Netinho

Ernesto de Souza Andrade Júnior (July 12, 1966), better known as Netinho, is a Brazilian singer and composer known for his work as a solo artist and with Banda Beijo. His mother gave him his first guitar at age 14 and he began playing professionally in local bars at age 16 while studying civil engineering at the Catholic University of Salvador. In 1990, they toured Italy in an electric trio during the FIFA World Cup; afterwards, Netinho set off on a mini solo tour around the country. released their next album, Badameiro. Netinho's first solo CD, Um Beijo pra Você was also released that year, with his cover of Paulinho Nogueira's "Menina" not only becoming a major hit The album became his first platinum record

In 1994, he released Nada Vai Nos Separar and reached diamond status, with more than 1.5 million copies sold. "Pra Te Ter Aqui" was used as the theme song of Corpo Dourado at the Hotel Parque dos Coqueiros in Aracaju along with Banda Eva's Saulo Fernandes, Cheiro de Amor's Alinne Rosa, Tomate, D'Black, and Jorge Vercillo (who participated virtually). In 2009 and 2010, he released two work songs, "Extrapolou" and "Apertadinho," as well as their music videos.

Netinho was named a Citizen Sergipano of Aracaju in 1998 and was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Portuguese Language Roots Album in 2009 for his album Minha Praia.

Personal life Between 1997 and 2003, Netinho was married to journalist Mariana Trindade, with whom he had a daughter, Bruna, in 2000. In a 2008 interview with Quem, Netinho openly identified as bisexual. In 2020, he criticized the LGBT movement, comparing the impact of LGBT inclusion in the Bahian Carnival to Sodom and Gomorrah. He added that "if these LGBT people didn't live according to the fiofó [anus], because they live like that, thinking about the fiofó, they would be running Brazil today along with Jair, supporting Jair, it would be wonderful." He shared that he decided to abstain from sex starting in 2016 and that his bisexuality had been "resolved." However, in a 2019 Facebook post condemning the same-sex kiss in Avengers: The Children's Crusade #9, he wrote: "I'm a man, bisexual, father, family, conservative, honest, dignified, sincere, fulfilled and very happy. No more." In 2017, he became a vegan.

Netinho became a conservative in 2016 and is a strong supporter of former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. In 2020, he created the Aliados Brasil Conservador (lit: Conservatives Brazilian Allies) association to support him. He also ran for federal deputy of Bahia in the 2022 election, which he did from the Liberal Party platform. In 2023, Clube de Aracaju cancelled one of Netinho's shows after he made an Instagram post supporting "the criminal acts promoted by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro." The singer subsequently complained that he was being cancelled by his social networks.

In 2018, the writers of the song "Milla," Manno Góes and Tuca Fernandes, criticized Netinho for using the song at pro-Bolsonaro rallies. Góes sought an injunction requiring Carla Zambelli to remove the video of Netinho's performance of the song on grounds of unauthorized use of the song for political purposes. Netinho sued Góes in return for "abusive conduct" and "offensive statements," requesting that posts calling him anti-democratic, a criminal, and a "coup plotter" be removed.

Health Netinho was admitted to the hospital on April 24, 2013 after a biopsy revealed adenomas in his liver. He suffered a series of strokes, three of which happened in the same week, that confined him to Hospital Sírio-Libanês for four months. During that time, he spent three months in an induced coma and also temporarily lost his voice, memory, and the ability to move. While there, he met Maria, former president Lula's sister, who was also in the hospital. He was readmitted in 2014 for six months for depression and suicidal ideation. He appeared on Domingão do Faustão in 2014 to discuss this. He had a cerebral shunt removed in 2015, followed by a combined four cardiac shunts installed in 2015 and 2016. and underwent surgery for another cardiac shunt.

In 2017, Netinho posted on Instagram about how he was prescribed anabolic androgenic steroids for testosterone deficiency to cure his varicocele in 2010 or 2011, and attributed his lengthy illnesses to its use. He publicly condemned treatment he received from Dr. Mohamad Barakat and said he would be writing a book about the malpractice. Barakat sued him for moral damages in 2016 after the post. Barakat lost the case after the judge determined Netinho's right to share facts about his own medical experiences.

Discography Studio albums Um Beijo Pra Você (1993) Nada Vai Nos Separar (1994) Netinho (1995) Me Leva (1997) Rádio Brasil (1998) Clareou (1999) Corpo & Cabeça (2000) Outra Versão (2005) Minha Praia (2008) Uma Noite no Forró Elétrico (2012) Beats, Baladas & Balanços (2014)

Live albums Netinho ao Vivo! (1996) Terra Carnavális (2001) Por Inteiro (2006) Netinho e a Caixa Mágica (2010)