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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 her song "Faraó" 1988 of Olodum and "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 has achieved superstardom in her native Bahia but only moderate success in wider Brazil. She is famed for her 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. The title track itself became a regular staple at clubs playing so-called world music throughout the US and Europe. 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)

Songs

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Faraó, Divindade Do Egito / Música Incidental: Natureza Egípcia (Ao Vivo)
Margareth Menezes
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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 História de Ifa) [Andeeno Damassy Remix] (feat. Amscat)
Relight Orchestra
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Cordeiro De Nanã / Deixa A Gira Girar / Atabaque, Chora (Ao Vivo)
Margareth Menezes, Mateus Aleluia, & Saul Barbosa

Albums

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Naturalmente

Album • 2024
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Brasil 2014

Album • 2014
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Margareth Menezes

Album • 1988
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Naturalmente Acústico

Album • 2024
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Pra Você

Album • 2005
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Macaco Sessions: Margareth Menezes (Ao Vivo)

Album • 2022
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Naturalmente Acústico (Álbum Comentado)

Album • 2024
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Afropopbrasileiro

Album • 2001
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Autêntica

Album • 2019
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Elegibo

Album • 1990

Singles

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Tambores e Cores (feat. Margareth Menezes & Durval Lelys)

2023
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Xote da Vacina

2021
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Bem Me Quer

2019
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Cadê Você? (feat. Vavá Ks)

2023
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Moska Apresenta Zoombido: Margareth Menezes

2021
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Canto da Massa

2019
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Me Dê

2022
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História

2021
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Terra Aféfé

2022
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Arco-íris do Amor

2020

Videos

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

Mateus Aleluia, Saul Barbosa, & Margareth Menezes • 410K views
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Malê-Debalê | Ajeumbo | Agô do Pé - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)

Margareth Menezes • 523K views
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Salvador Não Inerte - Margareth Menezes (DVD Brasileira)

Margareth Menezes • 405K views

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Playlist • YouTube Music
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Playlist • YouTube Music
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Brazilian Black Voices

Playlist • YouTube Music

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