Almir Eduardo Melke Sater (born 14 November 1956) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Mato Grosso (now in

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), Sater went to Rio de Janeiro when was 20 to attend the Law School of

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. Influenced by Tião Carreiro & Pardinho,

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, Délio & Delinha, he started his singing career under the pseudonym Lupe in a duo called Lupe and Lampião. After being featured on Tetê Espíndola's band Lírio Selvagem in 1979, which was dissolved the same year, his composition, "Sonhos guaranis", was recorded by Sérgio Reis in 1980. His debut studio album was published in 1981 by

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and mixed sertanejo with

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and local genres like

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, guarania and

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. In 1982 he started to write collaboratively with

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, a frequent contributor. In 1986, he debuted as an actor on Ozualdo Candeias's film ''

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''. He acted on

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's ''

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'' in 1990. In addition his song "Tocando em Frente" performed by

Maria Bethânia Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (; born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performa ...

won the awards for Song of the Year in the Special Category and Best Song in the MPB Category at the 1991 Sharp Awards.

, one of the singer-songwriters who composed the song, considered it "the basis of country music, which inspires music throughout Brazil". On the other hand, Extra.Globo considered it to be "a pearl of country music." In the following year, he starred on ''

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''. He was one of the best-selling composers of record label Velas in the 1990s. After a ten-year hiatus, Sater released ''7 Sinais'' in 2007. His album ''+AR'' (with

) was ranked as the 44th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of ''

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'' magazine and among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2018 by the

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Discography

* ''Estradeiro'' (1981) * ''Doma'' (1982) * ''Almir Sater Instrumental'' (1985) * ''Cria'' (1986) * ''Rasta Bonito'' (1989) * ''Instrumental Dois'' (1989) * ''Almir Sater Ao Vivo'' (1992) * ''Terra de Sonhos'' (1994) * ''Almir Sater no Pantanal'' (1996) * ''Caminhos Me Levem'' (1997) * ''7 Sinais'' (2007)

References

External links

* * 1956 births Brazilian male actors 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers People from Campo Grande Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Living people Latin Grammy Award winners 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Latin music songwriters {{Brazil-singer-stub