As a teenager, Sangalo started to sing and play acoustic guitar at events, festivals and presentations of the school where she studied. Her debut show happened in the Ondina Neighborhood, Salvador, in August 1992. With that show she won the Dorival Caymmi trophy, the Grammy of Bahian music.
In 1993, Sony decided to reform the axé group Banda Eva and she was chosen as the lead singer. With her charismatic image, their first album soon topped the Brazilian album chart. Her live album with the band, Banda Eva Ao Vivo, was their best-selling album, selling over a million copies in 1997. In 1999, she decided to start a solo career and released her first self-titled album. With lots of upbeat Bahian rhythms and axé, the album received gold and platinum certification. The following year she released another album, Beat Beleza, which also achieved platinum status.
In 2001 she released the album Festa. The title teack was very popular and the album got platinum certification. "Festa" was her biggest hit single up to that point and the video also received huge airplay. "Festa" ended up being the most popular song of 2001 in Brazil. In 2002, she released the compilation album Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim, titled after one of her biggest number-one hits. The album, which features a duet with American singer Brian McKnight, didn't sell as much , but was still a hit. Following Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim, she released Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes Em Progresso in 2003. It was the lowest-selling solo album of her career but it still managed to receive gold certification.
Her first solo live album MTV Ao Vivo Ivete Sangalo released in 2004, included her biggest hits, lots of them never released on an album before, and some Banda Eva hits. The album received diamond certification and was the second best-selling album of 2004.
Her 2005 album, As Supernovas, received triple platinum certification shortly after it's release. The album was less upbeat than the others and included some songs with a 70's touch, with the big influence of Brazilian singer Ed Motta. She also included the hit "Soy Loco Por Ti America", a Gilberto Gil song. "Quando a Chuva Passar" recently reached number two on the Brazilian singles chart and was notable for being nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards, an uncommon feature for a non-Spanish speaking singer.
On December 16, 2006, she performed in the biggest stadium in the world, Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, where Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Kiss, The Police, and Madonna have also performed. She was the first Brazilian act to perform in this stadium since pop phenomenon Sandy & Junior in 2002.
Ivete has sold more than 7 million CD copies and more than 2.5 million DVD copies.
Brumário
Ivete Sangalo Lyrics
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Será virgem, será vinte
Que a estrela nasceu
No dia dezenove brumário
C'est la vie, bem, tel aviv, hein
Que a hiena gemeu
E gemeu de um jeito
Assim dessemelhante
E nasceu carregada
Pulando pro alto
Ligando energia
Sem covardia, sem covardia
The lyrics to Ivete Sangalo's song Brumário are quite enigmatic and require a degree of interpretation. Brumário refers to a month in the French Republican Calendar, which was used during the French Revolution. The lyrics allude to the day of the 19th Brumaire, which marked the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. The lines "Será virgem, será vinte" could be interpreted as referring to the birth of something new, as the word "virgem" can also mean "virgin" or "unexplored." The following lines "Que a estrela nasceu" could be referring to Napoleon himself, who was often depicted as having a star above his head in propaganda images.
The song then moves on to reference Tel Aviv, Israel, and a hyena's cries, which could be interpreted as allusions to both the struggles of the Jewish people and the brutality of war. The line "E gemeu de um jeito / Assim dessemelhante / Meio diferente de hoje em dia" suggests that the hyena's cries were different from what one would hear nowadays, hinting at a loss of innocence or purity. The final lines of the chorus "E nasceu carregada / Pulando pro alto / Ligando energia / Sem covardia, sem covardia" seem to convey a sense of excitement and energy, perhaps hinting at the potential for something new and transformative to emerge.
Line by Line Meaning
No dia dezenove brumário
On the nineteenth day of Brumaire
Será virgem, será vinte
It will be pure, it will be twenty
Que a estrela nasceu
That the star was born
No dia dezenove brumário
On the nineteenth day of Brumaire
C'est la vie, bem, tel aviv, hein
That's life, well, Tel Aviv, huh
Que a hiena gemeu
That the hyena howled
E gemeu de um jeito
And howled in a way
Assim dessemelhante
So unlike
Meio diferente de hoje em dia
Somewhat different from nowadays
E nasceu carregada
And was born loaded
Pulando pro alto
Jumping high
Ligando energia
Connecting energy
Sem covardia, sem covardia
Without cowardice, without cowardice
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