Chico Buarque
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June 19, 1944
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Chico Buarque Bio
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, also known as Chico Buarque, is one of Brazil's most influential pop-folk musicians, known for internationalizing the sound of folk styles like samba. He was born in 1944 in Rio de Janeiro and at age 21 he started writing bossa nova songs and music pieces for theater. In the 1970s he struggled with government censorship, while also collaborating with Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. Buarque then focused on numerous media projects exploring social consciousness and Brazilian history, and the following years issued very successful albums like “Dança da Meia-Lua” (1988), Para Todos (1993), and Terra (1997). After releasing the critically acclaimed “Cambaio” in 2001, Chico embarked on a relentless world tour until 2006, when he released “Carioca.” A year later he published a novel titled “Leite Derramado.” In 2011, Buarque followed up with "Chico."
