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Maria Bethânia is a Brazilian singer. She is the sister of Caetano Veloso. Born 18 June 1946 in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil. Her brother Caetano named her at birth. (He was 4 years old at the time.) She started her career in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro with the show “Opinião”. She is the second best selling Brazilian female singer of all time, with more than 24 million albums sold.
One of her most famous songs is “Brincar de Viver”

Considered to be one of the greatest interpreters in the history of Brazilian popular music. Sister of the singer and composer Caetano Veloso, she began her artistic career in 1963, appearing in the play Boca de ouro by Nelson Rodrigues. A song about the play was written by Caetano Veloso, who opened the show singing a samba track by Ataulfo Alves. That year she met Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, Djalma Correa, Pitti, Alcivando Luz and Fernando Lona in Salvador, with whom she performed at the commemorations inaugurating the Vila Velha de Salvador theatre in 1964 in the shows Nós por exemplo and Nova bossa velha, velha bossa nova. In 1964 she also appeared in Mora na filosofia, her first solo show, when she met Nara Leão. A 1965 she replaced the muse of bossa nova in the show at Teatro Opinião (Rio de Janeiro), sharing the stage with Zé Kéti and João do Vale. She stood out for her stirring interpretation of the song Carcará. In 1965 she also recorded her first record, a single containing the tracks Carcará and É de manhã, the first recording of Caetano Veloso’s composition.

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