Silva (musician)
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{{short description|Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist}}
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| birth_place = Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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| genre = Música popular brasileira,
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| occupation = singer-songwriter
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Lúcio Silva de Souza (born 3 July 1988), known simply as Silva, stylized as "SILVA", is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Career
Silva released his first album "Claridão" on the Som Livre label in 2012. In 2014 he released "Vista pro mar," followed by "Júpiter" in 2015, "Silva canta Marisa" in 2016, and "Brasileiro" in 2018. Silva has toured Brazil for each of his five albums and collaborated with Anitta, Fernanda Takai, Marisa Monte, Ivete Sangalo, Lulu Santos, and Ludmilla.{{fact|date=July 2021}}
Discography
- {{lang|pt|Claridão}} (2012)
- {{lang|pt|Vista pro mar}} (2014)
- {{lang|pt|Júpiter}} (2015)
- {{lang|pt|Silva canta Marisa}} (2016)
- {{lang|pt|Brasileiro}} (2018)
- {{lang|pt|Cinco}} (2020)
Recognition
Rolling Stone Brasil named the album "Vista pro mar" as No. 8 in its list of the best Brazilian albums of 2014 and in 2018 "Brasileiro" was ranked No. 22.{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/galeria/os-melhores-discos-nacionais-de-20141/|title=Os melhores discos nacionais de 2014|website=rollingstone.uol.com.br|access-date=26 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/rolling-stone-brasil-os-50-melhores-discos-nacionais-de-2018/|title=Rolling Stone Brasil: os 50 melhores discos nacionais de 2018|website=rollingstone.uol.com.br|date=21 December 2018 |access-date=26 April 2020}} The latter was also elected among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the first half of 2018 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.{{cite magazine |last1=Antunes |first1=Pedro |title=Baco Exu do Blues, Gilberto Gil, Duda Beat: os 25 melhores discos brasileiros do segundo semestre de 2018, segundo a APCA |url=https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/baco-exu-do-blues-gilberto-gil-carne-doce-duda-beat-apca-escolhe-os-25-melhores-discos-brasileiros-do-segundo-semestre-2018/ |magazine=Rolling Stone Brasil |publisher=Grupo Perfil |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=Portuguese |date=30 November 2018}}
Personal life
Silva is openly gay and was in a relationship with Fernando Sotele from 2016 to 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Celebridades/noticia/2018/12/silva-celebra-ano-de-conquistas-e-fala-abertamente-sobre-sua-sexualidade.html|title=Silva celebra ano de conquistas e fala abertamente sobre sua sexualidade|website=revistamarieclaire.globo.com|access-date=26 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/apos-quatro-anos-silva-vai-passar-carnaval-solteiro-poe-seu-bloco-na-rua-24237038.html|title=Após quatro anos, Silva vai passar carnaval solteiro e põe seu bloco na rua|website=extra.globo.com|date=8 February 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.silva.tv}}
- {{MusicBrainz artist|mbid=3ef9936f-9f5a-45f8-a80d-73684e4f2ef2|name=Silva}}
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Category:Brazilian male singer-songwriters
Category:Música Popular Brasileira singers
Category:People from Vitória, Espírito Santo
Category:21st-century Brazilian male singers
Category:21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters
Category:Brazilian LGBTQ singers
Category:Brazilian LGBTQ songwriters
Category:Brazilian gay musicians
Category:Gay singer-songwriters
Category:LGBTQ people in Latin music
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