Top 50 Composers in Brazil

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest composers in Brazil, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 149 composers tracked in Brazil, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Raul Seixas, Caetano Veloso and Oswaldo Montenegro lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7,319,228 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 281,716, and the largest, Raul Seixas, reaches around 3,528,522 people in Brazil. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with each composer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Brazil and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Raul Seixas	3,528,522	97.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
2	Caetano Veloso	2,831,458	83.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
3	Oswaldo Montenegro	959,248	99.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
4	Zé Ramalho	821,956	97.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
5	Chiquinha Gonzaga	542,606	98.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
6	Dominguinhos	489,476	90.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
7	Mc Marcinho	417,798	95.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
8	Dudu Nobre	341,220	99.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
9	Tico Santa Cruz	325,201	98.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
10	Hans Zimmer	319,048	2.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
11	mc gui	282,233	88.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
12	Ray Conniff	238,624	63.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
13	João Carlos Martins	236,692	97.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
14	John Williams	231,666	1.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
15	Heitor Villa-Lobos	184,675	70.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
16	Ennio Morricone	172,259	5.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
17	Rick Bonadio	170,151	98.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
18	Paulo César Baruk	151,847	97.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
19	Yanni	151,746	11.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
20	Roberto Menescal	143,502	97.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
21	Marcelo Crivella	133,392	98.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
22	Mike Patton	103,476	11.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
23	Israel Novaes	102,832	97.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
24	Björk	91,112	4.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
25	Danny Elfman	84,651	1.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
26	Jean-Michel Jarre	76,106	3.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
27	André Abujamra	73,741	98.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
28	Egberto Gismonti	71,194	76.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
29	Antônio Carlos Jobim	65,851	47.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
30	Cole Porter	58,361	11.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
31	John Bull (composer)	51,968	11.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
32	Astor Piazzolla	49,140	16.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
33	Krishna Das	48,957	15.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
34	John Cage	47,838	8.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
35	Mura Masa	46,021	9.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
36	Loreena McKennitt	40,130	7.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
37	Henry VIII of England	40,092	0.6%	Composer	Politics & Society
38	Violeta Parra	37,562	16.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
39	Giorgio Moroder	37,505	3.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
40	Paulo Moura	31,398	95.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
41	Marcus Miller	29,886	5.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
42	Philip Glass	28,526	3.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
43	Antônio Carlos Gomes	27,225	96.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
44	George Israel	26,541	91.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
45	Jon Lord	24,794	8.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
46	Roy Ayers	24,258	2.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
47	Lustmord	23,972	4.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
48	George Gurdjieff	23,373	10.8%	Composer	Literature
49	Count of St. Germain	23,089	10.8%	Composer	Politics & Society
50	Charles Gounod	22,918	16.7%	Composer	Music & Radio