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João Gomes (singer)
João Fernando Gomes Valério (born 31 July 2002) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter who came to national prominence with his debut album ''Eu tenho a senha''. One song from the album, "Meu Pedaço de Pecado", was the most played song among Brazil's Spotify users as of 1 July 2021, and also appeared in Spotify's Top 50 Global chart the same month. Biography Gomes was born in Serrita, Pernambuco, the son of a barber and a farmer. At a young age, he moved to Petrolina with his family, where he sang in the church choir from the age of seven. In 2019, while studying animal agriculture at the Federal Institute of Pernambuco, he began to record videos and publish them online, garnering some popularity. His debut album, ''Eu tenho a senha'', was released in June 2021 and reached #40 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. The following month, the first track from the album, "Meu Pedaço de Pecado", reached the top position on Spotify's "50 most played in Brazil" playlist, and also appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serrita
Serrita is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 19,196 inhabitants and the total area is 1535.2 km². Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Sertão Pernambucano * Boundaries - Ceará state (N); Parnamirim and Terra Nova (S); Salgueiro and Cedro (E); Moreilândia and Granito (W). * Area - 1603.6 km² * Elevation - 419 m * Hydrography - Brigida and Terra Nova rivers * Vegetation - Caatinga hiperxerófila * Climate - semi arid - (Sertão) hot * Annual average temperature - 27.0 c * Distance to Recife - 535.5 km Economy The main economic activities in Serrita are based in agribusiness, especially creation of goats, sheep, pigss, cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens; and plantations of onions, beans A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country, it is the sixth-most densely populated with around 89 people per km². Its capital and largest city, Recife, is one of the most important economic and urban hubs in the country. Based on 2019 estimates, the Recife Metropolitan Region is seventh-most populous in the country, and the second-largest in northeastern Brazil. In 2015, the state had 4.6% of the national population and produced 2.8% of the national gross domestic product (GDP). The contemporary state inherits its name from the Captaincy of Pernambuco, established in 1534. The region was originally inhabited by Tupi-Guarani-speaking peoples. European colonization began in the 16th century, under mostly Portuguese rule in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrolina
Petrolina is a municipality located in the southernmost point of the state of Pernambuco, in Northeast Brazil, in the valley of the São Francisco River. The population was 354,317 in 2020, and the total area is km², making it the largest municipality in the state by area. The municipality is closely integrated with Juazeiro, Bahia, located on the opposite bank of the São Francisco. Etymology Formerly called (), there is no single story explaining the origin of the name Petrolina. One theory is that the name was in tribute of Brazilian emperor Pedro I and his consort Leopoldina, while another asserts that Petrolina was named for a 'beautiful rock' () found on the banks of the São Francisco. History The growth of Petrolina and its twin city Juazeiro in the late 20th century is the result of the construction of the Sobradinho Dam and the abundant availability of water for irrigation in these otherwise semi-arid soils. The region is perhaps the only one in the interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forró
The term forró (*) refers to a musical genre, a rhythm, a dance and the event itself where forró music is played and danced. Forró is an important part of the culture of the Northeastern Region of Brazil. It encompasses various dance types as well as a number of different musical genres. Their music genres and dances have gained widespread popularity in all regions of Brazil, especially during the Brazilian June Festivals. Forró has also become increasingly popular all over the world, with a well-established forró scene in Europe. Origin of the music A theory on the origin of forró music is that it originated on the farms and plantations in Ceará and all over northeast Brazil, where farmers and workers used to sing to the cows and together with each other as they gathered coffee and other crops like sugarcane, corn, and vegetables. They had a different song for each crop, and for each phase of the collection. As the farmers and field hands corralled cows and carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active users, including 195 million paying subscribers, as of September 2022. Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City-domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded music and podcasts, including more than 82 million songs, from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify is available in most of Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starting with the Neolithic Revolution when animals were first domesticated, from around 13,000 BC onwards, predating farming of the first crops. By the time of early civilisations such as ancient Egypt, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs were being raised on farms. Major changes took place in the Columbian exchange, when Old World livestock were brought to the New World, and then in the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century, when livestock breeds like the Dishley Longhorn cattle and Lincoln Longwool sheep were rapidly improved by agriculturalists, such as Robert Bakewell, to yield more meat, milk, and wool. A wide range of other species, such as horse, water buffalo, llama, rabbit, and guinea pig, are used as livestock in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Institute Of Pernambuco
