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José Daniel Camillo, better known as Daniel, is a Brazilian singer of popular music. His music blends elements of soul, funk, classic mpb, forró(forro)(a popular style of music from Brazil's northeast), and most importantly sertaneja(southern and southeastern Brazil's country music). Bborn in the city of Brotas in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, on the 9th of September 1968, Daniel began playing music with his father, and by the a ... ge of 5 he had already begun playing the guitar, and later he began to participate in the festivals of the region, where he met João Paulo (José Henrique dos Reis). Together they formed a dupla (meaning a pair or duo, the most popular type of group in sertaneja music), and their first record was released in 1985. In 1997 João Paulo died in an automobile accident on the rodovia dos Bandeirantes, coming from São Paulo to the city of his birth, Brotas, and in the following year Daniel began a solo career. He has produced 13 albums including the series Meu Reino Encantado, Caipirinha, Un Homem Apaixonado, and most recently, Amor Absoluto, which was nominated but did not win an award for best romantic music album at the 7th annual latin grammy awards at Madison Square Gardens in New York in 2006. See more [+]