António Zambujo

{{short description|Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1975)}}

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| birth_name = António José Rodeia Zambujo

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|09|19}}

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| origin = Beja, Portugal

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| genre = Fado, Acoustic music

| occupation = Musician

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| website = http://www.antoniozambujo.com/

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António José Rodeia Zambujo {{Post-nominals|list=ComIH}} (born September 1975) is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. One of the characteristic qualities of his music is the presence of Cante Alentejano, a regional genre that influenced him while growing up in Beja. Since 2004, António Zambujo has been performing worldwide.{{cite web|title=Biographies - António Zambujo|url=http://www.portaldofado.net/eng/component/option,com_alphacontent/section,12/cat,81/task,view/id,589/Itemid,330/|publisher=Portal do Fado (www.portaldofado.net)|access-date=11 March 2011}} He has won the Amália Rodrigues Foundation prize as best male fado singer.{{Cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/arts/music/antonio-zambujos-fado-at-skirball-center.html?_r=0|title = Fado, Updated but Still Intimate|date = May 13, 2012|website = The New York Times|last = Pareles|first = Jon}}

His album Até Pensei Que Fosse Minha was nominated for the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album.{{cite web|last1=Ceccarini|first1=Viola Manuela|title=The 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards in Las Vegas|url=http://www.livein-style.com/the-18th-latin-grammy-awards-las-vegas/|website=Livein Style|access-date=28 December 2017|date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208152021/http://www.livein-style.com/the-18th-latin-grammy-awards-las-vegas/|archive-date=8 December 2019|url-status=dead}} In 2019, his song "Sem Palavras" was nominated in the same award, this time for the Best Portuguese Language Song category.{{cite web |last1=Cabo |first1=Leila |title=Latin Grammys 2019 Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8543699/latin-grammys-2019-winners-list |website=Billboard |publisher=MRC |access-date=9 September 2020 |date=14 November 2019}}

Discography

  • O mesmo Fado (2002) compilation
  • Por meu Cante (2004) CD
  • Outro Sentido (2007) CD
  • Guia (2010) CD
  • Quinto (2012) CD
  • Lisboa 22:38 - Ao Vivo no Coliseu (2013) CD
  • Rua Da Emenda (2014) CD
  • Até Pensei Que Fosse Minha (2016) CD (interpreting songs by Chico Buarque)
  • Do Avesso (2018) CD
  • Voz e Violão (2021)
  • Cidade (2023)

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