Saulo Jorge Fernandes Navarro de Oliveira (born September 9, 1977) is a Brazilian

Axé Axé () is a popular music genre that originated in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the 1980s, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as marcha, reggae, and calypso. It also includes influences of Brazilian music such as frevo, forró and c ...

singer. Before becoming the lead singer of '' Banda Eva'' (Eva Band) in March 2002, Saulo was the lead singer of the '' Banda Chica Fé'' (Chica Fé Band). In 2013 he left Banda Eva to pursue a solo career.

Career

Saulo Fernandes was born in the city of

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( BA) on September 9, 1977, and became interested in music still small, the influence of family. His first experience in

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was not in

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. At 18, Saulo was living in Vitória ( ES) and began his musical career singing in the carnivals in town. Backing to

in 1996 mounted to Banda Chica Fé and won the singer revelation of the

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of 2001. In March 2002, Saulo received an invitation to head ''Banda'' ''Eva'', a move which ended a hegemony of almost 10 years, when only women sang in the band. In 2003, he won another award, for best singer in the

, now as lead singer of ''Eva''. In 2013, he left Banda Eva to start a solo career.

Awards

* ''Best Singer Revelation'' – Carnival 2002 * ''Best Singer'' – Carnival 2003 * ''Best Singer Revelation'' – ''Domingão do Faustão'' – Melhores do Ano 2007 (Best of the year 2007) * ''Best Singer'' (Trophy

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Folia)- Carnival 2008 * ''Best Singer'' – ''Carnatal'' 2008 * ''Best Singer'' –

Folia 2009

Discography

* ''Lugar da Alegria'' (2009) * ''A casa Amarela'' (project with

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– CD Children) (2008) * ''Veja alto, ouça colorido'' (2007) * ''EVA 25 Anos'' (2005) * ''É do EVA'' * ''Pra Valer'' * ''Querer'' (Chica Fé)

References

1977 births 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Living people People from Barreiras Axé singers {{Brazil-singer-stub