Luan Domingos Rafael Santana is a Brazilian singer and composer of sertanejo universitário music. He began singing at age three in his hometown. After realizing his talent, his father gave him a guitar to further encourage his musical skill. His first album, Tô de Cara, sold through more than 50,000 copies and was certified Gold in Brazil. He commanded at one point the highest performance fees of any Brazilian musician, charging $300,000 per performance. In the past two years, the singer accrued more than 70 million reais from his concerts, record sales, advertising and licensed products.

BIRTHDAY: March 13, 1991
BIRTHPLACE: Brazil
AGE: 23 years old
BIRTH SIGN: Pisces

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Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira was born on February 10, 1976 in Alto Garças, a small town in Mato Grosso located 399 km from state capital Cuiabá. As her names suggests in Portuguese “da Mata” means “from the forest” is a force of nature. Vanessa da Mata manages to have over 250 songs written, even before releasing her first album, Vanessa had already composed for popular and well stabilished Brazilian artists, such as Maria Bethânia and Daniela Mercury. She has released four studio albums and the songs “Ai, Ai, Ai”, “Boa Sorte/Good Luck” and “Amado” became number-one hits in Brazil.

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