Caipira / roots
Since 1929 · 14 artistsViola caipira, duos in thirds and rural themes: Tonico & Tinoco, Tião Carreiro & Pardinho, Inezita Barroso, Almir Sater.
Brazil's most-streamed genre today was born as caipira music in 1929, with viola duos singing in thirds. It modernized with Chitãozinho & Xororó, became romantic pop in the 1990s and, after 2005, the 'universitário' of Jorge & Mateus, Luan Santana and Marília Mendonça took over the charts.
If you like country, especially Nashville country-pop, sertanejo is its Brazilian cousin.
Viola caipira, duos in thirds and rural themes: Tonico & Tinoco, Tião Carreiro & Pardinho, Inezita Barroso, Almir Sater.
Heartbreak ballads with Chitãozinho & Xororó, Leandro & Leonardo, Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano and Bruno & Marrone.
Born at student parties in Goiânia and Londrina: Jorge & Mateus, Luan Santana, Gusttavo Lima, Michel Teló, Henrique & Juliano.
The genre's female turn with Marília Mendonça, Maiara & Maraisa, Simone & Simaria and Lauana Prado.
Sertanejo with funk and agribusiness aesthetics: Ana Castela, Luan Pereira, Zé Felipe.
With "Fio de Cabelo", it passed a million copies.
Instrumental viola caipira; a reference for generations of players.
Debut, with "Majestade, o Sabiá".
The album of "Evidências".
With "Pense em Mim"; sales in the millions.
Debut, with "É o Amor".
The album that took the duo nationwide, with "Dormi na Praça".
The album that launched the duo, with "Pode Chorar".
Romantic sertanejo universitário at the top.
The album that made Luan sertanejo's teen idol.
The album of "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", No. 1 in over 20 countries.
The album that put the duo at the top.
The album of "Infiel"; the start of feminejo.
The album of "10%" and "Medo Bobo".
The live album that gave the singer his nickname.
Free concerts across Brazilian capitals; the peak of feminejo.
Recordings released after the singer's death.
The whole sertanejo lineage, from 1920 to the 2020s; the most popular names of each decade are highlighted.
The longest-lived and best-selling caipira duo: "Tristeza do Jeca", "Chico Mineiro".
▶ listenCreators of the pagode de viola: "Pagode em Brasília", "Rei do Gado".
▶ listenModernized sertanejo with "Fio de Cabelo" (1982) and "Evidências"; opened the genre to pop.
▶ listen"Entre Tapas e Beijos", "Pense em Mim"; Leandro's death in 1998 stopped the country.
▶ listen"É o Amor" (1991) sold millions; film "2 Filhos de Francisco".
▶ listen"Dormi na Praça", "Vida Vazia"; the longest-running romantic duo.
▶ listenThe most streamed duo of sertanejo universitário: "Pode Chorar", "Sosseguei".
▶ listen"Balada (Tchê Tcherere Tchê Tchê)" (2011); the "Ambassador".
▶ listen"Meteoro", "Escreve Aí", "Morena"; sertanejo's teen idol.
▶ listen"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (2011) topped charts in over 20 countries.
▶ listen"Cuida Bem Dela", "Vidinha de Balada".
▶ listenThe "queen of sofrência": "Infiel", "Todos os Cantos"; she died in a plane crash in 2021.
▶ listenThe "Boiadeira": "Pipoco", "Nosso Quadro"; the agronejo of the 2020s.
▶ listen"10%", "Medo Bobo"; with Marília, the "Patroas".
▶ listenThe first to record caipira music, in 1929.
▶ listenA humorous caipira duo of the 1930s and 1940s.
▶ listenMasters of cururu and the moda de viola.
▶ listenCaipira music's romantic duo: "Índia".
▶ listenGuardian of caipira music; hosted "Viola, Minha Viola" on TV Cultura for decades.
▶ listenFrom Jovem Guarda to the viola: "Panela Velha", "Menino da Porteira".
▶ listen"Romaria", "Tocando em Frente".
▶ listen"Estrada da Vida", a highway classic.
▶ listen"Blusa Vermelha", "Castelo de Amor".
▶ listenViola and "Tocando em Frente", "Chalana".
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