Pedro Abrunhosa

Portuguese musician

Born: 20 December 1960
Porto
Country: Portugal
Active: 1985–
Discography: 14 albums

Biography

Pedro Abrunhosa is a jazz musician who plays voice. Pedro Abrunhosa was born on 20 December 1960 in Porto. The music is usually filed under pop music. The discography here lists 14 albums, from “Viagens” (1994) to “Inverbo” (2026). Honours include Prémio Arco-íris.

Pedro Machado Abrunhosa (born 20 December 1960) is a Portuguese singer, songwriter, musician and composer. Trained in jazz music, Abrunhosa started his career in the 1980s playing in jazz bands and teaching in music and art schools in Porto. He is a co-founder of the Jazz School of Porto. In 1994 Abrunhosa launched a solo career in pop music with his debut album Viagens. This album made Abrunhosa the fastest-selling artist in Portuguese record-industry history at the time, reaching number-one in the Portuguese album charts and selling over 140,000 copies. His second album Tempo (1996) carried on this success and confirmed Abrunhosa's status as a major artist in the Portuguese music industry. Six of his eight studio albums have reached number-one in the Portuguese album charts. Aside from his music, he is known for always wearing sunglasses in public. Abrunhosa also played himself in the 1999 Manoel de Oliveira film The Letter.

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