Alcione Nazareth

Alcione ( born November 21, 1947 in São Luís / Maranhão ), actually Alcione Dias Nazareth, is a Brazilian singer and composer.

Career

Alcione, which is nicknamed " Alcione a Marrom " was already coined musical in her parents' house. My father played in a police chapel and on typical Bumba Meu Boi Northeast Brazil festivals. In 1976 she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she worked for a TV station. With TV Excelsior, she traveled among others, Argentina and Chile. For two years she lived in Europe, but returned back to their homes. Alcione became famous for her appearances in major nightclubs of Rio de Janeiro as Canecão, Emperor, Palace and Memorial da América Latina. She also sang at the Teatro João Caetano and Teatro Carlos Gomes. International Alcione took part in tours throughout America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. 2003 Alcione won the Latin Grammy for Best Samba Album. Among the national awards conferred on it by the Academia Brasileira de Letras de Melhor Cantora the Prêmio Popular, they also won the Prêmio TIM de Música. In total, she won 19 gold and two platinum records. Together with the samba schools in Rio de Janeiro took Alcione numerous CDs, such as " Duetos " with Neguinho Beija -Flor of the Escola de Samba or Unidos da Ponte Samba de Enredo '' Marrom Since Cor do Samba ''. With the album ' Brasil de Oliveira da Silva do Samba '' were well-known songs like'' Tô Com Saudade ','' FlaXFlu '','' Asa de carcara '','' Onde é o Rio corn Baiano '', together Caetano Veloso published. At a show in their hometown of São Luis do Maranhão 500,000 spectators were counted. In 2007 she sang at the Live Earth concert at the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro.

Discography

• A Voz do Samba (1975 )
• Morte de um poeta (1976 )
• Pra que chorar (1977 )
• Alerta Geral (1978 )
• Gostoso veneno (1979 )
• E vamos à luta (1980 )
• Alcione (1981 )
• December anos depois (1982 )
• Vamos arrepiar (1982 )
• Almas e Corações (1983 )
• Since cor do Brasil (1984 )
• Fogo da vida (1985 )
• Fruto e raiz (1986 )
• Nosso nome: Resistencia ( 1987)
• Ouro & Cobre (1988 )
• Simplemente Marrom (1989 )
• Emoções Reais ( 1990)
• Promessa (1991 )
• Pulsa, coração (1992 )
• Brasil de Oliveira da Silva do Samba (1994 )
• Profissão: Cantora (1995 )
• Tempo de Guarnicê (1996 )
• Valeu - Uma Homenagem à Nova Geração do Samba (1997)
• Celebração (1998)
• Claridade (1999)
• Nos Bares da Vida (2000)
• A Paixão system Memória (2001)
• Ao Vivo (2002)
• Ao Vivo 2 (2003)
• Alcione - Duetos (2004)
• Alcione e Amigos (2005)
• Uma Nova Paixão (2005)
• Uma Nova Paixão - Ao Vivo (2006)
• Coleções - Grandes Sucessos de Alcione (2007)
• Raridades (2008)
• Acesa (2009)