Luan Santana

Part of a new generation of artists reviving the country folk song writing traditions from Brazil's rural communities, sertanejo musician Luan Santana rose from playing rodeos and farming festivals to selling out stadiums and collaborating with Enrique Iglesias. Born Luan Rafael Domingos Santana on March 13, 1991, in the city of Campo Grande in the Midwestern state of Mato Grosso do Sul, he began singing along to his parents' records when he was just three and when his father bought him a guitar, he began writing his own songs and performing at local teenage parties. His reputation grew online when friends started posting videos of him singing, then going on to play his first headline shows in 2007 before releasing debut To de Cara in 2009 when he was still just 18. The album went on to sell over 50,000 copies and produce the hit singles "To de Cara" and "Meteoro," and Luan Santana quickly found himself as one of the faces of the crossover sertanejo universitario scene. His popular studio album Quando Chega a Noite (2012) helped him win the title of Best Male Singer at the Premio Multishow Awards in 2013, but it was on stage that he really flourished and his theatrical, showstopping live albums and DVDs Ao Vivo no Rio and O Nosso Tempo E Hoje were huge successes. He also duetted with singer Ivete Sangalo on the single "Quimica do Amor" and honed his heartfelt, sentimental, pop sound with hits such as "Tudo Que Voce Quiser," "Te Esperando," and "Te Vivo," before featuring on Spanish superstar Enrique Iglesias' Latin pop gem "Bailando" in 2014. He stripped back his style for the more romantic, crooning Acustico in 2015, however was nominated for his first Latin Grammy Award for album 1977 in 2017, and later teamed up with boyband CNCO on a remix of their single "Mamita." His victory lap continued in the following years with a plethora of live releases, including the platinum-selling live album Live-Móvel (2018), Viva ao Vivo em Salvador (2019), Luan City (2022), and Luan City 2.0 (2023), as well as the 2024 live EPs LUAN AO VIVO NA LUA - NOVA and LUAN AO VIVO NA LUA - CRESCENTE. In early 2025, Luan Santana expanded that phase into the full live album Luan Ao Vivo na Lua, then took the project to Portugal for a four-night run in Lisbon in August. He also added an international collaboration that year with Pablo Alborán on “¿Qué tal te va?” Later in 2025, he launched Registro Histórico, a career-spanning live project recorded across two sold-out Curitiba shows, and by March 2026 he had turned it into a large-scale touring production with two Allianz Parque dates in São Paulo and further Brazilian shows on the schedule.

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