Emanuel

Emanuel was born into music in 1973, at a school specializing in classical guitar.
He became a teacher for eight years and conducts small orchestras, plays in bars and releases a record only with instrumentals.
In the 80’s he started producing, composing and orchestrating for other artists (Marco Paulo, Candida Branca Flor, etc.) and in 1992 he assumed himself as a frontman and vocalist and edited his first record which defined the style he wanted to follow.
He immediately established a very special relationship with the public and achieved his first platinum in 1994 with the album “Rapaziada vamos dançar” and became a popularity phenomenon the following year with the song “Pimpa Pimba” (510 thousand copies sold in the first 6 months).
In 2007 he decides to change the aesthetics of his music (preserving the dancing characteristic) and reaches his goals in 2010 through a new style that adds to the Portuguese roots, the heat of Africa and electronic rhythms, with the hit “O Ritmo do Amor” (Kuduro).
In just one year, this phenomenon reached everywhere and the national and international dance floors. With the theme “Baby, you’re a Bomb” he wins Song of the Year 2012 the public vote, in a programme broadcasted live on RTP.
As a songwriter he has represented Portugal twice at the Eurovision festival.