Last Tuesday (16), it was announced that the track Take Me Home / Written in the Stars / Saudade (Live)by Lauana Prado was the most played song in the first half of 2024.
The song is featured on the album “Raiz Goiânia (Ao Vivo)” (Universal Music), followed by Noise of a Rocket (Live) (Som Livre), performed by the duo Zé Neto & Cristiano.
In addition to country music, the 2 songs that make up the top 10 are funk, with Let’s Go 4 (with Mc Davi, Mc Don Juan, Mc Kadu, Mc GH Do 7, Mc GP and TrapLaudo) (GR6 Music), featuring the voices of Mc IG, Mc PH, Mc Ryan SP and Mc Luki, completing the podium in third position. The track is followed by another success in the segment: Pocpoc (Warner Music Brasil), by Pedro Sampaio, in fourth place.
The entity that represents the main record labels and record producers in Brazil, presents an exclusive ranking with the 50 most listened to songs on streaming platforms in Brazil, in the first half of 2024. The country music genre emerged as the leader in the period, with 8 of the 10 most played.
It is worth noting that the survey conducted by Pro-Música is the only one in the music sector to consider the most listened to songs in the country, including the platforms Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Napster, with data compiled by BMAT.
According to the 2023 edition of the Brazilian Phonographic Market Report, also produced by the entity, streaming was responsible for 87% of the R$ 2.9 billion in total revenue in the sector last year.
Lauana Prado Announces MTG Version of “Efeitos” Featuring DJ Lelis
Following the news and trends of the music market, country singer Lauana Prado has just announced the re-recording of Effects TO MTG Version in collaboration with the DJ LelisThe song is part of the repertoire of Root lives in Sao Pauloin 2022, an album of re-recordings of the singer who competed for the Latin Grammys in the category Best Country Music AlbumThe new version will be available on all audio platforms starting this Friday (19) via Universal Music.
“I always keep an eye on everything that happens, today I manage my career in collaboration with Universal Music and GTS and I am even more attentive to trends and news. When the idea of doing the MTG “Efeitos” came up, with DJ Lelis, a song that I had already released the re-recording of in 2022, I saw it as a great opportunity to bring this news to the fans”, comment Lauana.
The version of Effects which will now be launched by Laurana Prado in collaboration with DJ Lelis this week is at MTGacronym meaning “assembly”. In a practical way, MTG is no different than a remixwhich can be a single song or a collection of several songs on the same track with effects and changes made by the responsible producer and DJ.
Market professionals believe that this musical movement began in the 2000s, or even earlier. Cariocas and Minas Gerais dispute the origin of the term MTG, where some believe it appeared Rio de Janeiro with DJs creating versions of any song, but some argue that the movement gained strength in the suburbs with funk in Belo Horizontewho believes that the use of the acronym MTG is a way to identify that the remix comes from Minas Geraisdifferentiating it from the versions of River comes from St. Paul.
The idea of MTG invented the DJ Lelisonly 18 years old and a great promise of music. He was already making country remixes, some of which even accepted the challenge proposed by great artists and presented the songs in his shows.
“The intention when I created the MTG of “Efeitos” was to unite a classic of country music with the rhythm that involves the funk rhythm and, therefore, connect the two audiences. This mix with Lauana, is a successful partnership of two rhythms that have always made them great successes, country music and funk”States Lelis.
Source: Terra
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