Junior Lima will start his solo career with an album due out this year

the plans of Junior Lima after the duo’s successful reunion tour Sandy & Junior, held in 2019, were revealed. The artist recorded a new album and intends to start his solo career in 2023.

According to Mauro Ferreira, columnist for G1the record made by the son of Xororo took shape in the final quarter of 2022. The recordings were made in a studio in Campinas, the artist’s hometown. Before recording the material, he took singing lessons with the vocal coach Fausto Caetano.

Still without other details revealed, the album in question will be the first of Junior Lima with his own name and the second that he records without the company of Sandy. In 2008 he played drums in 9MA, only studio album nine thousand angelsa rock-oriented project he had alongside champignon (bass, ex-Charlie Brown Jr at the time), Peu Sousa (guitar, ex-Pitty) and Peri (voice). The first two mentioned died in the same year, 2013, and from the same cause, suicide.

besides the nine thousand angels, Junior got involved with the electronic music project dexterz and the group SoulFunk, whose styles are represented right in the name. He also worked as a presenter for the channel YouTube popping music and the virtual program VEVO Sessions.

The Sandy & Junior Reunion Tour

In 2019, Sandy & Junior got together for a special tour called Nossa História. There were 18 concerts, 16 in Brazil, one in the United States and another in Portugal. With revenue of R$ 120 million, the tour made the duo enter second place in the list of most profitable musical tours in the world in the year it was held.

According to the pollstar, company responsible for the survey, Brazilians were only behind Elton John, which grossed an average of R$ 12 million per show. the children of Xororo had an average income of BRL 9.4 million per presentation, ahead of names such as Phil Collins (BRL 8.9 million), Armas e Rosas (BRL 8.3 million) and muse (BRL 8 million).

See below the complete ranking, according to pollstar, with average box office values ​​per show and average ticket price:

1. Elton John; $2,870,863; US$ 130.86 (R$ 12.01 million and R$ 547.74)
2. Sandy and Junior; $2,260,403; US$ 54.38 (R$ 9.4 million and R$ 227.62)
3. Phil Collins; $2,145,965; US$ 144.69 (R$ 8.9 million and R$ 605.63)
4. Armas e Rosas; $2,003,111; US$ 127.13 (R$ 8.3 million and R$ 532.13)
5. Muse; $1,921,982; US$ 85.11 (R$ 8 million and R$ 356.25)
6. Post Malone; $1,913,809; US$ 116.49 (R$ 8 million and R$ 487.59)
7. Ariana Grande; $1,869,662; US$ 93.54 (R$ 7.8 million and R$ 391.53)
8. Jonas Brothers; $1,700,530; US$ 104.72 (R$ 7.1 million and R$ 438.33)
9. Hugh Jackman; $1,691,200; US$ 83.50 (R$ 7 million and R$ 349.51)
10. Tool; $1,528,054; US$ 103.77 (R$ 6.3 million and R$ 434.35)
11. Cher; $1,485,624; US$ 127.42 (R$ 6.2 million and R$ 533.34)
12. Eric Church; $1,471,468; US$ 85.74 (R$ 6.1 million and R$ 358.88)
13. John Mayer; $1,427,545; US$ 95.41 (R$ 5.9 million and R$ 399.36)
14. Iron Maiden; $1,302,161; US$ 63.86 (R$ 5.4 million and R$ 267.30)
15. Michael Buble; $1,297,724; US$ 111.91 (R$ 5.4 million and R$ 468.42)
16. LittleMix; $1,274,903; US$ 58.85 (R$ 5.3 million and R$ 246.32)
17. Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band; $1,250,039; US$ 117.47 (R$ 5.2 million and R$ 491.69)
18. Zac Brown Band; $1,241,128; US$ 60.24 (R$ 5.1 million and R$ 252.15)
19. Backstreet Boys; $1,234,347; US$ 98.73 (R$ 5.1 million and R$ 413.25)
20. Florida Georgia Line; $1,219,752; US$ 68.38 (5.1 million and R$ 286.22)