Paulo César dos Santos (6 September 1952 – 14 December 2020),[1] better known as Paulinho, was a Brazilian singer and percussionist, member of the group Roupa Nova.

In the early 1970s, Paulinho was a vocalist and percussionist for a Rio dance band called Los Panchos Villa, alongside Kiko and Feghali, his future companions in Roupa Nova.

[2] With a powerful and striking voice, Paulinho sang as the main vocalist in several songs of the Roupa Nova group, including striking hits like ""Canção de Verão", "Clarear", "Sensual" (in the original version of 1983), "Volta pra Mim", Whisky a Go-Go" (in the live version, in the album "Agora Sim", in "Roupacústico I" and in the album "Roupa Nova 30 anos"), "Linda Demais", "Meu Universo É Você", "Vício", "De volta pro futuro", "Chama", "Asas do Prazer", "Os Corações não São iguais", "Maria Maria", "Felicidade", as well as more recent songs such as "À Flor da Pele", "A Lenda", "A Metade da Maçã", "Frio da solidão" and "Já nem Sei mais" next to the duo Chitãozinho and Xororó, "Retratos Rasgados", "Reacender" next to Ben's Brother, recorded for the album Roupa Nova em Londres, from 2009 and "Sonhando Com Os Pés no Chão" from the album Todo Amor do Mundo, released at the end of 2015.

[5] With the group, he received in 2009 one of the biggest awards of the phonographic industry, the Latin Grammy for the best contemporary Brazilian pop album, a category in which Roupa Nova competed with names like Rita Lee, Ivete Sangalo, Skank and Jota Quest.

[8] He was also the father of the singer Twigg who recorded a duet with the Roupa Nova in the song O Barquinho, present in the double album commemorating the band's 35 years of career entitled Todo Amor do Mundo, released in late 2015.