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List Of Best-selling Albums In Brazil
The following is an independently list of best-selling albums in Brazil. This list can contain any types of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. The list is divided by claimed sales from diverse sources media and certified units from Pro-Música Brasil when their certification program started in 1990; and thereafter by domestic (over 1 million) and international artists (over half-million). Historically, Brazilian market have been dominated by their local artists and music. In 1996, Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD and now Pro-Música Brasil) informed that Brazilian music represented 72% of record sales across the nation. Brazil has always stayed as the largest music market in both Latin America and South America. As of 2018, was the world's 10th largest music market according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Numerous artists have multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Rossi
Marcelo Rossi (born 20 May 1967) is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful. He is also a writer and a singer, and uses music intensely in his Masses, has recorded several music CDs, is a host to several radio and TV programs in many stations, has appeared as an actor in two movies with religious themes. All of them have been big hits in the media, but Father Rossi donates all the proceedings to Catholic charities and to his own parish. Early life Father Rossi is based in São Paulo city where he was born into a Roman Catholic middle-class family and was raised in the neighborhood of Santana together with his two sisters Monica and Marta. His father, Antonio Rossi, worked as a bank manager for many years while his mother, Wilma, took care of the household. At the age 16 he made the decision of not attending church services any longer and six years later graduated in Physical Education at the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana (Portuguese for Urban Legion) was a Brazilian rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal. The band primarily consisted of Renato Russo (vocals, bass and keyboards), Dado Villa-Lobos (guitar) and Marcelo Bonfá (drums). In its earlier days, Legião Urbana also had a full-time bassist, Renato Rocha, but he left the band due to creative divergences. While Legião Urbana disbanded officially in 1996, after frontman Renato Russo's death, it is one of the most famous Brazilian rock bands, alongside Os Mutantes, Titãs, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, and Barão Vermelho. History The beginning Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr.) founded Legião Urbana in 1982 in Brasília, after leaving his previous band Aborto Elétrico ("Electric Abortion"). Aborto Elétrico broke up due to repeated disagreements between Russo and brothers Flávio and Fê Lemos, his bandmates. After Aborto Elétrico split and Russo created Legião Urbana, the two brothers would al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laços De Família
''Laços de Família'' (English: ''Family Ties'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 June 2000 to 3 February 2001. With a total of 209 episodes, it was created by Manoel Carlos and written by him with Maria Carolina, Vinícius Vianna, Flávia Lins e Silva and Fausto Galvão, and directed by Moacyr Góes, Leandro Neri, Ricardo Waddington, Rogério Gomes and Marcos Schechtman. It stars Vera Fischer, Carolina Dieckmann, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Marieta Severo, José Mayer, Tony Ramos, Deborah Secco, and Lília Cabral. Synopsis Helena, a businesswoman aged 45 who lives in the neighbourhood of Leblon and owns a beauty clinic. She is involved in a car accident with Edu, a 25-year-old doctor who had just graduated, in front of the bookstore owned by Miguel, on the eve of New Year 2000. When taken by Edu to the bookstore to be attended by first aid, she arouses the love of Miguel. Miguel is a man and is widowed who leads a quiet life with his two ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acústico MTV (Legião Urbana Album)
''Acústico MTV'' is a musical television program originally aired by MTV Brasil, inspired by the series ''MTV Unplugged'', an American program created in 1989 where bands and artists play their music in an acoustic version, that is, with acoustic and non-electric instruments. Initially, ''Acústico MTV'' was born as a television program and, as a result, became a music label. For the Brazilian music industry, the series took the music market to its peak. With the end of MTV Brasil's management by Grupo Abril in September 2013, the station stopped producing the program. Therefore, the last acoustic one was with Arnaldo Antunes. However, in November 2018, Viacom (current owner of the rights to MTV Brasil) announced that it was returning with the project, as it is part of a strategy to reposition MTV in Brazil. The first guest artist was Tiago Iorc. Albums Official albums * (1992) ''Acústico MTV: João Bosco'' *(1994) ''Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil'' *(1995) ''Acústico MTV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamonas Assassinas
Mamonas Assassinas was a Brazilian satirical rock band. Their musical style employed a humorous mixture between rock and a wide range of styles, often borrowing elements from other music, among which were the main riff of the Portuguese Vira ("Vira-Vira"), Northeastern Brazilian rhythms like forró ("Jumento Celestino"), Mexican music (" Pelados em Santos"), heavy metal ("Débil Metal"), sertanejo ("Bois Don't Cry"), and even pagode ("Lá Vem o Alemão"). The band's name carries a double-entendre as, in Portuguese, ''mamonas'' can be either the name of the Castor oil plant, which contains the highly toxic compound ricin (their logo incorporated a castor bean) or the augmentative for ''mamas'', meaning breasts (which were prominently pictured on the album cover). The band mentioned model Mari Alexandre as an influence to the name, and even translated the name into English as "Killer Big Breasts". On March 2, 1996, the plane in which the band was traveling crashed into the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamonas Assassinas (album)
