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Leandro & Leonardo

Group · Brazil · formed 1983 · disbanded 1998

Brazilian sertanejo duo

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Also known as Leandro Y Leonardo · Leandro e Keonardo · Leandro e Leonardo · Leandro e Leonardo · レアンドロ&レオナルド

Debut: 1986
Recording span: 12 years
Release groups: 23
Timeline events: 19
Wiki language versions: 8

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Timeline

19 events▣ Album 15◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1− Member leaves 1◇ Disbanded 1

1980s
1. 1983 · Formed
  Formed in 1983
  source: wikidata
2. 1986 · Debut release
  Debut release: Volume 1
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1986 · Album
  Album: Volume 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1987 · Album
  Album: Volume 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1989 · Album
  Album: Volume 3
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Volume 4
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1991 · Album
  Album: Volume 5
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1992 · Album
  Album: Volume 6
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1993 · Album
  Album: Volume 7
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1994 · Album
  Album: Volume 8
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1 August 1995 · Album
  Album: Leandro y Leonardo
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. October 1995 · Album
  Album: Volume 9
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 20 August 1996 · Album
  Album: Volume 10
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1997 · Album
  Album: Volume 11
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1997 · Album
  Album: Leandro Y Leonardo Vol.2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 1998 · Album
  Album: Só para crianças
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 1998 · Member leaves
  Leandro leaves the band
  acoustic guitar,background vocals,original
  source: musicbrainz
13. 1998 · Disbanded
  Disbanded 1998
  source: wikidata
14. 15 July 1998 · Album
  Album: Volume 12
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography628 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1345779718

Biography

Leandro e Leonardo were a Brazilian sertanejo duo. The two brothers (third and fourth of eight siblings), Leandro (born Luiz José da Costa, August 15, 1961–June 23, 1998) and Leonardo (born Emival Eterno da Costa, born July 25, 1963), were from Goianápolis.

History

The brothers were raised in a poor family in Brazil, and from a young age worked with their parents on tomato farms and did odd jobs such as shining shoes. Emival convinced his brother to move to the city, and the two practiced performing songs by Chitãozinho & Xororó, Roberto Carlos and The Beatles with Emival typically singing lead as Luiz sang harmonies and accompanied them on the guitar, then began playing locally in a group called Os Dominantes. After moving to Brasília, where they lived with their uncle Zé, who arranged work for Luiz as a salesman at a clothing store and for Emival at a pharmacy, while also booking gigs for them. When they began performing regularly as a duo it was as Leandro & Leonardo, the stage names being those also given to the twin boys recently born to the pharmacist Emival was working for.
After a few years of local and regional performances, they were offered spots on local television stations, and their first album came out in 1983. However, it wasn't until 1989 that they began to hit big on the Brazilian charts, with their Vol. 3 release. The group became superstars in the early 1990s, selling several million copies of their albums and obtaining a weekly show on Brazilian television. Music by Leandro and Leonardo sold 17 million records. The album Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 4 sold 3.3 million records and is the best-selling Brazilian country music album of all time.

Death of Leandro

After originally seeking treatment for back pain, Leandro was diagnosed with an Askin's tumor, a locally aggressive cancer occurring mostly in adolescents, on April 19, 1998 that had formed on the right side of his chest wall and already grown to the size of an orange. He died 65 days later of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome while undergoing chemotherapy at the Hospital São Luiz in São Paulo on June 23, following two unsuccessful surgeries to resect the tumor and restrict blood flow to it. At the time of his death the cancer was reported to be congenital, but ongoing research instead points to a carcinogenic pesticide he was exposed to while working at a tomato farm in his youth, later aggravated by heavy tobacco smoking, as the most likely cause. Leonardo continues to record as a solo artist.

Personal lives

Luiz was married twice, the first ending in divorce and the second (to former model Andréa Motta, mother to the youngest two of his four children) in separation shortly before his cancer was discovered. Leonardo has six children, including sertanejo universitário singer Zé Felipe and actor João Guilherme. The sertanejo duo Pedro & Thiago were formed by Leonardo's son Pedro Leonardo Dantas Costa and Leandro's son Thiago Gonçalves Costa, and performed between 2002 and 2012, as Pedro left music after suffering a car accident.

