Lucas Corrêa de Oliveira, better known by his stage name Lucas Lucco (born April 4, 1991), is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actor. Married to model Lorena Carvalho Lucco, the Brazilian musician also works occasionally as a model, scriptwriter, and director of his own music videos. He has He has participated in the Brazilian dance competition
Dança dos Famosos segment on
Domingão do Faustão program, and reporter for a day of
CQC program. In late 2015, he attended a
CrossFit
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championship in
Barra da Tijuca
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, Rio de Janeiro, called P9 Games.
Biography and career
Born in
Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, the son of radio broadcaster Paulo Roberto de Oliveira and Karina Luiza Corrêa de Oliveira, brother of Leandro Corrêa de Oliveira who is a DJ, Lucas started singing and learning to play guitar at age ten. He created his first composition at age 11 called "50%". His first performance was also at 11 at a school festival. He began working as a 13-year-old as an
office boy before moving on to a salesman in a shopping mall in
Belo Horizonte. Later, he also became a
professional model for five years where he came to be known by the name Lucas Corrêa. During this time, he made several photographic essays. He also worked as a
promoter. He studied a course on advertising in a college in
Patos de Minas
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Geography
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, but decided to give it up to dedicate himself to his career. He was also part of a trio
sertanejo called "Skypiras."
According to the singer, he finds inspiration for his compositions through the routine of people. He says his goal is to write songs with themes that everyone can relate to. He cites several artists of the
sertanejo music
Música sertaneja () or sertanejo () is a music style that had its origins in the countryside of Brazil in the 1920s. as his influences, with his top two being
Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano
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...
and
Jorge & Mateus
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. Due to the similarity in some songs and visuals, Lucco tends to gain many comparisons with
Gusttavo Lima
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.
Early career
The beginning of Lucas' musical career started with the recording of the song "Amor Bipolar" in 2011, which was made available on YouTube. Eventually, the businessman Rodrigo Byça saw the video and contacted him. A few days after dropping his modeling career to enter the music scene, he was patronized by the duo Israel & Rodolffo, and they began to perform together. They recorded the song "Previsões".
The singer's song "Pra Te Fazer Lembrar" reached almost ten million hits on YouTube. A few months later, he released two new singles "Plano B" and "Pac Man", which he later performed at the "Caldas Country 2012" festival in
Caldas Novas, Goiás. He eventually decided to pursue a new musical style called
arrocha The ''Arrocha'' is a music/dance style that originated in the interior of Bahia, one of Brazil's states, most notably in the city of Candeias, Bahia, Candeias.
As with the ''seresta'' and the ''Brega_(music), brega'', the styles from which it was g ...
: "I used to be more romantic. Then when I saw that 'Plan B,' an arrocha song, worked, I wanted to compose more in this style."
In mid-2012, Lucas released his first album titled "Nem te Conto," which features fifteen tracks. This includes the songs "Na Horizontal" and "Nem te Conto (Sogrão)". In March 2013, Lucas Lucco released his first official video, titled "Princesinha" which surpassed four million views in less than three months.
Lucco's artistic name is the junction of three letters of his name with two of his last name: LUC = Lucas, C = Corrêa, O = Oliveira.
Partnership with the duo Fernando and Sorocaba
Singers and businessmen
Fernando & Sorocaba invited Lucas to be part of FS Artistic Productions. In addition to being part of the duo's office, Lucas Lucco released a song with them entitled "Foi Daquele Jeito." This song was a re-recording of the original song by
Thaeme & Thiago
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, who were also members of FS Produções. After the release of these songs, Lucas began to be compared to the singer
Ricky Martin
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, who he considers one of his idols. He was also labeled by various media as "the new popstar of Brazilian music."
Her first success after the release of the album "Nem te Conto" was the song "É Treta", in which he talks about the advantage of not being in a relationship. In March 2013, Lucas Lucco released the song "Nobody Could Predict" in honor of the death of
Chorão, lead singer of
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Although both songs were different than his usual style, they were still well received by the public. However, he also received some criticism, which he addressed directly: "People did not believe that I was a fan, because I was a sertanejo, but people liked it. It was a way of expressing my affection".
Current
Lucas Lucco currently does about 25 shows a month and has been successful all over Brazil. Most of his shows happen in the states of
Minas Gerais
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and
Goiás
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. He currently lives in
Goiânia
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. The singer's participation in the media, including television and radio, are on the rise. He also participated in
Domingão do Faustão in April 2014.
His first DVD, titled O Destino, was recorded on April 7, 2014, in
Patrocínio/
MG, his hometown. It includes entries from
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,
Fernando & Sorocaba, and
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. It was made available for pre-order on July 10 by
iTunes and was released on DVD on July 22, 2014.
On November 27, 2015, he released his fourth studio album titled "Guess" with two previously released singles "Vai Vendo" and "Quando Deus Quer."
International career and acting career
Lucas Lucco has built his career on international appeal. He has recorded songs in Spanish and English.
In 2015, he joined the soap opera
Malhação
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, which aired in August 2015. He played the role of Uódson.
While he is proud of his work as a singer, Lucas Lucco has said he sees himself pursuing acting rather than singing in the future.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
Filmography
TV
Books
References
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Living people
1991 births
People from Patrocínio
21st-century Brazilian male singers
21st-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian male songwriters
Brazilian actors
Brazilian film actors