band to be made available - illegally - on the Internet before its official release.
Cavalo is the first solo album of singer Rodrigo Amarante, released in September 2013 in Brazil by Som Livre, and in May 2014 around the world by the Easy Sound.
"Anna Júlia" is a song by Brazilian rock band Los Hermanos, first released on their 1999 self-titled debut album. It was their first mainstream hit.
Dominó was a Brazilian boy band created by television presenter Gugu Liberato and that had its heyday in the 1980s and then in the late 1990s. This band sold about 6 million copies in Brazil in the 1980s. Its original lineup had Afonso Nigro, Nill, Marcos Quintela and Marcelo Rodrigues. The biggest hits were "Ela Não Gosta de Mim," "Companheiro", "'P. da Vida", "Manequim" and "Com Todos Menos Comigo."
Trilogia dos Carnavais: 25 Anos de Carreira ou de Lápide is a live album by the Brazilian musician Rogério Skylab. It was released on August 30, 2016 through independent label Coqueiro Verde, and recorded during a show at the Estúdio 24P in Rio de Janeiro, in which Skylab celebrated 25 years of musical career and promoted his Trilogia dos Carnavais series of albums: Abismo e Carnaval (2012), Melancolia e Carnaval (2014) and Desterro e Carnaval (2015). A DVD containing footage of the performance and additional tracks was simultaneously released. It is Skylab's first of two releases not to be available for free download on his official website, the second being the 2017 EP Skylab.
