This is a list of Brazilian musicians, musicians born in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

or who have Brazilian citizenship or residency.

Classical music

Alberto Nepomuceno Alberto Nepomuceno (July 6, 1864October 16, 1920) was a Brazilian composer and conductor. Career and music Nepomuceno was born in Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará in Northeastern Brazil. His parents were Vitor Augusto Nepomuceno ...

(1864-1920), classical musician and composer * Alexandre Levy (1864-1892), classical composer, pianist and conductor *

André da Silva Gomes André da Silva Gomes (1752–1844) was a Portugal, Portuguese-born Brazilian composer from Lisbon. About 130 of his compositions are known, including Mass (music), mass settings, antiphons, psalm settings and other works for liturgical use. His ...

(1752-1844), classical musician and sacred music composer *

Antonietta Rudge Antonietta Rudge (13 June 1885 – 14 July 1974) was a Brazilian pianist of international fame. Early life Rudge was born in 1885, in São Paulo, to Anna Emília da Silva Telles and João Henrique Rudge. She was a descendant of the English sett ...

(1885-1974), classical pianist *

Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1 August 1846 – 11 August 1913) was a Brazilian composer, lawyer and diplomat. Itiberê was the sibling of poet and critic (literary and musical) and uncle of composer . Biography Brasílio Itiberê was born in t ...

(1846-1913), classical composer, lawyer and Brazilian diplomat *

Camargo Guarnieri Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (February 1, 1907 – January 13, 1993) was a Brazilian composer. Name Guarnieri was born in Tietê, São Paulo, and registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name ...

(1907-1993), classical musician and composer *

Clarice Assad Clarice Assad (born February 9, 1978) is a Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger, singer, and educator from Rio de Janeiro. She is influenced by popular Brazilian culture, Romanticism, world music, and jazz. She comes from a musical fami ...

(1978-), classical composer * Carlos Gomes (1836-1896), classical musician and composer *

César Guerra-Peixe César Guerra-Peixe (March 18, 1914 – November 26, 1993) was a Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor. Guerra-Peixe was born in Petrópolis, son of Portuguese immigrants with Romani origins. Throughout his lifetime, Guerra-Peixe held nume ...

(1914-1993), classical musician and composer *

Cláudio Santoro Cláudio Franco de Sá Santoro (23 November 1919 – 27 March 1989) was an internationally renowned Brazilian composer, conductor and violinist. Biography Early life A native of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, Santoro started to study violin ...

(1919-1989), classical musician and composer *

Elias Álvares Lobo Elias Álvares Lobo (9 August 1834 – 15 December 1901) was a Brazilian composer. Lobo was born in Itu, Brazil. He wrote the first Brazilian opera in the Portuguese language, ''A Noite de São João A, or a, is the first letter and t ...

(1834-1901), classical musician and composer *

Francisco Braga Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

(1868-1945), classical composer, conductor and teacher *

Francisco Gomes da Rocha Francisco Gomes da Rocha (1745–1808) was a Brazilian composer. He was the successor of Emerico Lobo de Mesquita in Vila Rica Ouro Preto (, ''Black Gold''), formerly Vila Rica (, ''Rich Village''), is a city in and former capital of the ...

(1754-1808), classical composer *

Francisco Manuel da Silva Francisco Manuel da Silva (21 February 1795 – 18 December 1865) was a Brazilian songwriter and music professor. He was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. He had great prominence in the musical life of Rio de Janeiro in the period between the de ...

(1795-1865), classical musician and composer * Maria Alice de Mendonça, pianist and composer *

Francisco Mignone Francisco Paulo Mignone (September 3, 1897, São Paulo – February 19, 1986, Rio de Janeiro) was one of the most significant figures in Brazilian classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos. I ...

(1897-1986), classical composer and conductor *

Gilberto Mendes Gilberto Mendes (13 October 1922 – 1 January 2016) was a 20th-century Brazilian avant-garde composer, and one of the pioneering fathers of the company New Consonant Music. Biography Gilberto Mendes was born in Santos, Brazil, in 1922. He s ...

(1922-2016), classical composer *

Guiomar Novaes Guiomar Novaes (February 28, 1895 – March 7, 1979) was a Brazilian pianist known for individuality of tone and phrasing, singing line, and a subtle and nuanced approach to her interpretations. Biography Born in São João da Boa Vista (in the a ...

(1895-1979), classical pianist *

Hans-Joachim Koellreutter Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (2 September 1915 – 13 September 2005) was a Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist. Koellreutter was born in Freiburg, Germany and lived in Brazil from 1937 onward, where he became one of the country's most i ...

(1915-2005), composer, teacher and musicologist *

Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the ...

(1887-1959), classical musician and composer *

Henrique Oswald Henrique José Pedro Maria Carlos Luis Oswald (April 14, 1852 – June 9, 1931) was a Brazilian composer and pianist. Biography Oswald was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father was a Swiss-German immigrant and his mother from Italy. The family name w ...

(1852-1931), composer and pianist * Jorge Antunes (1942- ), classical musician and composer *

José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado or Almeida Prado (February 8, 1943 – November 21, 2010) was an important Brazilian composer of classical music and a pianist. On Almeida Prado's death, his personal friend, conductor João Carlos Ma ...

(1943-2010), classical musician, pianist and composer *

José Carlos Amaral Vieira José Carlos Amaral Vieira (born 1952 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian composer, pianist, and musicologist. He has performed solo since he was eight years old and studied in Europe from 1965 to 1976. He returned to Brazil in 1977 and has since com ...

(1952- ), classical musician, pianist and composer *

José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (12 October 1746 – April 1805) was a Brazilian composer, music teacher, conductor and organist. Life Emerico was born at Vila do Príncipe (now Serro), in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. His parents José L ...

(1746-1805), classical musician and composer *

José Maurício Nunes Garcia José Maurício Nunes Garcia (September 20, 1767 – April 18, 1830) was a Brazilian classical composer, one of the greatest exponents of Classicism in the Americas. Born in Rio de Janeiro, son of mulattos, Nunes Garcia lost his father at an e ...

(1767-1830), classical musician and composer *

Leopoldo Miguez Leopoldo Américo Miguez (9 September 1850 – 6 July 1902) was a Brazilian composer. Miguez was born in Niterói. He was known as a champion of the music of Richard Wagner. He also directed the "Instituto Nacional de Musica." He also wrote the ...

(1850-1902), classical musician and composer *

Luiz Hernane Barros De Carvalho Luiz Hernane Barros de Carvalho is a Brazilian cellist. He first started his studies on the piano in his home town in Mato Grosso. In Tatui he began his studies on the cello with Gretchen Miller and went to the Campinas University to study with ...

, cellist *

Magda Tagliaferro Magdalena Maria Yvonne Tagliaferro (19 January 18939 September 1986) was a Brazilian-born pianist of French parentage. Magdalena Tagliaferro was born in Petrópolis, Brazil. Her father, who had studied piano with Raoul Pugno in Paris, was a voi ...

(1893-1986), classical pianist and teacher * Maria d'Apparecida (1926–2017), opera singer *

Marlos Nobre Marlos Nobre (born February 18, 1939 in Recife, Pernambuco) Béhague, Gerard: 'Nobre, Marlos', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 23 June 2007) is a Brazilian composer. He has received commissions from numerous institutions, including the M ...

(1939- ), classical musician and composer *

Milton Nascimento Milton Nascimento (; born October 26, 1942), also known as Bituca, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has toured across the world. Nascimento has won five Grammy Awards, including Best World Music Album for his alb ...

(1942- ), jazz/folk guitarist, musician and composer *

Nelson Freire Nelson José Pinto Freire (; 18 October 19441 November 2021) was a Brazilian classical pianist. Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of his generation, he was noted for his "decorous piano playing" and "interpretive depth". His extensive di ...

