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She was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropic\u00e1lia: ou Panis et Circenses (1968).[2]Early life[edit]Gal Costa was born on 26 September 1945, in the city of Salvador,[3] the capital of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Her mother, Mariah Costa Penna, spent hours listening to classical music during her pregnancy in hopes that Gal would be interested in music.[citation needed] Gal’s father, Arnaldo Burgos (deceased 1960), died when Gal was 15 years old, and the two never met.[citation needed]At the age of 10, Gal befriended sisters Sandra and Andr\u00e9ia Gadelha, the future spouses of singer-songwriters Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, respectively. These gave her the nickname Gau, later spelled as Gal.[4] At 14, she first listened to Jo\u00e3o Gilberto’s “Chega de Saudade” on the radio and became interested in Bossa Nova.[citation needed] She then went on to work as a clerk in Salvador’s main record store to get closer to music.[5] At 18, she was introduced to Caetano Veloso by Andr\u00e9ia Gadelha, becoming close friends.[citation needed]  Gal debuted her professional career on the night of 22 August 1964 at the concert N\u00f3s, por exemplo (We, For Example), where she performed alongside Veloso, Gil, Maria Beth\u00e2nia and Tom Z\u00e9, among others. The concert inaugurated the Vila Velha Theatre in her hometown. During the same year, she also performed in Nova Bossa Velha, Velha Bossa Nova (New Old Wave, Old New Wave), at the same place and with the same singing partners. She then left Salvador to live in the house of her cousin N\u00edvea in Rio de Janeiro, following in the footsteps of Beth\u00e2nia, whose concert Opini\u00e3o (Opinion) had become a huge hit there.[citation needed]Gal’s first professional recording happened on Beth\u00e2nia’s debut album, released in 1965. It was the duet “Sol Negro” (Black Sun) written by Beth\u00e2nia’s brother, Caetano Veloso. She then released her first singles through RCA Records, “Eu vim da Bahia”, written by Gil, and “Sim, foi voc\u00ea”, written by Veloso. The following year Gal met Gilberto personally and participated in TV Rio’s 1st International Music Festival performing “Minha Senhora”, written by Gil and Torquato Neto. It failed to captivate the Festival’s audience.[citation needed]Gal’s first album Domingo was released in 1967 through Philips Records. It was also Veloso’s debut. Gal stayed on the label, which later became PolyGram, until 1983. One song released from this album, “Cora\u00e7\u00e3o Vagabundo”, became a huge hit. The same year, Gal also performed two songs on the 2nd International Music Festival, which was then hosted by Rede Globo. They were “Bom Dia”, written by Gil and Nana Caymmi, and “Dad\u00e1 Maria”, written by Renato Teixeira. The latter was performed with S\u00edlvio C\u00e9sar at the Festival and with Teixeira on the recording.[citation needed]In 1965, Costa began to record inedited songs from Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso.[6] In 1968, Gal became a part of the tropic\u00e1lia movement. Tropicalia is a mix of Samba, Bossa Nova and modern genres like rock and beat.[7] She recorded four songs on Tropic\u00e1lia: ou Panis et Circenses. They were “Mam\u00e3e coragem”, written by Veloso and Torquato Neto, “Parque industrial”, by Tom Z\u00e9, “Enquanto seu lobo n\u00e3o vem”, by Veloso, and “Baby”, also by Veloso. The latter became one of Costas best known songs.[6] The same year, she participated in the 3rd International Music Festival, performing “Gabriela Mais Bela”, written by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos. In November, she participated in Rede Record’s 4th Music Festival, performing the song “Divino Maravilhoso”, by Gil and Veloso. The song also became a nationwide hit and a classic song of popular music. When Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso were living in exile in London, she would visit them and keep performing their music, but stayed in Brazil.[2]In 1969, Gal released her eponymous solo debut album,[2] which included “Baby” and “Divino Maravilhoso”. The album is considered a Tropicalismo classic, balanced between Brazilian stylizations and North American psychedelic influences. It also featured Gal’s third and fourth solo hits, Jorge Ben Jor’s “Que pena (Ele j\u00e1 n\u00e3o gosta mais de mim)” and Veloso’s “N\u00e3o identificado”, respectively. In the same year, she recorded her second solo album, titled Gal, and featuring the hits “Meu nome \u00e9 Gal”, by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos, and “Cinema Olympia”, by Veloso. The album served as the basis for the repertoire of the concert Gal!  Her next album, Legal, was not as far from the mainstream as its predecessor, and a live album the following year again balanced smooth Brazilian sounds with heavy rock. In 1973, the cover of Costa’s album \u00cdndia was censored \u2014 it focuses on her red bikini bottom.