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Léo Santana

Léo Santana is a singer from Salvador whose pagodão baiano, dance hits and paGGodin samba gatherings bring fans together on stage and online.

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Overview

Born
April 22, 1988 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Hometown
Boa Vista do Lobato, Salvador
Work
Singer, songwriter and percussionist
Breakout
Rebolation with Parangolé · Carnival 2010
Solo career
Since 2014
Also known as
GG / Gigante

Mini bio

How it started.

Raised in Salvador’s Lobato neighborhood, Léo worked selling roast chicken, making drinks and cutting hair before music became his livelihood. He played percussion with Som Bahia and pandeiro with the community samba group Simplicidade Maior before moving into singing.

The breakout.

As Parangolé’s frontman, he reached a national audience with “Rebolation”, which he wrote with Nenel. The song became a Carnival 2010 hit. He left the band in March 2014 to build a solo career.

Songs fans know by heart.

His solo catalog includes “Contatinho”, recorded with Anitta for Levada do Gigante in 2019, and “Zona de Perigo”, which reached number one on Spotify Brazil in 2023. Dance and percussion remain central to the way fans meet his songs.

Room for a roda.

paGGodin grew out of samba gatherings with friends and family at home. It gives fans another side of his voice through samba, pagode and guest performances. In 2026 he released its third edition in Salvador and the complete DNA de GG project celebrating 20 years in music.

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Awards

Quotes

O paGGodin nasceu de uma ‘resenha’ entre amigos, na varanda da minha casaLéo Santana, Universal Music Brasil

In the July 2026 announcement for paGGodin #3, he explained that the project began as a gathering with friends on his veranda.

Trivia

  1. He played pandeiro in Simplicidade Maior before becoming a frontman.
  2. Before music paid the bills, he ran his own barbershop.
  3. His paGGodin project began with informal samba gatherings at home.

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