Nelson Ned

Nelson Ned
Nelson Ned in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto
Born	(1947-03-02)2 March 1947 Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 66) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Years active	1963–2008

Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known internationally, especially in Portugal, France and Spain. In 1971 he released his first Spanish album, Canción Popular, and performed in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Africa.^{[citation needed]}

He was the first Latin artist to sell a million records in the U.S. with his hit "Happy Birthday My Darling" in 1974. He did instrumental work for the Electric Moog Orchestra in 1977. After his religious conversion in 1993, he only recorded Christian Evangelical songs in Portuguese, Spanish, and some in English.^{[citation needed]}