The fast, arching Brazilian dance craze of the late 1980s.
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A Comparative Study of Rise, Diffusion, and Fade within 1980s Latin Music
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Lambada grew from the Afro-Indigenous carimbó of Pará, electrified by Caribbean rhythms
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From Belém in the Amazon, the singer who made lambada a Brazilian sensation
Her Portuguese version of "Chorando Se Foi" became the world's biggest lambada — and a landmark copyright case
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Kaoma's 1989 worldwide smash — and the plagiarism battle behind it