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Margareth Menezes
Margareth Menezes da Purificação is a Brazilian singer and politician from Salvador, Bahia. Her style is considered axé but her music also steers into samba and MPB territory, at times drawing on African rhythms and reggae. Menezes is best known in Brazil for the debut single "Faraó" 1988 of Olodum and for "Me Abraça e Me Beija", a major hit in 1990. She also scored another hit with "Dandalunda", a song which became the unofficial anthem of the 2003 Salvador carnival. Menezes achieved superstardom in her native Bahia, but only moderate success in the rest of Brazil. She is famed for energetic live performances and regularly tours and performs at carnival celebrations. In 1990, one of Menezes's tracks "Elegibô" was used in the Mickey Rourke film Wild Orchid. This prompted Island Records in the US to release a compilation album of some of her older material from Brazil on their subsidiary label, Mango. The album, simply titled Elegibô, was an instant hit, reaching # 1 on the Billboard World Music chart at a time when David Byrne was championing Brazilian music in the US. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margareth_Menezes) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Faraó, Divindade Do Egito / Música Incidental: Natureza Egípcia (Ao Vivo)
Margareth Menezes
Albums See All
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Naturalmente
2024
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Naturalmente Acústico
2024
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Naturalmente Acústico (Álbum Comentado)
2024
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Autêntica
2019
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Brasil 2014
2014
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Pra Você
2005
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Afropopbrasileiro
2001
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Luz Dourada
1993
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Kindala
1991
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Um Canto Pra Subir
1990
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Ramalhete de Flor
Single • 2025
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Tambores e Cores (feat. Margareth Menezes & Durval Lelys)
Single • 2023
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Cadê Você? (feat. Vavá Ks)
Single • 2023
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Me Dê
Single • 2022
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Terra Aféfé
Single • 2022
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Xote da Vacina
Single • 2021
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Moska Apresenta Zoombido: Margareth Menezes
Single • 2021
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História
Single • 2021
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Arco-íris do Amor
Single • 2020
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Bem Me Quer
Single • 2019
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Cordeiro De Nanã / Deixa A Gira Girar / Atabaque, Chora (Ao Vivo)
Mateus Aleluia, Saul Barbosa, & Margareth Menezes • 2.5M views
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Salvador Não Inerte - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)
Margareth Menezes • 438K views
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Malê-Debalê | Ajeumbo | Agô do Pé - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)
Margareth Menezes • 553K views
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Terreiro
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Afrobeat Brazil
Playlist • YouTube Music
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Concha Acústica - Maria Bethânia e Margareth Menezes
Playlist • Margareth Menezes • 4.4K views
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