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Balé Mulato is the eighth studio album

Studio album

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by Brazil

Brazil

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ian axé

Axé music

Axé is a popular music genre originating in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as Marcha, Reggae, and Calypso. It also includes influences of Afro-Brazilian music such as Frevo, Forró and Carixada. The most important creator of this music...

/MPB

Música Popular Brasileira

Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...

singer Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury , is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian axé, samba-reggae and MPB singer, songwriter and record producer. Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide...

, released in 2005 in Brazil

Brazil

through EMI

EMI

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. Although it was not very successful in music charts, it sold almost 700,000 copies in Brazil.

Track listing

"Topo do Mundo" (Jauperi, Gigi)
"Levada Brasileira" (Pierre Onasis, Edilson)
"Amor de Ninguém" (Jorge Papapa)
"Balé Popular" (Onassis, Edilson)
"Toneladas de Amor" (Márcio Mello)
"Nem Tudo Funciona de Verdade" (Tenison Del Rey, Gerson Guimarães)
"Pensar em Você" (Chico César
Chico César
Chico César is a Brazilian singer-composer-songwriter.-Albums:* Aos Vivos * Cuzcuz-Clã* Beleza Mano * Mama Mundi * Respeitem meus cabelos, brancos...

)
"Quero Ver o Mundo Sambar" (Daniela Mercury)
"Aquarela do Brasil
Aquarela do Brasil
"Aquarela do Brasil" , known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time, written by Ary Barroso in 1939.-Background and composition:...

" (Ary Barroso
Ary Barroso
Ary Barroso was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV...

)
"Meu Pai Oxalá
Meu Pai Oxalá
"Meu Pai Oxalá" is a song written by Vinícius de Moraes and Toquinho. This samba composition, which is heavily influenced by the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, was first performed by the duo. There are also versions performed by each of them solely. A well-known version was released by...

" (Vinícius de Morais, Toquinho
Toquinho
Antônio Pecci Filho , better known as Toquinho , is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well-known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes.-Childhood and musical studies:...

)
"Eu Queria" (Onassis, Xel Guima, Edilson)
"Sem Querer" (Mercury)
"Olha o Gandhi Aí" (Tonho Matéria, Jo Vieira)
"Água do Céu" (Mercury, Jorge Zarath)

Singles

Year	Song	Chart
Year	Song	Brazil
2005	"Olha o Gandhi Aí"	46
2005	"Topo do Mundo"	16
2006	"Levada Brasileira"	04

Certification

External links

About the album in Mercury's official website
[ A review of the album] at Allmusic

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