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14 Bis
14 Bis, also written Quatorze Bis, is a Brazilian rock band formed in Minas Gerais in 1979, fusing progressive rock with MPB and selling over 3 million records.
Abril Pro Rock
Abril Pro Rock is a rock festival held in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, first staged in 1993 and organized since then by producer Paulo André Pires, closely tied to the manguebeat movement.
Academia da Berlinda
Academia da Berlinda is a Brazilian band formed in 2004 in Olinda, Pernambuco, whose seven members blend forró, cumbia, coco, and maracatu into dance-floor music rooted in Olinda's backyards.
Adelmário Coelho
Adelmário Coelho is a Brazilian forró pé-de-serra singer from northern Bahia whose 1995 hit "Não Fale Mal do Meu País" spread after looted CDs reached radio.
Afroreggae
Afroreggae (Grupo Cultural AfroReggae) is a Brazilian cultural organization and fusion band founded in 1993 in Rio de Janeiro by José Júnior to use culture for social reconstruction.
Agronejo
Agronejo is a Brazilian sertanejo subgenre emerging around 2021 that celebrates agribusiness and rural life, fusing sertanejo with funk and electronic rhythms; by 2023 it was Brazil's most-listened genre.
Alcione
Alcione, also known as Alcione Nazaré, is a Brazilian samba singer born in 1947 in São Luís, Maranhão, best known for the 1975 hit "Não Deixe o Samba Morrer".
Alexandre Nero
Alexandre Nero is a Brazilian actor and singer born in 1970 in Curitiba, nationally known for telenovela villains, above all Comendador José Alfredo in Império (2014).
Alinne Rosa
Alinne Rosa, born Aline Oliveira Santos, is a Brazilian axé singer who fronted Cheiro de Amor from 2003 to 2014 before a solo career in Salvador's Carnival music.
Amazan
Amazan, stage name of José Silva, is a Brazilian forró singer and accordion maker from Paraíba whose solo career began with the LP Naturalmente in 1989.
Ana Castela
Ana Castela, born Ana Flávia Castela and known as Boiadeira, is a Brazilian sertanejo and agronejo singer from Mato Grosso do Sul who broke through with "Pipoco" in 2022.
Ana Nóbrega
Ana Nóbrega is a Brazilian gospel singer, worship leader, and pastor born in 1980 in Fortaleza, Ceará, known for five years with the Diante do Trono ministry.
André Matos
André Matos was a Brazilian heavy metal vocalist, born in São Paulo in 1971, who fronted Viper, Angra, and Shaman before a solo career from 2006; he died in 2019 at 47.
Anitta (singer)
Anitta (Larissa de Macedo Machado), Brazilian pop and funk carioca singer from Rio de Janeiro; broke out with "Show das Poderosas" (2013), first Brazilian VMA winner and Coachella main-stage performer, known for Envolver and Funk Generation.
Ara Ketu
Ara Ketu is an Afro-Bahian carnival bloco and pop band from Salvador, Bahia, founded in 1980, that became a leading axé music act with national hits from 1994.
Arraial do Pavulagem (Belém)
Arraial do Pavulagem is a musical and cultural collective from Belém, Pará, founded in 1987, best known for the Arrastão, free June street corteges opening with a fluvial procession.
Art Popular
Art Popular is a pagode group from São Paulo, Brazil, that rose with the 1990s romantic pagode wave, selling over 1 million copies of Samba Pop Brasil (1998).
Asa de Águia
Asa de Águia is a Brazilian axé band formed in Salvador, Bahia, in 1987 and led by Durval Lelys, a defining act of the Carnival of Salvador until 2014.
Axé (music genre)
Axé music, also known as axé, is a carnival pop genre that emerged in Salvador, Bahia, in the 1980s, built for the trio elétrico sound trucks of Bahian Carnival.
Baco Exu do Blues
Baco Exu do Blues, stage name of Diogo Álvaro Ferreira Moncorvo, is a Brazilian rapper from Salvador, Bahia, who broke through nationally with the 2017 album Esú.
Baden Powell (guitarist)
Baden Powell (Baden Powell de Aquino, 1937-2000), Brazilian bossa nova guitarist and composer; partner of poet Vinicius de Moraes on Berimbau and Os Afro-Sambas; fused samba, jazz, and classical guitar; died in Rio de Janeiro in 2000.
Banda Uó
Banda Uó is a Brazilian tecnobrega-pop trio formed in Goiânia in October 2010 by Davi Sabbag, Mateus Carrilho, and Mel Gonçalves, known for the viral 2011 hit "Shake de Amor".
Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian bossa nova singer and songwriter, born in 1966 in New York City to João Gilberto and Miúcha; her 2000 album Tanto Tempo fused bossa nova with electronica.
Bell Marques
Bell Marques (Washington Bell Marques da Silva) is a Brazilian singer and composer, born in Salvador in 1952, lead vocalist of the axé band Chiclete com Banana from 1986 to 2014.
Bezerra da Silva
Bezerra da Silva, stage name of José Bezerra da Silva (1927–2005), was a Brazilian singer and composer from Recife who became the leading figure of samba malandro.
Big Brother Brasil
Big Brother Brasil (BBB) is a reality competition show produced by Brazil's Globo network, the Brazilian adaptation of the Dutch Big Brother format, airing since 2002.
Billboard Brasil
Billboard Brasil is the Brazilian edition of the music magazine Billboard, launched in 2009 and relaunched in 2023, publishing the Billboard Brasil Hot 100 chart.
Biquini Cavadão
Biquini Cavadão is a Brazilian rock band formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1985, led by singer Bruno Gouveia and known for 'Tédio' and 'Vento Ventania'.
Bokaloka
Bokaloka is a Brazilian pagode group from Rio de Janeiro, formed in the mid-1990s as Água na Boca, known for "Não Pedi Pra Me Apaixonar" and "Shortinho Saint-Tropez".
Borges
Borges, full name Luis Felipe Borges Campos, is a Brazilian trap and rap artist from Pavuna, Rio de Janeiro, revealed nationally in 2019 with "Ak do Flamengo".