MUSICIAN

João Gilberto

1931 - 2019

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João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito" (The Myth). In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. João Gilberto is the 104th most popular musician (up from 106th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 38th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Musician.

João Gilberto is most famous for being the inventor of Bossa Nova, a type of Brazilian music that is popular in the United States.

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Among musicians, João Gilberto ranks 104 out of 3,175. Before him are Alice Cooper, Henryk Wieniawski, Richard Wright, Richard Hughes, Lou Reed, and Ice-T. After him are Dave Murray, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Watts, Adrian Smith, Sid Vicious, and Sixto Rodriguez.

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Among people born in 1931, João Gilberto ranks 38. Before him are Alice Munro, Leonard Nimoy, D. B. Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Ian Holm, and James Earl Jones. After him are Rupert Murdoch, James Cronin, David Lee, Larry Hagman, Aldo Rossi, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Among people deceased in 2019, João Gilberto ranks 29. Before him are Beji Caid Essebsi, Franco Zeffirelli, Doris Day, Marie Fredriksson, Bert Hellinger, and Murray Gell-Mann. After him are Mariss Jansons, Immanuel Wallerstein, Alexei Leonov, Anna Karina, Demetris Christofias, and Michel Legrand.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Gilberto ranks 40 out of 2,236. Before him are Djalma Santos (1929), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Nílton Santos (1925), Arthur Friedenreich (1892), Fernanda Montenegro (1929), and Rivaldo (1972). After him are Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846), Hebe Camargo (1929), Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873), Gylmar dos Santos Neves (1930), Neymar (1992), and Cafu (1970).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, João Gilberto ranks 2. Before him are Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927). After him are Caetano Veloso (1942), Gilberto Gil (1942), Chico Buarque (1944), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Baden Powell (1937), Toquinho (1946), Rita Lee (1947), Nelson Freire (1944), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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