with a career that lasted for half a century, he still is the all-time best selling brazilian artist, and his albums received massive airplays at stations during his hey days - his song 'truck driver' released in 1984 will always remain in the books of history for receiving more than 3000 plays in a single day.

there is bossacucanova, a musical group known for fusing bossa nova with electronica just to mention a few.

the brilliant music celebrated in rio ranges from funk carioca and pagode, to samba and bossa nova - the main genres of carioca music, not limiting others which have been available since time in memory.

the list is endless, rich of great performers as it is of rhythms - solo acts and bands alike infuse the city with a sound for every occasion - or making of that sound, an occasion.