Tribalistas

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Tribalistas is the name of an album by Brazilian musical trio Tribalistas, consisting of Marisa Monte, Arnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown.

This one-off collaboration resulted in the 13-track album "Os Tribalistas". The album was released in Brazil in late 2002 by EMI and in international territories in 2003. The album sold over a million copies in Brazil alone, reaching Number 1 on the charts there. The album also achieved considerable success in Europe; particularly in Italy, Portugal and France.

The album received five Grammy Latin Music Award nomination in 2003 (winning Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album), in addition to a BBC Awards for World Music nomination in 2004.

The album spawned four hit singles in Brazil: "Já sei namorar", "Velha Infância", "Passe em Cassa" (co-written and performed with Margareth Menezes) and "É Você". The album was such a phenomenal success that a fifth song on the album, "Mary Cristo", also received heavy radio airplay in Brazil around Christmas time of 2003.

Both "Já sei namorar" and "Velha Infância" reached Number 1 on the Brazil airplay charts; the former also achieving some chart success in some European territories.

The album sold 1 million copies and went Diamond without any perfomance on television shows. "Já Sei Namorar" became a huge hit without any promotion besides radio play and "Velha Infancia" rocketed to the top after it became part of the soundtrack of Mulheres Apaixonadas.

A DVD release featuring the 'making of' and all the tracks on the album was also released internationally.