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Marcelo Falcão
Person · male · Brazil · Engenho Novo · born 1973 · recording since 2017
Brazilian musician
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Also known as Falcão · Falcão (O Rappa) · Marcelo Falcão Custódio
Timeline
1970s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Pesadão
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
Biography
Marcelo Falcão Custódio (born May 31, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian musician, the lead singer of the group O Rappa.
Falcão was born and grew up in Engenho Novo, Rio de Janeiro.
He sang with Marcelo D2 in his version of "Hey Joe", popularized in the voice and guitar of Jimi Hendrix, and covered by several big names in rock and pop music in general and Seal, Paul Rodgers, Steve Ray Vaughan, Brian May, David Gilmour, commonly performed in group shows like Guitar Legends (Barcelona, 1992).
Early life
Marcelo Falcão was born on May 31, 1973, in the Engenho Novo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, where he was raised. He was one of the two sons of Ademir Custódio and Maria Selma Falcão Custódio.
Upon the start of his career, he was part of his rock band O Rappa until its disbanding in 2018. Sometime in 2004 or 2005 or 2006, his voice became matured.
with O Rappa
Studio albums
1994 – O Rappa
1996 – Rappa Mundi
1999 – Lado B Lado A
2003 – O Silêncio Q Precede O Esporro
2008 – 7 Vezes
2013 – Nunca Tem Fim...
Live albums
2001 – Instinto Coletivo Ao Vivo
2005 – Acústico MTV
2010 – Ao Vivo
2016 – Acústico Oficina Francisco Brennand
DVDs
2004 – O Silêncio Q Precede O Esporro
2005 – Acústico MTV
2008 – 7 Vezes (Musical Video Interactive)
2010 – Ao Vivo
2016 – Acústico Oficina Francisco Brennand
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.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 4 | 17th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:06:40
1Hoje eu decidi5:252Quando você olhar pra mim5:423Voar, flutuar5:494Mais leve que o ar3:185Só por você4:206Viver5:397I Don't Wanna Be King4:388Diz aí7:299Meu caminho3:4810Eu quero ver o mar8:3011Gold Coast4:2012Me entende5:2113Senhor fazei de mim (Um instrumento de tua paz)2:21
Single · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | PesadãoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:191Pesadão3:19 | 5 October 2017 | ||
| 2020 | Sexta-FeiraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:591Sexta-Feira3:59 | 2 October 2020 | ||
| 2021 | Céu AbertoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:321Céu Aberto4:32 | 19 March 2021 | ||
| 2021 | Em Busca da LuzSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:401Em Busca da Luz3:40 | 20 August 2021 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Marcelo Falcão head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 4 | 17th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| O Rappa(band) | — | present | lead vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcelo_Falc%C3%A3o_0491.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79c408c0-cd81-44d6-9bc1-2e96222933ecdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79c408c0-cd81-44d6-9bc1-2e96222933eccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6756556genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6756556seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Falc%C3%A3obiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Falc%C3%A3o
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Brazilian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Bruno Pedrozo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q6756556 · MusicBrainz: 79c408c0-cd81-44d6-9bc1-2e96222933ec
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