David fonseca
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David Fonseca is a Portuguese musician, singer-songwriter
, and plays several instruments, including acoustic guitar
and organ
. He is mainly recognised because of his successful music career, as member of Silence 4
and as a solo singer. Besides playing various instruments and being the author of almost all of his lyrics, he is also responsible for the graphic designs on his album covers. From 2004 to 2006, he was also part of the Humanos
project. He is an active spokesman for the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
regarding Copyright infringement
on the Internet
.
for a while. David Fonseca has dedicated his life to his love of music choosing to become a pop/rock alternative musician. He has multiple musical influences by names such as Sérgio Godinho
, Jeff Buckley
, The B-52's
, Pixies, Roy Orbison
, Aphex Twin
and Ryan Adams
, all of whom had a huge role in his musical creativity and individuality. He also mentioned in an interview with radio station “Antena 3” that he has an addiction to the group Yeah Yeah Yeahs
. David is married and has a son and a daughter.
, formed by a group of hometown friends. They first released the unpredictable Silence Becomes It
, in June 1998 that was a huge success at the time, selling 250,000 copies (the equivalent to six platinum records). This was a remarkable achievement in the Portuguese musical scene, where it is usually difficult to sell these many copies. The album has only two songs written in Portuguese. One of them is “Sexto Sentido”, featuring the popular Portuguese singer, Sérgio Godinho
. To complete this great year for the band, which played at most of the Portuguese Summer festivals, they closed the world famous exhibition Expo '98 in Lisbon
, playing for about 50 thousand people. Later in the same year, in December, Silence 4 was the first national band to sell out at Pavilhão Atlântico
, performing to an astonishing 18,000-strong crowd, only 6 months after the release of their first album. Two years after the “phenomenon” the second album was released, Only Pain Is Real
, in July 2000, selling approximately 100,000 copies to this day. The respective tour ended in a double concert at the legendary stage in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon
, the Coliseu dos Recreios
, which sold out completely and was released later on in CD and in DVD format. Throughout 2000, Silence 4 went on their last tour. In 2001, the band entered an undetermined hiatus, that still remains.
. In his first solo work, "Sing Me Something New", recorded in 2003, David sang and played nearly all the instruments, exploring a totally new environment of sounds on his own. The album was recorded in the studios of producer Mário Barreiros, and later in the Sterling Sound Studios (in New York
), by the well-known sound engineer, George Marino, who participated in some of the recordings of Coldplay
, the Rollins Band
, The Dandy Warhols
and Sepultura
, among many others. The first single was Someone That Cannot Love which debuted on about 150 Portuguese radio stations in a coordinated release: they were all played on March 10 at midnight. It soon reached #2 on the National Sales Chart and was certified Gold. The tour supporting this first record was extensive; it included many big music venues and large festivals across Portugal
.
Our Hearts Will Beat As One
, his second solo album, is said by David himself to be “scarily personal” and was only released in the fall of 2005 because of the other projects that David was involved in between his two albums. The first single was Who Are U?, described by David as “the song I always wanted to write”. It reached #3 on the Portuguese charts. Our Hearts Will Beat As One
was critically acclaimed by the media and was considered pop album of the year in Portugal, even before the end of the year. The album went straight to #1 on the National Sales Chart and reached Gold status on its first week of sales.
In October, 2007, his third original album, Dreams in Colour
, was released and the first single was Superstars II, a song that obtained substantial airplay due to a cellphone campaign that adopted the single.
In July 2009, the first single ("A Cry 4 Love") was finally released to the public. The new album, Between Waves, was out in the stores on the 2nd November 2009. On the same day, David's online community, Amazing Cats Club started working.
. The idea behind it was to record some unpublished songs by the famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter, from the 80’s, António Variações
. David Fonseca, Manuela Azevedo
(the lead singer of another Portuguese music group, Clã
), Camané
(one of the most famous Portuguese “fadista
s”), Sérgio Nascimento (a member of Sérgio Godinho
’s band), Hélder Gonçalves (also from Clã
), Nuno Rafael and João Cardoso
are the seven members of a group that would become a huge success, something unseen in the Portuguese music scene. The eponymous album scored an impressive quintuple platinum, staying for weeks at #1. “Muda de Vida”, “Maria Albertina” and “Rugas” are just some of the group's hits.
