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Biography
João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito" . In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Gilberto's Amoroso was nominated for a Grammy in 1978 in the category Best Jazz Vocal Performance. In 2001 he won in the Best World Music Album category with João voz e violão.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate from Columbia University · 2017
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) · 2005
- Grammy Award — Best Global Music Album · 2001
- International Latin Music Hall of Fame · 2001
- Latin Grammy Hall of Fame · 2001
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- Grammy Award — Album of the Year · 1965
- Latin Grammy Award — Best MPB Album · 2005 · nominated
