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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio, Shakira, Thalía, Marco Moré, Magos Herrera, Bebel Gilberto, Celia Mara, Tahis, Maía, Donato Y Estefano, Michael Biggs, Francesca Cezan, Paulina Aguirre. Excerpt: Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto (born Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira on May 12, 1966 in New York City ) is an American-born Grammy Award -nominated Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova . She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha . Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque . Gilberto has been performing since her youth in Rio de Janeiro . History At the age of seven, Gilberto made an appearance on her mother's first solo album Miucha . At age nine, Gilberto performed with her mother and jazz saxophonist Stan Getz at a jazz festival in New York's Carnegie Hall . Back in Brazil, Gilberto performed and recorded for the soundtrack of the children's musical Os Saltimbancos , written by Sergio Bardotti and Chico Buarque. Later on Gilberto joined an experimental theatrical group and was a member of the founding team of the performance space Circo Voador (Flying Circus) at Ipanema Beach. In this group she met singer/songwriter Cazuza , who became a close friend and soon a major rock star in Brazil during the 1980s. At this time Gilberto started to write songs with collaborators such as Dé and Cazuza, co-writing "Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo", which became a national hit and won several music awards. Gilberto's first solo album was the 1986 EP Bebel Gilberto for Warner Music. In 1991 Gilberto moved to New York , where she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in a special tribute to Brazilian star Carmen Miranda (directed by Arto Lindsay also featuring Naná Vasconcelos and Laurie Anderson ). Gilberto soon started performing in New York with her own band in downtow...