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Thaeme Mariôto
Thaeme Mariôto (born October 4, 1985) is a Brazilian pop singer and songwriter. She rose to fame after winning the second season of the reality television show ''Ídolos Brazil''. After ''Idolos'', she enjoyed a solo career, prior to joining the sertanejo duo Thaeme & Thiago alongside Thiago (real name José Lazaro Servo). Biography Thaeme was born on October 4, 1985, in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, but was raised in Jaguapitã, Paraná. Thaeme began singing in the church choir in her hometown and never looked back. Teamed with her sister Priscilla and appeared in several TV shows, including Rede Record's Eliana's Talent Kids. Thaeme's musical inspirations include Música popular brasileira and jazz divas. In 2009, she was elected as one of ''VIP Magazine's 100+ Sexies''. ''Ídolos Brazil'' Overview Mariôto auditioned for the second season of ''Ídolos Brazil'' in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Performances Career 2007–08: ''Idol Fame'' Mariôto signed a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidente Prudente, São Paulo
Presidente Prudente is a city ''(município)'' in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 230,371 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president Prudente de Morais. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo. Presidente Prudente is considered the sixth best city in the state of São Paulo to live in. Among 5,560 Brazilian cities, it occupies the 29th place for most promising cities to build a career. History Presidente Prudente was founded in 1917. Demographics *Total Population: 220,599 (IBGE/2014) *Literacy rate: 98% *Human Development Index: 0.846 *Regional Population: 806,954 inhabitants. Climate The city is well known for its hot temperatures in summer, when the heat index sometimes exceeds 40 °C (104 °F, in the months of October through February (from spring to summer). However, cold weather prevails in winter, as -1.8 °C (28.8 °F) was recorded in 1975 and 0 °C (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nando Reis
Nando Reis (, born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis; January 12, 1963) is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais. He has also produced a few albums, including some related to Cássia Eller, who has made several significant partnerships with him, and Marisa Monte. In 2012, Nando Reis was listed among the top ten Brazilian artists at the ECAD list of artists who earned the most from copyright in the first semester of that year. In 2016, he was at the 15th position, besides being 6th in the ranking of earnings from live performances and topped the ranking of earnings from music played in public places. Childhood Nando Reis was born in São Paulo to Cecília Leonel and José Carlos Galvão Gomes dos Reis. He was given his prename "José" just like his brothers, José Carlos, the oldest of the children, and José Luiz (who is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiza Possi
Luiza Possi Gadelha (born June 26, 1984) is a Brazilian pop singer. She is the daughter of another famous Brazilian singer, Zizi Possi. Biography In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with a band that was opening a show by Skank at Credicard Hall in São Paulo. The audience consisted of 12 thousand people, and the singer performed the song "O Vento", Jota Quest Jota Quest is a Brazilian pop rock band. The band was founded in 1993 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais as ''J. Quest'', but due to trademark issues with Hanna-Barbera, they renamed themselves ''Jota Quest'' (''jota'' being the Portuguese name ..., backed only by a piano. In 2001, Possi went with some bands playing in an informal way, until she participated in the Programa do Jô, beside her mother, Zizi Possi, which aired on Rede Globo, and performed the song "Angel" theme from the movie '' City of Angels''. The next day she received multiple invitations to sign music contracts. Luiza live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sistema Brasileiro De Televisão
The Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (; SBT ; "Brazilian Television System") is a Brazilian television network founded on Wednesday, 19 August 1981, by the businessman and television personality Silvio Santos. The company was established after a public tender by the Brazilian Federal Government to form two new networks, created from revoked concessions of the defunct Tupi and Excelsior networks. The SBT was funded in the same day that the concession agreement was signed, and that the act was broadcast live by the network, so that this was his first program aired. Before acquiring the concessions of the four station that were to form the SBT, Grupo Silvio Santos had since 1976 the concession of Rio de Janeiro's channel 11, known as TVS Rio de Janeiro (now SBT Rio), which was a fundamental step to give life to the SBT. In April 2018, the SBT was the second-most watched television network in Brazil, behind Globo. Throughout its existence, the network always occupied the space in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Calcanhotto
Adriana Calcanhotto (born October 3, 1965) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Her melancholic songs are often categorized in the MPB genre. She began her professional career in 1984 and released her first studio album in 1990. Career Born from musician Carlos Calcanhotto (originally Calcagnotto) of Italian origin from Volpago del Montello, Veneto, and from a Brazilian dancer. Adriana's first album, called ''Enguiço'', was released in 1990 and consisted mostly of covers of well known MPB (Brazilian pop) songs, part of the repertoire she used to perform as a singer in restaurants and bars in Porto Alegre. It included only one original composition, the title track. It spawned her first hit, a cover of Caetano Veloso's ''Naquela Estação'', which became successful thanks to it being included in the soundtrack of the primetime soap ''Rainha da Sucata'', one of the most watched in the history of Brazilian television. 1992 saw the release of ''Senhas'', which included the hits "Me ... [...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] |
Marjorie Estiano
