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Weekend LISTening: 7 Medal-Worthy Collaborations With Brazilian Artists

Weekend LISTening: 7 Medal-Worthy Collaborations With Brazilian Artists
The competitive spirit may reign at the Olympics, but these songs — featuring musicians from this year's host country — are all about international collaboration.
Right now, the world's focus is on Rio for the 2016 Olympics. Brazil is on our minds, too, so we've made a weekend playlist filled with international collaborations between Brazilian artists and other musicians from around the globe. These are some extraordinary duets, from bossa nova to tropicalia and beyond. No Olympic competition here - just collaboration!

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