The Artistas Reunidos was a project created in 1997 by the solo artists Jair Oliveira

Jair Oliveira

Jair Rodrigues M. Oliveira is a Brazilian composer, singer and producer. He is the son of Brazilian musician Jair Rodrigues and brother to singer Luciana Mello....

, Wilson Simoninha, Luciana Mello

Luciana Mello

Luciana Mello is a Brazilian singer and professional dancer.Mello began her musical training early in life, taking voice and dance lessons. As a child, she sang in choirs and later performed in musicals...

, Max de Castro, Pedro Mariano, and Daniel Carlomagno. It lasted until 1998, when they recorded the album Projeto Artistas Reunidos in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. For a little more than a year, these "artists united" shared the stage with many important Brazilian musicians such as Jair Rodrigues

Jair Rodrigues

Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira is a Brazilian musician and singer, a pioneer of the funk in the country. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians....

, Djavan

Djavan

Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance...

, Ed Motta

Ed Motta

Ed Motta , is a Brazilian MPB, rock, soul music, funk and jazz musician. He is nephew of late Brazilian singer Tim Maia....

, Sandra de Sá

Sandra de Sá

Sandra de Sá is a Brazilian composer and singer.-Studio albums:* Demônio Colorido * Sandra Sá * Vale Tudo * Sandra Sá * Sandra de Sá...

, Vicente Barreto, and many others. The project ended and the 6 artists who started the project each followed their own career and are now popular as solo artists in Música Popular Brasileira

Música Popular Brasileira

Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...

, a term meaning "Brazilian Popular Music".