(1944- ), classical pianist. *

Osvaldo Lacerda Osvaldo Costa de Lacerda (March 23, 1927 – July 18, 2011) was a Brazilian composer and professor of music. Lacerda is known for a Brazilian nationalist musical style that combines elements of Brazilian folk and popular music as well as twentieth ...

(1927-2011), classical musician and composer *

Radamés Gnattali Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. Biography Radamés Gnattali was born in Porto Alegre (the capital of Rio Gr ...

(1906-1988), classical composer, conductor, orchestrator and arranger * Yara Bernette (1920-2002), classical pianist

Samba

Adoniran Barbosa Adoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato (6 August 1910 – 23 November 1982), was a noted Brazilian São Paulo style samba singer and composer. Biography Early years João Rubinato was the seventh child of Francesco (Fernando) Rubinat ...

(1912–1982), singer and composer *

Alcione Nazaré Alcione Dias Nazareth (born November 21, 1947) is also known as, "Alcione", and "A Marrom" (English: "the brown one") is a Brazilian samba singer. She first gained international recognition in the late 1970 and has had nineteen gold records, as w ...

(1947– ), singer *

Ary Barroso Ary de Resende Barroso (1903–1964), better known as Ary Barroso, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th centur ...

(1903–1964), singer and composer *

Beth Carvalho Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (May 5, 1946 – April 30, 2019), known professionally as Beth Carvalho, was a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer. Biography Carvalho was raised in a middle-class family in Rio de J ...

(1946–2019), singer * Braguinha (1907–2006), singer and composer *

Carmen Miranda Carmen Miranda, (; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The B ...

(1909–1955), singer, dancer, actress *

Cartola Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (Portuguese for top hat), (; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola composed, alone or with pa ...

(1908–1980), singer and composer *

Clara Nunes Clara Nunes (, August 12, 1942 – April 2, 1983) was a Brazilian samba and MPB singer, considered one of the greatest of her generation. She was the first female singer in Brazil to sell over 100,000 copies of a record,

(1943–1983), singer and composer *

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(1972– ), musician, footballer and composer *

Elizeth Cardoso Elizeth Moreira Cardoso (sometimes listed as Elisete Cardoso) (July 16, 1920 – May 7, 1990), was a singer and actress of great renown in Brazil. Biography Cardoso was born in Rio de Janeiro; her father was a serenader who played guitar, a ...

(1920–1990), singer *

Elza Soares Elza da Conceição Soares ( née Gomes; 23 June 1930 – 20 January 2022), known professionally as Elza Soares (), was a Brazilian samba singer. In 1999, she was named Singer of the Millennium along with Tina Turner by BBC Radio. Elza was d ...

(1930–2022 ), singer *

Fernanda Porto Fernanda Porto, or Maria Fernanda Dutra Clemente (Serra Negra, Brazil, December 31, 1965), is a Brazilian drum 'n' bossa singer. Drum 'n' bossa is a combination of electronic music, bossa nova and Drum and Bass, drum 'n' bass. Along with DJ Patife, ...

(1965– ), singer and composer * Jamelão (1913–2008), singer *

João Nogueira João Nogueira (November 12, 1941 – June 5, 2000) was a Brazilian singer and composer, famous for his samba compositions. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. His first composition, "Espera ó Nega" was recorded in 1968, however it was in 1970 tha ...

(1941–2000), singer and composer *

Jorge Aragão Jorge Aragão (, (b. March 1, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro), birth name Jorge Aragão da Cruz) is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter, working in the genres of samba and pagode. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and plays the guitar, ''surdo'', ''cava ...

(1949– ), singer and composer *

Noel Rosa Noel de Medeiros Rosa (December 11, 1910 – May 4, 1937) was a Brazilian songwriter, singer, and guitar/ mandolin player. One of the greatest names in Brazilian popular music, Noel gave a new twist to samba, combining its Afro-Brazilian roots ...

(1910–1937), singer and composer *

Paulinho da Viola Paulinho da Viola (born Paulo César Batista de Faria on 12 November 1942) () is a Brazilian '' sambista'', singer-songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle singing voice. Biograph ...

(1942– ), singer and composer *

Pixinguinha Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, known as Pixinguinha (; April 23, 1897February 17, 1973) was a Brazilian composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha is considered one of the greatest Brazilian composers of popu ...

(1897–1973), composer *

Seu Jorge Jorge Mário da Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge (Seu, an abbreviation of "Senhor"; born June 8, 1970; ), is a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by many a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu ...

(1970– ), singer and composer *

Zeca Pagodinho Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, known professionally as Zeca Pagodinho (, born February 4, 1959), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter working in the genres of samba and pagode. Biography Born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de Janeiro, Zeca Pagodin ...

(1959– ), singer and composer

Choro

Chiquinha Gonzaga Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, better known as Chiquinha Gonzaga (; October 17, 1847 – February 28, 1935) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and the first woman conductor in Brazil. Chiquinha Gonzaga was the first pianist of " choro" and ...

(1847–1935), conductor and composer *

Ernesto Nazareth Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (March 20, 1863 – February 1, 1934) was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative Maxixe and Choro compositions. Influenced by a diverse set of rhythms like the polka, the habanera, and the ...

(1863–1934), composer *

Jacob do Bandolim Jacob do Bandolim born Jacob Pick Bittencourt (February 14, 1918 – August 13, 1969) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Born to a Brazilian-Jewish mother and a gentile father in Rio de Janeiro, his stage name means "Mandolin Jacob", after th ...

(1918-1969), composer and musician *

(1897-1973), composer and musician *

Waldir Azevedo Valdir Azevedo or Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro – September 21, 1980 in São Paulo) was a choro composer, conductor and performer, considered to be the most successful musician of this genre. Azevedo was born in Rio de J ...

(1923-1980), composer and musician

Christian and Gospel music

Aline Barros Aline Barros Kistenmacker dos Santos (born October 7, 1976), better known as Aline Barros is a singer, songwriter, presenter and manager in Brazil. Some of her albums have been certified multiple Diamond by the Associação Brasileira dos Produto ...

, singer and composer * Ana Nóbrega, singer and composer *

Ana Paula Valadão Ana Paula Machado Valadão Bessa (born May 16, 1976) is a Brazilian Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and pastor. She is the leader of the contemporary praise band Diante do Trono, which has sold more than 15 million worship albums glo ...

, singer and composer *

André Valadão André Machado Valadão (born 16 April 1978) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and television presenter. Biography He was part of the successful band Diante do Trono, led by his sister Ana Paula Valadão, starting in ...

, singer and composer *

Cassiane Cassiane Santana Santos Macnhães Guimarães (born January 27, 1973) is a Brazilian gospel singer, songwriter and Christian minister. She is known mononymously A mononym is a name composed of only one word. An individual who is known and addr ...

, singer and composer * Cristina Mel, singer and composer *

Davi Sacer Davi Sacer, stage name of Davi Amorim de Oliveira ( Nova Iguaçu, November 30, 1975) is a Brazilian gospel singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He began his career in music at the age of eight when he became the lead singer of his older br ...

, singer and composer *

Diante do Trono Diante do Trono (; lit.: Before the Throne) is a Brazilian contemporary Christian music band formed in 1997 as a ministry of Lagoinha Church in Belo Horizonte. It is led by singer, songwriter and pastor Ana Paula Valadão. The group became po ...

, Christian music group * Damares, singer and composer * Deise Rosa, singer and composer *

Fernanda Brum Fernanda Brum Costa da Cruz Pinheiro (born 19 December 1976) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and writer. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, she grew up in Irajá, a middle-class neighborhood in the north. Fernanda ...

