Emanuel (singer)

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Emanuel 2008 at a Portuguese-French event in Pontault-Combault , France

Emanuel (born March 25, 1957 in Covas do Douro ; real name Américo Pinto da Silva Monteiro ) is a hit pop singer from Portugal .

Life

He was born as the first of four brothers in a small town in the Alto Douro region, the first protected wine-growing region in the world (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site ). From the age of ten he lived in the greater Lisbon area , where he learned classical guitar in 1973 . After he then gave music lessons, engaged in various musical activities and released his first album with instrumental music, he founded his own recording studio in 1986 , where he produced light music by artists such as José Malhoa and Cândida Branca Flor .

After singing at the Festival da Canção in 1991 , the Portuguese preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), he recorded his first album as a singer in 1992 with Tu Sabes Que Já Foste Minha . Since then he has performed regularly in Portugal and occasionally abroad, particularly at events organized by Portuguese communities abroad. He has also released a new album every year since then. His most successful work is Pimba, Pimba from 1995, with half a million copies sold. He also continued to write pieces for other musicians, including the music for the 2007 Portuguese ESC contribution by singer Sabrina , on whose text he also contributed.

Later he increasingly turned to the African styles Kuduro and Kizomba, which were popular in Portugal and originated in Angola . The most successful album from this phase was Ritmo do Amor , which reached second place in the Portuguese sales charts in 2011.

Emanuel was Rei do Carnaval ("Carnival King") of the Carnaval de Buarcos 2014 , the nationally known carnival parade in the seaside resort of Buarcos (Figueira da Foz). "Carnival Queen" 2014 was by his side the singer Suzy . She represented Portugal at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest with the piece Quero ser tua , which Emanuel had written for her.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PT
2005 No meu silêncio PT21 (2 weeks)
PT
2007 Que grande bronca PT22 (1 week)
PT
Emanuel ao vivo PT29 (1 week)
PT
Live albums
2009 Meu carro é velho PT28 (1 week)
PT
2010 Esperança PT19 (6 weeks)
PT
2010 Ritmo do amor PT2 (19 weeks)
PT
2012 Bomba PT13 (10 weeks)
PT
2013 Dança da paixão PT10 (6 weeks)
PT
2014 Best of PT29 (2 weeks)
PT

More albums

  • 1991: Com Muito Amor (contribution to the Festival da Canção 1991)
  • 1992: Tu Sabes Que Já Foste Minha
  • 1993: Portugal, Ai Que Saudade
  • 1994: Rapaziada Vamos Dançar
  • 1995: Pimba Pimba
  • 1996: Toma Toma Minha Linda
  • 1997: Vamos a Elas
  • 1998: Felicidade (Quando o Telefone Toca)
  • 1999: Enamorado Para Semper
  • 2000: Vem Esta Noite
  • 2001: Saudades de Ti (Saudades)
  • 2002: Vem Ser Feliz Comigo
  • 2003: Ontem, Hoje e Semper
  • 2003: O Melhor de Emanuel (Best of)
  • 2004: Brinca Comigo Maria
  • 2006: Emanuel
  • 2008: Meu Coração Faz Bum Bum
  • 2013: I Love Kuduro House

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Short biography of Emanuel ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.emanuel.portais.ws, accessed March 19, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / emanuel.portais.ws
  2. ↑ www.acharts.us , accessed on March 19, 2014
  3. ↑ Article on Carnaval de Buarcos 2014 on the website of the public television broadcaster RTP , accessed on March 19, 2014
  4. ↑ Chart sources: PT
personal data
SURNAME Emanuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monteira, Américo Pinto da Silva (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Covas do Douro , Portugal