Paulo Ricardo was the leader of RPM, a pop/rock band that was a great commercial success in Brazil. He left the band in 1989 when he recorded his first solo album, Paulo Ricardo. He recorded six more albums by 2000, then switched to romantic music, having had great success in the Latin American market with A Cruz e a Espada, released internationally. At five he performed in Augusto César Vanucci's amateur show and was invited to return several times. At 14, he moved with his family to São Paulo SP and met Luís Schiavon, who would later become RPM's keyboardist. In 1980, Ricard...