Lauana Prado

Mayara Lauana Pereira e Vieira do Prado (born 25 May 1989) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger.

At the start of her career, she took part in several TV talent shows, including The Voice Brasil, in which she was a semi-finalist under the stage name Mayara Prado. She later signed with Sony Music Brasil and released an EP and an album. In 2016, she changed her stage name to Lauana Prado and achieved her national breakthrough two years later with the EP Lauana Prado, which featured the hit "Cobaia". In the following years, she released albums such as Livre (2020), Natural (2022) and Ao Vivo em Brasília (2023), as well as a tour of re-recordings, which spawned albums such as Raiz (2022) and Raiz Goiânia (2023).

Prado is known as one of the main names in the feminejo movement and for her musical approach, which mixes genres such as sertanejo, rock and reggae, as well as more positive lyrics. She has also worked as a songwriter, with songs recorded by sertanejo artists such as Roberta Miranda, Edson & Hudson and Rionegro & Solimões.

Early life and education Prado was born in Goiânia and grew up in the municipality of Araguaína, in Tocantins. At the time, she began performing in bars and gave her first concerts. She later graduated from the Federal University of Maranhão with a degree in communication studies. She also appeared on the Jovens Talentos and Mulheres que Brilham sections of the program Programa Raul Gil. Her victory earned her a record deal with Sony Music Brasil. In 2014, Prado presented her debut EP Mayara Prado, which featured Turma do Pagode on “Pó Para” and Marcos & Belutti on “Linguagem dos Beijos”. The following year, the repertoire was expanded for the album 24 Horas por Segundo. Both albums failed to gain commercial success. With the change, Prado released the album Ensaio Acústico, which featured songs such as "Duvido que Vamos Brigar Novamente". Prado made a name for herself in 2018 with the song "Cobaia", featuring the sertanejo duo Maiara & Maraisa. The song reached around 10 million views in around two months of release and was part of the EP Lauana Prado. The singer then went on to record the live album Verdade (2019), which included a re-recording of Cobaia and new songs with the participation of Fernando & Sorocaba and Gabriel Diniz.

In 2022, Prado released the album Natural, whose repertoire was recorded in the Jalapão State Park under the production of Gabriel Pascoal. With songs such as "Primeiro Eu", “Zap” and “Terminou Com Calma”, it was her second work nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Sertaneja Music Album. In the same year, she presented the live album Raiz, made up of re-recordings of sertanejo songs, with musical production by Henrique Souza. The project led to a follow-up and subsequent tour in 2023 with the album Raiz Goiânia, with musical production by Prado and William Santos. The re-recording of “Escrito nas Estrelas”, originally by Tetê Espíndola, went viral on social media. Also in 2023, Prado released the album Ao Vivo em Brasília, produced by Ivan Miyazato, and comprising songs such as "Desandei", "Tanto Faz" and "Whisky Vagabund0".

In 2024, Prado presented the album Transcende, recorded live at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera, with the participation of Zé Neto & Cristiano, Nando Reis, Simone Mendes and Cristinas, produced by Eduardo Pepato.

Musical style and influences

Prado is described as a sertanejo artist who flirts with various genres, such as reggae and rock, genres that she says she had significant contact with when she lived in the state of Maranhão. She has also collaborated with artists from different musical segments, such as forró singer Xand Avião, and pagode band Sorriso Maroto.

About the singer, composer Carlos Rennó said in 2023 that Prado is "a popular singer whose goals include raising the artistic level of sertanejo music, in addition to her non-conservative behavior, if we consider artists in general of this genre of music." In an interview with Istoé magazine in 2021, she said: "For me, within the scope of my personal life, I have always lived my sexuality freely. It has never been taboo and I defend my bisexuality as a woman. It's such an intimate subject that it's been very veiled. Our speeches came out very naturally. I never put any weight on the issue. I've had relationships with men with the same intensity."

On June 28, 2026, she married Tati Dias in a beach ceremony in São Paulo.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with sales figures and certificationsTitleDetailsSalesCertifications24 Horas por SegundoReleased: 31 July 2015 Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Label: Sony Music BrasilEnsaio AcústicoReleased: 11 November 2016 Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Gravadora: Universal MusicNaturalReleased: 10 March 2022 Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Label: Universal MusicPMB: 40,000PMB: Gold

Live albums + List of live albums, with sales figures and certificationsTitleDetailsSalesCertificationsVerdadeReleased: 6 December 2018 Formats: DVD, digital download, streaming