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The famous and highly regarded publication Rolling Stone, from the United States, republished a list that was originally made in 2008. With the positions rethought, the idea was to make a ranking of the 200 greatest singers in the world. The first place on the list went to the iconic Aretha Franklin. But we also had some Brazilians mentioned in this ranking.
See below who are the artists who represented Brazil on the list and also see how the magazine itself wrote about each of the singers.
Caetano Veloso was ranked 108th (Photo: Reproduction/Rolling Stones)
Caetano Veloso in #108
One of the leading names in Brazilian music, Caetano Veloso is a singer-songwriter, the country’s equivalent of Dylan, a revolutionary with a strong literary bent, Caetano is a master artist, his velvety burr and palpable intelligence giving a boost even, especially, when he’s lying there mumbling. But he’s also charming when he picks up the pace and launches into soulful screams and trills, and he delivers it all in English as well as Brazilian Portuguese.
“I think what is difficult for us in the North to accept is that someone can be radical politically, culturally and musically and still be romantic and love a beautiful, sensual melody,”observed David Byrne in 1999. “Caetano can pull this off”he concluded.
Gal Costa in #90
In 1971, Gal Costa recorded “Sua Estupidez,” a sentimental ballad by singer Roberto Carlos, and transformed it into a heartbreaking declaration of beauty and regret. Such was the transformative power of her voice. With a luminous Queen Midas, the Bahian diva turned everything she touched into gold: Tropicália, “Baby,” a Brazilian classic from the late 1960s, samba-rock, “Flor de Maracujá,” the exuberant carnival frevo, “Festa do interior,” and bossa funk; her 1979 interpretation of the standard “Estrada do Sol” is so exuberant and mystical that it borders on the surreal. The most transcendent female vocalist of the post-bossa era, Gal continued to make music until her death at age 77.
João Gilberto was ranked 81st (Photo: Reproduction/Rolling Stones)
João Gilberto in #81
One of the most important and powerful cultural movements to emerge from Latin America, bossa nova had three founding architects: Antônio Carlos Jobim was the composer, Vinicius de Moraes was the lyricist, and João Gilberto was the singer and violinist. A master of cosmopolitan subtlety, the Rio native murmured and whispered with a ease that made each song seem like a casual gathering of friends. It was in this style that his poetry and warmth perfectly matched bossa nova’s narratives of contemplating life on Copacabana beach. João Gilberto’s 1959 debut album set the tone for the revolution that followed, and the 1964 jazz classic Getz/Gilberto summed up his energy with “Garota de Ipanema,” which he could play alongside his lilting wife Astrud’s broken English.
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