Sandy and Junior

 Duo Website:

http://sandyejunior.uol.com.br/

Sandy Leah:

http://www.sandyleah.com/ 

At You Tube Love Never Fails:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0DSoHbhst4

Sandy & Junior are a Brazilian pop music duo consisting of sister Sandy Leah Lima (born January 28, 1983) and brother Durval de Lima Junior (born April 11, 1984). They have two albums among the best-sellers ever in Brazil.Their father is a country music celebrity.

Sandy & Junior began by singing children's songs and country-influenced tracks (their first single, "Maria Chiquinha", a classical country song, is one of the most remembered songs ever in the country) and when they reached adolescence, they changed their style to pop-influenced songs, with lots of ballads and upbeat songs. The style-change was in 1997. They reached their peak in 1999.

They had a self-titled weekly television series between 1999 and 2002 in Rede Globo and released the movie Acquaria in 2003; Sandy also starred the soap opera Estrela Guia in 2001. Before, they appeared in the Renato Aragão movie O Noviço Rebelde in 1997. Both have experienced solo work: Junior is the drummer of the band SoulFunk; Sandy also frequently sings without her brother. The duo announced in 17 April 2007 that an album to be recorded for the MTV by May 2007 will be their final work together, via a movie clip posted on their website addressed to their fans and in a press conference, and that their career as a duo will end at the end of 2007. 17 years of career had made partnerships with Roberto Carlos, Andrea Bocelli, Toquinho, Enrique Iglesias, Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo. Sandy & Junior sold more than 15 million albums around the globe and is the ninth best selling Brazilian artist of all time.

In 1998, the duo and their management decided not to release a studio album. However, they released their first live album, Era Um Vez...Ao Vivo. It sold a record 700,000 copies in only two days, and 1.7 million copies to date, becoming their best-selling record at the moment.

They parted from Polygram and signed with Universal Records in 1999. In the same year, they released their seventh studio album, As Quatro Estações. It featured a more mature image of the duo, and Junior's first solo song. As Quatro Estações sold an impressive 2.5 million copies in Brazil and is one of the best-selling albums of all time in the country.

In the following year, the couple released their second live album, As Quatro Estações Ao Vivo. It was recorded in a concert of their 2000 tour, which was the highest-grossing and most expensive of the year in Brazil. The album sold astonishing 2.7 million copies. Later, Todas As Estações, the duo's first (and only to date) remix album, was released. The remix album sold 460,000 copies, an incredibly high number for a remix.

In 2001, they released a self-titled album. It was supposed to be called 11; however, due to the September 11 attacks, they decided not to do it.

Sandy & Junior recorded their first full-length English language album in 2002, named just Sandy & Junior (Sandy & Junior Internacional in Brazil). It was produced by some of the producers who worked with Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and other international artists. The album was a flop in the United States and Europe, but still managed to sell 300,000 copies in Brazil.

Sandy & Junior were the first Brazilian pop acts to do a paid concert at Maracanã, the world's biggest stadium. The concert spawned a live album and a DVD.

In 2003, they quickly recorded and released Identidade, their tenth Portuguese language studio album. It sold less thatn 350,000 copies, but was still a success. Their next album would come three years later, in 2006; it was simply called Sandy & Junior. It has already sold around 350,000 copies and counting. In April 2007 they announced the group is breaking up. They want to continue singing, but as solo acts.