IBOV 174,951.12 ▲ 0.21% IPSA 11,369.64 ▼ 0.71% IPC MEX 66,644.91 ▲ 0.53% MERVAL 3,019,891 ▲ 0.36% COLCAP 2,493.32 ▼ 0.60% BVL PERÚ 60,449.35 ▲ 0.24% USD/BRL5.15— 0.00% USD/MXN16.95— 0.00% USD/CLP921.35▲ 0.88% USD/COP3,124▲ 1.98% USD/PEN3.35▼ 0.11% USD/ARS1,514▲ 0.12% USD/UYU40.18▲ 1.55% USD/PYG5,957▲ 0.99% USD/BOB11.50▲ 1.47% USD/DOP58.15▼ 0.27% USD/CRC450.21▲ 2.07% USD/GTQ7.62▲ 2.21% USD/HNL26.82▲ 0.34% USD/NIO36.62▲ 0.09% USD/VES785.55▼ 0.13% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD6.73▲ 1.10% EUR/BRL6.00▼ 0.17% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73% IBOV 174,951.12 ▲ 0.21% IPSA 11,369.64 ▼ 0.71% IPC MEX 66,644.91 ▲ 0.53% MERVAL 3,019,891 ▲ 0.36% COLCAP 2,493.32 ▼ 0.60% BVL PERÚ 60,449.35 ▲ 0.24% USD/BRL 5.16 ▲ 0.01% USD/MXN 17.06 ▼ 0.24% USD/CLP 913.98 ▲ 0.04% USD/COP 3,140 ▲ 0.03% USD/PEN 3.36 ▼ 0.66% USD/ARS 1,493 ▲ 0.10% USD/UYU 40.27 ▲ 1.24% USD/PYG 5,939 ▲ 1.68% USD/BOB 11.64 ▼ 0.76% USD/DOP 58.34 ▲ 1.25% USD/CRC 445.92 ▲ 0.89% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▲ 2.21% USD/HNL 26.79 ▲ 1.57% USD/NIO 36.62 ▲ 0.69% USD/VES 762.44 ▼ 0.13% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 157.28 — 0.00% USD/TTD 6.70 ▲ 0.61% EUR/BRL 5.95 ▲ 1.01% BRENT 88.88 ▼ 0.03% WTI 83.11 ▼ 0.11% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.61 ▲ 0.03% GOLD 4,461 ▲ 1.78% SILVER 65.59 ▲ 1.26% SOY 1,184 ▲ 3.20% CORN 480.50 ▲ 10.02% WHEAT 655.00 ▲ 3.93% COFFEE 317.25 ▼ 5.51% SUGAR 16.43 ▼ 1.79% ORANGE JUICE 138.55 ▼ 0.47% COTTON 85.03 ▲ 2.33% COCOA 5,719 ▲ 3.18% BEEF 223.60 ▼ 3.93% CATTLE 339.10 ▼ 3.16% LITHIUM 75.20 ▲ 1.47% PETR4 41.64 ▼ 0.05% VALE3 72.97 ▲ 0.83% ITUB4 38.60 ▼ 1.03% BBDC4 16.85 ▲ 0.36% ABEV3 14.89 ▼ 0.80% BBAS3 19.37 ▲ 0.47% B3SA3 14.26 ▼ 0.21% WEGE3 47.59 ▲ 0.49% PRIO3 59.14 ▼ 0.19% SUZB3 41.33 ▲ 2.35% RENT3 34.68 ▼ 0.09% AZZA3 15.89 ▼ 2.63% CSAN3 3.22 ▼ 1.83% RAIZ4 0.25 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.75 ▼ 0.36% GMAT3 3.65 ▼ 1.08% PSSA3 48.13 ▼ 0.54% CVCB3 1.33 ▼ 2.92% POSI3 3.36 ▲ 2.44% SLCE3 13.34 ▲ 0.30% NATU3 8.14 ▼ 0.73%
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Brazil’s Gloria Groove becomes drag queen with most monthly listeners on Spotify worldwide

By · November 2, 2021 · 2 min read

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Gloria Groove has just reached an even higher status in her career. Thanks to the success of her latest single and music video, “A queda” (The Fall), the performer has become the drag queen with the most monthly listeners worldwide on Spotify.

At the last update, there were 4,074,641 listeners on her Spotify page, which means that more than 4 million people have listened to one of her songs in the previous month.

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With an explicit criticism of the spreading cancel culture, “A queda” [“the Fall”] was the second single from Lady East, Groove’s new album, for which there is no release date yet. Since its release on October 14, the song has contradicted its title, climbing increasingly expressive ranks on music and video platforms.

In addition to a privileged position in the top 10 on Spotify Brazil and the top 100 in Portugal, A Queda debuted at number 117 on the Billboard Global 200 Excl US, the global hit parade that lists the 200 biggest hits in the world (excluding the United States) in the last week. This makes the singer the only representative of Brazilian pop music currently occupying this Billboard ranking.

Brazil also has the second most-listened-to drag performer in the world: Pabllo Vittar. The artist once held Gloria’s position but is currently slightly behind her colleague with 4,003,641 monthly listeners. To get an idea of how representative Brazilian artists are, RuPaul, one of the most famous drag queens globally and creator of the reality show Drag Race, has just over 1 million listeners.

SATANIC

A young evangelical spread on social networks a video in which he attributed something “demonic” to the clip “The Fall” by Gloria Groove. The young man analyzes the artist’s work in the images, saying that the lyrics show the “fall of Lucifer”. Clips of the video circulate on social networks such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook and have provoked rejection reactions and amused Internet users.

Gleison Goes describes himself as a “former transsexual and a miracle of the Lord Jesus Christ” and has a channel with about 3,600 subscribers on YouTube. “I have never seen a more satanic and evil clip than this in my entire life. I have never seen something so satanic, something so strong, cumbersome, it’s blatant,” begins the young man.

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