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  "slug": "caetano-veloso",
  "name": "Caetano Veloso",
  "description": "Caetano Veloso appears 3 times in our Tropicália list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/caetano-veloso/",
  "appearanceCount": 3,
  "distinctRecordings": 3,
  "years": {
    "first": 1967,
    "last": 1968
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 1,
    "list": "Tropicália"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "tropicalia",
      "name": "Tropicália",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/tropicalia/",
      "entries": 3
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "caetano-veloso--tropicalia",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/caetano-veloso--tropicalia/",
      "title": "Tropicália",
      "year": 1968,
      "label": "Philips",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The song that named the movement, a collage of Brasília, monuments and television, sung deadpan over an arrangement that keeps changing its mind.",
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Caetano%20Veloso%20Tropic%C3%A1lia",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
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        "slug": "tropicalia",
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      },
      "artist": "Caetano Veloso"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "caetano-veloso--alegria-alegria",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/caetano-veloso--alegria-alegria/",
      "title": "Alegria, Alegria",
      "year": 1967,
      "label": "Philips",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Performed at a televised festival with an electric rock band and booed by a crowd who wanted acoustic protest songs. He won anyway, and the argument started that night.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Caetano%20Veloso%20Alegria%2C%20Alegria",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
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        "slug": "tropicalia",
        "name": "Tropicália",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/tropicalia/"
      },
      "artist": "Caetano Veloso"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "caetano-veloso--e-proibido-proibir",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/caetano-veloso--e-proibido-proibir/",
      "title": "É Proibido Proibir",
      "year": 1968,
      "label": "Philips",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "\"It is forbidden to forbid.\" He was shouted down at the festival, harangued the audience from the stage, and was arrested and exiled within months.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        },
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
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        "slug": "tropicalia",
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      },
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    }
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}