| Dulce Quental | |
| Birth Name: | Dulce Maria Rossi Quental |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genre: | Brazilian pop, MPB |
| Occupation: | Singer |
Dulce Quental (born 13 April 1960) is a Brazilian singer and composer.[1]
Quental was born in Rio de Janeiro. She was the singer of the band Sempre Livre in the early 1980s,[2] and recorded her first solo disc, Délica, in 1985 (which includes a cover of Michael Jackson’s Human Nature.) She sings pop music, jazz and bossa nova. In 1987, she recorded Voz Azul, produced by Herbert Vianna (who offers her as a gift the song Caleidoscópio).
In 1988 her third solo album, Dulce Quental, with songs by Arnaldo Antunes and Roberto Frejat (Onde Mora o Amor), by Arrigo Barnabé (Numa Praia do Brasil), by Itamar Assumpção (Mulher Dividida), by Cazuza by George Israel (Inocência do Prazer) and by Humberto Gessinger (Terra de Gigantes).[3]
She composed songs to be sung by Nico Rezende, Leila Pinheiro, Capital Inicial, Daúde, and other singers. After fifteen years without appearing live or recording, she released a new album, Beleza Roubada, which was critically acclaimed.[4]