Veloso was one of the seven children born into the family of Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (also known as Dona Canô) and José Telles Velloso (also known as Seu Zeca), a government employee.
He was born in the Brazilian state of Bahia’s Santo Amaro da Purificaço, but as a college student in the mid-1960s, he relocated to Salvador, the state’s capital.
Veloso won a music competition shortly after that, which led to his signing with his first label. Along with several other musicians and artists, including his sister Maria Bethânia, he helped develop Tropicalismo around this time.
When was Caetano Veloso born?
Born on August 7, 1942, Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso is a political activist, songwriter, singer, and guitarist from Brazil. During the 1960s, at the start of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964, Veloso initially gained notoriety for his involvement in the musical movement known as Tropicalismo in Brazil. Tropicalismo included theater, poetry, and music.
Since then, he has continued to have a strong creative influence and be a best-selling performer and composer. Nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards have each been won by Veloso. Veloso received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award on November 14, 2012.
