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APCA’s Popular Music jury selected 50 albums released in Brazil’s first half of 2025. The list, published by TV Cultura on July 23, is alphabetical—not a ranked countdown—and is distinct from APCA’s later year-end pool of 100 albums.
What APCA’s 2025 list covers
The July selection represents the first six months of 2025. TV Cultura reported that the jury planned a second-half selection, with the two groups forming a 100-album pool for the annual award. In January 2026, juror Guilherme Werneck confirmed that the year-end pool had expanded to 100 albums after the jury considered more than 1,000 records during the year. He said APCA’s annual album selection had been 50 records since 2017.
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The first-half report spans rap, MPB and pop, and highlights both emerging and established artists. Juror Cleber Facchi described the period as unusually active: “Desde o início da pandemia de covid-19 que não vivíamos um primeiro semestre tão movimentado na música brasileira” (“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had not experienced such a lively first half-year in Brazilian music”).
The 50 albums, in alphabetical order
TV Cultura published the selection alphabetically. The order below reflects that presentation; it does not indicate placement, score or preference.
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- Alberto Continentino — Cabeça a Mil e o Corpo Lento (Selo RISCO)
- Arnaldo Antunes — Novo Mundo (Selo RISCO / Rosa Celeste)
- Azymuth — Marca Passo (Far Out Recordings)
- BaianaSystem — O Mundo Dá Voltas (Máquina de Louco)
- Beto — Matriz Infinita do Sonho (YB)
- BK’ — Diamantes, Lágrimas e Rostos para Esquecer (Gigantes)
- Bufo Borealis — Natureza (Zenyatta Records)
- Catto — CAMINHOS SELVAGENS (Editsy)
- Celacanto — Não tem nada pra ver aqui (Matraca Records / YB)
- Clara Bicho — Cores da TV (Bolo de Rolo / Rockambole)
- Don L — Caro Vapor II: Qual a Forma de Pagamento? (Caro Vapor)
- Ebony — KM2 (Independente)
- FBC — Assaltos e Batidas (Xeque Mate Estúdios)
- Fernando Motta — Movimento Algum (11:59pm / Meia Noite FM)
- Getúlio Abelha — Autópsia (Independente)
- godofredo — Tutorial (BHC)
- Huey — Quinze (Independente)
- Jadsa — big buraco (Selo RISCO)
- Janine — Muda (Independente)
- João Gomes, JotaPê e Mestrinho — Dominguinho (Independente)
- Josyara — AVIA (Deck)
- Jovens Ateus — Vol. 1 (Balaclava Records)
- Joyce Moreno — O Mar é Mulher (Biscoito Fino)
- Julia Mestre — MARAVILHOSAMENTE BEM (Independente)
- Les Rita Pavone — ¡El Baile Rock! (Maxilar)
- Luedji Luna — Antes Que a Terra Acabe (Independente)
- Luedji Luna — Um Mar Pra Cada Um (Independente)
- Marcela Lucatelli — COISA MÁ (Independente)
- Marina Melo — Ousar Abrir (dobra discos)
- Marina Sena — Coisas Naturais (Sony Music)
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- Matéria Prima — Depois Que A Onda Passa (QG do Horizonte)
- Menores Atos — FIM DO MUNDO (Deck)
- Nyron Higor — Nyron Higor (Far Out Recordings)
- Otis Trio e Carol Cavesso — Elétrica (Caiana / YB)
- Partido da Classe Perigosa — Práxis (Independente)
- Paulo Tó — Cantos da Revolução (YB)
- Rachel Reis — Divina Casca (Independente)
- Rubel — Beleza. Mas agora a gente faz o que com isso (Dorileo)
- Stefanie — Bunmi (JAMBOX)
- Terno Rei — Nenhuma Estrela (Balaclava Records)
- terraplana — Natural (Balaclava Records)
- The Completers — The Completers (Yeah You!)
- Thiago Amud — Enseada Perdida (Rocinante)
- Tutu Naná — Itaboraí (Independente)
- Vera Fischer Era Clubber — VERAS I (Palatável Records)
- Vovô Bebê — Bad English (Estúdio 304)
- Zé Ibarra — AFIM (Coala Records)
Who selected the albums?
TV Cultura named these ten members of APCA’s Popular Music jury for the first-half selection: Adriana de Barros, Alexandre Matias, Bruno Capelas, Camilo Rocha, Cleber Facchi, Guilherme Werneck, José Norberto Flesch, Marcelo Costa, Pedro Antunes and Pérola Mathias.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How to listen to the full 2025 selection
Werneck’s year-end post links a Tidal playlist covering the 100 albums in the annual pool. That playlist is the sourced listening route for the full-year selection; the July article documents the first-half 50.
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Sources
- TV Cultura: APCA divulga lista com os 50 melhores discos do primeiro semestre de 2025 (July 23, 2025), for the first-half list, jury and selection context.
- Guilherme Werneck’s year-end APCA 2025 album post (January 21, 2026), for the 100-album pool and Tidal playlist.
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