it focuses on her red bikini bottom. Gal has recorded songs composed by a number of Brazil's most popular songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Ben and Erasmo Carlos. In the 1970s, she was one of the integrants of the Doces Bárbaros, the others being Veloso, Gil and Maria Bethânia. For years a reunion was hoped for this emblematic group in the Brazilian popular music. In 1982 the single "Festa Do Interior" from the double album Fantasia became her biggest ever hit, going multi-platinum by the end of the year. In 1994, Gal performed the song Brasil, topless. Gal appeared in the 1995 film The Mandarin (O Mandarim) as the singer Carmen Miranda. She recorded songs in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Gal Costa is portrayed by Sophie Charlotte in the 2023 biographical film Meu nome é Gal. Awards 2011 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Personal life Gal was bisexual. She dated singer Marina Lima in the 1990s. Death Gal died in São Paulo on 9 November 2022, at the age of 77. She was recovering from an extraction of a nodule of her nasal cavity and had canceled her show at the Primavera Sound. Discography Studio albums Live albums 1971: -Fa-Tal- Gal a Todo Vapor 1976: Doces Bárbaros (with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Maria Bethânia) 1986: Jazzvisions: Rio Revisited (with Antonio Carlos Jobim) 1997: Acústico MTV 1999: Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim Ao Vivo 2006: Gal Costa Live at the Blue Note 2006: Gal Costa Ao Vivo 2013: Recanto Ao Vivo Singles 1968: "Baby" 1969: "Que Pena (Ela Já Não Gosta Mais De Mim)" 1970: "Meu Nome É Gal" 1970: "London, London" Selected filmography References Bibliography De Stefano, Gildo, Il popolo del samba, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, Preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI-ERI, Rome 2005, De Stefano, Gildo, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Preface by Chico Buarque, Introduction by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Firenze 2017, External links Gal Costa at Slipcue.com – English-language discography with reviews Gal Costa at kellerjazz.com – photo collection 1945 births 2022 deaths Brazilian mezzo-sopranos Bossa nova singers Música Popular Brasileira singers Tropicália People from Salvador, Bahia Wrasse Records artists 20th-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian women singers Brazilian bisexual people Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) Women in Latin music Bisexual musicians Bisexual women 20th-century Brazilian LGBT