Balé Mulato – Ao Vivo is Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury , is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian axé, samba-reggae and MPB singer, songwriter and record producer. Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide...

's fourth live album

Live album

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, released in Brazil

Brazil

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 in December 2006 through EMI

EMI

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. The tracks of this album (with the exception of the last two) were recorded on September 17, 2006 in Farol da Barra, Salvador

Salvador, Bahia

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, Bahia

Bahia

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. It won a Latin Grammy Award in 2007 and sold around 60 000 copies in Brazil, earning a gold certification.

Track listing

1. "Levada Brasileira" (Pierre Onasis, Edilson) – 3:30
2. "Olha o Gandhi Aí" (Tonho Matéria, Jo Vieira) – 3:47
3. "Baianidade Nagô" (Evany) – 3:31
4. "Prefixo de Verão" (Beto Silva) – 2:37
5. "Toneladas de Amor" (featuring Márcio Mello) (Márcio Mello) – 4:04
6. "Topo do Mundo" (Jauperi, Gigi) – 3:11
7. "Dia Branco" (Geraldo Azevedo, Renato Rocha) – 4:11
8. "Não Chores Mais (No Woman, No Cry
   No Woman, No Cry
   "No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. The original...
   
   )" (Vincent Ford
   Vincent Ford
   Vincent Ford , known as "Tata", was a Jamaican songwriter best known for receiving writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry", the reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers, as well as three other Bob Marley songs...
   
    / Portuguese
   Portuguese language
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    version: Gilberto Gil
   Gilberto Gil
   Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
   
   ) – 6:58
9. "Amor de Ninguém (O Amor)" (Jorge Papapa) – 3:50
10. "Ilê Ayê (Que Bloco é Esse)" (Paulinho Camafeu) – 6:29
11. "Água do Céu" (featuring Gil) (Daniela Mercury, Jorge Zarath) – 3:39
12. "Maimbê Dandá" (Carlinhos Brown
    Carlinhos Brown
    Carlinhos Brown is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a small neighbourhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia...
    
    , Mateus / incidental song: "O Canto da Cidade
    O Canto da Cidade
    O Canto da Cidade is the second album by Brazilian axé/MPB singer Daniela Mercury, released in 1992 in Brazil and on March 23, 1993 in North America and Europe through Sony Music....
    
    " written by Mercury and Tote Gira) – 6:24
13. "Quero a Felicidade" (featuring Jammil e Uma Noites) (Mercury, Manno Góes) – 3:27
14. "Essa Ternura (A Certain Softness)" (Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
    
     / Portuguese version: César Lemos) – 3:29

Singles

Year	Song	Chart
		Brazil
2007	"Quero a Felicidade"	56

Awards

On November 8, 2007, Balé Mulato - Ao Vivo won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album.

Certification

External links

• About the album in Mercury's official website