Draft:Lil Saint
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{{Infobox person
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| image = Lil Saint.png
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| birth_name = António Nunes Lisboa Santos
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|4|19}}
| birth_place = Ingombota, Luanda, Angola
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| alias = Santinho
| occupation = Singer songwriter
| years_active = 2004–present
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| genre = {{hlist|Kizomba|soul|R&B|Semba|Afrobeats|Naija|Hip Hop|Zouk|Afro house}}
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| label = BLS
- EMP Productions
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António Nunes Lisboa Santos (born April 19, 1988 Ingombota, Luanda), better known as Lil Saint, is an Angolan singer, performer, composer, and producer. Lil Saint took his first musical steps in Belgium, where he lived for ten years.{{Cite web |title=Lil Saint {{!}} Biografia {{!}} lea.co.ao |url=https://lea.co.ao/artista.php?a=MTAy |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=lea.co.ao}}
He began his musical career alongside his brother C4 Pedro. His father, Lisboa Santos, is a musician and his mother is a fashion designer.
Biography
António Nunes Lisboa Santos is the baptismal name of the singer and composer Lil Saint, who was born on April 19, 1988, in Ingombota, located in the north of the province of Luanda, where he lived until he was three years old, before leaving for Portugal with his family.
== Career ==
Lil Saint began his career in the music world at the age of 14, in the Netherlands, with stops in Portugal throughout his career. He went to Belgium, where he formed the duo with his older brother, Pedro Enriques Lisboa Santos " C4 Pedro ", where they worked at the production company BLS, inspired by the term Brothers Lisboa Santos, giving rise to the first record entitled “Lágrimas”.{{Cite web |last=Line |first=Platina |date=2023-03-20 |title=Lil Saint recorda início da carreira como produtor e revela clima tenso com vizinhos: “Faziam abaixo-assinado para nos expulsarem do prédio” - PlatinaLine |url=https://platinaline.com/lil-saint-recorda-inicio-da-carreira-como-produtor-e-revela-clima-tenso-com-vizinhos-faziam-abaixo-assinado-para-nos-expulsarem-do-predio/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=pt-PT}}{{Cite web |title=Lil Saint à conquista de 2023 – Tribuna de Angola |url=https://tribunadeangola.org/?p=9338 |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=pt-PT}}
Awards
He won the award for best music, in the FM AFRO radio competition, with the song entitled “Evita” on October 27, 2023, with a difference of 5 votes, competing with the Mozambican musician Kaisha.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-27 |title=“EVITA”, MÚSICA DE LIL SAINT, VENCE POR DIFERENÇA DE 5 VOTOS - FM AFRO 103.3 |url=https://www.fmafro.ao/evita-musica-de-lil-saint-vence-por-diferenca-de-5-votos/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=pt-PT}}
In 2018 Lil Saint was nominated in three different categories, at the kizomba awards "album of the year, with the album" (New Day),
competing for the award with artists such as Filho do Zua, Telma Lee. "male artist of the year" in the competition, with his brother C4 Pedro , Cef Tanzy and the Mozambican Messias Maricoa.{{Cite web |last=Administrador |date=2018-02-18 |title=Cláudio Fénix e Lil Saint nomeados em 3 categorias nos prémios "Kizomba Awards 2018" |url=https://angorussia.com/entretenimento/claudio-fenix-e-lil-saint-nomeados-em-3-categorias-nos-premios-kizomba-awards-2018/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=AngoRussia |language=en-US}}
== Discography ==
- "Embrião" (2017)
- "Ana Lúcia" (2017)
- "Evita" (2017)
- "Hold You" (2017)
- "Química" (2017)
- "Seios Caidos" (2017)
- " Tarraxinha" (2018)
- " Dr. Miami" (2019)
- "One More Dance" (2020)
- "Te Peço Perdão" (2021)
- "Me Xinga" (2021)
- "Devolve" (2022)
- "El Caracazo" (2024)
Albums
- "Fuxk Love" (2015)
- "New Day" (2017){{cite web|access-date=2025-02-16 |date=2017-12-08 |language=pt-PT |last=Osvaldo |title=Lil Saint: “trago muita maturidade e boa música no álbum New Day” - PlatinaLine |url=https://platinaline.com/lil-saint-trago-muita-maturidade-boa-musica-no-album-new-day/}}
- "Wereld Van Sosa" (2017)
- "Welcome to Hello" (2019)
- "Sosas world" (2020)
- "Slime Sity" (2020)
- "Excuse My Disappearance" (2022)
- "Geitig" (2023)