All this culminated in three sold out concerts, two of them in “Coliseu dos Recreios
” (Lisbon) and the other in Porto
. There was also another memorable performance, in front of a crowd of 40,000 people, at the “Sudoeste” Portuguese Festival, in the year 2005. The Humanos were always intended to be a short project, because there were few unpublished Antonio Variações
’ songs. Thus, the CD and DVD with the recorded Coliseums’ live concerts, which was released on November 2006, marked the end of the Humanos
project.
. He plays different instruments during the show and he is accompanied by his band, which includes: Sérgio Nascimento (drummer), Ricardo Fiel (guitarist), Rita Redshoes
(ex-Atomic Bees in the piano and also voices; the second record single “Hold Still” is a David and Rita duet), Nuno Simões (bass player) and Paulo Pereira (hammond). David doesn’t just play his solo-career hits but also lesser-known tracks. He also plays (in most of his live concerts) “Angel Song”, the first music he wrote, composed when he was only 18 and which was included in Silence 4’s first album. This theme is perhaps the one most loved among fans, of the group or of David. In the middle of the show, he usually leaves the stage to return wearing a white suit, to announce that “dancing time” has begun and that the “moonwalk” move is near. Then the crowd laughs.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, and plays several instruments, including acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
and organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
. He is mainly recognised because of his successful music career, as member of Silence 4
Silence 4
Silence 4 is a Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English. They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, Silence Becomes It and Only Pain Is Real . The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001. Lead singer David Fonseca is currently...
and as a solo singer. Besides playing various instruments and being the author of almost all of his lyrics, he is also responsible for the graphic designs on his album covers. From 2004 to 2006, he was also part of the Humanos
Humanos
Humanos is the name of a musical band from Portugal formed in 2004. The idea behind it was to bring to light some unreleased songs by a famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter from the 1980s, António Variações....
project. He is an active spokesman for the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa
The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa is currently the only recording industry association in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV and UNEVA ....
regarding Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement of audio-visual works
Copyright infringement of audio-visual works, often referred to as piracy or warez, occurs when unauthorized copies are made of music, movies and similar works. Incidence of copyright infringement has grown dramatically since the late 1970s, as technology has facilitated the unauthorized...
on the Internet
Internet
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.
Beginnings
David Fonseca studied cinema at Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa between 1992 and 1994, where he obtained a degree. David began his professional life as a photographer, working for various fashion catalogues. He participated in many exhibitions, both group and individual. He also worked in a radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
for a while. David Fonseca has dedicated his life to his love of music choosing to become a pop/rock alternative musician. He has multiple musical influences by names such as Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio Godinho, OL is a Portuguese poet, composer, and singer. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal...
, Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
, The B-52's
The B-52's
The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
, Pixies, Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
, Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin
Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
and Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
, all of whom had a huge role in his musical creativity and individuality. He also mentioned in an interview with radio station “Antena 3” that he has an addiction to the group Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo, who joined as a touring...
. David is married and has a son and a daughter.
Silence 4
Fonseca's musical career started with a band called Silence 4Silence 4
Silence 4 is a Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English. They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, Silence Becomes It and Only Pain Is Real . The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001. Lead singer David Fonseca is currently...
, formed by a group of hometown friends. They first released the unpredictable Silence Becomes It
Silence Becomes It
Silence Becomes It was the debut album for Portuguese pop / alternative music band Silence 4, launched in June 1998. The album had a huge success in Portugal, reaching a six-time platinum album level , but didn't have the international success that some critics and fans predicted...
, in June 1998 that was a huge success at the time, selling 250,000 copies (the equivalent to six platinum records). This was a remarkable achievement in the Portuguese musical scene, where it is usually difficult to sell these many copies. The album has only two songs written in Portuguese. One of them is “Sexto Sentido”, featuring the popular Portuguese singer, Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio Godinho, OL is a Portuguese poet, composer, and singer. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal...
. To complete this great year for the band, which played at most of the Portuguese Summer festivals, they closed the world famous exhibition Expo '98 in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, playing for about 50 thousand people. Later in the same year, in December, Silence 4 was the first national band to sell out at Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico is an indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.-History:...
, performing to an astonishing 18,000-strong crowd, only 6 months after the release of their first album. Two years after the “phenomenon” the second album was released, Only Pain Is Real
Only Pain Is Real
Only Pain Is Real was the second album by the Portuguese pop band Silence 4. It was released in July 2000, after the huge success of his predecessor, Silence Becomes It. Recorded in London, the album showed new sounds and orchestrations, with 14 songs, all in English...
, in July 2000, selling approximately 100,000 copies to this day. The respective tour ended in a double concert at the legendary stage in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, the Coliseu dos Recreios
Coliseu dos Recreios
Coliseu dos Recreios or Coliseu de Lisboa is a concert hall in Lisbon, Portugal. Situated in the downtown, at Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, 96....
