Liniker
Liniker de Barros Ferreira Campos ( Araraquara, 3 July 1995), widely known as Liniker, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and former bandleader for Brazilian soul and Black music band Liniker e os Caramelows. Her voice has been described as 'powerful and low-pitched' with a 'slightly raspy, soul-singer' character as well as 'versatile' with a 'recurrent falsetto' and 'easily recognisable timbre'—with occasional comparisons arising towards Tim Maia. Liniker is an openly trans woman, and her music is an influence on young Brazilians facing gender discrimination, an audience which 'rarely finds itself represented in Brazilian music.' Biography Early life and adolescence Liniker was born in the city of Araraquara in rural São Paulo state. Her mother Ângela raised her as a single mother A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single p ...
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Latin Grammy Award For Best MPB Album
The Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, the award is for vocal or instrumental Musica Popular Brasileira albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material, and is awarded to solo artists, duos or groups. The albums, ''Livro'' by Caetano Veloso (2000), ''Maria Rita'' by Maria Rita (2004), '' Regência: Vince Mendoza'' by Ivan Lins and The Metropole Orchestra (2009) and ''Especial Ivete, Gil E Caetano'' by Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo (2012) were nominated for Album of the Year, but didn't win. The album ''Livro'' by Caetano Veloso won this award in 2000 and the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in the same year. ''Cantando Hi ...
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