Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes (born in Orós

Orós

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, Ceará

Ceará

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, October 13, 1949) is a Brazil

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ian singer, composer, musician, actor and music producer. He is commonly known by the stage name Fagner.

The youngest of the five children of José Fares, Lebanese

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 immigrant to Brazil, and Dona Francisca, Fagner was born in Fortaleza

Fortaleza

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, the capital of the state of Ceará, although his birth was recorded in Orós.

At the age of five years he won a youth competition at a local radio station. As a teen, he formed vocal and instrumental groups and began to compose his own music. In 1968 he won the Festival de Música Popular do Ceará (Popular Music Festival of Ceará) with his song "Nada Sou" (I am Nothing).

In 1971 he moved to the capital Brasília

Brasília

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, taking first place in the Festival de Música Popular do Centro de Estudos Universitários de Brasília (Popular Music Festival of the University Studies Center of Brasília) with his piece "Mucuripe" (with collaborator Belchior

Belchior (singer)

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), which was later recorded by artist Elis Regina

Elis Regina

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina was an important singer of Brazilian popular music. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing Arrastão in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record...

, and became Fagner's first notable success as a composer. He won prizes in other categories with additional pieces, as well.

He has had a distinguished career as a performer, singer, songwriter and composer for over 3 decades, and is also known for his collaborations with other MPB artists such as Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

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, Roberta Miranda

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, Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

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, and others.

In 2003 Fagner was prosecuted for plagiarism

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: his song As Penas do Tiê appeared to have the same music and lyrics that one of earlier Brazilian composer Hekel Tavares.

Albums

• 1973 - Manera Fru Fru, Manera
• 1975 - Ave Noturna
• 1976 - Raimundo Fagner
• 1977 - Orós (featuring Hermeto Pascoal
  Hermeto Pascoal
  Hermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is a greatly beloved musical figure in the history of Brazilian music, known for his abilities at orchestration and improvisation, as well as being a record producer and...
  
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• 1978 - Eu Canto - Quem Viver Chorará
• 1979 - Beleza
• 1980 - Eternas Ondas
• 1981 - Traduzir-se
• 1982 - Sorriso Novo - Qualquer Música
• 1983 - Palavra de Amor
• 1984 - A Mesma Pessoa - Cartaz
• 1985 - Fagner - Semente
• 1986 - Fagner - Lua do Leblon
• 1987 - Romance no Deserto
• 1989 - O Quinze
• 1991 - Pedras que Cantam
• 1993 - Demais
• 1994 - Caboclo Sonhador
• 1995 - Retrato
• 1996 - Raimundo Fagner - Pecado Verde
• 1997 - Terral
• 2001 - Fagner
• 2004 - Donos do Brasil
• 2007 - Fortaleza
• 2009 - Uma Canção no Rádio

Others

• 1981 - Raimundo Fagner Canta en Español
• 1984 - Fagner - Dez Anos
• 1991 - Fagner en Español
• 1993 - Uma Noite Demais - Ao Vivo no Japão
• 1998 - Amigos e Canções
• 2000 - Ao Vivo
• 2002 - Me Leve (ao vivo)
• 2003 - Fagner & Zeca Baleiro

External links

• Raimundo Fagner official website