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| - Diante do Trono (IPA: [djɐ̃.tɨ du tɾonu]; lit.: Before the Throne) is a Brazilian contemporary Christian music band, formed in 1997 in the city of Belo Horizonte, in the Lagoinha Baptist Church and led by singer, songwriter and pastor Ana Paula Valadão. The group became popular in Brazil since the release of his first work, the disc Diante do Trono 1998. however, was from the album Águas Purificadoras and Preciso de Ti who achieved international recognition, becoming the main worship ministry in Latin America and one of the most successful in Brazilian music.In one presentation, held in 2003 during the recording of the album Quero Me Apaixonar, the Diante do Trono gathered about 2 million people. It has also been winning trophies Talent and Promises, as well as being nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2012 with the Sol da Justiça work. According to the group itself and some sources, Diante do Trono has sold over 15 million records in various formats, one of the record holders of record sales in Brazil.The band, from its inception had a brass orchestra and strings, suffering several instrumental changes during his career, especially the period of the years 2008 and 2010, when the only members that remained in the initial training group were Ana Paula Valadão, vocalist and band leader, and Elias Fernandes, rhythm guitarist of the set. With the end of the orchestra, who always accompanied the Diante do Trono of course the band's sound became more pop rock noticeably. In its musical characteristics, the band is based in congregational singing and contemporary Christian music, with influences of pop rock, progressive rock and folk in the works, highlighting the most recent.The set also created the Center for Ministerial Training Diante do Trono the CTMDT, preparatory for musicians and singers in the area of missions, the Arts Factory which is a partnership with the Lagoinha Baptist Church, to train professionals in diverse areas such as singing, theater and dance, and has part of his discography devoted entirely to children. Participates and participated in social projects, such as India Project, which collects and help Indian girls in prostitution in food donations to cities in the North of Minas Gerais in 2003 and a campaign of bone marrow donations in Barretos, during the recording of their thirteenth album in 2010.
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