, which sold out completely and was released later on in CD and in DVD format. Throughout 2000, Silence 4 went on their last tour. In 2001, the band entered an undetermined hiatus, that still remains.
Solo career
David’s solo career kicked off the 21st century with a different sound from Silence 4Silence 4
Silence 4 is a Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English. They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, Silence Becomes It and Only Pain Is Real . The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001. Lead singer David Fonseca is currently...
. In his first solo work, "Sing Me Something New", recorded in 2003, David sang and played nearly all the instruments, exploring a totally new environment of sounds on his own. The album was recorded in the studios of producer Mário Barreiros, and later in the Sterling Sound Studios (in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
), by the well-known sound engineer, George Marino, who participated in some of the recordings of Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
, the Rollins Band
Rollins Band
Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s...
, The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...
and Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
, among many others. The first single was Someone That Cannot Love which debuted on about 150 Portuguese radio stations in a coordinated release: they were all played on March 10 at midnight. It soon reached #2 on the National Sales Chart and was certified Gold. The tour supporting this first record was extensive; it included many big music venues and large festivals across Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
.
Our Hearts Will Beat As One
Our Hearts Will Beat As One
Our Hearts Will Beat As One is the second solo album by Portuguese pop rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in October 2005...
, his second solo album, is said by David himself to be “scarily personal” and was only released in the fall of 2005 because of the other projects that David was involved in between his two albums. The first single was Who Are U?, described by David as “the song I always wanted to write”. It reached #3 on the Portuguese charts. Our Hearts Will Beat As One
Our Hearts Will Beat As One
Our Hearts Will Beat As One is the second solo album by Portuguese pop rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in October 2005...
was critically acclaimed by the media and was considered pop album of the year in Portugal, even before the end of the year. The album went straight to #1 on the National Sales Chart and reached Gold status on its first week of sales.
In October, 2007, his third original album, Dreams in Colour
Dreams In Colour
Dreams in Colour is the third album released by Portuguese pop–rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal on October 8, 2007 to critical and commercial acclaim. Previously, the single "Superstars" had been released....
, was released and the first single was Superstars II, a song that obtained substantial airplay due to a cellphone campaign that adopted the single.
In July 2009, the first single ("A Cry 4 Love") was finally released to the public. The new album, Between Waves, was out in the stores on the 2nd November 2009. On the same day, David's online community, Amazing Cats Club started working.
Humanos
In 2004, David joined a new project called HumanosHumanos
Humanos is the name of a musical band from Portugal formed in 2004. The idea behind it was to bring to light some unreleased songs by a famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter from the 1980s, António Variações....
. The idea behind it was to record some unpublished songs by the famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter, from the 80’s, António Variações
António Variações
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career, due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, he would, under the stage name of António Variações, become one of the most culturally significant performing artists of recent...
. David Fonseca, Manuela Azevedo
Manuela Azevedo
Manuela Azevedo is a Portuguese singer. A graduate in law at the University of Coimbra, she is now member of the Clã band, once integrated the Humanos band.Participation in other projects:*Ornatos Violeta -- «Líbido» e «Letra S»...
(the lead singer of another Portuguese music group, Clã
Clã
Clã is a Portuguese pop-rock band of a mixed nature in terms of style, ranging from moments of pure balladry, through jazzy details, to enthusiastic pop songs. They are currently regarded as one of the best Portuguese bands...
), Camané
Camané
Camané is a male vocalist, and a forerunner of the new generation of fado male singers. "The greatest fadista since Amalia Rodrigues and Maria da Fe," is how British biographer David Bret, describes him....
(one of the most famous Portuguese “fadista
Fado
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...
s”), Sérgio Nascimento (a member of Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio Godinho
Sérgio Godinho, OL is a Portuguese poet, composer, and singer. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal...
’s band), Hélder Gonçalves (also from Clã
Clã
Clã is a Portuguese pop-rock band of a mixed nature in terms of style, ranging from moments of pure balladry, through jazzy details, to enthusiastic pop songs. They are currently regarded as one of the best Portuguese bands...
), Nuno Rafael and João Cardoso
João Cardoso (musician)
João Cardoso is a Portuguese musician playing piano and keyboards. He is a member of Portuguese indie rock band Bunnyranch where he plays piano, keyboards and vocals, alongside fellow band members Carlos Mendes , Pedro Calhau and Augusto Cardoso .For the period 2004 to 2006, he was involved in the...
are the seven members of a group that would become a huge success, something unseen in the Portuguese music scene. The eponymous album scored an impressive quintuple platinum, staying for weeks at #1. “Muda de Vida”, “Maria Albertina” and “Rugas” are just some of the group's hits.