, singer and composer * Gabriela Rocha, singer and composer * Hillsong Brasil, Christian music group * Israel Salazar, singer and composer *

Juliano Son Juliano Son (born 11 February 1974) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, missionary and worship pastor. He is the leader of the ministry Livres Para Adorar. Life and career Juliano Son is descendant of Korean immigrants who came to Br ...

, singer and composer * Livres para Adorar, Christian music group * Lu Alone, singer and composer *

Ludmila Ferber Ludmila Múrias Ferber Lino (8 August 1965 – 26 January 2022) was a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and writer. Life and career The singer is the descendant of Russian Jews, Spanish and Portuguese. She became evangeli ...

, singer and composer *

Mariana Valadão Mariana Machado Valadão (born 3 July 1984) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor and television presenter. Biography Mariana Valadão is the daughter of Pastor Márcio Valadão and Renata Valadão, pastors and founders o ...

, singer and composer *

Nívea Soares Nívea da Costa Pinto Soares (born 25 July 1976) is a Brazilian Christian singer, songwriter, worship pastor, writer and television presenter. Biography Nívea Soares was born in a Christian home, and since childhood has always been involved wi ...

, singer and composer *

Oficina G3 Oficina G3 is a Christian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil. Lead vocalist and guitarist Juninho Afram formed the band along with drummer Walter Lopes and bassist Wagner García in 1987. Through their history they have changed their musical sty ...

, Christian music group *

Rodolfo Abrantes Rodolfo Gonçalves Leite de Abrantes (born September 20, 1972) is a Brazilian hardcore punk singer and electric guitar player. He was the vocalist and former leader of the Brazilian bands Raimundos and Rodox and now he is a solo gospel artist, as ...

, singer and composer *

Sarah Sheeva Sarah Sheeva Cidade Gomes (born Riroca Cidade Gomes, 10 February 1973) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, writer, and pastor. Biography Born with the name "Riroca", at age 14 her name was changed to "Sarah Sheeva." She is the daughter of the ...

, singer and composer *

Soraya Moraes Soraya Moraes (born January 29, 1973) is a Brazilian gospel singer. Moraes was born in São Paulo and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, ''Guerra'', was released in 19 ...

, singer and composer *

Trazendo a Arca Trazendo a Arca is a Christian band from Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biography The group was formed in 2002 in the Church Ministério Apascentar. In 2003 they released the album entitled Restitution, which sold over a million copies, ...

, Christian music group

Bossa nova

Antonio Carlos Jobim Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(1927-1994), composer and pianist *

Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema". Biography Astrud Gilbert ...

(born 1940), singer *

Baden Powell de Aquino Baden Powell de Aquino (; 6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian guitarist. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, ...

(1937-2000), guitarist and composer *

Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is ...

(born 1966), singer *

Celso Fonseca Celso Fonseca (born November 15, 1956) is a Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and singer. He is noted as part of the Música popular brasileira since the 1980s, initially as accompanist and composer, then producer, and since the mid–1990s a ...

(born 1956), producer, singer, songwriter, guitarist *

Dolores Duran Dolores Duran (''Adiléia Silva da Rocha''; 7 June 1930 – 24 October 1959) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Early life Adiléia Silva da Rocha was born in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or si ...

(1930-1959), singer and composer *

Carlos Lyra Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (born 11 May 1933) is a Brazilian singer and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira classics. He and Antonio Carlos Jobim, were the first two music composers, together with lyricists Vinicius ...

(born 1939), composer *

Ithamara Koorax Ithamara Koorax (born April 28, 1965) is a Brazilian jazz and pop singer. Early life She was born to a family of Polish Jews who fled Europe during World War II. In her youth Koorax studied piano, opera, and classical music while listening to ...

(born 1965), singer *

João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was o ...

(1931-2019), guitarist, composer and singer * Márcio Faraco (born 1963), expatriate, singer, guitarist, composer *

Maysa Maysa Figueira Monjardim (June 6, 1936 – January 22, 1977), better known as Maysa Matarazzo, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, performer and actress. She is also associated with Bossa nova music but is widely known as a torch song (''fossa' ...

(1936-1977), singer and composer *

Nara Leão Nara Lofego Leão (; January 19, 1942 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. Her husband was Carlos Diegues, director and writer of ''Bye Bye Brasil''. Life Leão was born ...

(1942-1989), singer *

Paulinho Nogueira Paulinho Nogueira (Campinas, 8 October 1929 – São Paulo, 2 August 2003) was a Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer. Biography He was an eclectic composer, his influences ranging from bossa nova to Bach. Paulinho Nogueira designed the cr ...

(1929-2003), classical musician, guitarist, and composer *

Roberto Menescal Roberto Menescal (born October 25, 1937) is a Brazilian composer, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and pioneer of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea, including his best-known composition "O Barquinho" ("Little Bo ...

(born 1937), singer *

Sérgio Mendes Sérgio Santos Mendes (; born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his group Brasil '66. He has over 55 releases and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for ...

(born 1941), pianist and arranger *

Toquinho Antônio Pecci Filho (born July 6, 1946), better known as Toquinho (), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes. Childhood and musical studies Toquinho was b ...

(born 1946), guitarist, singer and composer *

Vinicius Cantuária Vinicius Cantuária (born April 29, 1951) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, and percussionist. He is associated with bossa nova and Brazilian jazz. Born in the Amazonian city of Manaus, Cantuária grew up in Rio de Janeiro an ...

(born 1951), singer, songwriter, guitarist *

Vinícius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright ...

(1913-1980), diplomat, poet, singer and composer *

Walter Wanderley Walter Wanderley (born Walter Jose Wanderley Mendonça, May 12, 1932 – September 4, 1986) was a Brazilian organist and pianist, best known for his lounge music, lounge and bossa nova music and for his instrumental version of the song ''Summer ...

(1932-1986), organist and arranger

Forró

Elba Ramalho Elba Ramalho (born August 17, 1951, in Conceição, Paraíba) is a Brazilian songwriter, performer, poet and actress. She is sometimes called "The Queen of Forró". In addition to her successful solo career, Elba has collaborated with a number ...

(born 1951), singer *

Falamansa Falamansa is a Brazilian forró band created in 1998 in São Paulo. With the success of forró on the nights of the city of São Paulo, a movement emerged in the city to meet the demand of the nightclubs and the adolescent public, who identified ...

, forró and xote group *

Gonzaguinha Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento, Jr. (September 22, 1945 – April 29, 1991), better known as Gonzaguinha (), in Portuguese Little Gonzaga, was a noted Brazilian singer and composer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and he was the son of Luiz Gonzaga ('G ...

(1945-1991), singer and composer *

Luiz Gonzaga Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento (standard orthography 'Luís'; ; Exu, December 13, 1912 – Recife, August 2, 1989) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician and poet and one of the most influential figures of Brazilian popular music in the twen ...

(1912-1989), singer and composer *

Sivuca Severino Dias de Oliveira (May 26, 1930 – December 14, 2006), known professionally as Sivuca, was a Brazilian accordionist, guitarist and singer. In addition to his home state of Paraíba, Brazil, and cities Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he worke ...

(1930-2006), accordionist

Frevo

Alceu Valença Alceu Valença (born July 1, 1946) is a Brazilian singer, musician and songwriter. Alceu Valenca was born in countryside Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditi ...

(born 1946), singer and composer *

Zé Ramalho Zé Ramalho (born José Ramalho Neto on October 3, 1949 – Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and Alce ...

(born 1949), singer and composer *

(born 1951), singer

Mangue beat

Chico Science Francisco de Assis França (March 13, 1966 – February 2, 1997), better known as Chico Science, was a Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the manguebeat cultural movement. He died in a car accident in 1997 in Recife, Pernam ...

, singer and composer *

Fred 04 Fred 04 (born in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, on July 11, 1965) is the leader, singer, guitarist and Cavaquinho player of Brazilian band Mundo Livre S/A. He is the co-author, along with DJ Renato L, of the Mangue Bit manifesto, "Carangu ...

