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Rosa Passos (1952) is a Brazilian singer and guitarist born in Bahia State, Brazil.

Passos began playing piano at age thirteen, but after listening to Dorival Caymmi and João Gilberto she abandoned the instrument to become a singer. In the late 1960s, Passos began appearing on television and at music festivals. In 1972 she submitted the song "Mutilados" under a pseudonym to the Globo Network's Festival Universitario and won the competition's first prize. However, she did not record her debut until 1978, working with poet Fernando de Oliveira in Brasilia; the album was released in 1979. A follow-up effort, Amorosa followed nine years later, in 1988. In the 1990s she has recorded several albums of songs by her major influences. She toured Europe in 1999 with Paquito D'Rivera and on her own in Europe and Japan in 2000. In 2004, Amorosa was re-released, and attracted notice in the United States, reaching #7 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart.


Rosa Passos - 1991 - Curare
Rosa Passos - 1993 - Festa
Rosa Passos - 1996 - Pano Pra Manga
Rosa Passos & Lula Galvao - 1997 Letra & Musica Ary Barroso
Rosa Passos - 1998 - Canta Antonio Carlos Jobim
Rosa Passos - 1999 - Morada do Samba
Rosa Passos - 2002 - Azul
Rosa Passos - 2002 - Me And My Heart
Rosa Passos & Ron Carter - 2003 - Entre Amigos
Rosa Passos - 2004 - Amorosa
Rosa Passos - 2005 - Rosa por Rosa
Rosa Passos - 2006 - Rosa
Rosa Passos - 2008 - Romance
Rosa Passos - 2011 - E Luxo So
Rosa Passos - 2013 - Curare (Relancamento 2008)
Rosa Passos - 2013 - Samba Dobrado
Rosa Passos - 2015 - Canta Ary, Tom E Caymmi