Lúcio Silva de Souza (born 3 July 1988), known simply as Silva, stylized as "SILVA", is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

Career

Silva released his first album "Claridão" on the

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label in 2012. In 2014 he released "Vista pro mar," followed by "Júpiter" in 2015, "Silva canta Marisa" in 2016, and "Brasileiro" in 2018. Silva has toured Brazil for each of his five albums and collaborated with

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, and Ludmilla.

Discography

* ' (2012) * ' (2014) * ' (2015) * ' (2016) * ' (2018) * ' (2020) * Encantado (2024) * ''Encantado'' (2024)

Recognition

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'' Brasil named the album "Vista pro mar" as No. 8 in its list of the best Brazilian albums of 2014 and in 2018 "Brasileiro" was ranked No. 22. The latter was also elected among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the first half of 2018 by the

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Personal life

Silva is openly gay and was in a relationship with Fernando Sotele from 2016 to 2019.

References

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* * Brazilian male singer-songwriters Música Popular Brasileira singers People from Vitória, Espírito Santo Living people 1988 births 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters Brazilian LGBTQ singer-songwriters Brazilian gay musicians Gay singer-songwriters LGBTQ people in Latin music {{Brazil-musician-stub