Albums

1983: Leandro & Leonardo
1986: Explosão de Desejos
1987: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 2
1989: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 3
1990: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 4
1991: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 5
1992: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 6
1993: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 7
1994: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 8
1995: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 9
1995: Temporal de Amor
1996: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 10
1997: Leandro & Leonardo Vol. 11
1998: Um Sonhador

Special projects

1995: Amigos - Som Livre
1995: Leandro y Leonardo en Español
1996: Amigos - Som Livre
1996: Leandro y Leonardo en Español Vol.2
1997: Amigos - Som Livre
1997: Leandro y Leonardo Los Grandes Éxitos
1998: Leandro & Leonardo Só Para Crianças

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	8	49.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	23	88.2th
Studio albums	15	94.6th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	19	93.4th
Recording span (years)	12	30.2th
Genres	2	74th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (23 release groups · 15 studio albums)

Albums · 15

Volume 1
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:16
A1Contradições2:55
A2Filme de amor3:08
A3Explosão de desejos2:35
A4Eu nem sei existir1:57
A5Pé de milho2:41
A6Teatro da vida2:46
B1Muros coloridos2:28
B2Fui um tolo2:50
B3Sublime renúncia3:17
B4Arrilienta2:35
B5Moça bonita do campo3:17
B6Você nasceu para amar1:47
Volume 2
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:48
A1Aconchego3:39
A2Bicho do Paraná3:02
A3Mesmo apesar da chuva5:05
A4Fim de comédia3:04
A5Bem te vi3:55
A6Nosso amor3:56
B1Voltei pra ficar3:33
B2Solidão4:03
B3Amor nas galáxias3:06
B4Resto de vida3:02
B5O amor já foi embora4:14
B6Conselho de pai4:09
Volume 3
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 41:36
A1Quem será essa mulher3:37
A2Lágrimas do coração3:33
A3Quebra esse gelo3:43
A4Quarto negro3:10
A5Paraíso2:56
A6É por você que canto3:54
B1Aqueles olhos3:41
B2Entre tapas e beijos3:30
B3Teu olhar3:16
B4Cai na real3:58
B5Semi-luz2:58
B6Luar do sertão3:20
Volume 4
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:18
A1Cadê você3:02
A2Talvez você se lembre3:52
A3O cheiro da maçã4:00
A4Coração quer te encontrar3:25
A5Mais uma vez sozinho (Marcas de amor)3:26
A6Pra nunca dizer adeus3:28
B1Pense em mim3:21
B2Só fazendo amor2:43
B3Você ainda vai voltar3:43
B4Ponto fraco2:48
B5Desculpe, mas eu vou chorar4:11
B6Talismã4:19
Volume 5
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:19
1Sonho por sonho4:05
2Gostoso sentimento4:04
3Não aprendi a dizer adeus3:07
4Bate coração3:35
5Sabor de mim3:23
6Me dê um sinal3:56
7Mensagem4:00
8Estou na mão desta mulher3:24
9A rotina (Fim de semana)4:28
10Não olhe assim3:20
11Amores são coisas da vida3:25
12Paz na cama3:32
Volume 6
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:27
A1O que eu sinto é amor3:33
A2Um arraso de mulher4:20
A3Fim de semana sem você3:57
A4Conta pra ela3:22
A5Mais uma noite sem você3:00
A6Você é doida demais3:00
B1Não durmo sem ela3:01
B2Amor vampiro3:26
B3Temporal de amor4:05
B4Esta noite foi maravilhosa (Wonderful Tonight)3:41
