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Xande de Pilares

Xande de Pilares is a Brazilian singer and songwriter from Rio de Janeiro, known as the former lead voice of the pagode group Revelação and as a samba-enredo composer.

Origins

Born Alexandre Silva de Assis in 1969, he debuted at the Pagode da Tia Gessy in Rio in 1990 and joined Grupo Revelação in 1994. He left the group in 2014 and released his first solo album, Perseverança, that October.

The sound

His music is romantic pagode and partido-alto samba, built on cavaquinho, banjo and percussion. He has also written carnival sambas-enredo for Acadêmicos do Salgueiro and other samba schools.

Legacy

His 2023 album Xande Canta Caetano, a samba reading of Caetano Veloso songs, was named one of the year's best Brazilian albums by the São Paulo Art Critics Association. In 2026 he was nominated for the Latin Grammy for Best Samba/Pagode Album with Nos Braços do Povo, Vol. 2 (Ao Vivo).