All this culminated in three sold out concerts, two of them in “Coliseu dos Recreios
Coliseu dos Recreios
Coliseu dos Recreios or Coliseu de Lisboa is a concert hall in Lisbon, Portugal. Situated in the downtown, at Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, 96....
” (Lisbon) and the other in Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
. There was also another memorable performance, in front of a crowd of 40,000 people, at the “Sudoeste” Portuguese Festival, in the year 2005. The Humanos were always intended to be a short project, because there were few unpublished Antonio Variações
António Variações
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career, due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, he would, under the stage name of António Variações, become one of the most culturally significant performing artists of recent...
’ songs. Thus, the CD and DVD with the recorded Coliseums’ live concerts, which was released on November 2006, marked the end of the Humanos
Humanos
Humanos is the name of a musical band from Portugal formed in 2004. The idea behind it was to bring to light some unreleased songs by a famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter from the 1980s, António Variações....
project.
Live concerts
David Fonseca is known by his powerful dancing on stage, equipped with his pair of Chuck Taylor All-StarsChuck Taylor All-Stars
Chuck Taylor All Stars, or Converse All Stars, also referred to as "Chuck Taylors", "Converses", "All Stars", "Chucks" or "Cons", are canvas and rubber shoes produced by Converse. They were first produced in 1917 as the "All Star," Converse's attempt to capture the basketball shoe market...
. He plays different instruments during the show and he is accompanied by his band, which includes: Sérgio Nascimento (drummer), Ricardo Fiel (guitarist), Rita Redshoes
Rita redshoes
Rita Redshoes is a solo artist from Portugal. In 1996 she sang with her first band, Atomic Bees, releasing an album in 2000 entitled love.noises.and.kisses. In 2003, she was invited to sing with David Fonseca, and shared with him the song “Hold Still” from Our Hearts Will Beat As One, his second...
(ex-Atomic Bees in the piano and also voices; the second record single “Hold Still” is a David and Rita duet), Nuno Simões (bass player) and Paulo Pereira (hammond). David doesn’t just play his solo-career hits but also lesser-known tracks. He also plays (in most of his live concerts) “Angel Song”, the first music he wrote, composed when he was only 18 and which was included in Silence 4’s first album. This theme is perhaps the one most loved among fans, of the group or of David. In the middle of the show, he usually leaves the stage to return wearing a white suit, to announce that “dancing time” has begun and that the “moonwalk” move is near. Then the crowd laughs.
Albums
- With Silence 4Silence 4Silence 4 is a Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English. They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, Silence Becomes It and Only Pain Is Real . The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001. Lead singer David Fonseca is currently...
- 1998 - Silence Becomes ItSilence Becomes ItSilence Becomes It was the debut album for Portuguese pop / alternative music band Silence 4, launched in June 1998. The album had a huge success in Portugal, reaching a six-time platinum album level , but didn't have the international success that some critics and fans predicted...
- 2000 - Only Pain Is RealOnly Pain Is RealOnly Pain Is Real was the second album by the Portuguese pop band Silence 4. It was released in July 2000, after the huge success of his predecessor, Silence Becomes It. Recorded in London, the album showed new sounds and orchestrations, with 14 songs, all in English...
- 2000 - Only Pain Is Real: The Remixes (EP)
- 1998 - Silence Becomes It
- With HumanosHumanosHumanos is the name of a musical band from Portugal formed in 2004. The idea behind it was to bring to light some unreleased songs by a famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter from the 1980s, António Variações....
- 2004: Humanos
- 2006: Humanos ao Vivo (Live album)
- Solo
Year Album POR PortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Chart positions2003 Sing Me Something New Sing Me Something NewSing Me Something New is the first solo album by Portuguese pop rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in 2003. David Fonseca wrote all the songs and played most of the instruments in the album. The first single from his debut album was the mellow track "Someone That Cannot Love"...2 2005 Our Hearts Will Beat As One Our Hearts Will Beat As OneOur Hearts Will Beat As One is the second solo album by Portuguese pop rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in October 2005...1 2007 Dreams in Colour Dreams In ColourDreams in Colour is the third album released by Portuguese pop–rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal on October 8, 2007 to critical and commercial acclaim. Previously, the single "Superstars" had been released....1 2009 Between Waves Between WavesBetween Waves is the fourth studio album by Portuguese pop–rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in November, 2nd, 2009. David Fonseca wrote all the songs and played or arranged most of the instruments...1
DVDs
- 2004 - Silence 4 in Coliseu dos Recreios (recorded live by Silence 4 and David Fonseca)
- 2008 - Dreams in Colour: Tour EditionDreams In ColourDreams in Colour is the third album released by Portuguese pop–rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal on October 8, 2007 to critical and commercial acclaim. Previously, the single "Superstars" had been released....
