Jorge & Mateus is a musical duo and one of the most famous interpreters of

sertanejo music Música sertaneja () or sertanejo () is a music style that had its origins in the countryside of Brazil in the 1920s.

. The duo is composed of

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-based vocalists Jorge Alves Barcelos (born August 27, 1982) and Mateus Pedro Liduário de Oliveira (born July 15, 1986). Both are from the city of

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, in the Brazilian state of

and were initially signed to

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label. The duo is currently signed to

Som Livre Som Livre (Portuguese for "''Free Sound''") is a Brazilian record company that was founded in 1969 in order to commercialize its soap opera soundtracks. It later expanded to recording studio albums. Today, Som Livre is Brazil's largest domestic l ...

label. Jorge studied law school and Matheus agronomy. Each of them started singing ''sertaneja'' songs individually, and their careers met in 2005. They started performing in bars and concert halls in Goiás regions. In 2007, they released their first album produced by a record company

called ''Jorge & Mateus ao Vivo em Goiânia'', a live concert with accompanying DVD. The song "Pode Chorar" became greatly celebrated and awarded Gold Record by ABPD, after having sold more than 100,000 paid downloads in Brazil. It was followed by "De tanto te querer" that was used in the soundtrack of the soap opera ''A Favorita'', da Rede Globo. In 2009, the duo released a second album titled ''O Mundo é Tão Pequeno'', again a live album and accompanying double DVD and in 2010 ''Ao Vivo Sem Cortes'' and ''Aí Já Era''. In 2015, their album ''Os Anjos Cantam'' was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Sertaneja Music Album category.

Discography

Live/video albums

* (2007) ''Ao Vivo em Goiânia'' * (2009) ''O Mundo é Tão Pequeno ao Vivo'' * (2010) ''Ao Vivo Sem Cortes'' * (2012) ''A Hora é Agora ao Vivo em Jurerê'' * (2013) ''At the Royal Albert Hall - Live in London'' * (2016) ''Como. Sempre Feito. Nunca'' * (2016) ''10 Anos'' * (2018) ''Terra Sem CEP''

Studio albums

* (2010) ''Aí Já Era'' * (2015) ''Os Anjos Cantam''

Compilation albums

* (2012) ''Essencial: Jorge & Mateus''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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