Early years Caldas was born in the city of
Feira de Santana and moved to
Vitória da Conquista during his childhood. He is the son of a
federal highway patrolman and a
housewife. After recording the album, he became a freelance studio musician in
Salvador, capital of Bahia. It gained widespread attention, spreading from Salvador to major music consumption centers such as
Rio de Janeiro and
São Paulo, diverging from the typical dissemination patterns of the time. With his success, he became the cover of
Veja magazine, the country's leading magazine. In addition to
Fricote, he achieved success with songs such as
Tieta, which was the theme song for the soap opera
Tieta by
Aguinaldo Silva, inspired by the
book of the same name of
Jorge Amado. In 2023, his song Haja Amor gained renewed popularity on the social network
TikTok, nearly forty years after its release. In the 2010s, he began a new phase in his career. He started independently releasing his albums on his official website and expanded his musical repertoire to include styles such as
heavy metal,
forró, and
arrocha. More than twenty-five albums have already been released in this independent and free download format. In
2021, he was nominated for a
Latin Grammy in the category of
Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Roots Album for the album
Sambadeiras. In
2022, he received another nomination in the same category for his forró album
Remelexo Bom. == Discography ==