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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 (

Songs

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Faraó, Divindade Do Egito / Música Incidental: Natureza Egípcia (Ao Vivo)
Margareth Menezes
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Elegibo (feat. DJ Andrea)
Francis Mercier
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Dandalunda
Margareth Menezes
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Uma História De Ifá (Elegibô) (Ao Vivo)
Margareth Menezes
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Elegibo ( Uma Historia De Ifa )
Relight Orchestra

Albums

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Naturalmente

2024
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Brasil 2014

2014
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Margareth Menezes

1988
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Naturalmente Acústico

2024
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Pra Você

2005
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Macaco Sessions: Margareth Menezes (Ao Vivo)

2022
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Naturalmente Acústico (Álbum Comentado)

2024
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Afropopbrasileiro

2001
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Autêntica

2019
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Elegibo

1990

Singles & EPs

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Dandalunda

Single • 2025
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Me Dê

Single • 2022
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História

Single • 2021
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Elegibo

Single • 2025
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Terra Aféfé

Single • 2022
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Arco-íris do Amor

Single • 2020
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Ramalhete de Flor

Single • 2025
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Xote da Vacina

Single • 2021
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Cadê Você? (feat. Vavá Ks)

Single • 2023
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Moska Apresenta Zoombido: Margareth Menezes

Single • 2021

Videos

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Cordeiro De Nanã / Deixa A Gira Girar / Atabaque, Chora (Ao Vivo)

Mateus Aleluia, Saul Barbosa, & Margareth Menezes • 426K views
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Côco do M - Margareth Menezes (DVD Naturalmente Acústico)

Margareth Menezes • 133K views
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Dandalunda - Margareth Menezes (Montreux Jazz Festival 2005)

Margareth Menezes • 169K views
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Povo, Vem Ver - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)

Margareth Menezes • 136K views

Live performances

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Malê-Debalê | Ajeumbo | Agô do Pé - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)

Margareth Menezes • 589K views
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Os Mais Doces Bárbaros - Maria Bethânia e Margareth Menezes (Concha Acústica)

Margareth Menezes • 13K views
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Salvador Não Inerte - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)

Margareth Menezes • 465K views

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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

Playlists by Margareth Menezes

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Concha Acústica - Maria Bethânia e Margareth Menezes

Playlist • Margareth Menezes • 4.4K views

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