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Gilberto Gil
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Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Discursos do Ministro da Cultura Gilberto Gil (2003)
- Disposições amoráveis
- Todas as letras
- Gilberto Gil Expresso 2222
- Coleção Gilberto Gil
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Film & TV
Acting · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician, politician, and writer. With a career spanning over six decades, he is known for his significant contributions to Brazilian music and for winning Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and the French government's National Order of Merit (1997). In 1999, he was named an "Artist for Peace" by UNESCO.
Known for
- 3 Obás de Xangô — Self2025
- Show 60 Anos — Self2025
- Samba Infinite — Librarian2025
- Rita Lee: Mania de Você — Self2025
- Ritas — Self (archive footage)2025
- Cazuza: Good News — Self2025
- Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei - A Última Turnê — Self2025
- Gilberto Gil @ Philharmonie De Paris — Self : Vocals & Guitar2025
- Beat - a film about Jazz — himself2025
- Cazuza Além da Música — Self2025
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1942
Discography
- Louvação1967
- Gilberto Gil1968
- Gilberto Gil1969
- Gilberto Gil1971
- Expresso 22221972
- Cidade do Salvador, Vol. 11973
- Ao Vivo1974
- Gil e Jorge1975
- Gil E Jorge1975
- Refazenda1975
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 811,596
- Total plays
- 22,937,854
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Gilberto Gil (born 26 June, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter, and Brazil's former minister of culture. He began his career as a bossa nova musician, but soon began writing songs that reflected a new focus on political awareness and social activism, along with fellow singer Caetano Veloso. In the 1970s, Gil added new elements of African and North American music to his already broad palette, and continued to release a steady stream of albums, including Realce and Refazenda. <
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,370x
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- The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data
· 2018 · cited 8,712x
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, taxonomies, opportunities and challenges toward responsible AI
· 2020 · cited 7,930x
- The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor
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via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , ( 1942-06-26 ) 26 June 1942 (age 83) , Salvador , Brazil
- Education
- Federal University of Bahia ( BBA )
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter politician
- Political party
- PMDB (1988–1990) PV (1990–present)
- Children
- 8 (including Preta )
- Genres
- MPB tropicália world samba forró rock reggae experimental
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar hurdy-gurdy percussion
- Years active
- 1959–present
- Labels
- JS Discos RCA Phonogram Polygram Brasil PolyGram Philips WEA Som Livre Universal Sony
- Website
- gilbertogil .com .br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.gilbertogil.com.br
- Image
- FESTIVAL SENSACIONAL CELEBRA - GILBERTO GIL E MAYRA ANDRADE (53003067977) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 8
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- Gilberto Gil
- date of birth
- 1942-06-26
- name in native language
- Gilberto Gil
- Commons gallery
- Gilberto Gil
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- social media followers
- 635000
- P10632
- Gilberto Gil
- birth name
- Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira
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Article
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒiwˈbɛʁtu ˈʒiw]; born 26 June 1942) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae.
Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and began to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the música popular brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. Gil moved to London, but returned to Bahia in 1972 and continued his musical career, while also working as a politician and environmental advocate. His album Quanta Live won Best World Album at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, and the album Eletracústico won the Best Contemporary World Music Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.