album went double platinum with more than 200,000 copies sold in Portugal. He started his new tour "Tempo Tour 97/98", with concerts across Portugal, as well as in France, Canada, Switzerland, Brazil, and the United States. In order to further the internationalization of his work, he went to Madrid, Paris, and London to record some of Tempo tracks in Spanish, French, and English. In May of that same year, he returned to London, to film the video "No Way", with the collaboration of Tony Vanden Ende. He composed the music and authored the script for the musical "O Rapaz de Papel" ("The Paper Boy"), presented to the public in March 1998, integrated into "O Festival dos Cem Dias" (The Hundred Day Festival") and preceding the opening of Expo 98. He produced the solo debut album by vocalist Diana Basto, Amanhecer (Dawn), released by PolyGram. He was responsible for the lyrics and music. It was recorded together with Tom Tucker, and was mixed and mastered in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. He was invited by Caetano Veloso to integrate his show in Expo 98 that has, so far, broken all the booking-office records. Invited by Expo 98, he performed his show at the Sony Plaza in September. It was the only performance from Portugal's Expo 98 which was broadcast all over the world. He was later invited to participate in the Manuel de Oliveira film, La Lettre (The Letter), together with Chiara Mastroianni and Françoise Fabian, where he played the leading role. The film was awarded the Prix du Jury in the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. He produced his third album of originals Silence, finished in November 1999, which includes the presence of Caetano Veloso's percussionists, Nina Miranda (of Smoke City) and the strings section usually used by Radiohead and dEUS. He won four Blitz Awards: Record of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Song, and Best Group. A Bordalo, an award given by the press; a Globo de Ouro ("Golden Globe") awarded for the song “Se Eu Fosse Um Dia O Teu Olhar”; and five Nova Era Radio awards, given by radio stations and institutions. 1999–present In 1999, he gave a number of lectures throughout Portugal, mostly in libraries, schools, and universities, on topics related to artistic production and creation, literature, music and cinema. Some of lectures were published. In 2002, he performed two shows at the Cultural Center of