Musical career (1972–present) Veloso's work upon his return in 1972 was often characterized by frequent merging not only of international styles but of Brazilian folkloric styles and rhythms as well. His popularity grew outside Brazil in the 1980s, especially in Greece, Portugal, France, and Africa. His records released in the United States, such as
Estrangeiro, helped gain him a larger audience. To celebrate 25 years of
Tropicalismo, Veloso and
Gilberto Gil released a CD called
Tropicalia 2 in 1993. One song, "Haiti", attracted people's attention during the time, especially because it included powerful statements about sociopolitical issues present in
Haiti and also in Brazil. Issues addressed in the song included
ethnicity, poverty,
homelessness, and capital corruption in the
AIDS pandemic. By 2004, he was one of the most respected and prolific international pop stars, with more than 50 recordings available including songs in film soundtracks of
Michelangelo Antonioni's
Eros,
Pedro Almodóvar's
Hable con ella, and
Frida, for which he performed at the
75th Academy Awards but did not win. In 2002 Veloso published an account of his early years and the Tropicalismo movement,
Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. His first all-English CD was
A Foreign Sound (2004), which covers
Nirvana's "
Come as You Are" and compositions from the
Great American Songbook such as "
Carioca" (music by
Vincent Youmans and lyrics by
Edward Eliscu and
Gus Kahn), "
Always" (music and lyrics by
Irving Berlin), "
Manhattan" (music by
Richard Rodgers and lyrics by
Lorenz Hart), "
Love for Sale" (music and lyrics by
Cole Porter), and "
Something Good" (music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers). Six of the seven songs on his third
eponymous album, released in 1971, were also in English. Veloso has contributed songs to two AIDS benefit compilation albums produced by the
Red Hot Organization:
Red Hot + Rio (1996) and
Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon (1998). In 2011, he again contributed two songs to the Red Hot Organization's most recent compilation album,
Red Hot + Rio 2. The two tracks include a remix of "Terra" by
Prefuse 73 ("3 Mellotrons in a Quiet Room Version") and "Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses", in collaboration with
David Byrne. His September 2006 album,
Cê, was released by
Nonesuch Records in the United States. It won two
Latin Grammy Awards, one for best singer-songwriter and one for Best Portuguese Song, "Não Me Arrependo". With a total of nine
Latin Grammy Awards and two
Grammy Awards, Veloso has received more than any other Brazilian performer. On 14 November,
2012, Veloso was also honored as the
Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. and "a pop musician/poet/filmmaker/political activist whose stature in the pantheon of international pop musicians is on par with that of
Bob Dylan,
Bob Marley, and
Lennon/
McCartney". In January 2016, Caetano Veloso was a featured artist at the convention of the
Modern Language Association (MLA), in
Austin, Texas. Before a SRO crowd, he was interviewed on stage by two luminaries in the field of poetry and poetics, Marjorie Perloff (emerita Stanford) and Roland Greene (Stanford, President of MLA at the time). In May 2018, Veloso performed at the Grand Final of the
2018 Eurovision Song Contest in the
Portuguese capital,
Lisbon, alongside 2017 winner
Salvador Sobral. His live album
Ofertório (Ao Vivo) (recorded with his sons Moreno, Zeca and Tom) was ranked as the 25th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of
Rolling Stone magazine. In 2018, Veloso participated in
Stefano Bollani album
Que Bom with two songs: "La nebbia a Napoli" and "Michelangelo Antonioni". In 2023,
Rolling Stone ranked Veloso at number 108 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. == Personal life ==