Awards & Winners

Alexandre Pires

Date of Birth 08-January-1976
Place of Birth Uberlândia
(Brazil, Minas Gerais)
Nationality Brazil
Also know as Alexander Pires, Alexandre Pires do Nascimento
Profession Singer
Alexandre Pires do Nascimento is a Brazilian singer. Pires was previously the singer of group Só Pra Contrariar which he joined in the late 80s. Pires began his career playing a new and more apelative style of samba that is known as Pagode and more romantic too that used to be known as Samba-canção and now is known as Samba Romântico. After his rhythm and melody started to become a little more romantic. He crossed the vertent known as "Pagode Romântico" and then he jumped to Samba-canção his favourite style. The Sambas-canção most famous are "Depois do Prazer" and "Tudo tem A ver" with a lot of influences of Brazilian Country Music. The pagodes that are the most famous are "Quando é Amor", "A barata" and "Mineirinho" produced with the group Só Pra Contrariar. At that time, he received also a lot the influences of Cauby Peixoto, Ângela Maria and Agnaldo Rayol, mainly because his father was one of the best friends of Cauby Peixoto, according to a conversation with Pires at TV also edited at the internet. When he finished his last album with the group he produced also Romantic pop and Latin music. After several albums in Portuguese, the band released a very successful album in 1999 titled Juegos de Amor. The album included the hit song "Santo Santo" featuring Gloria Estefan.

Awards by Alexandre Pires

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alexandre Pires.

2013


Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album
Honored for : Eletrosamba - Ao Vivo

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album Eletrosamba - Ao Vivo

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Romantic Music Album Alto - Falante

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album Estrella Guía
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year Estrella Guía