Alexandre Pires

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

Rankings

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Pires has won a Latin Grammy and multiple Brazilian music awards, including Multishow and Prêmio da Música Brasileira honors. He is celebrated for his role in popularizing pagode music globally and for his smooth tenor voice. His achievements include selling millions of albums with Só Pra Contrariar and earning a star on São Paulo's Walk of Fame in 2016.

AwardsPires won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album in 2018 for Só Pra Contrariar – Ao Vivo. He also won multiple Multishow Brazilian Music Awards for Best Group in 1998 and 2000, a Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer in 2001, and Troféu Imprensa for Best Group in 1999 and 2002. In 2003, he won Meus Prêmios Nick for Favorite Singer.

Honours & Distinctions

Star on Calçada da Fama (Walk of Fame)

São Paulo·2016

Honored for contributions to Brazilian music.

Honorary Citizenship

Uberlândia·2005

Awarded honorary citizenship of his hometown.

Troféu Viva a Música Lifetime Achievement Award

Brazilian music industry·2019

Lifetime achievement award.

Rankings & Lists

#15

Top 20 Brazilian Artists of All Time

Billboard·2019

#42

100 Greatest Voices of Brazilian Music

Rolling Stone Brasil·2018

Magazine Covers

Rolling Stone Brasil

May 2019

The King of Pagode Returns

Revista Quem

December 2016

Alexandre Pires: 30 Years of Music and Success

Veja São Paulo

August 2023

The Unstoppable Alexandre Pires