Red Hot + Rio 2

Red Hot + Rio 2, produced by Béco Dranoff, John Carlin, and Paul Heck; with supervising musical producers Andres Levin, Mario Caldato Jr., and Kamal Kassin; in collaboration with U.S. label E1 Entertainment, is an album released as part of the Red Hot Organization's series of tribute albums created to raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. The album was released June 28, 2011. Consisting of 34 original recordings featuring unique collaborations involving over 60 international and Brazilian stars, RIO 2 is a cutting-edge tribute to the influential Tropicália movement that rocked Brazil's cultural and political landscape in the late 1960s. In addition, RIO 2 is a 15-year celebration of the first Red Hot + Rio project released to great acclaim in 1996.

Red Hot + Rio 2
Compilation album Charity Album by Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series (Various Artists)
Released	June 28, 2011
Genre	Bossa Nova Tropicália
Label	E1 Entertainment
Producer	Paul Heck Béco Dranoff John Carlin
Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series (Various Artists) chronology
Dark Was The Night (2009) Red Hot + Rio 2 (2011) Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell (2014)

Featuring world class performers such as John Legend, Caetano Veloso, Seu Jorge, Beirut, Bebel Gilberto, Of Montreal, Aloe Blacc, Marisa Monte and more, RIO 2 will create a sunny Brazilian groove by updating the sounds of the Tropicália era for a new generation of listeners. The project follows Red Hot's latest successful benefit album, Dark Was the Night (Beggars Banquet, 2009), which features top indie-rock artists such as Arcade Fire, The National, Feist, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, David Byrne and many others and raised over $1 million for AIDS relief.