''Mamonas Assassinas'' is the only studio album released by the Brazilian rock band of same name. It was released in 1995, and in only eight months (until the end of the band), it sold more than 2 million copies. Background and recording Rick Bonadio — nicknamed by the band "Creuzebek" — was chosen to produce the band's debut album. However, their record label EMI wanted at least ten tracks and the band hand only three in hands. In a week the bandmates wrote other 12 tracks that made the cut, but "Não Peide Aqui Baby", a parody of The Beatles's "Twist and Shout", was shelved due to the amount of profanity in the lyrics. The recording took place in São Paulo, on Bonadio's studio, and was mixed at The Enterprise in Los Angeles, United States. Artwork The band created the concept of the cover, a drawing by Carlos Sá in which the musicians appear in front of a naked woman exposing large breasts (evoking the pun in the band's name, "mamona" as in "mama", ''breast'' in Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuxa
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain and the United States simultaneously, reaching around 100 million viewers daily. She became a national superstar when she moved to TV Globo in 1986 for the ''Xou da Xuxa''. She was the first Brazilian to appear on ''Forbes'' magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million. Over her 30-year career, Xuxa has sold over 30 million copies of her records worldwide, which makes her the highest-selling Brazilian female singer. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. As of 2020, she continues to be among Brazil's most prominent celebrities. Also success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexto Sentido (Xuxa Album)
Sexto Sentido ( en, Sixth Sense, italic=yes) is the fourteenth studio album and the tenth in Portuguese by Brazilian pop singer Xuxa. Was released on August 20, 1994 by the record company Som Livre. Aimed at the children's audience, it was the first record of the presenter to win a title of their own, without depending on the programs presented by Xuxa as happened with the previous albums. ''Sexto Sentindo'' sold more than 1 million copies, gaining diamond certification by Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Discos (ABPD). Production and songs After a period full of international projects that were interrupted by a column problem, Xuxa began the year of 1994 decided that it would return to invest in the Brazilian public. The new program in Rede Globo gradually shaped itself and soon after, a new album began to be developed as well. Xuxa's audience had been growing. Many of the children who accompanied her in the days of the ''Xou da Xuxa'' were already entering their adolesc ... [...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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Canto Da Cidade
''O Canto da Cidade'' (Portuguese for ''"The Chant of the Town"'') is the second studio album by Brazilian axé/ MPB singer Daniela Mercury, released in 1992 in Brazil and on March 23, 1993 in North America and Europe through Sony Music. Background Later in 1992, Daniela Mercury went to a project called "Som do Meio-Dia" (Midday Sound), when she played at the Art Museum of São Paulo ( MASP). The show brought together over thirty thousand spectators, which eventually leave the traffic jam in the vicinity of the Paulista Avenue. After a forty-minute concert, Daniela was removed from the stage by representatives of the São Paulo tourist office, that concerned with the museum structure, obtained an order from the military police to remove it from the local. Soon after the show, Daniela was hired by Sony Music label and through this, released her second solo album, ''O Canto da Cidade''. The album sold over 2.5 million copies in Brazil alone (which made Mercury the first art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Que País É Este
''Que País É Este'' (), subtitled ''1978/1987'', is the third studio album by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana, released in 1987. The album booklet features a cartoon by drummer Marcelo Bonfá depicting the constant guitarist changes that the band went through until they hired Dado Villa-Lobos. The album sold more than 1 million copies, receiving a Diamond Certification by ABPD. It was also the last Legião Urbana album to feature bassist Renato Rocha — he would leave the band during the recording sessions of the next release, '' As Quatro Estações''. History The studio recording of ''Que País É Este'' was originally intended for a double album called ''Mitologia e Intuição'' ("Mythology and Intuition"; it was also tentatively named ''Disciplina e Virtude'', which means ""Discipline and Virtue"), which would include recordings from this album and the previous one '' Dois''. The idea was rejected and what was left of the project was released in this album. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy & Junior
Sandy & Junior were a Brazilian pop music duo consisting of siblings Sandy Leah Lima (born January 28, 1983) and Durval de Lima Júnior (born April 11, 1984). They first gained notoriety by being the children of Xororó from popular sertanejo duo Chitãozinho & Xororó. Sandy & Junior began by singing children's songs and sertanejo-influenced tracks (their first single, "Maria Chiquinha", is a classic sertanejo song). Once they reached adolescence, they changed their style to pop-influenced songs, mainly ballads and upbeat songs. They became a pop phenomenon in Brazil with the release of the albums ''Era Uma Vez... Ao Vivo'' (1998), ''As Quatro Estações'' (1999), ''Quatro Estações: O Show'' (2000) and '' Sandy & Junior'' (2001), which sold more than 9 million copies together, receiving multiple diamond certificates. '' Época'' magazine compared their success to Beatlemania. One of the best-selling Brazilian artists of all time, Sandy & Junior sold over 20 million albums. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
