Johnny Hooker
John Donovan Maia, more commonly known as Johnny Hooker (Recife, 6 August 1987), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor and screenwriter. He won the Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer in the Pop Music category. His music has been featured in soundtracks such as "Volta" (featured in "Tatuagem"), "Amor Marginal" (featured in "Babilônia") and "Alma Sebosa" (featured in "Geração Brasil", in which he also played the role of Thales Salgado). His debut album, "Eu Vou Fazer uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!" topped Deezer and the MPB iTunes Brasil chart. Early life. John Donovan Maia was born  in Recife, Pernambuco, on 6 August 1987. His grandfather was Irish. Career. In 2011, he was nominated for Best New Artists at the Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira. In 2009, he made his acting debut on the short film "Não me Deixe em Casa", directed by Daniel Aragão, and in 2013 he performed for the soundtrack of the movie "Tatuagem", by Hilton Lacerda, in which the singer guest appears to perform the film theme. In 2014, Hooker was cast as musician Thales Salgado in the Rede Globo telenovela "Geração Brasil". One of his songs also appeared among the soundtrack: "Alma  Sebosa", theme from the character Barata (Leandro Hassum). The song later received a video on 27 September 2014. It won an award at the 16th Festcine, in Recife, and was included in many year-end best clips lists. In December 2014, TV presenter and journalist Zeca Camargo praised the song in his personal blog: In the first semester of 2015, Hooker made his directional debu with the short film "Classic", which he also wrote. "Amor Marginal", from his debut album "Eu Vou Fazer Uma Macumba pra te Amarrar, Maldito!" was picked for the telenovela "Babilônia"'s soundtrack in 2015. "Eu  Vou Fazer uma Macumba pra Te Amarrar, Maldito!" was released on 22 February 2015, topping Deezer and reaching #14 on iTunes. Johnny won the 26th Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer for the album. During the award ceremony, on 10 June 2015, Johnny sang "Lama" with Alcione as a tribute to Maria Bethânia, gaining press attention. Fafá de Belém coveed the song "Volta", written by Hooker, on her then new album "Do Tamanho Certo para meu Sorriso" in 2015. On 20 September 2015, he released a video for "Amor Marginal". The song reached the Brazilian trending topics and the  video was viewed over 130,000 times in its first week.