Chiclete com Banana is an Axé music

Axé music

Axé is a popular music genre originating in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as Marcha, Reggae, and Calypso. It also includes influences of Afro-Brazilian music such as Frevo, Forró and Carixada. The most important creator of this music...

 band, currently consisting of Bell Marques, Wadinho Marques, Rey, Waltinho Cruz, Deny and Lelo. The group is named after the song "Chiclete com Banana

Chiclete com banana (song)

"Chiclete com banana" is a song written by Gordurinha and Almira Castilho and recorded in 1959 by Jackson do Pandeiro, who popularized the song. The title means "chewing gum and banana," which refers to American and Brazilian music....

," written by Gordurinha (first recorded by Jackson do Pandeiro and later by Gilberto Gil). They released their first album, called "Traz os montes", in 1982.

Chiclete com Banana is one of the most successful bands of the Axé music genre in 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...

. Chiclete rose to fame in Bahia

Bahia

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...

 in the 1980s like other axé bands and artists (like the famous Ivete Sangalo

Ivete Sangalo

Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...

). Today, Chiclete is one of the most popular and expensive micaretas during Carnaval

Brazilian Carnival

The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held forty-six days before Easter. On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival," from carnelevare, "to remove meat." Carnival celebrations...

 in Bahia

Bahia

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...

, although they perform throughout Brazil all year. Their shows can be R$ 2,000 for 3 days (about $1200USD) or more during Carnaval

Brazilian Carnival

The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held forty-six days before Easter. On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival," from carnelevare, "to remove meat." Carnival celebrations...

  in Salvador

Salvador, Bahia

Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...

. They usually have anywhere from 200,000 to 500,000 people walking along their sound truck (or Trio Elétrico

Trio Elétrico

Trio Elétrico is a kind of truck or float equipped with a high power sound system and a music group on the roof, playing for the crowd. It was created in Bahia specifically for Carnival and it is now used in similar events in other districts and countries...

). This is divided in about 5,000 - 10,000 people inside the "ropes" who bought the abadás, special shirts that everyone wears.

Discography

• Traz Os Montes (1983)
• Estação Das Cores (1983)
• Energia (1984)
• Sementes (1985)
• Fissura (1986)
• Gritos De Guerra (1987)
• Fé Brasileira (1988)
• Tambores Urbanos (1989)
• Toda Mistura Será Permitida (1990)
• Jambo (1991)
• Classificados (1992)
• Chiclete Com Banana (1993)
• 13 (1994)
• Banana Coral (1995)
• Menina Dos Olhos (1996)
• Para Ti (1997)
• É Festa (Ao Vivo) (1997)
• Bem Me Quer (1998)
• Borboleta Azul (1999)
• São João De Rua (2000)
• Chiclete (2000)
• Santo Protetor (2001)
• Chiclete Na Caixa Banana No Cacho (Ao Vivo) (2003)
• Sou Chicleteiro (2004)
• Chiclete na Ponta da Lingua (2005)