MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) is a specific musical genre of Brazilian popular music that employs sophisticated lyrics, melodies, and harmonies in which the commercial aspect is subordinate to the performer's artistic standards. Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Popular music, sometimes abbreviated pop music, is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are broadly popular. ...

During the 1960s, this abbreviation applied to the song movement that followed the bossa nova, with composers and audiences largely connected to the intellectual thinking of student medium, causing it to be known as popular "university" music. MPB made a considerable impact at that time, followed by the student shows and famous song festivals promoted by television between 1965-69. This movement developed elements created by the bossa nova, led by a theme often linked to criticism of social injustice and dictatorial repression, being based on the national-populist thesis, current amongst the left at that time, of opposition to the military regime based on the alliance of progressive classes against the dictatorship, landowners, and imperialism. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music invented in the late 1950s by a group of middle-class students and musicians living in the Copacabana and Ipanema beachside districts of Rio de Janeiro. ...

After 1969, the climate that created the MPB movement ceased to exist but the abbreviation survived, however with a less specific meaning, yet still problematical, indicating in some way that type of production of Brazilian music in which a certain aesthetic quality is recognized. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

MPB is a contemporary trend that has brought the world many renowned Brazilian artists.

Notable performers

• Caetano Veloso
• Carlinhos Brown
• Cássia Eller
• Cazuza
• Chico Buarque
• Djavan
• Dorival Caymmi
• Dori Caymmi
• Elis Regina
• Gal Costa
• Gilberto Gil
• Ivan Lins
• João Bosco
• Jorge Benjor
• Joyce
• Maria Bethânia
• Marisa Monte
• Milton Nascimento
• Nana Caymmi
• Ney Matogrosso
• MPB-4
• Os Mutantes
• Roberto Carlos

Caetano Veloso (born 7 August 1942) is one of the most popular and influential Brazilian composers and singers. ... Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. ... Cássia Eller was a Brazilian musician. ... Cazuza (real name Agenor de Araújo Miranda) was a Brazilian composer, singer and poet, born in Rio de Janeiro in 4 April, 1958. ... A Brazilian singer/songwriter, Chico Buarque (born June 19th, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro) has become famous for his music, which comments on Brazils social, economic and cultural situation. ... Dorival Caymmi (born April 30, 1914 in Salvador, Bahia) is considered to be one to the most important songwriters in Brazilian popular music. ... Elis Regina Carvalho da Costa (March 17, 1945 - January 19, 1982) was among the most popular female singers in Brazil in the 1960s and 70s. ... Gal Costa (born Maria da Graça Costa Pena Burgos September 26, 1945) in Salvador, Brazil, is one of Brazils most popular female singers. ... The minister sets the rhythm for Brazils culture policy Gilberto Gil (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, and the countrys current Minister of Culture. ... Ivan Guimarães Lins (b. ... Jorge Ben Jor is a Brazilian popular musician, born in Rio de Janeiro on March 22, 1942 (some sources say 1940). ... Joyce Silveira Palhano de Jesus, commonly known simply as Joyce, is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, as well as acclaimed guitarist. ... Maria Bethânia is a brazilian singer. ... Marisa Monte is a Brazilian popular singer, and one the biggest stars of contemporary MPB. She was born on July 1, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro. ... Milton Nascimento (born 26 October 1942) is a singer-songwriter who is considered one of the icons of Brazilian Music. ... Os Mutantes (Portuguese for The Mutants) was an influential band that arose out of Brazils Tropicalia movement of the late 1960s. ... Roberto Carlos Braga (born April 19, 1941 in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil) is the most popular MPB singer in history. ...

External links

• Brazilian music at CliqueMusic  (http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/br/home/home.asp)