1. Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt was born on September 20,1966 and is a Portuguese-American guitarist.
24 Facts About Nuno Bettencourt
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Nuno Bettencourt became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme.
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Nuno Bettencourt was born on September 20,1966, in Praia da Vitoria, Terceira, Azores, Portugal.
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Nuno Bettencourt was voted "Best New Talent" in a 1991 readers' poll by Guitar World magazine, and that magazine later named him "Most Valuable Player" of 1991.
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In 1995, Extreme released the album Waiting for the Punchline, but the band broke up in 1996 when Nuno Bettencourt decided to pursue a solo career.
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Nuno Bettencourt provided rhythm guitar on the single version of Janet Jackson's "Black Cat" which became a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
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In 1991, Nuno Bettencourt produced Dweezil Zappa's release on Barking Pumpkin Records, Confessions.
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In 1993, Nuno Bettencourt co-wrote and produced "Where Are You Going" for the Super Mario Bros.
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Nuno Bettencourt joined Robert Palmer in the studio to record Palmer's album Honey.
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Nuno Bettencourt has written and recorded with Tantric, BB Mak, and Toni Braxton.
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In 1997, Nuno Bettencourt released his first solo effort, Schizophonic, which he had been working on for five years.
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Nuno Bettencourt contributed to the writing, recording, and production of DeMarchi's solo debut from 1999, Telelove.
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In 1999, Nuno Bettencourt produced the album Magnolia, for the Portuguese singer and actress Lucia Moniz.
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Nuno Bettencourt featured as singer and guitarist in the song "Try Again", which was included in Magnolia.
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Nuno Bettencourt was the lead guitarist for Satellite Party, which is a band formed by Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell.
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Nuno Bettencourt played with the band at the 2005 Lollapalooza festival.
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Nuno Bettencourt helped produce Ultra Payloaded, the debut album by Satellite Party released on May 29,2007, on Columbia Records.
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In late July 2007, Nuno Bettencourt departed Satellite Party due to concerns about the direction of the band's live show.
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In 2008, Nuno Bettencourt was featured on the soundtrack for the motion picture Smart People.
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In November 2009, Nuno Bettencourt toured with singer Rihanna on her Last Girl on Earth Tour as lead guitarist, having appeared alongside her in several TV shows and other performances.
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Nuno Bettencourt has since performed as Rihanna's lead guitarist on every subsequent tour, including her Loud, 777 and Diamonds World tours.
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In July 2011, Steel Panther reported to Loud magazine that Nuno Bettencourt would be "coming in to do something" on their then-upcoming release Balls Out.
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On February 12,2023, Nuno Bettencourt performed at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show as part of Rihanna's backing band.
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In 2016, Nuno Bettencourt founded media production company Atlantis Entertainment with Rene Rigal and Steven Schuurman.