B5Vem fazer amor comigo3:18
B6Chega3:44
Volume 7
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:46
A1Bobo3:36
A2Mexe mexe3:17
A3Quem é3:23
A4Outra chance4:07
A5Seja benvinda3:46
A6Em nome do amor4:03
B1Quero ser o seu dono4:17
B2Gosto dela3:15
B3A vida tem dessas coisas3:43
B4Uma história sem fim4:14
B5O quanto nosso amor valeu3:27
B6Diz que me ama3:38
Volume 8
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 45:37
1Mulher brasileira3:32
2Não sei mais dormir sozinho3:46
325 horas por dia4:14
4Saudades dela3:17
5Dor de amor não tem jeito4:17
6Índia3:52
7Diga pra mim (Philosopher)3:38
8Casa separa2:58
9Cavaleiro do asfalto3:24
10Brigar com ele3:32
11Dodói de amor2:38
12Separados3:16
13Achei uma louca3:13
Leandro y Leonardo
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 7:16
1Temporal de amor
2Piensa en mí3:35
3Golpes y besos
4Lo que siento
5Ven a hacer el amor conmigo
6Amor vampiro
7Loco3:41
8Paz en la cama
9No me veas así
10Nunca me digas adiós
11Mexi mexi
Volume 9
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 52:14
1Eu juro (I Swear)4:16
2O que a vida fez comigo3:56
3Um violeiro toca4:22
4Entre um gole e outro2:39
5Diz pra mim3:45
6Chuva de lágrimas3:39
7Festa de rodeio4:02
8Jogo de orgulho4:10
9Transa comigo3:14
10Fui dando porrada3:27
11Animal3:22
12Maravilhas do mundo3:55
13Tarde demais3:47
14Viúva nova3:40
Volume 10
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 56:55
1Eu sou desejo, você é paixão4:22
2Horizonte azul4:03
3Touro de rodeio3:17
4Sempre será4:17
5Saudade cigana3:13
6Devolva a passagem3:16
7Pimba3:30
8Amor antigo3:33
9Loucuras de amor3:46
10Doce mistério3:55
11Por causa dela3:46
12O lutador (The Boxer)4:31
13Mordida na maçã3:49
14É nisso que dá3:25
15Secretária eletrônica4:12
Volume 11
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:40
1Essas mulheres (Esas mujeres)4:11
2Cerveja3:30
3Foi um tiro em minha vida4:42
4Rumo a Goiânia4:02
5Se for preciso chorar3:57
6Anarriê3:19
7O amor que a gente faz4:04
8Pedindo amor4:23
9Segura peão3:25
10História de um amor (Historia de un amor)3:50
11Cama fria3:45
12Pode ser você meu grande amor3:46
13Onde foi que eu errei4:55
14Salva minha vida3:51
Leandro Y Leonardo Vol.2
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:56
1Dulce Misterio4:10
2Te Juro (I Swear)4:18
3Loco De Amor3:11
4Juegos De Orgullo4:09
5Disculpa ,Me Voy A Llorar4:14
6Sueño Por Sueño4:09
7No Aprendi A Decir Adios3:49
8Dime Amor3:38
9Di Que Me Amas4:06
10Talisman4:39
11Que Fue De Ti3:33
Só para crianças
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 38:01
1Acalanto3:01
2Com uma perna só2:48
3Noite feliz3:44
4Chapéuzinho vermelho2:46
5Festa dos insetos3:01
6O que é o que é3:21
7O ronco do papai2:44
8Canção da criança3:06
9O bom menino3:35
10Mexe bole bole (só não é criança quem não quer)3:28
11Se essa rua fosse minha3:17
12Pout-pourri: A - Hoje é seu aniversário / B - Parabéns á você (Happy Birthday to You!)3:10
Volume 12
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:51
1Deu medo4:16
2Solidão por perto4:08
3Tô querendo você4:08
4Dia de rodeio3:57
5Copo de vinho4:42
6Amor dividido4:14
7Não entrego4:12
8Cumade e cumpade3:16
9Tô dando o fora3:41
10Machucando o coração4:41
11Abandonado (Abandonada)4:40
12Vou onde você estiver4:17
13Amor de novela4:06
14Paixão de rodeio3:37
15Um sonhador3:56

