Gaby Amarantos

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Gaby Amarantos

Gaby in the program Altas Horas.
Background information
Birth name Gabriela Amaral dos Santos
Born (1978-08-01) August 1, 1978
Belém, Pará, Brazil
Genres MPB, pop, tecno-brega
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1995–present
Website http://www.gabyamarantos.com/

Gabriela Amaral dos Santos (born August 1, 1978 in Belém, Pará),[1] known by her stage name Gaby Amarantos, is a Brazilian singer and dancer of tecno brega.[2]

Biography

Amarantos was born in the district of Jurunas, outskirts of Belém, state of Pará. She began singing at the age of 15, in the Parish of St. Therese of Lisieux. Coming from a family of samba dancers, during her adolescence she also heard singers of the Flashbrega movement (Pará's brega style of the 1970s), MPB and jazz (especially Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Holiday).[3]

Since 2000, she began to be recognized as one of the emerging stars of Pará's "tecnomelody".[3] From 2002 on, at the head of the Banda Tecno Show, Amarantos has recorded two CDs and one DVD. She participated in the Daniel Peixoto Shine Party in April 2012.[4]

Discography

Title Year Record label Media Sales
Treme 2012 Som Livre CD 30.000
Single Year Record label Media
Xirley 2011 Som Livre Digital Download
Ex Mai Love 2012 Som Livre Digital Download

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients and nominees Outcome
2012 Melhores do Ano Revelation Musical Gaby Amarantos Nominated[5]
Prêmio Multishow New Hit Ex Mai Love Won[6]
MTV Video Music Brazil Best Album Art Treme Won[7]
Clipe the Year Xirley Nominated[7]
Best Female Act Gaby Amarantos Won[7]
Artist of the Year Gaby Amarantos Won[7]

References

  1. pegacifras.uol.com.br (ed.). "Gaby Amarantos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2012-09-22. 
  2. Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (ed.). "Gabi Amaranto" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2011-04-22. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Tecno Show" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2011-04-22. 
  4. "Tá Tudo Misturado" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2012-04-27. 
  5. Confira a lista dos vencedores dos Melhores do Ano do Domingão do Faustão
  6. "Veja os vencedores do Prêmio Multishow 2012" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2012-09-19. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Veja os vencedores do VMB 2012" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2012-09-20. 

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