Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist/guitarist and one of the primary forces behind the creation of bossa nova, and its subsequent global popularity. Jobim's compositions, known for their exquisite melodies and harmonies, have been performed by numerous notable performers both within Brazil and internationally.

Astrud Gilberto (born March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian singer best known for her samba and bossa nova music, most famously as the vocalist on the Grammy Award winning song "The Girl from Ipanema".

Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque. Bebel has been performing since her youth in Rio de Janeiro.

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina was one of the greatest female singers in Brazilian popular music.

Nara Loffego Leão, aka Musa da Bossa Nova or Bossa Nova's Muse, was a Brazilian bossa nova singer and occasional actress. Her husband was Carlos Diegues, director and writer of "Bye Bye Brasil" among others. She first studied viola when she was twelve. She studied guitar with Carlos Lyra in her teens. She began as an amateur singer in university where she moved on to sing with João Gilberto and others.

Eduardo de Góes (Edu) Lobo is a Brazilian boosa nova singer and composer. He achieved fame in the 1960s as part of the bossa nova movement. His compositions include "Pra Dizer Adeus" (with Torquato Neto), "Choro Bandido" (with Chico Buarque), "Beatriz" (with Chico Buarque), " Arrastão" (with Vinicius de Moraes), "Upa Neguinho" (with Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) and " Ponteio" (with Capinam).

Carlos Lyra is a Brazilian singer and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música Popular Brasileira classics. He was born on May 11, 1939. Along with Roberto Menescal, he was a primary figure of the younger generation of bossa nova musicians who closely followed the inception of the style by João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Later, he joined Nara Leão as part of the bossa's activist wing, seeking a return to its samba roots.

Sylvia Telles was a Brazilian jazz samba and bossa nova singer of the 1950s and 1960s who worked with Luiz Bonfá. She also did several tribute albums to Antonio Carlos Jobim. She died in a car wreck on December 19, 1966.

Elizeth Moreira Cardoso was a Brazilian singer who also appeared in film on occasion. She is known for bossa nova and samba. She had sang as a child, but her first hit was "Canção de Amor." In 1958 she did a significant bossa nova album of songs by Vinicius de Moraes and Antônio Carlos Jobim. In the 1960s she had her own radio show. She also sang in the film Black Orpheus and some work as an actress.

Sitti Katrina Navarro Baiddin, known as Sitti Navarro or simply Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova artist. She is of Maranao descent and is best known for her soothing voice and her album, Café Bossa, which became a best-seller domestically. Navarro was born to lawyer Augusto Navarro and the former Lydia Baiddin, in Manila, Philippines.

Marcos Valle (born September 14 1943 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and record producer. His work has found success across many musical styles both within Brazil and in the rest of the world, including bossa nova, samba, incidental music for drama, and fusions of American/European rock and dance music with Brazilian styles. In 1966, his composition "So Nice (Summer Samba)" was recorded by Walter Wanderley and became a Top 40 hit in the USA.

Antonio Pecci Filho, originally nicknamed Toquinho by his mother, is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well-known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes. Musical Study He began his guitar studies at the age of 14 with Paulinho Nogueira and went on to study harmony with Edgar Janulo, classical guitar with Isaias Sávio and orchestration with Léo Peracchi.

Vinicius de Moraes, nicknamed O Poetinha (the little poet) (October 19, 1913 - July 9, 1980), born Marcus Vinicius da Cruz de Melo Morais in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music. As a poet, he wrote lyrics for a great number of songs that became all-time classics. He was also a composer, a playwright, a diplomat and, as an interpreter of his own songs, he left several important albums

Elizete Moreira Cardoso (Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 1920 - May 7, 1990), was a singer and actress of great renown in Brazil. She was born in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a serenader who played guitar, her mother an amateur singer. Elizete began working at an early age and between 1930 and 1935 was a store clerk and hairdresser among other things. She was discovered by Jacó do Bandolim at her 16th birthday party, to which he was brought by her cousin Pedro, …

Vinicius Cantuária is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer and percussionist. He is associated with Bossa nova and Brazilian jazz. Originally from the Amazonian city of Manaus, Cantuária grew up in Rio and relocated to New York City in the mid-1990's. His career spans several zones of Brazilian music: he founded the Brazilian rock group "O Terço" in the 1970's, …

Eliana Pittman (born August 14, 1945 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was one of the more soulful singers of early 1970s. The stepdaughter of the jazz saxophonist Booker Pittman, she was deeply influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist, as he was her first music teacher, mentor and partner on some records. With a distinctive swinging voice and intensity in her style, Pittman was a brilliant scat singer who turned insipid novelty tunes and light pop into definitive, …

Ana Paula Lopes is a Música Popular Brasileira singer. She started her career on 2000 with a Billie Holiday tribute. All her musical background is focused on Jazz, Bossa Nova, Samba and Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). Ana Paula already performed at some of the most important jazz clubs in São Paulo and other Brazilian cities and opened shows of famous artists like Leny Andrade, Monica Salmaso, Paula Lima, Yamandu Costa and Paulo Moura.

Gracinha Leporace is the wife of notable bossa nova musician Sergio Mendes. She sings backup vocals and occasional lead vocals on his songs.

Claudia Acuña is a Chilean Latin jazz singer who primarily does jazz standards, torch songs and ballads, though she has also ventured into the bossa nova genre from time to time. Now based in New York City, Claudia has been singing since the age of fifteen. One of her covers of the Antonio Carlos Jobim song "Suddenly" was featured on the original motion picture soundtrack from Verve Records for the movie Bossa Nova.

Maysa Figueira Monjardim, better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a singer, composer, and actress from Brazil. She is associated with fossa and Bossa nova music. Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba, which later became a hit from her first album. She married a member of an old-money family at 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim. Jayme would later be known as a television director.