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Biography

Durval de Lima Júnior was born in

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, São Paulo on April 11, 1984, to entrepreneur Noely Pereira de Lima and singer Durval de Lima, better known as "Xororó" of the famous ''

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'' duo

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. Interested in music ever since his early childhood, in 1989 he began to perform alongside his older sister

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in Brazilian television as child singers, under the moniker

. In 1991 the duo released their debut album, ''

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'', which sold over 300,000 copies, and as the 1990s and 2000s went by they became one of the most successful Brazilian groups of all time, leading them to have their own TV series on

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(broadcast from 1999 to 2002) and starring on their own full-length film, 2003's '' Acquária''. By the time they broke up in 2007, they sold over 22 million albums nationwide. Alongside Sandy & Junior he had a side project named SoulFunk which lasted from 2005 to 2007. One year after the break-up of Sandy & Junior he formed the supergroup

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, alongside other established musicians such as

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, a former guitarist for singer

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, and former

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and

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bassist

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. The only newcomer was vocalist Péricles "Perí" Carpigiani. Lima was the band's drummer. They only released a single studio album, '' 9MA'', before being put on hold in 2009; any possibilities of a reunion ended after the suicides of Sousa and Champignon in 2013. From 2009 to 2014, alongside DJ Júlio Torres and Amon-Rá Lima of Família Lima, he was part of

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group Crossover, later renamed as Dexterz. In 2016, Junior and Torres reunited to form the duo Manimal. The same year he debuted as a record producer, collaborating with

Manu Gavassi Manoela Latini Gavassi Francisco (; born January 4, 1993), better known as Manu Gavassi, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress. Early life Born and raised in São Paulo, she is the daughter of broadcaster and presenter Zé Luiz and ps ...

on her extended play ''Vício'', and released the single "Sintoma", his first work as a solo singer in years. On October 30, 2023, Lima's debut solo album, ''Solo, Vol. 1'', recorded between 2020–2022, was released, receiving mostly negative reviews; a follow-up came out on May 23, 2024, to a slightly better critical reception. From 2017 to 2019 he was co-host of the YouTube series ''Pipocando Música'', a spin-off of ''Pipocando'', alongside Bruno Bock. In 2019 Sandy & Junior reunited for a special series of tours around Brazil celebrating their 30th anniversary.

Personal life

Lima is married to model Mônica Benini since 2014; the couple's first child, a son, Otto, was born on October 1, 2017. On October 10, 2021, their daughter Lara was born. Previously, he dated actresses Bruna Thedy (whom he met during production of the ''Sandy & Junior'' TV series) and, from 2005 to 2007, Julia Faria. He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and earned the belt after 11 years of training.TATAME: Junior Lima, Márcio Garcia e outros: famosos que são faixas-preta de Jiu-Jitsu e você não sabia
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Discography

* ''Solo, Vol. 1'' (2023) * ''Solo, Vol. 2'' (2024)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Junior 1984 births Living people Musicians from Campinas Child pop musicians Brazilian pop male singers Brazilian rock singers Brazilian rock musicians Brazilian electronic musicians Brazilian classical guitarists Brazilian male guitarists Brazilian drummers Brazilian record producers Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male television actors 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian male singer-songwriters Brazilian singer-songwriters Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sandy & Junior Male actors from Campinas