in 1994, "música de rua" was released through sony. the album was received with lukewarm reviews, with some critics complaining about the similarities between this album and its predecessor. nevertheless, the album was very well received by the public, selling more than one million copies and producing the hits "música de rua", "o reggae e o mar" (both number-one hits), "por amor ao ilê" (a top-ten hit) and "a rosa" (top-twenty). this was mercury's first album to produce singles which have failed to chart.