Renato Russo

Brazilian pop is the mainstream-oriented spectrum of popular music made in Brazil, merging local rhythmic DNA (samba, bossa nova, MPB, axé, forró, sertanejo) with international pop, rock, R&B, and electronic production.

Brazilian rock is the umbrella term for rock music created in Brazil, sung mostly in Portuguese, and colored by the country’s regional rhythms, harmonic language, and social context.

MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) is a broad Brazilian popular music movement that crystallized in the mid-1960s after bossa nova. It blends samba and other regional rhythms with jazz harmony, singer‑songwriter craft, and elements of contemporary pop and rock.

Rock is a broad family of popular music centered on amplified instruments, a strong backbeat, and song forms that foreground riffs, choruses, and anthemic hooks.

Latin (as a genre label) is a broad umbrella used by the recording industry to categorize popular music rooted in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian world, often characterized by syncopated Afro-diasporic rhythms, dance-forward grooves, and lyrics primarily in Spanish or Portuguese.