, singer and composer *

Nação Zumbi Nação Zumbi (formerly Chico Science & Nação Zumbi) is a Brazilian band formed by Chico Science. They have been hailed as one of the most important groups to come out of the manguebeat movement in the 1990s. The musicians of the group continued ...

, musical group *

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

, singer and composer

Música popular brasileira, Tropicalismo

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 ...

(1965–), singer and composer *

Alice Caymmi Alice Caymmi (born Alice Malaguti Caymmi on March 17, 1990) is a Brazilian singer and composer. She is the granddaughter of Dorival Caymmi, daughter of Danilo and Simone Caymmi and niece of Nana and Dori Caymmi. Career Before opting for a mus ...

(1990–), singer and composer *

Ana Carolina Ana Carolina Sousa (, born September 9, 1974) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician. Career Carolina has a contralto vocal range. Her musical influence comes from the crib, her grandmother used to sing on the radio, and her great aunt a ...

(1974–), singer and composer *

Beto Guedes Alberto de Castro Guedes (born August 13, 1951) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Biography Beto Guedes has been playing in bands since he was a teenager. When he was 18 years old he took part in the V Singers International Fest ...

(1951–), singer, violinist and composer *

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 encomp ...

(1942–), singer and composer *

Cazuza Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza (; April 4, 1958 – July 7, 1990), was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Raul Seixas, Renato Russo and Os Mutantes, Cazuza, both while fronting Barão Verm ...

(1958–1990), singer and composer *

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...

(1944–), singer and composer *

Chico César Chico César (born January 26, 1964 in Catolé do Rocha, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian singer, poet, composer and songwriter. Early years and career Born in Catolé do Rocha, Paraíba, Brazil, he was transferred to João Pessoa, where he ...

(1964–), singer and composer *

Damião Experiença Damião Ferreira da Cruz (September 27, 1935 – December 10, 2016), better known by his stage name Damião Experiença,Alternate spellings of his name, as they appear on his albums, include Dam nhão Experiênça/Esperiênça, Damião Experiênc ...

(1935–2016), guitarist and

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

player *

Djavan Djavan Caetano Viana (; born 27 January 1949) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Early life and career Djavan was born in Maceió, Brazil to a white father of Dutch descent and a black mother. He later formed the group Luz, Som, Dimensão (LSD ...

(1949–), singer and composer *

Dorival Caymmi Dorival Caymmi (; April 30, 1914 – August 16, 2008) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba ...

(1914–2008), singer and composer *

Dudu Tucci Dudu Tucci (full name: Eduardo Tucci da Silva; born May 5, 1955, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian percussionist, singer and composer. Dudu Tucci grew up in a family with a musical background, and was already playing drums at very young age at umban ...

(1955–), singer, composer and percussionist *

Ed Motta Eduardo "Ed" Motta (; born August 17, 1971) is a Brazilian MPB, rock, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is the nephew of late singer-songwriter Tim Maia. Career Son of Luzia Motta, sister of Tim Maia and Antonio Motta, from an early age listened ...

(1971–), funk/rock/electronic frontman, singer and composer *

Elis Regina Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (March 17, 1945 – January 19, 2002), known professionally as Elis Regina (), was a Brazilian singer of MPB and jazz music. She is also the mother of the singers Maria Rita and Pedro Mariano. She became nationally ...

(1945–1982), singer *

(1930–2022), singer and composer * Fabio B. Mendonca (1963-), guitarist and composer * Flavio Rodrigues (1979–), singer, musician, composer and guitarist *

Gal Costa Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa (), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures of the tro ...

(1945–2022), singer *

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration ...

(1942–), singer and composer *

(1945–1991), singer and composer *

Heraldo do Monte Heraldo do Monte (born 1 May 1935 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil) is a Brazilian guitarist. He has played on albums by Gilberto Gil and Hermeto Pascoal. In 1966, Quarteto Novo (with Airto Moreira, Hermeto Pascoal, Theo de Barros Theo is a given ...

(1935–), guitarist, member of

Quarteto Novo Quarteto Novo was a group formed in São Paulo, Brazil in 1966 which released one landmark instrumental album and launched the careers of some of the band's members. The eponymous 1967 album has been influential in jazz and pop music. Originally ...

(

Airto Moreira Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...

Hermeto Pascoal Hermeto Pascoal (born June 22, 1936) is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is a significant figure in the history of Brazilian music, mainly known for his abilities in orches ...

Theo de Barros Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...

) *

Ivan Lins Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His first hit, "Madalena", was recorded by ...

(1945–), singer and composer *

Ivete Sangalo Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo (; born 27 May 1972) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, TV host, and occasional actress. She was on six albums with Banda Eva, and seven more solo albums. Sangalo is noted for her powerful voice, charisma and live per ...

(1972–), singer, songwriter and composer *

Jair Oliveira Jair Rodrigues M. Oliveira (Jairzinho Oliveira, born March 17, 1975 in São Paulo, São Paulo) is a Brazilian composer, singer and producer. He is the son of the late Brazilian musician Jair Rodrigues and brother to singer Luciana Mello. In the e ...

(1975–), singer and composer *

Jorge Ben Jor Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben (). His characteristic style fuses samba, ...

(1942–), singer and composer *

Jorge Mautner Henrique George Mautner (born January 17, 1941), better known by his stage name Jorge Mautner, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, violinist, actor, screenwriter, film director and poet, considered to be a pioneer of the MPB scene and of ...

(1941–), writer and singer *

Kátya Chamma Kátya Pujals Chamma (born August 19, 1961) is a Brazilian songwriter, singer, poet, writer and cultural producer. Chamma was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal, From the first generation of Brasília's artists, she acted in the main theaters, ...

(1961–), composer, singer, poet and writer * Lenine (1959–), singer and composer *

Luciana Mello Luciana Mello (born January 22, 1979) is a Brazilian singer and professional dancer. Mello began her musical training early in life, taking voice and dance lessons. As a child, she sang in choirs and later performed in musicals. She emerged on ...

(1979–), singer and composer *

Luiz Melodia Luiz Carlos dos Santos (7 January 1951 – 4 August 2017), widely known by his stage name Luiz Melodia, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose music was a characteristic crossover of multiple Music genres including Música popular brasileira (M ...

(1951–2017), singer and composer *

Marcelo Jeneci Marcelo Jeneci (born April 7, 1982), also known mononymously as Jeneci, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist and accordionist. He was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album in 2014 for ''De Graça''. In the same year, he re ...

(1982–), singer and composer * Marco Castillo (1963–), singer and composer *

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 ...

(1946–), singer *

Maria Rita Maria Rita (; born 9 September 1977, São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer. Born Maria Rita Camargo Mariano, she is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Ped ...

(1977–), singer *

Marina Elali Marina de Souza Dantas Elali (born 6 April 1982, Natal NATAL or Natal may refer to: Places * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa ** Natalia Republic, a former country ...

(1982–), singer and composer *

Marina Lima Marina Correia Lima (, born September 17, 1955) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She is a prominent female pioneer of Brazilian rock music. Career Marina Lima began composing songs at age 17, and first achieved major success with the 1984 ...

(1955–), singer and composer *

Marisa Monte Marisa de Azevedo Monte (Brazilian Portuguese: /maˈɾizɐ dʒi azeˈvedu ˈmõtʃi/) (born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 milli ...

(1967–), singer and composer *

Maysa Matarazzo Maysa Figueira Monjardim (June 6, 1936 – January 22, 1977), better known as Maysa Matarazzo, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, performer and actress. She is also associated with Bossa nova music but is widely known as a torch song (''fossa' ...

