Skank (band)
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Skank is a Brazilian pop/rock/reggae band. The band was born in 1991, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
Members
- Samuel Rosa - singer and guitar
- Lelo Zaneti - bass
- Henrique Portugal - keyboard
- Haroldo Ferretti - drums
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]
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