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List Of Number-one Albums Of 1990 (Portugal)
The Portuguese Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Portugal, as compiled by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. References {{Portuguese charts 1990 in Portugal 1990 record charts Portuguese record charts ... [...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] |
Existir
''Existir'' (English: "To exist") is the second studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus. It was released on 12 May 1990 through EMI-Valentim de Carvalho. Style The music in ''Existir'' uses the same instrumentation as its predecessor, with classical guitar, keyboards, accordion, cello and vocals by Teresa Salgueiro. It combines Portuguese folk with the additional use of keyboards and synthesizers. Reception ''Existir'' reached number one in the Portuguese album charts and was 4 weeks at the top position. "O Pastor" (English: "The Shepherd") was a hit in Portugal. It was covered by vocalist/guitarist Rafael Bittencourt on his solo record ''Bittencourt Project – Brainworms I''. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes. Musicians * Teresa Salgueiro * Pedro Ayres Magalhães * Rodrigo Leão Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez (born 15 October 1964), known professionally as Rodrigo Leão, is a Portuguese musician and songwriter. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Portugal
Events in the year 1990 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Mário Soares *Prime Minister: Aníbal Cavaco Silva Events *Establishment of the National Solidarity Party. Arts and entertainment Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, with Nucha and the song "Há sempre alguém". Sport In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1989–90 Primeira Divisão and 1990–91 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1989–90 Taça de Portugal and 1990–91 Taça de Portugal. * 27 May and 3 June - Taça de Portugal Final Births *21 June – Isabel Pires, politician *14 July – Paulo Muacho, politician References {{DEFAULTSORT:1990 In Portugal Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ... Years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 31 albums since 1969. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967, John is acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his work during the 1970s, and his lasting impact on the music industry. John's music and showmanship have had a significant impact on popular music. His songwriting partnership with Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was raised in the Pinner suburb of London and learned to play piano at an early age, forming the blues band Bluesology in 1962. After leaving Bluesology in 1967 to embark on a solo career, John met Taupin after they both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years, they wrote songs for other artists, and John worked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Very Best Of Elton John
''The Very Best of Elton John'' is a greatest hits compilation album by English musician Elton John, released in October 1990. His first career-retrospective compilation album, and fourth official greatest-hits album overall, it was released in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe, and in other countries such as Japan and Australia, but not in the United States, where the box set '' To Be Continued...'' was released the following month instead. The compilation spans his second album ''Elton John'' in 1970 to ''Sleeping with the Past'' in 1989. After the double A-sided "Sacrifice/ Healing Hands" single became a hit and the third best-selling single of 1990 in the United Kingdom, the album became an instant smash in that country. It spent its first two weeks at #1 followed by nine weeks at #2, kept there by Madonna's '' Immaculate Collection''. In all, the compilation spent 145 weeks inside the UK top 200 album chart, making a total of 11 re-entries, and it was certified 9× ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rui Veloso
Rui Manuel Gaudêncio Veloso ComIH (born 30 July 1957) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician. Commonly called "The father of Portuguese rock" (Portuguese: ''O pai do rock português''), Veloso was a major figure in the boom of Portuguese rock music in the 1980s. His debut album '' Ar de Rock'' (1980), including the hit single "Chico Fininho", is considered a landmark of Portuguese rock. During the 1980s and 1990s, Veloso released numerous other successful singles and albums in Portugal. An unconditional lover of blues music, he played with B.B. King several times in King's shows in Portugal. Early life Rui Veloso was born in Lisbon on 30 July 1957. His father, Aureliano Veloso (25 February 1924 - 12 June 2019), was the first democratically elected mayor of Porto after the Carnation Revolution, in 1977. Aureliano's brother, António, was a leading general in the years after the revolution. Veloso grew up in Porto and started to play harmonica at the age of 6. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingos & Os Samurais
''Mingos & Os Samurais'' (sometimes spelled ''Mingos e os Samurais'') is the fifth studio album by Portuguese musician Rui Veloso, released on 7 August 1990 by EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...- Valentim de Carvalho. It is a concept album that tells the story of a small suburban band during the 1960s and the 1970s. It is Veloso's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums of all time in Portugal. The album reached number one in the Portuguese album charts and was at the top for 24 weeks. It was certified 7× platinum by the AFP and sold 280,000 copies by early 1992, which was at that time a sales record for a Portuguese artist. The singles "Não Há Estrelas no Céu" and "A Paixão (Segundo Nicolau da Viola)" were very successful as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, and visual presentation. She has pushed the boundaries of artistic expression in mainstream music, while continuing to maintain control over every aspect of her career. Her works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A prominent cultural figure crossing both the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna remains one of the most "well-documented figures of the modern age", with a broad amount of scholarly reviews and literature works on her, as well as an academic mini subdiscipline devoted to her named Madonna studies. At 20 years old, Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing as a drummer, guitarist, and vocalist in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Breathless
''I'm Breathless: Music from and Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy'' is an album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on May 22, 1990, by Sire Records to accompany the film ''Dick Tracy (1990 film), Dick Tracy''. The album contains three songs written by Stephen Sondheim, which were used in the film, in addition to several songs written by Madonna that were inspired by but not included in the film. Madonna starred as Breathless Mahoney alongside her then-boyfriend Warren Beatty who played the title role, Dick Tracy. After filming was complete, Madonna began work on the album, with Sondheim, producer Patrick Leonard and engineer Bill Bottrell. She also worked with producer Shep Pettibone on the album's first single, "Vogue (Madonna song), Vogue". The album was recorded in three weeks, at Johnny Yuma Recording and Ocean Way Studios, in Los Angeles, California. Musically, ''I'm Breathless'' consists predominantly of jazz, Swing music, swing and pop music, pop songs. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madredeus
Madredeus () are a Portuguese musical ensemble formed in 1985, in Lisbon. Their music combines traditional Portuguese music, fado and folk music. Madredeus are one of the most successful music groups from Portugal, having sold over 3 million albums worldwide. History 1985–1993: Formation and first lineup Madredeus' first lineup consisted of Pedro Ayres Magalhães (classical guitar), Rodrigo Leão (keyboard synthesizer), Francisco Ribeiro (cello), Gabriel Gomes (accordion) and Teresa Salgueiro (vocals). Magalhães and Leão formed the band in 1985, Ribeiro and Gomes joined in 1986. In search of a female singer, they found Teresa Salgueiro in one of Lisbon's night clubs. Teresa agreed to join and, in 1987, Madredeus recorded their first album, ''Os Dias da MadreDeus, Os dias da MadreDeus''. The first album was recorded in their rehearsal space, a converted abbey in Lisbon. The recording was especially strenuous due to deafening interruptions every 5 minutes from Trams in Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music. He returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums '' Tea for the Tillerman'' (1970) and ''Teaser and the Firecat'' (1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album '' Catch Bull at Four'' went to No.1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spent weeks at the top of several other major charts.Billboard – Catch Bull at Four Allmusic. Retrieved 20 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Albums Of 1991 (Portugal)
The Portuguese Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Portugal, as compiled by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. References {{Portuguese charts 1991 in Portugal 1991 record charts Portuguese record charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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