Caetano Veloso — Top 5 songs and music videos | EveryDisc

Performer

Caetano Veloso

Style

Alternative rock art pop Singer-songwriter Tropicália MPB brazil

Country

Brazil

Listenings: 14
Listeners: 3

Performer description

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicália, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nineteen Brazilian Music Awards, nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On 14 November 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.

Participated in

Solo Jane Birkin Nelly Furtado