It was so freaking hard to make this list, guys. You have no idea! Because Brazil
has many great, amazing, awesome, extraordinary musicians, so here's my
attempt to encapsulate all these Brazilian musical awesomeness into 5
names. I hope you like it! :)
So of course, I had to start this list talking about
Ivete Sangalo. Ivete is probably the most popular singer in Brazil nowadays, she's
very beloved by Brazilian people and apart from her great vocal skills, she's also
very charismatic. She's one of the most charismatic people ever! And she
usually performs for tens of thousands of people at huge venues in Brazil. I
remember I was at her concert, probably 3 years ago, in Los Angeles
and it was packed. And she's one of the few [Brazilian] musicians who can do that
internationally and she usually sings a genre called Axé which comes
from the state of Bahia in the Northeast part of Brazil and Axé is a mix of
Afro-Caribbean genres with Brazilian genres. It's really interesting, so you
should definitely check it out!
Ivete Sangalo singing "Flor Do Reggae"
So the second singer on this list is Adriana Calcanhotto, her songs are quite melancholic
and she is classified as an MPB singer and MPB stands for
Brazilian popular music and despite the name, MPB is not pop music, but it's really
hard to define what it is.
MPB is basically a post-Bossa Nova genre
which mixes Brazilian styles, such as samba, and international styles, such
as jazz and folk music. Many of Adriana Calcanhotto's songs are
recorded in a "voz e violão" style which means that it's just her and her
acoustic guitar, no band at all. Her songs are simple, poetic and brilliant at the same time.
Adriana Calcanhotto singing "Esquadros"
Daniela Mercury is called by many the Queen of Axé and just like Ivete Sangalo, she is best known
for her Axé music and she was huge in Brazil in the 90s, but she
continues to make great, great music today and not only Axé music, but
also pop, MPB, samba-reggae, samba and many, many other styles. And the most
interesting thing about Daniela's music is that she incorporates many styles from
around the world into her music, so I'm always very surprised, in a very good way,
when I listen to her songs. And my favorite album by her is called "Feijão Com Arroz," but her
latest albums are really, really great as well.
Daniela Mercury singing "Benção Do Samba"
Maria Rita is the daughter of the very famous Bossa Nova singer Elis Regina.
And I remember I liked her voice and her songs
since the first time I heard them. And I remember I bought her first album
in 2003 and I couldn't stop listening to it. It was so addictive!
And most of her songs are classified as MPB,
but there's also lots of samba and jazz in her work.
Maria Rita singing "Pagu"
Marisa Monte is also an MBP singer and one of my favorite singers of all time!
Besides her beautiful, gorgeous voice, her songs are very well-written as
well and I have never heard a bad song sung by Marisa Monte.
All of her songs are amazing!
So, I dare you to find a bad song sung by her!
Marisa Monte singing "Não Vá Embora"
So that's it, guys. That was my list of 5 Brazilian singers you should be listening to.
If you're not Brazilian, please let
me know if you liked these singers, leaving a comment below.
And if you are Brazilian,
and you want to suggest other female singers to foreigners who are watching this video,
leave your comments below here as well. And thank you so much for watching,
I'll see you next week.
Beijos!