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O Mais Belo dos Belos (song)

"O Mais Belo dos Belos"
Single by Daniela Mercury
from the album O Canto da Cidade
Released 1992
Genre Axé
Length 3:31
Label Epic
Writer(s) Guiguio, Valter Farias, Adailton Poesia
Daniela Mercury singles chronology
"O Canto da Cidade"
(1992)
"O Mais Belo dos Belos"
(1992)
"Batuque"
(1993)

"O Mais Belo dos Belos" (Portuguese for "The Most Beautiful of the Beauties") is a song recorded by the brazilian singer Daniela Mercury. The song was originally released in 1992 as the second single of the album O Canto da Cidade, Mercury's second studio album.

The song is, actually, the combination of two different songs: "A Verdade do Ilê" written by Guiguio and "O Charme da Liberdade" written by Valter Farias and Adailton Poesia. The lyric of "O Mais Belo dos Belos" praises the beauty of black people, especially of Bahia, and also made a reference to Ilê Aiyê.

The song became the second consecutive single of the album O Canto da Cidade to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Brazil.

The music video for the song shows Mercury getting ready for the Afro-Brazilian group parade Ilê Aiyê, on Pelourinho. She is wearing the typical costumes of Ilê Aiyê on the video.


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