(1936–1977), singer *

(1942–), singer and composer *

Mônica da Silva Mônica Pinto da Silva Driscoll, known professionally as Mônica da Silva, is a Brazilian American singer-songwriter and musician, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie duo Complicated Animals. Da Silva's sound can be c ...

, singer and composer *

Nelson Ned Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a solid career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming ...

(1947–2014), singer *

Ney Matogrosso Ney de Souza Pereira (born 1 August 1941), known professionally as Ney Matogrosso (), is a Brazilian singer who is distinguished for his uncommon countertenor voice. He was ranked by ''Rolling Stone'' as the third greatest Latin American singer ...

(1941–), singer *

Paula Lima Paula Lima (born October 10, 1970 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer and composer whose music is influenced by bossa, percussion, samba, Brazilian soul international funk and one of judges of Brazilian Idol, Ídolos Brazil (Season 3 and Seaso ...

(1970–), singer and composer *

Pepeu Gomes Pedro Anibal de Oliveira Gomes, better known as Pepeu Gomes (born February 7, 1952 in Salvador, Bahia state) is an accomplished Brazilian guitar player, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was one of the members of Novos Baianos. Biography Pe ...

(1952–), composer *

Raul de Souza Raul de Souza (23 August 1934 -– 23 June 2021), also known as Raulzinho, was a Brazilian trombonist who recorded with Sérgio Mendes, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins, Hermeto Pascoal, Cal Tjader and the jazz/fusi ...

(1934–2021), trombonist *

Roberta Miranda Roberta Miranda, artistic name of Maria Albuquerque Miranda, from João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil is a Brazilian singer. She is the fourth best-selling female artist in Brazil behind Rita Lee (55 million), Xuxa (33 million) and Maria B ...

(1956–), singer *

Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his care ...

(1941–), singer and composer *

Silva Silva is a surname in Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the Latin word , meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the House of Silva. The name is also widespread i ...

(1969–), singer and composer *

Tim Maia Tim Maia (, born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia; September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998) was a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian mus ...

(1942–1998), singer and composer *

Tom Zé Antônio José Santana Martins (born 11 October 1936), known professionally as Tom Zé (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of t ...

(1936–), singer and composer *

Tulipa Ruiz Tulipa Ruiz Chagas (born October 19, 1978), also known mononymously as Tulipa, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and artist. She self-describes her musical style as "forest pop". Biography Tulipa Ruiz Chagas was born in Santos, São Paulo on Octo ...

(1978–), singer and composer *

Vanessa da Mata Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira (born February 10, 1976), professionally known as Vanessa da Mata, is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter, and novelist. She has released four studio albums and the songs "Ai, Ai, Ai" ...

(1976–), singer and composer *

Zé Rodrix Zé Rodrix (; 25 November 1947 – 22 May 2009) was a Brazilian composer, instrumentalist, and singer. He was well known in his native country for performing with musical ensembles Sá, Rodrix & Guarabyra, Som Imaginário and Momento Quatro. A ...

(1947–2009), guitarist, Som Imaginário, Sá, Rodrix & Guarabyra

Sertanejo music

* Alex Ferrari (1982–), "Universitário" country singer * Almir Sater (1956–), country singer and actor *

Bruno e Marrone Bruno & Marrone are a Brazilian sertanejo duo from Goiânia, formed in 1988 by singers Bruno (vocals and guitar) and Marrone (vocals, guitar and accordion). Bruno (b. Vinicius Felix de Miranda, 1969) performed for a decade as a solo musician be ...

, country music duo * Chitãozinho and Xororó, country music duo *

Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

(1968–)(formerly João Paulo e Daniel, before João Paulo's death), romantic country singer and composer *

Edu Gueda Eduardo Gueda known only as Edu Gueda (born 26 June 1998) is a Brazilian singer who was known to participate in the show of music talent Iluminados of the Rede Globo TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is ...

(1998–), "Universitário" country singer *

Fernando e Sorocaba Fernando & Sorocaba or Fernando e Sorocaba are a sertanejo duo from Brazil. Members *Fernando, full name Fernando Zorzanello Bonifácio, sometimes known as Fernando Zor (born April 21, 1984, in Ji-Paraná, Brazil). Fernando began singing whe ...

, "Universitário" country duo *

Gusttavo Lima Nivaldo Batista Lima (born September 3, 1989), known by his stage name Gusttavo Lima, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer,one of the most influential names in Brazilian music. He is known in Brazil for his many hit songs, an ...

(1990–), "Universitário" country singer *

Inezita Barroso Ignez Magdalena Aranha de Lima Barroso ( ''née'' Aranha de Lima; March 4, 1925 – March 8, 2015) was a Brazilian sertanejo singer, guitarist, actress, TV presenter, librarian, folklorist and teacher. Biography Inês Madalena Aranha de Lima w ...

(1925–2015), folk music singer and scholar * Jorge e Mateus (born 1982, born 1986), "Universitário" country duo * Leandro and Leonardo (1961–1998, born 1963), country music duo *

Luan Santana Luan Rafael Domingos Santana (; born 13 March 1991) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. His first live album was a bestseller throughout 2010, selling over 100,000 copies. Early life Santana was born on March 13, 1991, in Campo Grande (MS). He fi ...

(1991–), "Universitário" country singer and composer *

Michel Teló Michel Teló () (born 21 January 1981) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter and actor. Before his solo act, he was a lead singer in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit "Ai Se Eu Te Peg ...

(1981–), "Universitário" country singer *

Paula Fernandes Paula Fernandes de Souza (; born August 28, 1984, in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and arranger. In 2011 she was one of the most searched people on Google Brazil. She won a Latin Grammy Awards for her album ''Ama ...

(1984–), modern country singer * Sá & Guarabyra, folk music duo * Sérgio Reis (1940–), classic country singer and composer * Tião Carreiro & Pardinho, folk music duo and scholar *

Tonico & Tinoco Tonico e Tinoco were a Brazilian ''música sertaneja'' duo from the state of São Paulo, composed of brothers Tonico (João Salvador Perez, March 2, 1917 – 1994) and Tinoco (José Perez, November 19, 1920 – May 4, 2012), they are regarded amo ...

(1917–1994, 1920–2012), folk music duo and scholar * Victor e Leo (born 1975, born 1976), country music duo *

Wanessa Wanessa Godói Camargo Buaiz (born 28 December 1982), known professionally as Wanessa, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Early life Camargo is the daughter of Brazilian sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Lucia ...

(1982–), modern country singer *

Zezé di Camargo & Luciano Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano () are a famous Brazilian sertanejo/country duo. The two brothers were born in Pirenópolis, Goiás. Zezé is the artistic name for Mirosmar José de Camargo and Luciano the artistic name for Welson David de Camargo. I ...

, country music duo

Jazz

Dick Farney Farnésio Dutra e Silva (14 November 1921 – 4 August 1987), better known as Dick Farney, was a Brazilian (jazz) pianist, pop-composer, and "crooner" popular in Brazil from the late 1940s to the mid 1970s and 1980s. He began playing piano as a ...

Luciana Souza Luciana Souza (born 12 July 1966) is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer who also works in classical and chamber music. Her song ''Muita Bobeira'' was featured as a music sample on Windows Vista. Music career Grammy winner Luciana Souza is one ...

Gustavo Assis-Brasil Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian-American guitarist. He is considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar. In 2005, he released the book ''Hybrid Picking for Guitar''. Career In 1999 he received a ...

* Victor Assis Brasil * Paulinho da Costa *

Hélio Delmiro Hélio Delmiro (born May 20, 1947) is a Brazilian guitar player and composer. Delmiro started playing the guitar in early childhood. Since then, he has played with many of the best Brazilian musicians, among whom are Moacyr Silva, Márcio Montarr ...

