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The choice of the "100 greatest" was based on the sum of votes of 60 scholars, producers and Brazilian music journalists. Each of the voters chose 20 albums, in no order of preference, which according to Rolling Stone, should be based on criteria like "intrinsical artistic value and historical importance, that is, how much the album influenced other artists."
Sá & Guarabyra, folk music duo; Sérgio Reis (1940–), classic country singer and composer; Tião Carreiro & Pardinho, folk music duo and scholar; Tonico & Tinoco (1917–1994, 1920–2012), folk music duo and scholar; Victor e Leo (born 1975, born 1976), country music duo; Wanessa (1982–), modern country singer; Zezé di Camargo & Luciano ...
Tropicália expanded what Brazilians view as properly “authentic” and since the '90s broadened the way international audiences experienced and understood Brazilian music. Tropicália created a new precedent for artistic hybridization allowing for a diversity of sounds and styles in those who were inspired by the movement.
Sérgio Mendes (pictured) is the Brazilian artist with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100. This list contains all Brazilian entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The chart, compiled and published by Billboard magazine, tracks the most listened-to songs each week in the United States and is a measure of popularity. It gathers data from ...
The following is a list of the best-selling music artists in Brazil, and the best-selling Brazilian artists worldwide. Most figures are provided by Pro-Música Brasil . Best-selling foreign music artists in Brazil
Brazilian dance-song lundu, c. 1835. Maracatu. Repentista. The native peoples of the Brazilian rainforest play instruments including whistles, flutes, horns, drums and rattles. Much of the area's folk music imitates the sounds of the Amazon Rainforest. When the Portuguese arrived in Brazil, the first natives they met played an array of reed ...
[6] [7] [8] Billboard categorizes an artist as "Latin" if they perform in Spanish or Portuguese. [9] Music journalists and musicologists define Latin music as musical styles from Spanish-speaking areas of Latin America and from Spain. [10] [11] Music from Brazil is usually included in the genre and music from Portugal is occasionally included ...
Nick Coleman of The Independent praised the album as "an exemplary account of how Brazilian music found its keenest popular focus in the 1960s" [4] Neil Spencer of The Observer praised the album as a "dazzling 2CD set" noting its hybrid of artists such as Elis Regina and Jorge Ben with "edgier creations", noting Baden Powell's song "Canto De ...