Born April 26, 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Diogo Nogueira is a samba singer,
songwriter, and musician. The son of composer João Nogueira, he initially
pursued a career as a musician but his father urged him to pursue a career as
football player. His dreams of being a footballer were crushed after a knee
injury so Nogueira switched his attention to music again. His first release was
2007’s Ao Vivo, which was recorded at the Teatro João Caetano in Rio de Janeiro.
He followed that album with the Latin Grammy-winning studio release Tô fazendo A
Minha Parte (2009). He released two...