It is important to note that while world music fans obsess over bossa nova, the average Brazilian is listening to Sertanejo UniversitÃĄrio (Brazilian country music), a genre almost unknown outside the country. Artists like and MarÃlia Mendonça (the late "Queen of Suffering") fill stadiums that hold 60,000 people.
Music is the heartbeat of Brazil. It is not just entertainment; it is a form of social and historical expression.
Forget Stranger Things ; in Brazil, the water cooler talk revolves around the Novela (soap opera).