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Sorriso Maroto is a Brazilian
pagode Pagode () is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party. In 1978, singer Beth Carvalho was introduced to this music, like ...
band originating from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was formed in 1997 by singer and tambourine player Cris Oliveira, and later headed by singer-songwriter Bruno Cardoso. They have released ten albums.


Career

The band was born in 1997 when a group of friends all from Grajaú, a suburb north of Rio de Janeiro, joined and started playing. The band's original lead singer was Cris Oliveira, 23 at the time. In 2002 with the debut album, ''Sorriso Maroto'', the group started being featured on radio and by their second album ''Por Você'' they included romantic samba tunes and engaged in a tour with the live album and DVD ''Por Você: ao Vivo'' released in 2005 selling well above 120,000 copies. Their follow up album ''É Diferente'' in 2006 also resulted in another tour and the live CD and DVD ''É Diferente: Ao Vivo'' in 2007 celebrating a decade of career. After ten years with Deckdisc, the Brazilian record label
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released in 2009 their CD ''100% Sorriso Maroto''. With ''Sinais'', came the hit "E Agora Nós?" with a guest performance by
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. In 2010 ''Ao Vivo em Recife'' was released by Universal Music Group as CD, DVD and on Blu-ray, the first for the band. It was recorded on August 7, 2010, at a concert at Marco Zeroo in Recife, in front of tens of thousands, and encompassing the band's biggest hits. On 1 March 2012, the group performed a show at Quinta da Boa Vista, on the birthday of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Album and DVD ''Sorriso 15 Anos – Ao Vivo'' celebrated the 15th anniversary of the band, and the participation of several artist in support like Jammil e Uma Noites, Trio Ternura, Coral Resgate,
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, amongst others. The American musician
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, rerecorded a new version of the band's 2002 hit "E Agora Nós?" version of the song retitled "Back at One".
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recorded "É Nóis Fazê Parapapá" in 2013, giving the band and its singer Bruno Cardoso greater international fame. Also in 2013, the band released ''Riscos e Certezas'', an EP of six tracks. The bonus track "Fofinha Delícia (Excesso de Gostosura)" was used as theme song the soap opera ''
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''. In 2015, their album ''Sorriso Eu Gosto – Ao Vivo No Maracanãzinho'' was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Samba/Pagode Album category.


Members

*Bruno Cardoso – vocals *Cris Oliveira – tambourine *Sérgio Jr. – guitar *Fred Araújo –
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(bass drum) *Vinícius Augusto – keyboards


Discography

;Studio albums / DVDs ;EPs ;Live albums / DVDs


Singles

;Featured in


References


External links


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorriso Maroto Brazilian musical groups Musical groups established in 1997 Pagode musical groups