[4][8] Gal has recorded songs composed by a number of Brazil’s most popular songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Ben and Erasmo Carlos. In the 1970s, she was one of the integrants of the Doces B\u00e1rbaros, the others being Veloso, Gil and Maria Beth\u00e2nia.[6] For years a reunion was hoped for this emblematic group in the Brazilian popular music.[6] In 1982 the single “Festa Do Interior” from the double album Fantasia became her biggest ever hit, going multi-platinum by the end of the year. In 1994, Gal performed the song Brasil, topless.[4][9][10] Gal appeared in the 1995 film The Mandarin (O Mandarim) as the singer Carmen Miranda. She recorded songs in Portuguese, Spanish and English.[citation needed]Gal Costa is portrayed by Sophie Charlotte in the 2023 biographical film Meu nome \u00e9 Gal.[11]2011 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[3]Personal life[edit]Gal was bisexual. She dated singer Marina Lima in the 1990s.[12]Gal died in S\u00e3o Paulo on 9 November 2022, at the age of 77.[13][14]  She was recovering from an extraction of a nodule of her nasal cavity and had canceled her show at the Primavera Sound.[6]Discography[edit]Studio albums[edit]1965: Maria da Gra\u00e7a (EP)1967: Domingo (with Caetano Veloso)1969: Gal Costa1969: Gal1970: Legal1971: -Fa-Tal- Gal a Todo Vapor1973: \u00cdndia1974: Cantar1975: Gal Canta Caymmi1977: Caras e Bocas1978: \u00c1gua Viva1979: Gal Tropical1980: Aquarela do Brasil1981: Fantasia1982: Minha Voz1983: Baby Gal1983: Gabriela movie soundtrack1984: Profana1985: Bem Bom1987: Lua de Mel Como o Diabo Gosta1990: Plural1992: Gal1994: O Sorriso do Gato de Alice1995: Mina D’\u00c1gua do Meu Canto1996: Tieta of Agreste movie soundtrack1998: Aquele Frevo Ax\u00e92001: Gal de Tantos Amores2002: Gal Bossa Tropical2004: Todas as Coisas e Eu2005: Hoje[15]2011: Recanto2015: “Estratosf\u00e9rica”2018: “A Pele do Futuro”2021: “Nenhuma Dor”Live albums[edit]Singles[edit]1968: “Baby”1969: “Que Pena (Ela J\u00e1 N\u00e3o Gosta Mais De Mim)”1970: “Meu Nome \u00c9 Gal”1970: “London, London”Selected filmography[edit]References[edit]^ “Gal Costa? Qual era o verdadeiro nome da cantora?”. Splash UOL (in Portuguese). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.^ a b c Gotrich, Lars (9 November 2022). “Gal Costa, piercing voice of Brazil’s Tropic\u00e1lia movement, has died at 77”. NPR. Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ a b Charner, Flora (9 November 2022). “Legendary Brazilian singer Gal Costa died on Wednesday at the age of 77”. CNN. Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ a b c Maia, Felipe (11 November 2022). “Gal Costa was a flamboyant revolutionary in Brazilian music”. the Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2022.^ “Gal Costa deixa legado de m\u00fasica e for\u00e7a ao Brasil”. www.band.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 November 2022.^ a b c d e Gual, Joan Royo (9 November 2022). “Muere a los 77 a\u00f1os Gal Costa, una de las grandes voces de la m\u00fasica brasile\u00f1a”. El Pa\u00eds (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ “Im Alter von 77 Jahren: Brasilianische Musiklegende Gal Costa gestorben”. FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN\u00a00174-4909. Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ “Foto do \u00e1lbum “\u00cdndia”, de Gal, \u00e9 liberada depois de 40 anos de censura”. Glamurama (in Brazilian Portuguese). 10 January 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2022.^ Calazans, Ricardo (9 November 2022). “Musa nua, psicodelia e censura: momentos inesquec\u00edveis da destemida Gal”. Splash (in Brazilian Portuguese). uol.com.br. Retrieved 11 November 2022.^ “Brasil Gal Costa 1994 Autor George Israel Cazuza Nilo Romero”. YouTube. Retrieved 11 November 2022.^ “‘Meu nome \u00e9 Gal’: filme sobre Gal Costa tem Sophie Charlotte como protagonista e estreia em 2023″. Di\u00e1rio do Nordeste (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ “Os amores de Gal Costa, que era abertamente bissexual”. iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ “Gal Costa (1945 – 2022) – Morre Gal Costa, uma das maiores vozes da m\u00fasica brasileira, aos 77 anos”. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.^ Pareles, Jon (9 November 2022). “Gal Costa, Singer Who Embodied Tropic\u00e1lia’s Innovative Spirit, Dies at 77”. The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2022.^ Billboard \u2013 21 October 2006 \u2013 Page 68 “Camargo Mariano’s production output for the year was slim: He is entered only for Gal Costa’s “Hoje,” an album that hasn’t been released in the United States.”Bibliography[edit]De Stefano, Gildo, Il popolo del samba, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, Preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Introduction by Gianni Min\u00e0, RAI-ERI, Rome 2005, ISBN\u00a08839713484De Stefano, Gildo, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Preface by Chico Buarque, Introduction by Gianni Min\u00e0, Logisma Editore, Firenze 2017, ISBN\u00a0978-88-97530-88-6External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/gal-costa-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Gal Costa – Wikipedia"}}]}]