{"id":1399,"date":"2010-08-16T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2010-08-15T19:08:26","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T19:08:26","slug":"luan-santana-a-sertanejo-sensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/luan-santana-a-sertanejo-sensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Luan Santana: A Sertanejo Sensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with popular music in Brazil, you&#8217;re probably not familiar with Luan Santana. But this pop sensation has become one of the top-selling artists in the country, something of a male version of Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>Luan Santana was born in the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul in 1991. Early on, his family recognized his musical talents, and his father gave him a guitar when he was little. His career took off in 2008, when he performed at a huge county fair\u00a0 in front of 30,000 people. He released his second album in 2009, and has become a massive hit with songs like &#8220;T\u00f4 de Cara,&#8221; &#8220;Meteoro,&#8221; &#8220;Voc\u00ea N\u00e3o Sabe O Que \u00c9 Amor,&#8221; and &#8220;Sinais.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Santana sings what we might consider country music or Taylor Swift-style pop, a mixture of country and pop. In Brazil, it&#8217;s known as <em>sertanejo universit\u00e1rio<\/em>, a type of sertanejo sung by young singers who focus less on rural themes and more on modern love.<\/p>\n<p>Check out one of Luan Santana&#8217;s songs, <em>Sinais<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luan Santana - Sinais - [Oficial - DVD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MxwZ66L9RQI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics &#8211; <strong>Sinais<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Vi seu sorriso em meu sonho<br \/>\nSegui seu rastro na areia do deserto<br \/>\nEu escutei sua voz ao vento<br \/>\nSenti seu cheiro cada vez de mim mais perto<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Virei um louco , meio obcecado<br \/>\nPra te encontrar em algum lugar do mundo<br \/>\nE mesmo sem nunca ter te tocado<br \/>\nMe pertencia, bem l\u00e1 no fundo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinais, me mostraram o caminho at\u00e9 voc\u00ea<br \/>\nVaga-lumes guiam-me sem perceber<br \/>\nQue no fim da estrada uma luz parece ser voc\u00ea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinais, me ajudaram a perceber o meu caminho \u00e9 voc\u00ea<br \/>\nE ningu\u00e9m no mundo vai fazer eu me sentir de novo assim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinais, vindos de um lugar t\u00e3o longe as vezes se encondem<br \/>\nNo farol em uma ilha, numa noite t\u00e3o vazia eu beijei voc\u00ea<br \/>\nAt\u00e9 o amanhecer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vi seu sorriso em meu sonho<br \/>\nSegui seu rastro na areia do deserto<br \/>\nEu escutei sua voz ao vento<br \/>\nSenti seu cheiro cada vez de mim mais perto<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>E meio louco, meio obcecado<br \/>\nPra te encontrar em algum lugar do mundo<br \/>\nE mesmo sem nunca ter te tocado<br \/>\nMe pertencia, bem l\u00e1 no fundo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinais, me mostraram o caminho at\u00e9 voc\u00ea<br \/>\nVaga-lumes guiam-me sem perceber<br \/>\nQue no fim da estrada uma luz parece ser voc\u00ea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinais, me ajudaram a perceber o meu caminho \u00e9 voc\u00ea<br \/>\nE ningu\u00e9m no mundo vai fazer eu me sentir de novo assim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sinais, vindos de um lugar t\u00e3o longe as vezes se encondem<br \/>\nNo farol em uma ilha, numa noite t\u00e3o vazia eu beijei voc\u00ea,<br \/>\nAt\u00e9 o amanhecer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with popular music in Brazil, you&#8217;re probably not familiar with Luan Santana. But this pop sensation has become one of the top-selling artists in the country, something of a male version of Taylor Swift. Luan Santana was born in the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul in 1991. 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