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Michel Teló
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Michel Teló is a Brazilian male singer-songwriter, composer, and pop singer. Born on January 21, 1981, in Medianeira, Paraná, Brazil, he holds Brazilian citizenship. His musical career began in 2009. Teló performs as a tenor and plays the accordion and voice. He is signed to Universal Music Group.
His work spans the genres of pop, sertanejo, sertanejo romântico, and sertanejo universitário. One of his notable works is "Bem sertanejo." He has two children and speaks Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 0
Top works
- Bem sertanejo
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Film & TV
Medianeira, Paraná, Brazil
Known for
- Coração Acelerado — Self2026
- Estrelas da Casa — Self - Mentor2024
- Fuzue — Self2023
- Pipoca da Ivete2022
- O Amor Sertanejo2020
- Lady Night — Self2017
- The Voice Kids — Self - Coach2016
- Vai Fernandinha2016
- Show 50 Anos — Self2015
- Pop Estrada2015
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 581,812
- Total plays
- 5,033,334
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Michel Teló (Medianeira, January 21, 1981) is a Brazilian singer and composer. Teló was part of two music groups but was in Group Tradition that his career as a singer took off. The group's biggest hits, were "Goodbye", "The Cauldron", "Forever My Life", "The Brazilian", and "I Want You". In addition to being a singer-songwriter he is also a dancer and plays the accordion and harmonica. Teló received international fame when many football players used the signature dance to "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" du
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1981-01-21 ) 21 January 1981 (age 45) , Medianeira , Paraná , Brazil
- Origin
- Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
- Genres
- Sertanejo country Sertanejo universitário arrocha
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician
- Instruments
- Vocals accordion harmonica guitar
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Label
- Universal Music Brazil
- Formerly of
- Tradição
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Medianeira
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- www.micheltelo.com.br
- Image
- Teló.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Michel Teló
- date of birth
- 1981-01-21
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- social media followers
- 5820174
- name in native language
- Michel Teló de Nereira
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Encyclopedic overview
Michel Teló ( Brazilian Portuguese: [miˈʃɛw teˈlɔ] ) (born 21 January 1981) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter and actor. Before his solo act, he was a lead singer in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" reached number one in most European and Latin American charts.
Teló's artistic career began in 1987 when he made his first solo performance in his school choir, singing a piece by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos. At ten, his father gave him an accordion. At age 12, upon encouragement by neighbors, school friends, and his brothers, he formed a band, "Guri," which played traditional music. He was the band's lead singer and composer. Besides his love for the harmonica, Teló also took piano lessons for five years. He was also a dancer and played the accordion, harmonica, and guitar.
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