Album · 8

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1995	Amigos (Especial da rede Globo, ao vivo)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:42 1Disparada5:18 2Menina veneno4:04 3Bailao de peão3:32 4Eu juro (I Swear)5:03 5Noite feliz3:15 6Ave maria3:01 7Fio de cabelo2:56 8É o amor3:35 9Temporal de amor4:26 10Um homem quando ama (Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman)5:05 11Pão de mel3:47 12Festa de rodeio4:40	Live	1995
1998	Sonho por sonhoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 52:12 1Sonho por sonho4:03 2Onde foi que eu errei4:53 3Pense em mim3:19 4Horizonte azul4:01 5Diz pra mim3:43 6Rumo a Goiânia4:00 7Não olhe assim3:18 8Entre tapas e beijos3:22 9Rei do gado2:57 10Não aprendi dizer adeus3:07 11Eu juro (I Swear)4:15 12Desculpe, mas eu vou chorar4:09 13Vem fazer amor comigo3:17 14Índia (Índia)3:48	Compilation	1998
1998	Em nome do amorSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 50:46 1Não aprendi a dizer adeus3:06 2Temporal de amor4:03 3Mexe, mexe3:18 4Sonho por sonho4:04 5Eu juro (I Swear)4:15 6Não olhe assim3:18 7Entre tapas e beijos3:20 8Em nome do amor4:03 9Paz na cama3:31 10Festa de rodeio4:02 11Pra nunca dizer adeus3:27 12Solidão4:01 13Pense em mim3:18 14Cadê voce3:00	Compilation	1998
1998	Sucessos de ouroSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:28:18 Disc 112 tracks · 43:57 1É por você que eu canto3:51 2Entre tapas e beijos3:23 3Solidão3:58 4Contradições2:53 5O cheiro da maçã3:59 6Pense em mim3:20 7Desculpe mas eu vou chorar4:10 8Talismã4:21 9Cadê você3:01 10Coração quer te encontrar3:24 11Sonho por sonho4:04 12Bate coração3:33 Disc 212 tracks · 44:21 1Não aprendi dizer adeus3:07 2Paz na cama3:32 3Não olhe assim3:20 4Fim de semana sem você3:57 5O que eu sinto é amor3:33 6Mais uma noite sem você3:00 7Temporal de amor4:05 8Mexe mexe3:17 9Dor de amor não tem jeito4:17 10Eu juro (I Swear)4:16 11Festa de rodeio4:02 12Doce mistério3:55	Compilation	1998
1998	Dose duplaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:14:55 1Quem será essa mulher3:37 2Lágrimas do coração3:32 3Quebra esse gelo3:43 4Quarto negro3:10 5Paraíso2:56 6É por você que canto (The Sounds of Silence)3:54 7Aqueles olhos3:41 8Entre tapas e beijos3:30 9Teu olhar3:16 10Cai na real3:58 11Cadê você3:03 12Talvez você se lembre3:53 13O cheiro da maçã4:01 14Coração quer te encontrar3:25 15Mais uma vez sozinho (Marcas de amor)3:27 16Pra nunca dizer adeus3:29 17Pense em mim3:23 18Só fazendo amor2:43 19Você ainda vai voltar3:43 20Desculpe, mas eu vou chorar4:10 21Talismã4:21	Compilation	1998
2008	O melhor de Leandro & LeonardoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:04:32 1Temporal de amor4:03 2Você ainda vai voltar3:43 3Eu juro (I Swear)4:15 4Paz na cama3:32 5Mexe, mexe3:19 6Pense em mim3:19 7Bate coração3:35 8Bobo3:36 9Não olhe assim3:15 10Dor de amor não tem jeito4:14 11Entre um gole e outro2:38 12Esta noite foi maravilhosa3:43 13Índia3:50 14Mais uma vez sozinho3:25 15Achei uma louca3:14 16Talvez você se lembre3:47 17Jogo de orgulho4:09 18Casa separa2:55	Compilation	2008
—	O Essencial de Leandro e Leonardo - FocusSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:03:35 1Catedral4:56 2Um Sonhador3:56 3Cumade e Cumpade3:14 4Deu Medo4:10 5Verde e Amarelo4:12 6Amor dividido4:11 7Abandonado (Abandonada)4:36 8Canção do 3º milênio5:50 9Eu juro (I Swear)5:37 10Mexe-mexe (ao vivo)3:30 11Você é Desejo Eu sou Paixão4:17 12Festa de Rodeio (ao vivo)6:59 13Horizonte Azul (ao vivo)4:03 14Doce Mistério (ao vivo)4:04	Compilation	—
—	As 20 maisSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:11:00 1Sublime renúncia3:16 2Talismã4:21 3Temporal de amor4:03 4Doce mistério3:52 5Não olhe assim3:42 6Desculpe mas eu vou chorar4:11 7Solidão4:02 8Sonho por sonho4:06 9Não aprendi dizer adeus3:06 10Eu joro4:16 11Paz na cama3:30 12Esta noite foi maravilhosa3:42 13Quem será esta mulher3:36 14Contradições2:53 15Pense em mim3:17 16O cheiro da maçã4:00 17Entre tapas e beijos3:18 18Em mim4:00 19É por voçê que canto3:49	Compilation	—

Stats & PK

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Leandro & Leonardo metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	8	49.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	23	88.2th
Studio albums	15	94.6th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	19	93.4th
Recording span (years)	12	30.2th
Genres	2	74th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Amigos	—	present
Leandro	—	1998	acoustic guitar,background vocals,original
Leonardo	—	present	lead vocals,original

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