The report What Brazil hears, prepared by the Central Office of Collection and Distribution (Ecad), reveals that the suspension of events and carnival blocks will have a strong impact on the music industry, resulting in a drop of more than 60% in the collection of Copyright.
Ecad’s forecast is to raise R$ 6 million during the carnival period, which represents a 62% reduction in the amount raised in 2020, before the covid-19 pandemic. By the end of January, 41% of this estimate had been collected, which refers to events already licensed and paid for in advance.
According to Ecad, the financial and cultural damage will also be great for the music industry, especially for those who live off music and copyright. In the 2020 carnival, R$ 24 million in copyrights were paid to more than 14 thousand composers and other artists, for the songs played during the period.
The executive superintendent of Ecad, Isabel Amorim, recalls that this year Carnival will not return to full steam. “Several capitals have already announced the cancellation of shows and events, which will impact the collection and distribution of music copyrights. The instability of the scenario could lead to an even lower collection than expected at the beginning of the year,” she said.
States
There has also been a large drop in the number of events and shows scheduled for this year. Until the first week of February, 94 shows and carnival events were registered in Ecad, scheduled to take place during this period. The retraction reaches 98%¨ compared to the year 2020, when the events were released.
The three states that stood out in the collection of copyrights in carnival, due to the number of events held, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, were significantly harmed. Bahia had a drop of 89% in collection, followed by Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, with a retraction of 81% each.
Distribution
As happened last year, the covid-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on the 2022 carnival on the income of composers, performers and musicians. The forecast is that this year there will be a decrease of at least 50% in the distribution of copyrights, compared to last year’s values, when the events were also not held in the country.
In 2021, with the aim of minimizing the negative effects for composers, performers and musicians, the music associations that manage Ecad made an advance of R$ 10 million to the carnival budget. Without this measure, the transfer would have been R$ 2.6 million, an amount 87% lower than the amount distributed in 2020.
ranking
The survey carried out by Ecad of the most played songs in Brazil in the last five carnivals, between 2016 and 2020, highlights the traditional marchinhas. The first places were taken by the songs “Give me some money”by Ivan Ferreira, Glauco Ferreira and Homero Ferreira; “Liquor”, by Marinosio Filho, Heber Lobato, Lúcio de Castro and Mirabeau; and “Shoe Mary”by João Roberto Kelly, Carlos, Chacrinha and Leleco.
The ranking of the ten most played also includes “Your hair does not deny”by Raul do Rego Valença, Lamartine Babo and Joao Valença; “Sassaricando”by Mario Gusmão Antunes, Luiz Antonio, Castelo and Candeias Jota Jr.; “Mom I want”from Jararaca and Vicente Paiva; “Underwear March”by Celso Teixeira, Carlos Mendes and Livardo Alves da Costa; “Corkscrew”by Zé da Zilda, Zilda do Zé and Waldir Machado; “I caught an ita in the North”, from Arizão, Bala, Guaracy, Dema Chagas, Celso Trindade; and “The Gardener”by Humberto Carlos Porto and Benedito Lacerda.
