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The Brazilian singer and drag artist Pabllo Vittar was born Phabullo Rodrigues da Silva in Sao Luís, Maranhao in 1994. He first came to the public's attention in 2014 after performing a version of Whitney Houston's 'I Have Nothing' on a Brazilian TV show. A year later da Silva's rendition of Major Lazer's 'Lean On' re-packaged and re-titled as 'Open Bar' quickly accrued more than a million YouTube hits and the artist's rise to fame was under way.In 2017 da Silva released his debut solo album 'Vai Passar Mai' along with the single 'Todo Dia'. The single featured some controversial lyrics which became notorious when featured in the Brazilian Carnival. The song 'K.O.' was the third single to be taken from the album and it was this song which projected da Silva into the international spotlight after it received more than 320 million hits on YouTube.The artist's hit singles have been adopted as unofficial anthems for Brazil's LGBTQ+ communities and da Silva has done much to highlight diversity in a country which is seen as becoming less tolerant in its attitude to minorities.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved
