Cristiano Araújo
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cristiano Melo Araújo |
| Born |
January 24, 1986 Goiás, Goiás, Brazil |
| Died | June 24, 2015 (aged 29) Goiânia, Goiás |
| Genres | Sertanejo, arrocha |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1995-2015 |
| Labels | Som Livre |
| Associated acts | Jorge & Mateus, Leonardo, Bruno & Marrone, Thaeme & Thiago, Luan Santana, Israel Novaes, Eduardo Costa, Ian Thomas, Gusttavo Lima |
| Website | www |
Cristiano Melo Araújo (January 24, 1986 – June 24, 2015) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
Araújo was famous for the singles "Efeitos" (2011), "Você mudou" (2012), "Maus bocados"(2013), "Cê que sabe" (2014) and "É com ela que eu estou" (2014). After his album Efeitos in 2011 and live álbum/ DVD Ao Vivo em Goiânia in 2012, he released his solo studio album Continua in 2013. In 2014, he released his third live album In The Cities - Ao Vivo em Cuiabá. With most of his latest songs not making it onto a CD due to his sudden death.
He was signed to the Brazilian Som Livre record label.
From early childhood in Goiás, Cristiano Araújo was influenced by sertanejo. Cristiano came from a musically inclined family, containing four generations of musicians and singers. His parents João Reis and Zenaide Melo encouraged and supported him in his conquest for a musical career and bought him his first guitar at 6 years old. By age 9, he was putting on public performances and shows . At 10 years old, he was composing songs. At age 13 he recorded his first EP and performed it during a popular Brazilian TV show, Festival do Faustão. His album was released and quickly shot up to the #6 spot in local "região centro oeste" (the midwest) charts. He was then offered the opportunity to include one of his songs in a popular "young talents" or "Jovens Talentos" CD, which would open chances for publicity all over the country. Again, Cristiano was still only a teenager at the time.
In the years to come, Cristiano would appear on television shows and main events. At 17, he formed a duo with his twin sister Ana Cristina. For the next 6 years six years, they would record many songs and perform together. However, they failed to achieve much commercial success and were only truly known locally.
In 2010, at age 24, Araujo decided to go solo. He had much bolder plans for his career. He began to have appearances and features with already, well-established sertanejo artists and duos in preparation for a live CD and DVD. In early 2011, he released a solo album Efeitos with appearances by Gusttavo Lima, Humberto & Ronaldo and by Jorge (from the famous duo Jorge & Mateus). With tons of great encouragement from Jorge (duo Jorge & Mateus), a long time friend, cristiano decided to follow up his newly founded popularity with a country wide tour. In the peak of the tour, he performed an average of 20 shows per month in front of large crowds and sold out venues. Within a one year (2011–12) he performed 117 shows.
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