"Acelera Aê" is a song performed by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo

Ivete Sangalo

Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host...

, taken from her third live album Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden

Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden

Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden is the eleventh album by the Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo, released on December 7, 2010. The album was recorded during a single concert performed on September 4, 2010, at Madison Square Garden in New York and will be the fourth...

. Written by Gigi, Magno Sant'Anna, Fabinho O'Brian e Dan Kambaiah, the song is a axé pop

Axé music

Axé is a popular music genre originating in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as Marcha, Reggae, and Calypso. It also includes influences of Afro-Brazilian music such as Frevo, Forró and Carixada. The most important creator of this music...

 song, that talks about getting ready for a great event. It was released as the album's lead single on August 20, 2010, in the digital download

Music download

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 format in many countries, such as Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, Belgium

Belgium

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 and Portugal

Portugal

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. The song reach number ten on the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian charts.

Critical reception

Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles is an American journalist who is the chief popular music critic in the arts section of the New York Times. He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in music. In the 1970s he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, and in the 1980s an associate...

 from The New York Times

The New York Times

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 gave a favorable review to the song, by saying: "A new song, “Aceleraê” (“Acceleration”), promised to dance all night: “Today is the day of Ivete!” the lyrics proclaimed."

Awards

The song received a nomination at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011

Latin Grammy Awards of 2011

The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 10, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011...

 in the category "Best Brazilian Song".

Music video

The video was released on November 03, 2010 and it shows Ivete performing the song on the Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

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 stage. It was directed by Nick Wickham.

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Billboard Brazil Hot 100 Billboard Brasil Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap...	10

Release history

País	Data	Formato	Versão	Gravadora
Brazil	August 20, 2010	digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Studio Version	Universal Music Group Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
Belgium
Brasil	October 30, 2010		Live
Belgium
Portugal	December 20, 2010		Both
Argentina	March 01, 2011		Live