50 Great Brazilian Male Singers
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Milton Nascimento is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Milton was born in Rio DE Janeiro. His mother, Maria Nascimento, was a maid. As a baby, Nascimento was adopted by a couple who were his mother's former employers; Josino Brito Campos, a bank employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer. When he was 18 months old, Nascimento's biological mother died, and he moved with his adoptive parents to the city of Três Pontas, in the state of Minas Gerais. He has toured across the world. Nascimento has won five Grammy Awards, including Best World Music Album in 1997.- Music Department
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João Bosco was born on 13 July 1946 in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is an actor and composer, known for Uga Uga (2000), Se Segura, Malandro! (1978) and O Jogo da Vida (1977).- Music Artist
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Tim Maia was born on 28 September 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a music artist, known for Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), City of God (2002) and Ways of the Heart (2007). He died on 15 March 1998 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Department
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Ney Matogrosso was born on 1 August 1941 in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Magnetick Pathways (2018), Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit (2010) and Vereda Tropical (1984).- Jessé was born on 25 March 1952 in Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Nudes: A Sketchbook (1974) and A Floresta Feliz (2000). He died on 29 March 1993 in Paraguaçu Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Cauby Peixoto was born on 10 February 1931 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Roque Santeiro (1985), Com Água na Boca (1956) and Passione (2010). He died on 15 May 2016 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Actor
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Edson Cordeiro is known for A Guerra dos Rocha (2008), Edson Cordeiro: Disco Clubbing Medley (1998) and Rebel (2011).- Soundtrack
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Frejat was born on 21 May 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor and composer, known for Mais Uma Vez Amor (2005), Intimate Strangers (2018) and The Emerald Forest (1985). He is married to Alice Pelegatti. They have two children.- Composer
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Flávio Venturini was born on 23 July 1949 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a composer, known for Cabocla (2004), Vale Tudo (1988) and Lino (2017).- Actor
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João Nogueira was born on 12 November 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Turistas (2006), Estranhas Relações (1983) and Natal da Portela (1988). He died on 5 June 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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Cláudio Zoli is known for Seven Sins (2007), Alabê de Jerusalém (2006) and Cassino do Chacrinha (1982).- Music Artist
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Djavan is a Brazilian Samba singer/songwriter. 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 - "Light, Sound, Dimension"), playing Beatles' material. In 1973, Djavan moved to Rio DE Janeiro and started singing soap opera soundtracks. His first album, A Voz, o Violão e a Arte DE Djavan, was recorded in 1976 and included the hit song "Flor DE Lis". Stevie Wonder was a guest on the album Luz.
In 1999, his album Ao Vivo sold 1.2 million copies. In 2016, he was nominated for the 2016 Latin Grammy Awards in the Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Portuguese Language Song and Best Singer-Songwriter Album categories. Djavan's compositions have been recorded by numerous musicians, including Al Jarreau, Carmen McRae and The Manhattan Transfer. His album Vesúvio was ranked as the 35th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine.- Music Department
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Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes is a Brazilian singer, composer, musician, actor and music producer. He is commonly known by the stage name of Fagner. The youngest of the five children of José Fares, a Lebanese immigrant from Ain Ebel and Dona Francisca, Fagner was born in Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará, although his birth was recorded in Orós. At the age of five, he won a youth competition at a local radio station. As a teen, he formed vocal and instrumental groups and began to compose his own music. In 1968, he won the Festival DE Música Popular Do Ceará (Popular Music Festival of Ceará) with his song "Nada Sou".- Actor
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Luiz Melodia was born on 7 January 1951 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for City of God (2002), Casa de Areia (2005) and Torre de Babel (1998). He died on 4 August 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Artist
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Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, 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 of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae.
Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música popular brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. Gil moved to London, but returned to Bahia in 1972 and continued his musical career, as well as worked as a politician and environmental advocate.- Composer
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Marcos Kostenbader Valle is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles. Valle is regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian artists of all time.- Writer
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Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr., 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 released in 2013, called Somos Tão Jovens (We Are So Young). He started his studies at an early age, at Colégio Olavo Billac. During this period he wrote an essay titled "Old house, in ruins". His father was an executive at Banco do Brasil, and the family moved to Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1967, when he was assigned a job in the city. Renato and his family returned later to Rio de Janeiro and moved in with his uncle Sávio. At 18 years old, he came out as bisexual to his mother, and in 1988 he made it public by writing the song "Meninos e Meninas" ("Boys n' Girls") with the chorus stating, in English, "I like St. Paul, I like St. John, I like St. Francis and St. Sebastian, and I like boys and girls."- Actor
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Luiz Gonzaga was born on 13 December 1912 in Exu, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for Cala a Boca, Etelvina (1958), Sai de Baixo (1956) and El gran espectáculo (1958). He was married to Helena Neves Cavalcanti and Odaléia Guedes dos Santos. He died on 2 August 1989 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.- Actor
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Johnny Alf was born on 19 May 1929 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for Você Decide (1992), Falso Brilhante (2007) and Coisa Mais Linda: Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005). He died on 4 March 2010 in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.- Eduardo Conde (April 9, 1946 - January 16, 2003) was a Brazilian actor, singer and model. In the 1970s, he starred in the Brazilian production of Jesus Cristo Superstar, in the role of Jesus Christ. For many years, he presented the awards at the Brasília Film Festival. As an actor, he participated in national productions - such as O Incrível Monstro Trapalhão and Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões (both 1981) - and international productions - for example, The Emerald Forest, by John Boorman and Blame It on Rio, by Stanley Donen, acting alongside Michael Caine and Demi Moore. On television, he acted in Plumas e Paetês (1980), O Beijo do Vampiro (2002) and in the miniseries O Quinto dos Infernos (2002). Eduardo Conde died of lung cancer caused by smoking and was buried at Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. He left two children, fruits of his marriage with actress Betty Lago.
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Roberto Carlos Braga is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, also known as King of Latin Music or simply The King. Most of his songs are written in partnership with his friend, singer and songwriter Erasmo Carlos (no relation). Roberto Carlos has sold over 140 million albums around the world. He is considered one of the most influential artists in Brazil, being cited as a source of inspiration by many artists and bands. His net worth is estimated at US$160 million.