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  "slug": "antonio-carlos-jobim",
  "name": "Antônio Carlos Jobim",
  "description": "Antônio Carlos Jobim appears 2 times in our Bossa Nova list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/antonio-carlos-jobim/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1961,
    "last": 1962
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Bossa Nova"
  },
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      "slug": "bossa-nova",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "antonio-carlos-jobim--garota-de-ipanema",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/antonio-carlos-jobim--garota-de-ipanema/",
      "title": "Garota de Ipanema",
      "year": 1962,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Written at a bar table about a girl walking to the beach, and now perhaps the second most recorded song in existence. Familiarity has not damaged the harmony.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Ant%C3%B4nio%20Carlos%20Jobim%20Garota%20de%20Ipanema",
          "exact": false
        },
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      },
      "artist": "Antônio Carlos Jobim"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "antonio-carlos-jobim--insensatez",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/antonio-carlos-jobim--insensatez/",
      "title": "Insensatez",
      "year": 1961,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A descending line borrowed from Chopin, and the most desolate thing Jobim wrote. Vinicius de Moraes's lyric accuses the listener directly.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Ant%C3%B4nio%20Carlos%20Jobim%20Insensatez",
          "exact": false
        },
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        }
      },
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      },
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}