The Pernambuco Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology (Portuguese language, Portuguese: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco, IFPE) is a Brazilian institution of higher education located in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Its rectory is headquartered in Recife, Pernambuco. The IFPE is one of the oldest and most traditional among the Federal Institutes, it has 9 campuses and offers Technical, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as researches and scientific production. History The IFPE was founded on September 23, 1909, when the former Brazilian president Nilo Peçanha signed the Decree Nº 7.566, creating the Escolas de Aprendizes e Artífices (Craftsmen and Apprentices's Schools) making it the oldest federal institute in Brazil. It has already been given numerous names, such as: Escola de Artifíces do Recife (Recife's Craftsmen's School), Liceu Industrial (Industrial Lyceum), Escola Técnica do Recife (Recife's Vocational S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Global 200
The ''Billboard'' Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by '' Billboard'' magazine. The chart ranks the top songs globally and is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. First announced in mid-2019, it officially launched in September 2020. The current number-one as of the chart dated December 24, 2022, is " All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey. Conception ''Billboard'' had been working on the idea of a global chart for over two years prior to its launch. The chart was first announced on May 6, 2019, then envisioned as the "Global 100" and it was to launch later that year. The motivation for the chart's conception was "to expose people to music from multiple territories and in time", to provide "overdue exposure and recognition for acts from international markets". With the chart's official announcement on September 14, 2020, ''Billboard'' described it as "the first authoritative charts ranking the top songs gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Multishow Brazilian Music Award
The 2021 Multishow Brazilian Music Award ( pt, Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira 2021) (or simply Multishow Award 2021) (Portuguese: ''Prêmio Multishow 2021'') was held on December 8, 2021, at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Singer Iza and television presenter Tatá Werneck hosted the show. The nominations were reveled on October 18, 2021. Anitta led the nominations with five. Marina Sena received the most awards with three. Performances Pre-show Main ceremony Winners and nominees The nominees for Duo of the Year were announced on October 16, 2021, on ''Altas Horas''. The next day, the nominees for Hit of the Year and Performance of the Year were revealed. The complete list of nominees was announced on October 18, 2021. Anitta led the nominations with five, followed by Luísa Sonza and Marina Sena with four each, while Israel & Rodolffo, João Gomes, and Luan Santana received three nominations each. On November 7, 2021, it was announced that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belchior (singer)
Belchior (, born Antônio Carlos Belchior,Biografia do trovador Retrieved May 8, 2017 October 26, 1946 – April 30, 2017) was a Brazilian singer and composer. He was one of the first MPB singers from the to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s. His 1976 album '' Alucinação'' [] is considered by many critics to be the single most influential album in the history of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartola
Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (Portuguese for top hat), (; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola composed, alone or with partners, more than 500 songs. Biography The third son of Sebastião Joaquim de Oliveira and Aida Gomes de Oliveira, Angenor was born at Rua Ferreira Viana, 74, in the Catete district of Rio de Janeiro. His parents named him ''Agenor,'' but a transcription error on his birth certificate rendered it ''Angenor'', which he learned when he was 55. His nickname was bestowed by friends when he was 15: A construction worker, he always wore a hat—which he called a ''cartola'' (top hat)—to protect his hair and clothes. When Cartola was eight, his family moved to the Laranjeiras neighborhood in Rio; financial difficulties necessitated another move, to Mangueira hill in 1919, where a small favela (an unregulated slum, typically without public s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
