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Elétrica
''Elétrica'' ( Portuguese for ''"Electric"'') is the first live album (fifth overall) by Brazilian singer-songwriter Daniela Mercury, released in October 1998 through Epic Records (her last with that label). It was certified Platinum in Brazil for over 400,000 copies sold. The album were recorded during a concert on August 22, 1998, on ''Solar do Unhão'', in Salvador. Parte dos direitos autorais do álbum foram doados à UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel .... Track listing Chart performance Certification and sales References {{DEFAULTSORT:Eletrica 1998 albums Daniela Mercury albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury (born Daniela Mercuri de Almeida on July 28, 1965) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress and television host. In her solo career, Mercury has sold over 20 million records worldwide and had 24 Top 10 singles in the country, with 14 of them reached No. 1. Winner of a Latin Grammy for her album '' Balé Mulato – Ao Vivo'', she also received six Brazilian Music Award, an APCA award, three Multishow Brazilian Music Awards and two awards at VMB: Best Music Video and Photography. In 1991, Mercury released her self-titled album, which was followed by '' O Canto da Cidade'' a year later, boosting her career as a national artist and taking the axé music to the evidence. Over the years, Mercury released several albums, generating great singles like "Swing da Cor", " O Canto da Cidade", " À Primeira Vista", "Rapunzel", "Nobre Vagabundo", " Ilê Pérola Negra", " Mutante", " Maimbê Dandá", " Levada Brasileira", " Oyá Por Nós", among others. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Canto Da Cidade (song)
"O Canto da Cidade" (Portuguese for ''"The Chant of the Town"'') is a song co-written and performed by Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury. It is the title track and lead single of her second studio album, which was released in 1992. The song became a huge success in Brazil and it is widely known as one of Mercury's signature songs. Song information The lyrics of "O Canto da Cidade", which were written by Mercury herself and Tote Gira, are quite simple. They are basically about a girl advising a partner that she is trying to leave her – or a possible love interest, depending on the point of view – that he should stay with her, because she is the "chant" and the "color" of the town they live in. Music video The music video of "O Canto da Cidade" was directed by Patrícia Prata. It begins with Mercury singing the song while she walks through the streets of her native Salvador. As the beat of the song gets faster, Mercury starts to dance. There are also some other scenes of Mercury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feijão Com Arroz
''Feijão com Arroz'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Rice and beans'') is the fourth studio album by Daniela Mercury, released in 1996 in Brazil and on January 14, 1997 in North America and Europe through Sony Music. ''Feijão com Arroz'' was the second best-selling album of Mercury's career, and which produced more hit songs in Brazilian radios, only behind ''O Canto da Cidade'' (1992). The first single was "À Primeira Vista", written by Chico César, the song went to #1 on Brazilian chart. The song was also included on the soundtrack of the soap opera ''O Rei do Gado'' (The King of Cattle), and became the most successful of the singer's career since ''O Canto da Cidade (song), O Canto da Cidade''. The other album hit singles were "Nobre Vagabundo", "Rapunzel (Daniela Mercury song), Rapunzel" (both number-one hits), "Minas com Bahia" (top-twenty hit) and "Feijão de Corda" (a top-ten hit). In addition to her success in Brazil, ''Feijão com Arroz'' became one of the bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol Da Liberdade
''Sol da Liberdade'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Sun of freedom'') is the fifth studio album by Daniela Mercury, released in April 2000 in Brazil through Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG. Two of its singles, "Ilê Pérola Negra (song), Ilê Pérola Negra" and "Como Vai Você", became number-one hits in Brazil. The other single released from the album, "Santa Helena", peaked at number twenty-six. Background On the cover of ''Sol da Liberdade'', photographed by Mario Cravo Neto and created by Gringo Cardia, the singer wields a dry branch that suggests a sword, but her peaceful look eliminates an intention of war. ''"There I represented a black Iansã that freed Brazil from slavery in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the country."'' said Mercury. Two songs present in ''Sol da Liberdade'' made huge success in Brazilian radios. The first was "Ilê Pérola Negra", a song that actually the joining of two different compositions: "O Canto do Negro" (The Song of the Negro) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP; English: ''Portuguese Phonographic Association'') is the recording industry association of the major labels in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV (Portuguese group of producers of Phonograms and videograms) and UNEVA (Union of audio and video editors). The AFP is the Portuguese group of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The AFP gathers the main record publishers that operate in the Portuguese market and its affiliates represent more than 95% of the market. Record charts The AFP has two official charts: * Top 50 Albums * Top 200 Singles Top Albums The weekly album chart includes the best-selling albums based on physical sales. Starting in 2021, it started including digital sales, with streaming still not accounting for the chart. Top Singles A Portuguese singles chart existed from July 2000 until March 2, 2004. Previously a singles chart was published pre-1994 by the AFP. The chart was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae. Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música popular brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlinhos Brown
Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), 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. Early life He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a neighborhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, to Renato and Madalena. In 1967 he was still a child when Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, two 25-year-old musicians from Bahia, started Tropicália, which would radically change Brazilian music. Osvaldo Alves da Silva, his mentor, introduced him to Brazilian folklore. Musical career Early years Brown learned to play various percussion instruments as he grew up and in the 1980s he began to collaborate with other artists. In 1984 he played with Luís Caldas's band Accordes Verdes, one of the originators of samba-reggae, and in 1985 he fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapunzel (Daniela Mercury Song)
"Rapunzel" is a song recorded by Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury for her fourth studio album '' Feijão com Arroz''. The song was considered one of the Brazilian themes of the 1998 FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha .... Chart performance The song reached No. 1 on the Brazilian music charts. The song also won a gold certification in France, selling more than 75,000 copies. Formats and track listing *Brazil - CD single # "Rapunzel" - 3:40 *French - CD single # "Rapunzel" (Radio Mix) - 3:40 # "Rapunzel" (Album Version) - 3:40 References Daniela Mercury songs 1997 singles 1997 songs Songs written by Carlinhos Brown Epic Records singles {{1990s-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rome. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He performed as a singer and guitarist in the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government and eventually left Brazil for Italy in 1969. However, he came back to Brazil in 1970, and continued to record, perform, and write, though much of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On November 14, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. Veloso was one of seven children born into the family of José Telles Velloso (commonly known as ''Seu Zeca''), a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (known as ''Dona Canô''). He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in the eastern area of Brazil, but moved to Salvador, the state capital, as a college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Você Não Entende Nada/Cotidiano (song)
''Caetano e Chico – juntos e ao vivo'' is a 1972 live album by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque. It was recorded in Salvador's Teatro Castro Alves shortly after Veloso returned from his exile in London, imposed by the ruling Brazilian military dictatorship. Because of the political connotation of the songs and the repressive nature of the regime at the time, audience shouts and clapping were made intentionally louder in some parts of the album which contained verses that the censors had vetoed. Track listing # "Bom Conselho" (Buarque) – 2:00 # "Partido Alto" (Buarque) – 5:32 # "Tropicália" (Veloso) – 3:30 # "Morena dos Olhos d'Água" (Buarque) – 2:32 # "A Rita"/"Esse Cara" (Buarque/Veloso) – 3:35 # "Atrás da Porta" (Buarque, Francis Hime Francis Hime (Rio de Janeiro, August 31, 1939) is a Brazilian composer, arranger, pianist and singer. He is the composer of the jazz standard ''Minha / All Mine'', recorded, among others, by Bill Evans, Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
