Exaltasamba

Exaltasamba
Origin	São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	Pagode
Years active	1985–2012, 2016-Present
Labels	EMI, Som Livre
Website	exaltasamba.uol.com.br
Members	Brilhantina Thell Nego Branco Romero Ribeiro Jeffinho
Past members	Péricles Thiaguinho Pinha Chrigor Isaías Marquinhos

Exaltasamba is a Brazilian pagode music group, formed in 1985 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. The group began simply playing gigs in restaurants and bars. They later began writing their own songs, eventually releasing an album, "Eterno Amanhecer" in 1992. However, it wasn't until 1996 that they truly became successful, with their 1996 and 1997 albums, "Luz do Desejo and "Desliga e Vem" each going Double Platinum. They released a Live Album with songs handpicked by their fans via E-Mail. In 2003, one of their best known Vocalists, Thiaguinho, joined the group. They continued to release albums. Their 25th Anniversary was in 2010, and they had written new material to perform on this show. The year thereafter, Thiaguinho announced that he planned on leaving the group. They subsequently announced their disbandment after 25 years as a band. Their final concert was on February 2012, and it was broadcast on a channel considered the Brazilian Equivalent to the United States' MTV; Multishow. Or so we thought.

Thell and Brillhantina- ex-percussionists of the group, made it known that they didn't want Exaltasamba to quit as a group. In 2015, Exaltasamba-- with nearly all former members- held a tour called "A Gente Faz a Festa" (The People make the Party), after one of the songs in their 25th Anniversary Concert back in 2010. The Brazilian Audience wanted them to do a tour and bring back the band. By this point, both Péricles, a long-standing member of the group since 1985, and Thiaguinho, who was their most recognized member since 2003, now have established solo-artist careers outside of Exaltasamba, and as a result, decided to part ways with the band.

There were legal issues between Thiaguinho/Pericles/Pinha vs. Thell/Brilhantina, all legal disputes were settled and, essentially, Jose Zima- the group's producer- had this to say on the matter:

"It is unfortunate that there is unfair competition by allowing developers and local producers of shows in Brazil to try to sell covertly to the public a show that they say, would be the return of Exaltasamba to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the group. It's even more unfortunate, because they know that the only ones who can (legally) be on the market with all Exaltasamba activities are its two remaining founders Thell and Brilhantina."

Because Thell and Brilhantina are simply percussionists, it was decided that, should Exaltasamba come back, they were coming back with 3 new members: Much like how Thiaguinho himself was chosen as a member of Exaltasamba in 2003 after being eliminated on "Fama", a singing reality show/competition in the vein of "Idol" and "The Voice" in 2003, Romero Ribeiro was chosen as a Member of Exaltasamba as this year began, after being a finalist on "The Voice Brazil". Jefferson Clemente Machado- who is better known as Jeffinho- was brought in from another group; "Estilo de Ser". Nego Branco was chosen by the fans online.

Members

current members

• Thell – tantan (1986–2012, 2016-Present)
• Brilhantina – cavaquinho (1986-novembro de 2011, 2016-Present)
• Nego Branco - Lead Vocal (2016-Present)
• Romero Ribeiro - Vocal and Banjo (2016-Present)
• Jeffinho - Vocal and Pandeiro (2016-Present)

past membersv

• Péricles – banjo and original lead vocal (1986–2012)
• Thiaguinho – banjo and second lead vocal (2003–2012)
• Pinha – repique (1986–2012)
• Izaías – violão (1986–2006)
• Chrigor – vocal and pandeiro (1993–2002)^[1][2]
• Marquinhos – tantan (1986–2001)

Discography

Discography of Exaltasamba

Albums
Year	Title	Media	Label
1992	Eterno Amanhecer	LP and CD	Kaskata's Records
1994	Encanto	LP and CD	Kaskata's Records
1996	Luz do Desejo	LP and CD	EMI-Odeon
1997	Desliga e Vem	LP and CD	EMI-Odeon
1998	Cartão Postal	CD	EMI-Odeon
2000	Mais uma Vez	CD	EMI-Music
2001	Bons Momentos	CD	EMI
2002	Exaltasamba Ao vivo	CD	EMI
2003	Alegrando a Massa	CD	EMI
2005	Esquema Novo	CD	EMI
2006	Todos os Sambas Ao vivo	CD and DVD	EMI
2007	Livre pra Voar	CD	EMI
2007	Ao Vivo Pagode do Exalta	CD and DVD	EMI
2009	Ao Vivo Na Ilha da Magia	CD and DVD	EMI
2010	Roda de Samba do Exalta	CD	Som Livre
2010	Exaltasamba 25 Anos Ao Vivo	LP, CD and DVD	Som Livre and Radar Records
2011	Tá Vendo Aquela Lua	CD	Radar Records
2012	Multishow Ao Vivo – Despedida
2016	O Mundo Tá Girando

Solo albums

• Péricles – Ao Vivo em Recife (2012)
  • First Solo Album by ex-Exaltasamba vocalist Péricles Faria.
• Sensaçoes
  • First Solo DVD/Blu-ray release by Péricles Faria.
• Acustico (2012)
  • First Solo Album by ex-Exaltasamba vocalist Thiaguinho. This consists of Acoustic renditions of songs written by Thiaguinho.
• Ousadia e Alegria (2012)
  • First Live Solo Album and DVD/Blu-ray video by ex-Exaltasamba vocalist Thiaguinho.

Awards

Troféu Raça Negra

Year	Title	Result	Reference
2009	"best pagode group"	Won	[3][4]

Troféu Imprensa

Year	Title	Result	Reference
2011	"Best Music Set"	Won	[5]

Latin Grammy Award

Year	Title	Result	Reference
2011	"Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album"	Won	[6]

Multishow Prize of Brazilian Music

Year	Title	Result	Reference
2011	"Best Group (popular vote)"	Won	[7]

References

1. Amigos do Pagode 90 planeja DVD ver subseção: magoas do passado? a confirmação está lá, Chrigor saiu em 2002
2. Chrigor em BHFM
3. ExaltaSamba no Dicionário Cravo Álbin
4. no R7
5. Troféu Imprensa 2011, Site oficial do SBT.
6. Exaltasamba e João Bosco e Vinicius vencem Grammy Latino em gazetaonline.globo.com
7. Exaltasamba é eleito grupo do ano no Prêmio Multishow 2011, Site oficial do Exaltasamba.

External links

• Official site
• Exaltasamba in Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira

Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira