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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
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Cordeiro De Nanã / Deixa A Gira Girar / Atabaque, Chora (Ao Vivo)
Margareth Menezes, Mateus Aleluia, & Saul Barbosa
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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Elegibo 1990
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Margareth Menezes 1988
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Macaco Sessions: Margareth Menezes (Ao Vivo) 2022
Singles & EPs See All
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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
Videos See All
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Cordeiro De Nanã / Deixa A Gira Girar / Atabaque, Chora (Ao Vivo) Mateus Aleluia, Saul Barbosa, & Margareth Menezes • 418K views
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Salvador Não Inerte - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira) Margareth Menezes • 440K views
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Malê-Debalê | Ajeumbo | Agô do Pé - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira) Margareth Menezes • 555K views
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Presenting BaianaSystem Playlist • YouTube Music
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Feel the mood of Salvador Playlist • YouTube Music
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Terreiro Playlist • YouTube Music
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Afrobeat Brazil Playlist • YouTube Music
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Brazilian Black Voices Playlist • YouTube Music
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Bahia, baby Playlist • YouTube Music
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Concha Acústica - Maria Bethânia e Margareth Menezes Playlist • Margareth Menezes • 4.4K views
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