John Donovan Maia, more commonly known as Johnny Hooker (

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, 6 August 1987), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor and screenwriter. He won the Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer in the Pop Music category. His music has been featured in soundtracks such as "Volta" (featured in ''

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''), "Amor Marginal" (featured in '' Babilônia'') and "Alma Sebosa" (featured in ''

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'', in which he also played the role of Thales Salgado). His debut album, ''Eu Vou Fazer uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!'' topped

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and the MPB

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Brasil chart.

Early life

John Donovan Maia was born in

, Pernambuco, on 6 August 1987. His grandfather was Irish.

Career

In 2011, he was nominated for Best New Artists at the Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira. In 2009, he made his acting debut on the short film ''Não me Deixe em Casa'', directed by Daniel Aragão, and in 2013 he performed for the soundtrack of the movie ''Tatuagem'', by Hilton Lacerda, in which the singer guest appears to perform the film theme. In 2014, Hooker was cast as musician Thales Salgado in the

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''. One of his songs also appeared among the soundtrack: "Alma Sebosa", theme from the character Barata (

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). The song later received a video on 27 September 2014. It won an award at the 16th Festcine, in Recife, and was included in many year-end best clips lists. In December 2014, TV presenter and journalist

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praised the song in his personal blog: In the first semester of 2015, Hooker made his directional debu with the short film ''Classic'', which he also wrote. "Amor Marginal", from his debut album ''Eu Vou Fazer Uma Macumba pra te Amarrar, Maldito!'' was picked for the telenovela ''Babilônia'''s soundtrack in 2015. ''Eu Vou Fazer uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!'' was released on 22 February 2015, topping Deezer and reaching #14 on iTunes. Johnny won the 26th Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer for the album. During the award ceremony, on 10 June 2015, Johnny sang "Lama" with

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as a tribute to

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, gaining press attention.

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covered the song "Volta", written by Hooker, on her then new album ''Do Tamanho Certo para meu Sorriso'' in 2015. On 20 September 2015, he released a video for "Amor Marginal". The song reached the Brazilian

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and the video was viewed over 130,000 times in its first week.

Filmography

* 2009 – ''Não Me Deixe em Casa'' (short film) de Daniel Aragão – as Carlos * 2011 – ''A Febre do Rato'', by Claudio Assis – as amigo do Zizo * 2013 – ''A Menina Sem Qualidades'', by Felipe Hirsh – as Amigo do Toni * 2013 – ''

'', by Hilton Lacerda – as Johnny Hooker * 2014 – ''

'', by Denise Saraceni (novela) – as Thales Moreira * 2016 – ''O Ateliê da Rua do Brum'', by Juliano Dornelles – as Osíris (post-production) * 2016 – ''Saudade'', by Paulo Caldas (documentário) – entrevistado (post-production) * 2017 – ''Berenice Procura'', by Allan Fitterman – as Johnny Hooker (filming)

Discography

Studio albums

* 2015 – ''Eu Vou Fazer uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!'' * 2017 – ''Coração'' * 2022 – '' ØRGIA''

As Johnny and The Hookers

* 2012 – ''Roquestar''

Live albums

* 2021 – ''Macumba – Ao Vivo em Recife''

EPs

* 2004 – ''The Blink of the Whore's Pussy'' * 2007 – ''Ultra Violence Discotheque'' * 2008 – ''Fire!''

Awards and nominations

* 2004 – Festival Microfonia (nominated) * 2004 – Best New Artist at RecifeRock! (nominated) * 2006 – Festival Microfonia (nominated) * 2008 – Festival Microfonia (winner) * 2010 – selected for the Edital Nacional Conexão Vivo * 2010 – International Songwriting Competition – Dance category (nominated) * 2010 – Best Show of the Year – Troféu Sonar PE (winner) * 2010 – Programa Geleia do Rock –

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(winner) * 2011 – Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira – best New Artist (nominated) * 2013 – Video Category – Festcine PE – (second place) * 2013 – Prêmio Anfitrião 2013 – Best Original Song award for "Volta" (off ''Tatuagem''s soundtrack * 2014 – Video category – Festcine PE – winner * 2015 – Best Singer award – Pop Music category – 26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira * 2015 – UOL Música Year-End Best New Artist (nominated) * 2015 – Song of the Year for "Eu Vou Fazer Uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!" – second place – Popular Vote – ''

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Brasil'' * 2015 – Album of the Year for ''Eu Vou Fazer Uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!'' – third place – Popular Vote – ''Rolling Stone Brasil'' * 2015 – Song of the Year for "Eu Vou Fazer Uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!" – winner – Official Judges – ''

Brasil'' * 2015 – Album of the Year for ''Eu Vou Fazer Uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!'' – winner – Official Judges – ''Rolling Stone Brasil''

References

External links

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