Egberto Gismonti Egberto Amin Gismonti (born December 5, 1947) is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist. Biography Gismonti was born in the small city of Carmo, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, into a musical family. His mother was from Sicily and his ...

Toninho Horta Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo (born December 2, 1948) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist. In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as El ...

Romero Lubambo Romero Lubambo (born 1955) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist. Career He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He grew up with American jazz and classical music in the house because his uncle played guitar, lived next door, and visited frequently. Luba ...

Cesar Camargo Mariano Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

Flora Purim Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with nu ...

Moacir Santos Moacir Santos (26 July 1926 – 6 August 2006) was a Brazilian composer, multi-instrumentalist and music educator. Musicians such as Baden Powell, Bola Sete and Wilson das Neves studied under him. As a composer, Santos worked with Nara Leão, Rob ...

Sao Paulo Ska Jazz SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U. ...

Naná Vasconcelos Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, known as Naná Vasconcelos (2 August 1944 – 9 March 2016), was a Brazilian percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, notable for his work as a solo artist on over two dozen albums, and as a backing musician wi ...

Brazilian rock

Andre Matos Andre Coelho Matos (14 September 1971 – 8 June 2019) was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. In 201 ...

(1971–2019), singer, pianist, keyboardist, composer *

Andreas Kisser Andreas Rudolf Kisser (; born 24 August 1968) is a Brazilian musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, ''Schizophrenia''. Additionally, ...

(1968–), guitarist for the

thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...

band

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thra ...

Arnaldo Antunes Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked o ...

(1960–), singer, composer, poet * Cadão Volpato (1956–), singer-songwriter, frontman of

Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...

Cássia Eller Cássia Rejane Eller (Portuguese: /ˈkasjɐ ʁeˈʒɐni ˈɛleʁ/) (December 10, 1962 – December 29, 2001) was a Brazilian singer and musician. She came to prominence in the early 1990s and performed a mix of rock and MPB. Eller released fiv ...

(1962–2001), singer *

Cello Dias Marcelo "Cello" Dias is a Brazilian musician. He is the bassist of Against All Will and former bassist of Soulfly. Biography The Mist Dias began his career in 1988 playing bass for the Brazilian thrash metal band The Mist, who had just ch ...

, Against All Will bassist *

Celso Blues Boy Celso Ricardo Furtado de Carvalho (January 5, 1956 – August 6, 2012), better known by his stage name Celso Blues Boy, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Biography Carvalho was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1956. His stage name, "Bl ...

(1956–2012), singer-songwriter and guitarist *

Chorão Alexandre Magno Abrão (9 April 1970 – 6 March 2013), known professionally as Chorão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder, filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. Best known for being a founding member and the vocalist/main lyri ...

(1970–2013),

Charlie Brown Jr. Charlie Brown Jr. was a Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo. The group was popular with disadvantaged youth because of their relatable commentary about social issues and the frequent use of skate punk and hip hop slang in ...

singer and frontman *

Ciro Pessoa Ciro Pessoa Mendes Corrêa (12 June 1957 – 5 May 2020), also known by his Dharma name Tenzin Chöpel, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, screenwriter, journalist and poet, famous for being one of the founding members of th ...

(1957–2020), singer-songwriter, former

Titãs Titãs () are a Brazilian rock band from São Paulo. Though they basically play pop/alternative rock, their music has touched a number of other styles throughout their 30-year career, such as new wave, punk rock, grunge, MPB and electronic mu ...

and

Cabine C Cabine C (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "Cabin C") was a short-lived Brazilian post-punk band from São Paulo. With their sonority inspired by acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, Cocteau Twins and Talking Heads, and vocalist ...

member *

Edu Falaschi Eduardo Teixeira da Fonseca Vasconcellos, known as Eduardo "Edu" Falaschi (born May 18, 1972), is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of São Paulo-based heavy metal band Angra. With Angra, Falaschi r ...

(1972–), Angra singer *

Erasmo Carlos Erasmo Carlos (born Erasmo Esteves; 5 June 1941 – 22 November 2022) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos (no relation). Together, they created many chart hits ...

(1941–), 70s rock singer and composer *

Felipe Andreoli Felipe Andreoli (born March 7, 1980) is a Brazilian musician best known as the bassist for the heavy metal band Angra. Andreoli first started playing the bass at age 13, when a school band needed a bass player. After joining Angra at age 20, ...

(1980–), Angra

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

Fernanda Abreu Fernanda Abreu (born September 8, 1961) is a Brazilian singer. Biography Fernanda was born and raised in a middle-class family of the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until ...

(1961–), singer and composer *

Frank Jorge Jorge Otávio Pinto Pouey de Oliveira (born September 20, 1966), better known by his stage name Frank Jorge, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, poet, Crônica, chronicler and professor, famous for his work with pion ...

(1966–), bassist for

Os Cascavelletes Os Cascavelletes were a Brazilian Rock music, rock group from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. One of the first rock bands from Rio Grande do Sul to acquire mainstream success nationwide alongside its "sister project" TNT (Brazilian band), TNT, th ...

and

Graforreia Xilarmônica Graforreia Xilarmônica is a Brazilian Prêmio Açorianos-winning rock group from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Famous for their humorous, unpretentious lyrics and for their sonority influenced by 1960s-era bands, the '' Jovem Guarda'' movem ...

Igor Cavalera Igor Graziano Cavalera (born 4 September 1970) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the former drummer for the heavy metal band Sepultura, which he co-founded with his brother Max in 1984. Max left the band in 1996, and Cavalera himself wo ...

(1970–), drummer for Cavalera Conspiracy * Juli Manzi (1976–), singer and guitarist *

Jupiter Apple Flávio Basso (26 January 1968 – 21 December 2015), better known by his stage name Júpiter Maçã and by its English-language variation Jupiter Apple, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker. Before beginning a ...

(1968–2015), Os Cascavelletes singer and frontman *

Herbert Vianna Herbert Lemos de Sousa Vianna (born May 4, 1961) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer mainly known for his work with rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso. Biography Herbert was born in João Pessoa, Paraíba. His fat ...

(1961–),

Os Paralamas do Sucesso Os Paralamas do Sucesso (also known simply as Paralamas) is a Brazilian rock band, formed in Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, in the late 1970s. Its members since 1982 are Herbert Vianna (guitar and lead vocals), Bi Ribeiro (bass), and João Barone ...

singer and frontman *

Humberto Gessinger Humberto Gessinger (born December 24, 1963) is best known as the musician, guitarist, and bassist from the Brazilian band Engenheiros do Hawaii. Musical career Engenheiros do Hawaii In late 1984, Gessinger formed a rock band besides two fr ...

(1963–),

Engenheiros do Hawaii Engenheiros do Hawaii ("Engineers from Hawaii" in English) was a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto Alegre in 1983 that achieved great popularity with their ironic, critically charged songs with heavily semantic lyrics often relying on wordplays ...

singer and frontman *

Kiko Loureiro Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro (born 16 June 1972) is a Brazilian guitarist. He has been a member of several heavy metal bands, including Angra and Megadeth. Career Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar at age 11. He studie ...

(1972–), Angra

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

* Laufer, songwriter and guitarist * Lobão (1957–), singer and composer *

Lulu Santos Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos (born May 4, 1953), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. Career Lulu was born in Rio de Janeiro. Beginning in the progressive rock band Vímana, he left the band and embarked on a ...

(1953–), singer and composer *

Marcelo Falcão Marcelo Falcão Custódio (born May 31, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian musician, the lead singer of the group O Rappa. Falcão was born and grew up in Engenho Novo, Rio de Janeiro. He sang with Marcelo D2 in his version of "Hey Joe", ...

(1973-), singer and composer for

O Rappa O Rappa was a Brazilian reggae/rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Combining many styles such as rock, reggae, funk, hip hop and samba, Many of O Rappa's songs contain sharp protests against the social problems in Brazil and the members of th ...

Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (; born August 4, 1969) is a Brazilian musician. He co-founded the heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist until his departure i ...

(1969–), singer, guitarist, Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy frontman *

Nasi Nasi may refer to: Food Dishes Nasi Goreng is an Indonesian and Malay word for ''cooked rice'', featured in many Southeast Asian dishes *Nasi goreng, a popular rice dish often simply called ''nasi'' *Other Southeast Asian ''nasi'' dishes: **Nasi ...

(1962–),

Ira! Ira! (Portuguese for ''Anger!'' or ''Rage!'', although the name was inspired by the Irish Republican Army) is a Brazilian rock band that was founded in São Paulo in the early 1980s. They were strongly influenced by the Mod sound of The Who, ...

singer and frontman *

Nei Van Soria Nei Van Soria (born October 5, 1969) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, pianist, guitarist and record producer, famous for his work with pioneering Rio Grande do Sul rock bands TNT and Os Cascavelletes. Biography Van Soria was born in ...

(1969–), guitarist for Os Cascavelletes *

Os Mutantes Os Mutantes (meaning '' the mutants''; ) are an influential Brazilian rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement, a dissident musical movement during the Brazilian dictatorship of the late 1960s. The band is considered to be one of ...

, influential Brazilian

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

band linked with the

Tropicália Tropicália (), also known as Tropicalismo (), was a Brazilian artistic movement that arose in the late 1960s. It was characterized by the amalgamation of Brazilian genres—notably the union of the pop culture, popular and the avant-garde, as ...

movement of the late 1960s *

Pitty Priscilla Novaes Leone (born October 7, 1977, in Salvador, Bahia), better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian Rock music, rock singer. She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million ...

(1977–), rock singer and composer *

Rafael Bittencourt Angra is a Brazilian power metal band formed in 1991. They have released nine regular studio albums, five EPs, and three live CD/DVDs to date. Led by Rafael Bittencourt, the band has gained a degree of popularity in Japan and Europe. History ...

(1971–), Angra

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 transla ...

(1945–1989), rock singer and composer *

Renato Russo Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr., March 27, 1960 – October 11, 1996) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band Legião Urbana. A Brazilian film depicting his life and career was rele ...

(1960–1996),

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 (d ...

singer and frontman *

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 ...

(1947–), pop/rock singer and composer * Robertinho de Recife (1965–), guitarist and composer *

Samuel Rosa Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga (born July 15, 1966) is lead singer, primary composer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank (band), Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Samuel writes the music for most of t ...

(1966–), Skank singer and frontman * Secos e Molhados (1971–), influential psychedelic glam rock band *

Thiago Modesto Thiago Viana Modesto (born August 31, 1996) is a Brazilian people, Brazilian singer, songwriter, blogger and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and bass player of the Brazilian alternative metal band :pt:Quimere, Quimere, which he co- ...

(1996–), Quimere singer and bassist * Tony Babalu (1953– ), musician, songwriter and record producer. *

Vange Leonel Maria Evangelina Leonel Gandolfo (4 May 1963 – 14 July 2014), known as Vange Leonel, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, journalist, blogger, chronicler, novelist, playwright, beer sommelier, and feminist and LGBT rights act ...

(1963–2014), singer-songwriter, vocalist of Nau *

Vitor Assan Vitor Assan Paulo ( ar, فيتور أسان, born April 30, 1996) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and guitar player of the Brazilian alternative metal band Quimere, which he co-founded in 2015. ...

(1996–), Quimere singer and guitarist

Experimental music

André Abujamra André Cibelli Abujamra (born May 15, 1965) is a Brazilian score composer, musician, singer, guitarist, actor, and comedian of Lebanese and Italian origin. Both his father, Antônio Abujamra, and cousin, Clarisse Abujamra, are actors. Film wor ...

(born 1965), composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, member of

Os Mulheres Negras Os Mulheres Negras (Portuguese language, Portuguese for "The Black Women") are a Brazilian experimental rock duo formed in São Paulo in 1985, by musicians André Abujamra (vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer, drum machine) and Maurício Pereira ...

and

Karnak The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (, which was originally derived from ar, خورنق ''Khurnaq'' "fortified village"), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construct ...

Arrigo Barnabé Arrigo Barnabé (born September 14, 1951) is a Brazilian musician and actor. His best-known record is perhaps the critically acclaimed ''Clara Crocodilo''. "He wrote the highly successful song "Clara Crocodilo" (with Mário Lúcio Cortes)..." "T ...

(born 1951), composer and singer *

(1935-2016), composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist *

Denis Mandarino Denis Garcia Mandarino (born May 7, 1964) is a Brazilian composer, artist and writer, and a disciple of Hans-Joachim Koellreutter in choral conducting and aesthetics.Associação Brasileira de Letras. He proposed a theory about four-dimensional ...

(born 1964), composer and singer *

Itamar Assumpção Itamar Assumpção (September 13, 1949 – June 12, 2003) was a Brazilian songwriter and composer who was born in Tietê, a city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Assumpção built a strong reputation in the Brazilian independent and alterna ...

(1949-2003), composer and singer * Jorge Antunes (born 1942), composer *

Lívio Tragtenberg Lívio Romano Tragtenberg (born 1961) is a Brazilian musician, composer, music theorist, professor and record producer. Biography Tragtenberg was born in São Paulo in 1961, to professor and sociologist and actress . On his father's side, he is ...

(born 1961), composer and multi-instrumentalist *

Rogério Skylab Rogério Tolomei Teixeira (born September 2, 1956), better known by his stage name Rogério Skylab, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, classical guitarist, poet, essayist, record producer, actor and former television presenter. His uni ...

(born 1958), composer and singer

Pop music

* Carrapicho, pop group * Carmen Monarcha (born 1979), opera singer *

Balão Mágico ("Magic Balloon") was a children's television program in Brazil that aired between 1983 and 1986. The children, who were the main stars of the program, were also part of a children's musical group, Turma do Balão Mágico ("The Magic Balloon Ga ...

, children's songs *

Gretchen Gretchen (, ; literal translation: "Little Grete" or "Little Greta") is a female given name of German origin that is mainly prevalent in the United States. Its popularity increased because a major character in Goethe's ''Faust'' (1808) has th ...

(born 1959) *

Trem da Alegria Trem da Alegria (Train of Happiness) was a children's musical band based in Brazil. During their tenure from 1984 to 1992, they released eight albums whose total sales surpassed six million copies. The band started in 1984 with Luciano Nassyn and ...

, children's songs *

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 e ...

(born 1963), singer * Br'oZ,

boyband A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many ...

Deborah Blando Deborah Salvatrice Blando (born March 3, 1969) is an Italian-born Brazilian and Italian singer and composer. She has sold about six million copies sold worldwide, with six albums released between 1991 and 2002. She has seven number 1 single and t ...

(born 1969), pop singer *

Felipe Dylon Felipe Dylon (born July 23, 1987) is a Brazilian pop singer. His debut self-titled album was certified gold by Pro-Música Brasil, ABPD and contained the song "Musa do Verão", an early 2000s hit in Brazil. Discography Albums *2002 '':pt:Felipe ...

(born 1987), pop singer *

Kelly Key Kelly de Almeida Afonso Freitas (born March 3, 1983), known for her stage name Kelly Key, is a Brazilian pop singer, songwriter and TV hostess. Biography 2001–04: Debut album, ''Do Meu Jeito'' and live album Key released her first, sel ...

(born 1983), pop singer *

KLB KLB is a pop band from Brazil. The band consists of three brothers from São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and we ...

, pop group/

Pitch Yarn of Matter Pitch Yarn of Matter (PYM) is a synthpop project by Brazilian electronic musician Marcelo Gallo that released two studio albums in the 1990s as well as a number of tracks that found their way onto electronic music compilations. In 1994, during a ...

