Artist
Ary Barroso
Ary Barroso appears once in our Samba list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Samba
- Year
- 1939
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Samba
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Aquarela do Brasil
1939
Ranked No. 1 in Samba
The samba-exaltação, written in one night during a rainstorm, and the tune the rest of the world means when it says Brazil. Grandiose, and it earns it.