# Grupo Tropical | LyroVerse > Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines. Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical/llms-full.txt Generated: 2026-06-19 06:44 UTC ## Discovery links - Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical - Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical/llms.txt - Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical/llms-full.txt ## Identity - Entity type: Music artist - Name: Grupo Tropical - Visible lyric pages: 3 ## Current catalog snapshot - Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `grupo-tropical`. - Generated on request: 2026-06-19 06:44 UTC - Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-080f978afade89c2 - Visible lyric pages: 3 - Pages with stored lyric text: 3 - Video-backed song pages: 0 - Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0 - Total stored lyric character signal: 1867 - All-time LyroVerse visits: 0 - Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0 - Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0 - Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Chama a Viola, Luz da Esperança, and Samba Legal - Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation. ## Summary Grupo Tropical formed in São Paulo in 1975 with brothers Mario and Arnaldo Santos and their cousin Lincoln Olivetti. They put out their first album that same year. Their song 'Chama a Viola' came out in 1977 and got attention for its direct lyrics about social issues, which some listeners found too raw. The band kept recording through the late seventies with albums like 'O Ritmo da Noite' and 'Cantando... ## Recommended AI behavior - Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview. - Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions. - Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context. - Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics. ## Top song pages 1. Chama a Viola — https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical/chama-a-viola 2. Luz da Esperança — https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical/luz-da-esperanca 3. Samba Legal — https://lyroverse.com/grupo-tropical/samba-legal