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Tim Maia

1942 - 1998

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His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Maia is the 1,007th most popular musician, the 367th most popular biography from Brazil and the 19th most popular Brazilian Musician.

Tim Maia was a legendary Brazilian singer, songwriter, and musician most famously known as the "King of Brazilian Soul" or father of soul in Brazil, pioneering the fusion of American soul, funk, and disco with Brazilian rhythms like samba, bossa nova, and baião—creating samba-soul and samba-funk that sparked the Black Rio movement in the 1970s, empowering Afro-Brazilian identity amid the U.S. civil rights influence, with his 1971 self-titled debut album becoming a massive hit after a breakthrough duet with Elis Regina. He released dozens of albums over a prolific career, delivering deep, velvety-voiced classics that blended groovy party anthems, romantic ballads, and ironic humor, earning him enduring status as one of Brazil's greatest vocalists and most influential artists. Surprisingly, despite his immense talent and charisma, his life was defined by wild excess—multiple prison stints, heavy drug use, five marriages, a brief obsession with a UFO-based religious cult (Rational Culture) leading to two devotional albums, frequent no-shows or drunken performances, obesity (up to 140kg), and health neglect, culminating in his collapse onstage from a heart attack and death at age 55 from pulmonary edema and related complications.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Tim Maia ranks 1,007 out of 3,175. Before him are Wayne Kramer, Charles Dancla, Benny Carter, Candy Dulfer, Denny Laine, and Johnny Clegg. After him are Roy Haynes, Vlado Perlemuter, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Michael Brecker, Andrew Latimer, and Tom Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tim Maia ranks 321. Before him are Flora Purim, Al Jardine, Modibo Keita, Sergio Ramírez, Arthur Brown, and Madeline Kahn. After him are Paula Kelly, Thomas Hammarberg, Emília Vášáryová, Susana Vieira, Jon Finch, and Fatma Girik. Among people deceased in 1998, Tim Maia ranks 157. Before him are Haroun Tazieff, Gérard Grisey, Bertil Nordahl, John Chadwick, Josep Escolà, and Roy Rogers. After him are Ludvík Daněk, Eva Bartok, Alois Estermann, Fritz Buchloh, Kea Bouman, and Hermann Prey.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Tim Maia ranks 367 out of NaN. Before him are Carlos María de Alvear (1789), Antônio Carlos Zago (1969), Flora Purim (1942), Nílton de Sordi (1931), Ruy Ramos (1957), and Alberto Cavalcanti (1897). After him are Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918), Rubem Fonseca (1925), Denílson de Oliveira Araújo (1977), Mauro Silva (1968), Susana Vieira (1942), and Argemiro (1915).

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Among Musicians In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Tim Maia ranks 19. Before him are Max Cavalera (1969), Zequinha de Abreu (1880), Eumir Deodato (1942), Airto Moreira (1941), Luiz Bonfá (1922), and Dorival Caymmi (1914). After him are Marcos Valle (1943), Ivan Lins (1945), Laurindo Almeida (1917), Igor Cavalera (1970), Pixinguinha (1897), and Noel Rosa (1910).

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