Marjorie Dias de Oliveira (born 8 March 1982), known professionally as Marjorie Estiano, is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. She became nationally known for her role in Rede Globo's teen soap opera ''Malhação''. In film, Estiano was the lead role in '' Time and the Wind'', '' Good Manners'', among others. In television, she was the lead role in three telenovelas, including Emmy award-winning '' Side by Side'', and four series. In 2019, she was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Sob Pressão''. Biography Born in Curitiba, Paraná state as Marjorie Dias de Oliveira to Eurandir Lima de Oliveira and Marilene Dias, the second of three siblings, Marjorie Estiano studied Scenic Arts in ''Escola Estadual do Paraná''. When she finished, she moved to São Paulo to improve her acting abilities. There she studied music for two years in Faculdade Paulista de Artes Career While studying, she made some TV commercials and played min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raul Seixas
Raul Santos Seixas (; 28 June 1945 – 21 August 1989)allmusic Biography/ref> was a Brazilian rock composer, singer, songwriter and producer. He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza", the last one roughly translated as "Groovy Nutcase". He was born in Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, and died of pancreatitis in São Paulo. Every year on Seixas' birthday, legions of fans, including thousands of impersonators (many even changing their last name to Seixas as a sign of passionate admiration), throw a parade in his honor in downtown São Paulo. His body of work consists of 21 albums released throughout his 26-year career. His musical style is varied, though Rock'n'Roll, folk, and ballads form much of his oeuvre. Raul Seixas also wrote songs that blended non-Anglo styles, including variations of rhythms typical of his native Northeast Brazil like Forró, Baião, Maxixe, Candomblé drumming, and in fact, often used more than one style in the same song, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Augusto (musician)
José Augusto (born José Augusto Cimillo Cougil; August 16, 1953 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He sings love balladas and romantic music in general, both in Portuguese and Spanish languages. His song "Mi Historia Entre Tus Dedos" (''My History Between Your Fingers'') peaked at No. 33 and No. 17 in the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks and Latin Pop Airplay, respectively. Singles of José Augusto at the Billboard charts– allmusic Discography * " José Augusto" – (1973) Candilejas (Portuguese and Spanish) * " José Augusto" – (1974) Palavras (Portuguese and Spanish) * " José Augusto" – (1975) Não tem Problema * " José Augusto" – (1976) Fascination (Spanish) * " José Augusto" – (1978) Doce Engano * " José Augusto" – (1978) Melancolia * " José Augusto" – (1979) Mis Amigos mi guitarra mi canciónes (Spanish) * " José Augusto" – (1980) El mejor de mis amigos (Spanish) * " José Augusto" – (1981) Querer y perder (Spanish) * " José A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanah Fienngo
Rosana Fiengo (born March 7, 1954), popularly known as Rosana and, posteriorly, as Rosanah Fienngo, is a Brazilian singer. Her greatest hit was the song "The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song), O Amor e o Poder", part of the telenovela ''Mandala (TV series), Mandala'' soundtrack (1987). Early life Rosanah was born in São Paulo neighborhood of Brás, from Aldo Fiengo and Zenaide Romano Fiengo. She began to sing professionally when she was 13 on her father's band ''Casanova's''. In 1969, Rosanah was vocalist for the band Cry Babies alongside musicians like Luiz Carlos Batera, one of the founders of Banda Black Rio. In 1972, Tim Maia recorded her composition "''Já era tempo de Você''" In 1980 she participated in music festivals in television. in 1981 she was qualified in Rede Globo's MPB Shell Festival with the song ''"Pensei Que Fosse Fácil, mas não É''", composed by Zé Rodrix. In 1985, she participated in the Festival dos Festivais, and sang the song "Vidraça" in one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skank (band)
Skank is a Brazilian band from Belo Horizonte. Having begun in 1991, they sold approximately 5,200,000 copies of their albums as of 2004. Initially intending to mix dancehall with traditional Brazilian styles, later the band changed its sonority to music closer to Britpop and local movement Clube da Esquina. Biography In 1983, Samuel Rosa (guitars, vocals) and Henrique Portugal (keyboards) started to play in a reggae band called "Pouso Alto", along with Dinho Mourão (drums) and his brother Alexandre (bass). In 1991, Pouso Alto arranged for a performance in São Paulo, but due to the Mourão brothers not being in Belo Horizonte, bassist Lelo Zaneti and drummer Haroldo Ferretti were called for the gig. The band premiered on June 5, 1991, and due to the performance competing with the Campeonato Paulista final match, the audience was 37 people. After the show, the group changed its name to Skank, inspired by Bob Marley's song "Easy skanking", and began to perform regularly at "Mister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Lee
Rita Lee Jones (; born 31 December 1947) is a Brazilian rock singer, composer and writer. She is a former member of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and is a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegan. She has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Her autobiography ''Rita Lee: Uma Autobiografia'' was the best-selling non-fiction book of 2017 in Brazil. Early life and education Rita Lee was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to an American father, Charles Fenley Jones, a dentist descended from the Confederates, and Romilda Padula, a Brazilian mother of Italian ancestry and a pianist. Rita studied classical piano with the renowned pianist Magdalena Tagliaferro. In place of the traditional adolescent debut ball, she asked to receive a drum set. She was educated in a French-language school and became fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian, as well as her native Portuguese and the English that her parents spoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
