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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Samuel Rosa
Person · male · Brazil · Belo Horizonte · born 1966 · recording since 2015
Brazilian musician
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Also known as Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Suíte Branca
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
English biography91 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379246512
Biography
Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga (born July 15, 1966) is the former lead singer, primary composer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Samuel writes the music for most of the group's songs, with 80% of the lyrics by Chico Amaral. Other songwriting partners were Nando Reis, Arnaldo Antunes, and Lô Borges.
Samuel is a football fan and supports Cruzeiro.
His album Rosa was included in the list of 50 best albums of 2024 by the São Paulo Art Critics Association.
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 | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 9 | 24.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 32:17
1Suíte 014:482Suíte 024:213Suíte 034:034Suíte 044:425Suíte 053:576Suíte 065:347Suíte 074:522024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:08
1Me dê Você3:302Ciranda Seca (Dinorah)4:023Não Tenha Dó5:214Aquela Hora2:515Tudo Agora4:136Flores da Rua4:017Rio Dentro do Mar3:578Segue o Jogo3:439Bela Amiga3:3610Palma da Mão3:54
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ao Vivo no Cine Theatro BrasilSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:01:211Feira Moderna4:03 2O Trem Azul4:02 3Te Ver3:39 4Clube da Esquina Nº 25:00 5Resposta3:52 6As Noites4:06 7Balada do Amor Inabalável4:16 8Paisagem da Janela5:21 9Amores Imperfeitos3:08 10Para Lennon e McCartney5:16 11Dois Rios4:46 12Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo5:46 13Lampejo3:44 14Dupla Chama4:22 | Live | 8 April 2016 |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Conexão Balaclava: Samuel Rosa e Terno ReiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 10:441Balada do Amor Inabalável3:31 2Medo3:20 3Resposta3:53 | 4 October 2021 |
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Amor Em VãoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:311Amor Em Vão3:31 | 1 July 2022 | ||
| 2022 | Sutilmente (Ao Vivo)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:101Sutilmente (Ao Vivo)4:10 | Live | 13 September 2022 | |
| 2023 | DeclaraçãoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:051Declaração4:05 | 31 August 2023 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Samuel Rosa head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 9 | 24.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skank(band) | — | present | guitar,lead vocals,original |
| Skank(band) | — | present | guitar,lead vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Rosa_%2815245730321%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e50df74a-d5be-4109-aa8b-02cc6b092a42discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e50df74a-d5be-4109-aa8b-02cc6b092a42core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412506genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412506seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Rosa_%28musician%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Rosa_%28musician%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Brazilian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Lunna Campos · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q7412506 · MusicBrainz: e50df74a-d5be-4109-aa8b-02cc6b092a42
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