Pires began his career playing a new and more appellative style of
samba that is known as
Pagode and more romantic too that used to be known as
Samba-canção and now is known as
Samba Romântico. After his rhythm and melody started to become a little more romantic. He crossed the vertent known as "Pagode Romântico" and then he jumped to
Samba-canção his favourite style. The Sambas-canção most famous are "Depois do Prazer" and "Tudo tem A ver" with a lot of influences of
Brazilian Country Music ("Sertaneja"). The pagodes that are the most famous are "Quando é Amor", "A barata" and "Mineirinho" produced with the group
Só Pra Contrariar. At that time, he received also a lot the influences of
Cauby Peixoto,
Ângela Maria and
Agnaldo Rayol, mainly because his father was one of the best friends of
Cauby Peixoto, according to a conversation with Pires at TV also edited at the internet. When he finished his last album with the group he produced also Romantic pop and Latin music. After several albums in
Portuguese, the band released a very successful album in 1999 titled
Juegos de Amor. The album included the hit song "Santo Santo" featuring
Gloria Estefan. In 1998, Pires co-starred in the critically panned film
Cinderela Baiana, alongside his then-girlfriend,
Carla Perez. On July 3, 2001, Pires released his first solo album to much success. He has continued to release albums both in Portuguese and in Spanish achieving several hits in Latin charts. In 2007, he released a tribute album to Spanish singer
Julio Iglesias. That
2007, he met and had a duet on the song titled "Junto A Ti" with
Kika Edgar from the
telenovela Bajo las Riendas del Amor. ==Non-original music==