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Gal Costa

1945 - 2022

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Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌgaw ˈkɔs.tɐ] ), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. Twelve-times Brazilian Music Awards winner, she was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gal Costa is the 381st most popular singer (down from 358th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 129th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Singer.

Gal Costa is most famous for her contributions to the Tropicalia movement, which revolutionized Brazilian music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She is known for her powerful and emotional voice, as well as for her innovative approach to music, which blended traditional Brazilian styles with rock, pop, and other genres.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gal Costa ranks 381 out of 4,381. Before her are Paul Di'Anno, Linda Ronstadt, Alpha Blondy, Marc Bolan, Pinetop Perkins, and Kyu Sakamoto. After her are Isabella Colbran, Dan Reynolds, Justin Bieber, Vicente Fernández, Peter Green, and Lila Downs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gal Costa ranks 160. Before her are Phil Jackson, Mustafa Balel, Peter Criss, Lee Jong-wook, Fusako Shigenobu, and Yuen Woo-ping. After her are Dean Koontz, Christine Kaufmann, Radu Lupu, Jessye Norman, Martin Shaw, and Ilija Petković. Among people deceased in 2022, Gal Costa ranks 109. Before her are Borislav Ivkov, Paula Rego, A. B. Yehoshua, Coolio, Don L. Lind, and Mario Terán. After her are David Sassoli, Radu Lupu, Thierry Mugler, Alain Tanner, Pierre Soulages, and Yoshio Kikugawa.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Gal Costa ranks 127 out of 2,236. Before her are Loalwa Braz (1953), Walter Salles (1956), Zé Roberto (1974), Bauer (1925), Maicon Sisenando (1981), and Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948). After her are Raphinha (1996), Júlio César (1979), Roberto Dinamite (1954), Émerson Leão (1949), Floriano Peixoto (1839), and Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952).

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Among SINGERS In Brazil

Among singers born in Brazil, Gal Costa ranks 5. Before her are Astrud Gilberto (1940), Roberto Carlos (1941), Elis Regina (1945), and Loalwa Braz (1953). After her are Maria Bethânia (1946), Jorge Ben (1942), Elza Soares (1930), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Flora Purim (1942), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), and Adoniran Barbosa (1910).

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