Thiaguinho

One of the most popular Brazilian pagode singers to emerge in the early 2000s, Thiaguinho (Thiago André Barbosa) was born in the São Paulo state in 1983, but raised in the southern region of Mato Grosso. Entranced by music since childhood, he learned to play several instruments as he dreamed of becoming a professional singer. While he had been playing in samba-pop bands since his teens, Thiaguinho's first stab at national recognition was as a contestant of a TV Globo music reality show, in 2002. The following year he was invited to join Exaltasamba, an iconic pagode group orig...