Maria Bethânia
Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso (born June 18, 1946 in Santo Amaro da Purificação ) is a Brazilian singer , composer and songwriter.
Life
Maria Bethânia is the sixth of seven children of the postal worker of the Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos , José Telles Veloso, and his wife Claudionor Vianna Telles Veloso.
Her career began in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 , with her appearance in Opinião . With 26 million albums sold, she was the second most successful artist in Brazil in 2005. With her brother Caetano Veloso as well as Gilberto Gil , Gal Costa and Tom Zé , she was one of the innovators of the Música Popular Brasileira in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was part of the Tropicalismo movement. Maria Bethânia has never decided on just one style. She started her career as a bossa nova singer. Then she sang sambas , interpreted Afro-Brazilian music , Música Sertaneja , to forró , pop and ballads . She was named Maria Bethânia after the song by Nelson Gonçalves .
Discography
- Edu Lobo / Maria Bethânia - Edu e Bethania (Elenco Brazil series)
- Maria Bethânia - Brasileirinho
- Caetano Veloso / Maria Bethânia - Ao Vivo
- Maria Bethânia - Canto Do Paje [Brazil]
- Maria Bethânia - Imitação - 2-CD [US import]
- Maria Bethânia - As Canções Que Voce Fez Prá Mi
- Maria Bethânia - Diamante Verdadeiro: Ao Vivo
- Maria Bethânia - Romantica
- Maria Bethânia - Bethania Canta Vinicius
- Maria Bethânia - Simplesmente [Best of]
- Maria Bethânia - Memória Da Pele
- Maria Bethânia - Mel
- Maria Bethânia - Brazil's Best
- Maria Bethânia - Ambar
- Maria Bethânia - Canções E Momentos
- Maria Bethânia - Canto Do Paje
- Maria Bethânia - December
- Maria Bethânia - Focus
- Maria Bethânia - A Arte de
- Maria Bethânia - Olho d'Agua
- Maria Bethânia - Meus Momentos
- Maria Bethânia - Sonho Impossivel
- Maria Bethânia - Ao Vivo
- Maria Bethânia - From Salvador Do Bahia (in Sch. [US import])
- Maria Bethânia - Que Falta Você Me Faz
- Maria Bethania - A Força Que Nunca Seca (1999)
- Maria Bethânia - personalidade PolyGram 1987
Web links
- Works by and about Maria Bethânia in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official Website (Portuguese)
- Biography in English
- Review of Maria Bethânia - Que Falta Você Me Faz at bluerhythm.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bethânia, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Telles Veloso, Maria Bethânia Vianna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian singer, composer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santo Amaro da Purificação |