Rui Manuel Reininho Braga best known as Rui Reininho is a Portuguese singer. Since 1981, he has been the lead vocalist of Portuguese rock band GNR, which had a great success in Portugal during the 1980s and early 1990s. As a singer-songwriter of numerous lyrics and songs, he is one of the most beloved, and often controversial, icons of the Portuguese rock scene. His lyrics are mainly characterized by original wordplays and a sense of incoherentness and parody. As a writer, he wrote for some Portuguese magazines and newspapers and he is the author of the books Sífilis versus Bílitis (1983), Líricas Come On & Anas (2006) and Chá, Café e Etc. (2014). Rui reininho studied Cinema at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). In 1977, along with Jorge Lima Barreto, he recorded his first LP as the band Anar Band. In 1981, he recorded his first album with GNR and has remained with the band ever since. Rui Reininho has also composed music for theatre and cinema and taught Music for Film at “Universidade Moderna de Lisboa”, as well as Sound and Image at “Universidade Católica do Porto”. He was part of the jury in the TV show The Voice Portugal .