![]() Nunes was also a researcher of the rhythms and folklore of Brazilian popular music, and traveled several times to Africa to search for the roots of black music. At the peak of her career, Nunes would sell more than a million copies of each album she released. She had an enormous success with samba songs written by composers such as Nelson Cavaquinho, Paulinho da Viola and Chico Buarque, in addition to songs devoted to orishas and Portela, her favorite samba school. She was the first female singer in Brazil to sell over 100,000 copies of a record, with "Tristeza Pé No Chão" and her achievements in the samba genre earned her the title of "Queen of Samba". Clara Nunes ( Portuguese pronunciation:, Aug– April 2, 1983) was a Brazilian samba and MPB singer, considered one of the greatest of her generation.
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