Jay Vaquer (born 6 February 1975) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
Biography
Vaquer was born in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
, son of
Jay Anthony Vaquer, an American guitarist, brother-in-law and former-partner of
Raul Seixas
Raul Santos Seixas (; 28 June 1945 – 21 August 1989) was a Brazilian rock musician foundational to the genre.allmusic Biography/ref> ''Rolling Stone'' Brazil named Seixas among the greatest artists in Brazilian music.
Throughout his career, S ...
, and a Brazilian singer Jane Duboc.
Career
At the age of 10 he recorded
Jingles
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, and he learned to play guitar. He then became an actor in the Célia Helena Theatre, performing in the musical comedy ''Cazas de Cazuza'' in 2000.
After that Jay Vaquer achieved his first popular success in the same year with his first album "
Nem Tão São" with the medium-size hit "
A Miragem" ("The Mirage") and the second single "
Aponta de um Iceberg". The songs only reached respectable positions on the
MTV
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Brasil chart. But the radio stations seemed not to notice the success of the singles (probably a fault of his record label). This might have been the main reason why Jay's career did not launch then.
Four years later, in 2004, Vaquer released his second album "
Vendo A Mim Mesmo", and he gained the attention of radio stations with the hit "
Pode Agradecer" ("You May Thank Me"), which granted him brief fame. In 2005, Vaquer released his third album "
Você Não Me Conhece" with the hit singles "
Cotidiano de um Casal Feliz" and "
A Falta que a Falta Faz".
Vaquer released his fourth album ''
Formidável Mundo Cão'' in September 2007. On 5 July, he premiered the first single of this production "
Longe Aqui", in his official Myspace.
Discography
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Nem Tão São (2000)
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Vendo A Mim Mesmo (2004)
Release date 28 December
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Você Não Me Conhece (2005)
Release date 1 November
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Formidável Mundo Cão (2007)
Release date 1 September
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aLive in BraZil (CD e DVD) (2009)
Release date 1 March
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Umbingobunker!? (2011)
Release date 5 August
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Antes da Chuva Chegar - Transversões: Volume 1 (2013)
Release date September
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Canções de Exílio - (2016)
Release date 3 June
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La Guapa Payola - (2017)
Release date 23 June
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Ecos do Acaso e Casos de Caos - (2018)
Release date 18 May
1975 births
Living people
Singers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian people of American descent
Brazilian male singer-songwriters
21st-century Brazilian male singers
21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters
Brazilian pop guitarists
Brazilian male guitarists
21st-century Brazilian guitarists
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