Karoline dos Santos Oliveira (born January 1, 1986), known professionally as Karol Conká (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Her music is a blend of modern hip-hop and rap with sounds from Brazilian pop and traditional music.

Career

In 2013, she won

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's Best New Artist award and released her debut album, ''Batuk Freak''. Her song, "Boa Noite", is featured in the

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video game, ''

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''. Her album ''Ambulante'' was ranked as the 34th 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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. In January 2021, she was announced as a contestant of the reality show ''

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''. Her sarcastic and non-empathic behavior towards her housemates garnered a negative reception from the participants and viewers alike. On February 23, she was evicted from the reality show with a record-breaking 99.17% of the public vote. Her life is depicted in the 2021

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documentary series ''A Vida Depois do Tombo''. In 2024, Karol Conká performed dressed as a

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in the reality singing competition '' The Masked Singer Brasil''.

Personal life

Karol Conká publicly came out as

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and sapiosexual. She is an advocate of

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Discography

;Albums *2001 - ''Karol Conka'' *2013 - ''Batuk Freak'' *2018 - ''Ambulante'' *2022 - ''Urucum'' ;Singles *2011 - "Boa Noite" *2014 - "Tombei" *2015 - "É o Poder" *2017 - "Lalá" *2018 - "Kaça" *2018 - "Cabeça de Nego" (Prod. Instituto & Boss in Drama) *2019 - "Saudade" *2019 - "Nossa Que Isso" (feat. MC Rebecca & MC Rogê) *2019 - "Alavancô" (feat.

Gloria Groove Daniel Garcia Felicione Napoleão (born January 18, 1995), known professionally as Gloria Groove (), is a Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and drag queen. During his childhood, Groove starred in the RecordTV telenovela ''Sa ...

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) *2021 - "Dilúvio" (feat. Leo Justi) *2021 - "Mal Nenhum" *2021 - "Subida" *2021 - "Louca e Sagaz" *2022 - "Paredawn"

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* * 1986 births Living people Afro-Brazilian feminists Afro-Brazilian LGBTQ people Brazilian women rappers Brazilian LGBTQ singers Bisexual feminists Brazilian bisexual actresses Brazilian bisexual musicians Bisexual singers Feminist musicians Afro-Brazilian women singers Brazilian women pop singers Afro-Brazilian female models Brazilian female models Models from Curitiba LGBTQ people in Latin music Women in Latin music Sapiosexual people LGBTQ women singers {{hiphop-bio-stub