caption associated_acts years_active birth_name cónyuge hijos label article_title landscape background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
caetano -rrb- veloso at umbria jazz -lrb- perugia , italy gilberto chico buarque , os mutantes , jorge ben , joão gil gilberto , david byrne , maria bethânia , gal costa , 1967 -- present caetano emanuel viana telles veloso andrea lavigne -lrb- 1986 -- 2004 -rrb- gadelha -lrb- 1969 -- 1982 -rrb- , paula moreno , tom -lrb- 1997 -rrb- -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , zeco -lrb- 1992 -rrb- rca , universal music group caetano veloso
 yes solo_singer 7 august 1942 vocals , guitar mpb , bossa nova , tropicália , psychedelic rock , folk rock caetano veloso.jpg santo amaro da purificação , bahia , brazil caetano veloso singer-songwriter , musician , writer
caetano veloso

caetano emanuel viana telles veloso -lrb- ; born august 7 , 1942 -rrb- , better known as caetano veloso , is a brazilian composer , singer , guitarist , writer , and political activist .
veloso first became known for his participation in the brazilian musical movement tropicalismo , which encompassed theatre , poetry and music in the 1960s , at the beginning of the brazilian military dictatorship .
he has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since .
veloso has won nine latin grammy awards and two grammy awards .
on november 14 , 2012 , veloso was honored as the latin recording academy person of the year .
veloso was one of seven children born into the family of josé telles velloso -lrb- `` seu zeca '' -rrb- , a government official , and claudionor viana telles veloso -lrb- `` dona canô '' -rrb- , a housewife .
he was born in the city of santo amaro da purificação , in bahia , a state in the northeastern area of brazil , but moved to salvador , the state capital , as a college student in the mid-1960s .
soon after the move , veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first label .
he became one of the founders of tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists -- including his sister maria bethânia -- in the same period .
however the brazilian government at the time viewed veloso 's music and political action as threatening , and he was arrested , along with fellow musician gilberto gil , in 1969 .
the two eventually were exiled from brazil , and went to london , where they lived for two years .
after he moved back to his home country , in 1972 , veloso once again began recording and performing , becoming popular outside of brazil in the 1980s and 1990s .
