Filhotes (band)

Filhotes (Portuguese for Puppies) is a Brazilian children's music group created by Gravações Wágner and Rede Horizonte in 1987. They are often considered to be the Brazilian counterpart to bands such as, and.

From 1987-2004, the band's songs were written & composed by Adalgisa Goulart, Wágner Malyan, Gianni Panariello, and Pedro Paulo Veneziano. Gianni left Grupo Wágner in 2004 and so Adalgisa, Wágner and Pedro Paulo wrote & composed the songs until Adalgisa's 2006 death, which led to Pedro Paulo and Wágner now working with Will Serrano to create songs for the band. Canadian composers Jacek Fiedorowicz & Clay Cornelissen and Italian composer Barry Berlin have also composed & wrote songs for Filhotes.

Filhotes have sold over 22 million albums, being one of the best-selling Brazilian artists of all time, and have performed in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.

Current Lineup

 * Paulo Matsukata (2018-present)
 * Cassidy Coutinho (2018-present)
 * Sérgio Gomes Carrico (2019-present)
 * Francisco Teixeira Prates (2018-present)
 * Ramona Carla Texeira (2018-present)
 * Cândido Madureira (2019-present)
 * Anderson Luís Janota (2019-present)
 * Viridiana Madureira (2019-present)

Former Lineup

 * Sasha Vasconcelos (2002-2009)
 * Maury Marques (2002-2009)
 * Rogério Cunha (2001-2007)
 * Joaquim Joe Saraiva (2001-2007)
 * Annalisa Veiga (1998-2007)
 * Antonieta Goulart de Malyan (1987-1995)

Albums

 * Olá e Saudações (1987)
 * Conoce los Filhotes (1999; Spanish-language version of the album)
 * Meet Filhotes (2004; English-language version of the album)
 * Chuva Chuva, vá embora (1989)
 * Uma viagem no Amazonas (1990)
 * The Amazonian Journey (2004; English-language version of the album)
 * Filhotes cantam sobre cores (1990)
 * Filhotes cantam sobre formas (1991)
 * Filhotes cantam sobre animais (1992)
 * Postal de Filhotes de Portugal (1992)
 * O derby da caixa de sabão (1993)
 * Natal com Filhotes (1993)
 * Filhotes cantar sobre A Princesinha (1995)
 * Filhotes visite Japão (1995)
 * Esportes Extremos com Filhotes (1995)
 * Filhotes no Mundo de Redwall (2001)
 * Filhotes at Redwall Abbey (2004; English-language version of the album)
 * Apresentando Sasha & Maury (2002)
 * Uma visita à praia (2002)
 * Filhotes Retorna ao Mundo de Redwall (2002)
 * Filhotes na sede do clube (2003)

Trivia

 * had auditioned for the original lineup.