Brazilian music,
catalogued.
An objective map of everything Brazil sings and plays: genres and subgenres, artists, musicians, songs, albums, awards, TV talent shows and instruments. Built for newcomers who want to understand, and for Brazilians who want to look again.
Start from what you already like
Pick a sound you already know and see its Brazilian counterpart.
The families of Brazilian music
21 families and 135 subgenres. Each card says where and when the sound was born, who defines it and where to start.
Samba
Rio de Janeiro
13 subgenres · 109 artistsCHR · 1770Choro
Rio de Janeiro
3 subgenres · 16 artistsBSN · 1958Bossa Nova
Rio de Janeiro
1 subgenres · 16 artistsMPB · 1965MPB
TV festivals, Rio and São Paulo
7 subgenres · 80 artistsRCK · 1955Brazilian Rock
Rio, São Paulo, Brasília and the whole country
28 subgenres · 471 artistsSRT · 1929Sertanejo
Rural São Paulo, Minas, Goiás and Paraná
5 subgenres · 89 artistsFNK · 1989Brazilian Funk
Rio de Janeiro, then São Paulo
10 subgenres · 119 artistsRAP · 1988Rap and Hip-Hop
São Paulo, then Rio, Brasília and Fortaleza
3 subgenres · 106 artistsFRR · 1946Forró
Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará and the whole Northeast
6 subgenres · 60 artistsAXE · 1949Axé and Bahian Music
Salvador, Bahia
6 subgenres · 58 artistsPOP · 1976Brazilian Pop
São Paulo and Rio
5 subgenres · 67 artistsBRG · 1800Brega, Calypso and Sounds of Pará
Recife, Belém and inland Brazil
7 subgenres · 43 artistsGSP · 1966Gospel and Religious Music
The whole country
4 subgenres · 56 artistsELE · 1995Electronic
São Paulo, Goiânia and festivals nationwide
5 subgenres · 39 artistsRGG · 1975Brazilian Reggae
São Luís, Rio, Brasília and Bahia
2 subgenres · 18 artistsSOU · 1970Soul and Black Music
Rio and São Paulo
4 subgenres · 16 artistsINS · 1930Jazz and Instrumental
Rio, São Paulo, Minas and Pernambuco
3 subgenres · 36 artistsCLS · 1760Classical Music
Rio and São Paulo
5 subgenres · 20 artistsREG · 1800Folk Traditions
Every region
15 subgenres · 36 artistsIND · 1500Indigenous Music
The whole territory, from the Amazon to the South
2 subgenres · 5 artistsKID · 1982Children's Music
Television and YouTube
1 subgenres · 23 artistsThe catalogue in numbers
How to navigate
Families and subgenres
A card for each genre: origin, decade, artists, songs to start with and how it relates to what you already listen to.
ARTISTSFull directory
Hundreds of bands, singers, duos, MCs and DJs with genre, tier, state and year; filter by genre, type or decade.
PEOPLESingers, instrumentalists, producers and influencers
Who sings, who plays, who produces and who talks about music: the names behind the sound.
SONGSTimeline
The biggest hits of every genre, year by year from 1899 to 2024, with links to listen.
ALBUMSEssential discography
The hit and essential albums of every genre, with one sentence on each.
AWARDS & TVAwards, festivals and talent shows
From the Latin Grammys to The Voice Brasil, with every finalist.
INSTRUMENTSWhat makes the sound
Pandeiro, cavaquinho, berimbau, zabumba and twenty more instruments explained.
GLOSSARYWords you will hear
Saudade, sofrência, baile, trio elétrico, pagode: the listener's dictionary.