Daniel Peixoto ( , born January 5, 1986) is a Brazilian singer and performer of pop,

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and

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Biography

Daniel Peixoto was born in the Aldeota district of

Fortaleza Fortaleza ( ; ; ) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil. It is Brazil's 4th largest city—Fortaleza surpassed Salvador, Bahia, Salvador in 2022 census with a population of slightly over 2.4 mi ...

, Ceará. He began singing professionally around the age of 22, but since his childhood, he learned to play piano and act. During his adolescence he also did fashion model's work and host regional TV shows. His passion to singers like

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– which he was compared to by a journalist of

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– and

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push him to the music world and, in 2005, he emerged as the frontman of

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duo, ''Montage'', which was praised by

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as "

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meets

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with tons of Brazilian passion. Taste it only if you dare". Actually, Daniel opened the Prodigy Brazil's concert in 2009, but alone, without the duo, who separated in the same year. In 2011, Daniel Peixoto goes in a solo career, Mastigando Humanos debut album was released in that year, along with the EP Shine, launched in Europe, while touring, by French-Brazilian label AbatJour Records.

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presented him with an accolade article and, consequently, he won the ''Artist of the Week'' MTV IGGY also chosen him as the second, in TOP 10, of best

tecno brega Tecno brega or technobrega (technotacky) is a form of music from northern Brazil, particularly Belém, Pará. Music of the genre is created primarily through remixing and reworking songs from popular music and music from the eighties. While ther ...

artists from Brazil. He peaked the TOP 10 in the German Airplay Chart with the song ''Eu Só Paro Se Cair'' (''I Only Stop When I Fall Over''). Daniel developed a

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, a mix of music, fashion and art, called ''Shine Party''. The third, and last, edition featured the tecno brega muse,

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. The song "Olhos Castanhos" (''Brown Eyes'') is in the soundtrack of Brazilian

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, "Lado a Lado" (in English, ''Side by Side''). The song "Shine" became single with video. His last single from "Mastigando Humanos" was ''Flei'', released on January 29 as a digital EP along with two remixes to the song. The video was shot in

. In 2016, Peixoto released the first single, "Crush (Manda Nude)", to his second solo album, "Massa".

Discography

References

External links

Official webpage
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