THE 90s: MUSIC

The music in the '90s was marked mainly by the consecration of pop music and the phenomenon of boy bands, both in the Brazilian and international level. Already established singers in the 80s continued into the mouth of the people in that decade, like Madonna and Michael Jackson, who continued charting hits and sell millions of records. In Brazil the burst was the emergence of Axé Music, consolidating the success of country music and pop-rock that spawned the radio throughout the country.
Teen Times: In 1993 in England, the music scene has changed completely and burst with a group of girls, the Spice Girls, a teen pop phenomenon who sang songs like "Wannabe," "Say You'll Be There" and "Goodbye" . The success of the Spice Girls gave rise around the world other groups of pop music, as the trio of American brothers Hanson, who appeared in 1997 and sang hits like "MMMBop" and "Where's The Love" and in 1998 also in the USA, boys Brian, AJ, Howie, Nick and Kevin formed the Backstreet Boys, a true musical phenomenon worldwide, who sang songs like "Everbody", "Quit Playing Games With My Heart," "As Long As You Love Me" and "I Want It That Way. " Are also of the 90 other pop phenomena, such as N'Sync, "I Want You Back," Britney Spears "... Baby One More Time" and Christina Aguilera with "Genie in a Bottle."

The country music: Straight from the interior of Brazil, in 1990, the country music country music that moves away from the root and the songs that talk about stories of love and longing to gain size pop phenomenon. Chitãozinho e Xororó with a career and have devoted millions of albums sold and still charting hits as "Evidencias" and "Chuva de Lágrimas", but begin to share the stage with other teams hinterland, like the brothers of Goiás Leandro e Leonardo, who in 1989 achieve the first success of national projection "Entre Tapas e Beijos", but instead erupted in 1991 with the song "Pense em Mim" along with other songs: "Desculpe mas eu vou chorar", I did not get to say goodbye, and many others. In 1998, the whole country followed the drama of the double when Leandro was diagnosed with cancer and died soon after. Goias also appears another pair of backwoods brothers: Zezé de Camargo e Luciano, who scored hits like "É o Amor","Indiferença" and "Pare." Has also had success this decade: Roberta Miranda, Joao Paulo and Daniel, Sula Miranda, Cleiton and Camargo, Rio Negro and, Gian and Giovani.

Brazilian Pop Rock: The new direction of Brazilian pop rock becomes a factory of hits in that decade. Groups from different states across the country bursting, some strengthen the career and continue to sell many records today as: Skank, mining group which in 1994 erupted on the national circuit with hits like "Pacato Cidadão", "Resposta", "Uma Partida de Futebol", "Garota Nacional" Jota Quest: Another mining group, but with a pace more soul-music best known for the songs "As Dores do Mundo","Fácil" and many others; O Rappa: Grupo Rio with music more politicized and portraying the civil war that took care of Rio de Janeiro as the song "A Minha Alma"; Los Hermanos: Carioca band formed by students erupted with the song "Ana Julia", but the band's goal was the setting underground who won with the following discs, Black City, Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro led by Toni Garrido hits include "Onde Você Mora?", "Firmamento," "Pensamento", "O Erê" and "Sábado a Noite"; Pato Fu: with an experimental rock and ironic, the trio has released hits such as mining,"Sobre o Tempo","Canção para Você Viver Mais", "Depois"; Raimundos: Brasilia rockers, mixed the music and the foreign component the lyrics with double meaning, the taste of the audience with songs like "Pequena Raimunda," "Me Lambe", "Mulher de Fases" .
Other bands of the decade: Charlie Brown Jr, Planet Hemp, Chico Science and Nação Zumbi, Mundo Livre S / A.

Axé-Music, Funk and Pagode: Brazil met at the time the rhythm that drove the blocks of carnival in Bahia. Was successful in these years: Daniela Mercury with 'Nobre Vagabundo", "O Canto da Cidade", then led by Banda Eva Ivete Sangalo with "Beleza Rara", "Arerê"; Netinho Banda Kiss and with hits like "Mila","Menina","Peraê"; É o Tchan swept the country with songs like "Danca da Cordinha","Segura o Tchan", "Boquinha da Garrafa" and other songs with sexual appeals. Other bands like Olodum, Chiclete com Banana, Terrasamba, Banda Cheiro de Amor e Eagle Wing also led the pace for the rest of the country. Funk with his lyrics about the joys of both social protest echoed across all social classes, being represented by DJ Marlboro, Furacão 2000, Latino and Claudinho e Buchecha. At Pagode, music to cheer, dance, drink and regret the heartache animated the country and not come out of the mouths of the people with the groups Só pra Contrariar "Mineirinho", "A Barata" ; Raça Negra "Cigana"; Molejão "Brincadeira de Criança" and Negritude Jr: "Tanajura," among others.

We can not conclude this post with what has been perhaps the biggest phenomenon of the 90s. Composed of five young men from the city of Guarulhos Mamonas Assassinas group quickly became one of the biggest hits in music history. In the beginning was the band Utopia, a rock with more intellectual, but with the additions of vocalist Dinho and his sense of humor, the band produced music with the purest nonsense in Brazilian rock. So fast its success was also its last, with a tragic accident, the band members died under one year of success and over two million copies sold of his single hard leaving his legacy in such hits as "Robocop Gay" "Pelados em Santos", "Vira-Vira" and "Sabão Crá-Crá".