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Skank is a Brazilian pop/rock/reggae band. The band was born in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Members

Biography

Skank is a band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in Brazil. Some of their hits are "É Proibido Fumar", "Te Ver", "É uma Partida de Futebol" and "Garota Nacional".

Discography

The band made a relatively huge success with its first album, Skank, in 1993, in the underground circuit. Some months later, with a contract with Sony in their hands, they finally officially released the album, which sold 150,000 records.

So far, the band released six other albums:

Skank (1992, 200,000 copies sold) GOLD
Calango (1994, 1,200,000 copies sold) DIAMOND
Samba Poconé (1996, 1,800,000 copies sold) DIAMOND
Siderado (1998, 750,000 copies sold) 3X PLATINUM
Maquinarama (2000, 250,000 copies sold) PLATINUM
Ao Vivo MTV (2001, 600,000 copies sold) 2X PLATINUM
Cosmotron (2003, 320,000 copies sold) 2X PLATINUM
Radiola (2004, 180,000 copies sold) PLATINUM
Carrossel (2006, 125,000 copies sold) PLATINUM

Skank is one of the most famous bands in Brazil. As of 2004, they have sold approximately 5,000,000 copies of their albums.

Hits

Tanto (I want you), from Skank, (Hot100Brasil #63, 1993)^[1]
O Homem Que Sabia Demais, from Skank, (Hot100Brasil #85, 1993)^[2]
Esmola, from Calango, (Hot100Brasil #56, 1994)^[3]
É Proibido Fumar, from Calango, (Hot100Brasil #75, 1994)^[4]
In(dig)nação, from Skank, (Hot100Brasil #84, 1994)^[5]
Pacato Cidadão, from Calango, (Hot100Brasil #16, 1995)^[6]
Garota Nacional, from O Samba Poconé, (Hot100Brasil #1, 1996)^[7]
Tão Seu, from O Samba Poconé, (Hot100Brasil #62, 1996)^[8]
É Uma Partida de Futebol, from O Samba Poconé, (Hot100Brasil #65, 1996)^[9]
Resposta, from Siderado, (Hot100Brasil #34, 1998)^[10]
Mandrake e os Cubanos, from Siderado, (Hot100Brasil #43, 1999)^[11]
Três lados, from Maquinarama, (Hot100Brasil #39, 2000)^[12]
Balada do Amor Inabalável, from Maquinarama, (Hot100Brasil #45, 2000)^[13]
Estare prendido en tus dedos, from Outlandos d'Americas, (Hot100Brasil #79, 2000)^[14]
Acima do Sol, from Skank MTV ao vivo, (Hot100Brasil #5, 2001)^[15]
Canção Noturna (ao vivo), from Skank MTV ao vivo, (Hot100Brasil #60, 2002)^[16]
Fica, from Maquinarama, (Hot100Brasil #97, 2001, 2002)^[17]^[18]
Tanto (ao vivo), from Skank MTV ao vivo, (Hot100Brasil #98, 2002)^[19]
Dois Rios, from Cosmotron, (Hot100Brasil #4, 2003)^[20]
Vou Deixar, from Cosmotron, (Hot100Brasil #1, 2004)^[21]
Vamos Fugir, from Radiola, (Hot100Brasil #31, 2004)^[22]; Hot100Brasil #18, 2005)^[23]
Amores Imperfeitos, from Cosmotron, (Hot100Brasil #84, 2004)^[24]
Um mais Um, from Radiola, (Hot100Brasil #16, 2005)^[25]
Uma Canção é Para Isso, from Carrossel, (Hot100Brasil #55, 2006)^[26]
Mil Acasos, from Carrossel, (Hot100Brasil: highest position as of April 2007 #10, 2007)^[27]

References

External links

Official site

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