Roberto Carlos Braga is a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-winning Brazil

Brazil

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ian singer and composer, who has achieved a great deal of success and recognition in his 50 year career, also known as King of Latin Music.

Most of his songs are written in partnership with his friends Manuel Morais and singer and songwriter Erasmo Carlos

Erasmo Carlos

Erasmo Carlos, born Erasmo Esteves on June 5, 1941, in the Tijuca area of Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos...

. Roberto Carlos has sold over 120 million albums around the world. He is considered one of the most influential artists in Brazil during the 1960s, being cited as a source of inspiration by many artists and bands up to the 1980s.
Childhood

Born on the southern part of the State of Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...

, in the city of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim is the name of a municipality and of its capital, located in the south of Espírito Santo, Brazil, on the banks of the Itapemirim river. It is the economic hub of southern Espírito Santo, being the most important producer of marble and granite in Brazil. Home to one of the...

, he is the fourth and last son of a watchmaker, Robertino Braga (March 27, 1896 - January 27, 1980), and the seamstress Laura Moreira Braga (Mimoso South 10 April 1914 - Rio de Janeiro, April 17, 2010).