(recorded live 12 April 2008 live at the Coliseu)
Singles
- With Silence 4Silence 4Silence 4 is a Portuguese band, formed in 1996, who mostly sung in English. They released two albums to highly critical acclaim, Silence Becomes It and Only Pain Is Real . The band hasn't officially disbanded, but went on an undetermined hiatus after 2001. Lead singer David Fonseca is currently...
- 1998: "Borrow" (from Silence Becomes ItSilence Becomes ItSilence Becomes It was the debut album for Portuguese pop / alternative music band Silence 4, launched in June 1998. The album had a huge success in Portugal, reaching a six-time platinum album level , but didn't have the international success that some critics and fans predicted...
) - 1998: "My Friends" (from Silence Becomes It)
- 2000: "To Give" (from Only Pain Is RealOnly Pain Is RealOnly Pain Is Real was the second album by the Portuguese pop band Silence 4. It was released in July 2000, after the huge success of his predecessor, Silence Becomes It. Recorded in London, the album showed new sounds and orchestrations, with 14 songs, all in English...
) - 2000: "Only Pain Is Real" (from Only Pain Is Real)
- 1998: "Borrow" (from Silence Becomes It
- Solo
Year Single POR PortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Chart positionsAlbum 2003 "Someone That Cannot Love" — Sing Me Something New Sing Me Something NewSing Me Something New is the first solo album by Portuguese pop rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in 2003. David Fonseca wrote all the songs and played most of the instruments in the album. The first single from his debut album was the mellow track "Someone That Cannot Love"...2003 "The 80s" — Sing Me Something New 2005 "Who Are U?" — Our Hearts Will Beat As One Our Hearts Will Beat As OneOur Hearts Will Beat As One is the second solo album by Portuguese pop rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in October 2005...2006 "Hold Still" feat. Rita Redshoes Rita redshoesRita Redshoes is a solo artist from Portugal. In 1996 she sang with her first band, Atomic Bees, releasing an album in 2000 entitled love.noises.and.kisses. In 2003, she was invited to sing with David Fonseca, and shared with him the song “Hold Still” from Our Hearts Will Beat As One, his second...
— Our Hearts Will Beat As One 2006 "Our Hearts Will Beat As One" 20 Our Hearts Will Beat As One 2007 "Superstars Superstars (song)"Superstars" is a successful 2008 single taken from Dreams in Colour, the 2007 album of the Portuguese singer David Fonseca. "Superstars" is the first of three singles from the album, the other three being "Rocket Man" and "Kiss Me, Oh Kiss Me"....
"1 Dreams in Colour Dreams In ColourDreams in Colour is the third album released by Portuguese pop–rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal on October 8, 2007 to critical and commercial acclaim. Previously, the single "Superstars" had been released....2007 "Rocket Man" 12 Dreams in Colour 2007 "Kiss Me, Oh Kiss Me Kiss Me, Oh Kiss MeKiss Me, Oh Kiss Me is a successful 2008 single from the Dreams in Colour album of the Portuguese singer David Fonseca. It is the third of three singles from the album, the others being "Superstars", "Rocket Man"....
"3 Dreams in Colour 2008 "Orange Tree" — — 2009 "A Cry 4 Love" 5 Between Waves Between WavesBetween Waves is the fourth studio album by Portuguese pop–rock singer David Fonseca. It was released in Portugal in November, 2nd, 2009. David Fonseca wrote all the songs and played or arranged most of the instruments...2010 "Stop 4 a Minute" 15 —
Collaborations
David Fonseca has also collaborated with many other artists. Among them:- Trovante, Phase, Sérgio GodinhoSérgio GodinhoSérgio Godinho, OL is a Portuguese poet, composer, and singer. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal...
- He took part alongside many other Portuguese artists in the music video of "Encosta-te a mim" by Jorge PalmaJorge PalmaJorge Manuel d’Abreu Palma, known as Jorge Palma , is a Portuguese singer and songwriter.-Early life and career:At just the age of six, Palma learnt to play the piano and to read...
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