Lionel Bastos
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'Lionel Bastos was bornLeonel Levy Lopes Bastos' on August 16 in Maputo, Mozambique) and is a singer, songwriter, and music producer.
Bastos works mainly in South Africa. He has released 5 albums all of which were nominated for South African Music Awards ("SAMAs"). His second album, Simple, won Best Adult Contemporary Album in 1999.[1]
Bastos' third album, Rising Above The Madness, was released in 2001.[2] Both the album and one of its songs, "Thank You," reached the number 1 spot on the charts in June 2001,[3] the song for two consecutive weeks.[4]
In May 2010, Bastos and radio host Doug Anderson organized a concert at which a number of notable South African artists (incl. Farryl Purkiss, Merseystate, and Wendy Oldfield) performed to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Simple Wins SAMA Best Adult Contemporary Album Award". rock.co.za 1999 archive, FNB SAMA Awards section. http://www.rock.co.za/sarockdigest/archives/issue_17.html. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ "Rock Digest Weekly Review of Rising Above The Madness". rock.co.za. http://www.rock.co.za/sarockdigest/archives/issue_107.html. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Rising Above The Madness Number 1 Spot on The Charts". rock.co.za. http://www.rock.co.za/sarockdigest/archives/issue_110.html. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Thank You Reaches Number 1 Spot Two Weeks in a Row on The Charts". rock.co.za. http://www.rock.co.za/sarockdigest/archives/issue_111.html. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Bastos Propels Fund-Raising Concert For Haiti Earthquake Victims". capetowncreatives.co.za. http://capetowncreatives.co.za/blog/tag/baxter-theatre/. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