, synthpop group (1993-1996) *

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 b ...

(born 1984), MPB singer * Sandy (born 1983), pop singer *

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 ...

, pop singers/pop duo * Lucinha Turnbull (born 1953), singer, guitarist *

Virginie Boutaud Virginie Adèle Lydie Boutaud-Manent (''née'' Boutaud; born February 27, 1963), also known mononymously as Virginie, is a French Brazilian singer, songwriter, classical guitarist, and former model and actress, famous for being the vocalist of th ...

(born 1963), singer, vocalist of Metrô *

Rouge Rouge is the French word for "red" and may refer to: Compounds * Rouge (cosmetics), a cosmetic used to color the cheeks and emphasize the cheekbones * Jeweler's rouge or iron(III) oxide * Rouging, a form of corrosion applicable to stainless ...

, pop girlband *

(born 1953), pop singer * Kasino, a band *

Anitta Anitta may refer to: * Anitta (king), Hittite king *Anitta (singer) Larissa de Macedo Machado (born March 30, 1993), known professionally as Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and television host. She is regarded as one of biggest Brazi ...

, pop singer *

Pabllo Vittar Phabullo Rodrigues da Silva (born 1 November 1993), known professionally as Pabllo Vittar (), is a Brazilian drag queen and singer. Life and career 1993–2016: Early life Born in São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, Phabullo is a dizygotic twin ...

, drag queen and pop singer

Electronica

Amon Tobin Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin (), is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight ...

, producer and DJ *

Alok Alok is an Indian given name of Sanskrit origin. People with the given name Alok *Alok (DJ) (born 1991), Brazilian DJ and music producer *Alok Bhargava (born 1954), Indian-American econometrician * Alok R. Chaturvedi, Professor of Information Syste ...

, producer and DJ * INGEK, producer and DJ * Chris Leão, DJ *

DJ Marky Marco Antonio da Silva known professionally as DJ Marky, is a Brazilian drum and bass DJ. Together with DJ Patife, XRS Land and Drumagick, Brazilians were forging a new sound in drum and bass that became popular around the world with releases s ...

, DJ *

DJ Patife Wagner Ribeiro de Souza (born September 15, 1976), better known by his stage name DJ Patife, is a prominent Brazilian drum and bass DJ. DJ Patife's first gig was at São Paulo's Arena Music Hall. In 1997, he accompanied Roni Size in the deli ...

, DJ * DJ Dolores, artist and DJ *

FTampa Felipe Augusto Ramos (born 2 June 1987), better known by his stage name FTampa, is a Brazilian DJ and record producer. Career FTampa has been a rock musician since childhood, having learned to play the guitar and keyboard in his hometown of Cons ...

, artist, producer and DJ *

XRS Land Xerxes de Oliveira is a drum and bass producer from Brazil. He uses several pseudonyms including XRS, XRS Land, Friendtornik, and Kapitel 06. He is well known in the Brazilian drum and bass scene due to the large number of live PAs he has performed ...

, producer and DJ *

Gui Boratto Guilherme Boratto (born 1974 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian electronic music producer. In the 1990s, he was a member of Sect. His debut solo album ''Chromophobia'' was awarded the title of Mixmag Album of the Month. Regarding why he chose the nam ...

, producer, composer *

DJ Marlboro A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...

, producer, composer, and DJ *

Drumagick Drumagick are the brothers JrDeep (born 1977) and Guilherme Lopes (born 1981). They are DJs and drum 'n' bass producers who live in São Paulo, Brazil. History JrDeep and Guilherme Lopes were exposed to the hardcore days back in 1993. JrDeep us ...

, producer, Composer *

Vintage Culture Lukas Rafael Ruiz Hespanhol (; born July 7, 1993), known as Vintage Culture, is a Brazilian DJ and record producer. He had a great ascent releasing remixes of songs like " Blue Monday" by New Order and "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd ...

, producer and DJ * Bruno Furlan, producer and DJ

Brazilian hip hop

MV Bill MV Bill, real name Alexandre Pereira Barbosa (born January 3, 1974), is a Brazilian rap singer, actor, songwriter and co-author of the best-selling book ''Falcão - Meninos do Tráfico''. The initials "MV" stand for "Mensageiro da Verdade", Port ...

(born 1974), rapper * Sonia Destre Lie, choreographer *

Emicida Leandro Roque de Oliveira (born August 17, 1985), better known by his stage name Emicida, is a Brazilian rapper, singer, songwriter and MC. The rapper is known for his impromptu rhymes, that made him one of the most respected MCs in Brazil. Reg ...

(born 1985), rapper *

Fausto Fawcett Fausto Borel Cardoso (born May 10, 1957), better known by his stage name Fausto Fawcett, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm guitarist, lyricist, novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist, actor and screenwriter, famous for his f ...

(born 1957), rapper and writer *

Marcelo D2 Marcelo Maldonado Peixoto (born November 5, 1967), also known as Marcelo D2, is a Brazilian rapper and singer. Biography A former vocalist of the band Planet Hemp, he started his solo career in 1998 with the album ''Eu Tiro É Onda.'' The al ...

(born 1967), rapper *

Mr. Thug Diego Villanueva (Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1990), better known by his stage name Diego Thug, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer and co-founder of the group Bonde da Stronda. History Diego Villanueva was born on September ...

(born 1990), singer *

Negra Li Negra Li (born Liliane de Carvalho, São Paulo, September 17, 1979) is a Brazilian singer, actress and dancer. She was one of the lead actresses in the 2006 musical drama film '' Antônia''. She has sold over 300,000 copies and her net worth is ...

(born 1979), singer *

Gabriel o Pensador Gabriel Contino, better known as Gabriel o Pensador (Portuguese for "Gabriel the Thinker") is a Brazilian rapper, writer, and composer known for his conscious lyrics which speak of activism, and issues of race, politics, social problems, and the C ...

, rapper * Pollo, rappers group * Racionais MC's, rappers group *

Bonde da Stronda Bonde da Stronda (also known as BDS) is a Brazilian hip hop group formed in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by the MC's Mr. Thug and Léo Stronda. The group has recorded four studio albums and one independent album. History Formation (2006–200 ...

, rappers group *

Sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a ''saboteur''. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identitie ...

(1973-2003), rapper

Axé music

Cláudia Leitte Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio (; born 10 July 1980) is a Brazilian singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond- ...

, axé singer *

Margareth Menezes Margareth Menezes (born October 13, 1962) is a Brazilian singer from Salvador, Bahia. Her style is considered axé but her music also steers into samba and MPB territory, at times drawing on African rhythms and reggae. Menezes is best known i ...

, axé singer *

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 single ...

, axé/pop singer

Funk carioca

* Tati Quebra Barraco, singer *

, MC and DJ * MC Sapão, singer-songwriter *

Mr. Catra Wagner Domingues Costa (5 November 1968 – 9 September 2018), known professionally as Mr. Catra, was a Brazilian singer and actor. He was known in Brazilian pop culture for his large number of children, having two wives, and his famous laugh at ...

, singer-songwriter *

Pocah Viviane de Queiroz Pereira (born October 17, 1994), known professionally as Pocah and formerly MC Pocahontas, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Biography Viviane de Queiroz Pereira was born in Queimados, Rio de Janeiro on October 17, 1994, and ...

, singer-songwriter * Tati Zaqui, singer-songwriter

Soundtrack

Marcos Valle Marcos may refer to: People with the given name ''Marcos'' *Marcos (given name) Sports ;Surnamed * Dayton Marcos, Negro league baseball team from Dayton, Ohio (early twentieth-century) * Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer * Nélson Marcos, Portugue ...

, musician and producer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Brazilian Musicians *

musicians A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

Musicians A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

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