He started playing in bars, where he was paid only with food.

I sang in very small bars and many times, what they paid me was not enough for anything. Imagine, a bar with five tables, each one occupied by a couple, I would leave 15 reais a night and with that I couldn’t even pay for the gas, so I would barter for food, or in very cold times, for something to warm myself with.

Gusttavo was always determined to make a living out of music, so time went by and he kept on playing and playing. At the age of 16 he was earning enough with his shows to support his family. 

• During that time, he learned how to play guitar, piano and drums all by himself 🎶

After coming on age in 2008, Gusttavo Lima decides to travel to the Brazilian city of Goiânia where he meets the duo Jorge & Mateus.

These recognized representatives of the sertaneja music decide to help him releasing a first record.

• In 2009, Gusttavo Lima releases his first album, a work of the same name that brought him great success.

The second song I recorded was ‘Rosas, Versos e Vinhos’. It was a wonderful song and got the first place in the music charts of a radio station. I cried with emotion

Who would have told Lima that the song he disliked and refused to record would become the biggest hit of his career? We are talking about Balada, a song included in Gusttavo Lima e você.

• Lima’s great fear with this song was that there might be comparisons with another big hit of the moment, Ai Se Eu Te Pego, by Brazilian Michel Teló.
• Fortunately for Lima, taking the risk of recording something so different from his previous music was a great decision as Balada broke all barriers becoming a worldwide hit 🌎

Singing live is his strong point, thus, in 2012, he recorded a new live album called Ao Vivo em São Paulo. In this concert we could enjoy Gusttavo playing different instruments and sharing the stage with soccer players like Neymar, Eduardo Costa, William and Marcelo.

• In addition to this resounding show, 2012 was the year in which Lima crossed the borders of Brazil for the first time in his 1ª international tour ✈️
• His song Gatinha Assanhada reaped good numbers and served as the title track in the popular Brazilian soap opera Salve Jorge.

Sometimes we say things we don’t mean… or maybe we do, but we regret it. That’s exactly what must have happened to Gusttavo Lima in 2013, when he leaked he might not sing live again. The buzz was short-lived as in less than 24 hours he rectified his message saying:

To my fans, I will never leave you and to those who don’t like me, you are going to have to put up with me for many years.

• Indeed, during 2013 you could see Lima everywhere:
  • He participated in the dance reality show Dança dos Famosos
  • He had a cameo in the soap opera called Amor à Vida, to which he also contributed his song As Mina Pira na Balada.
  • He covered in Portuguese the famous song by P!nk and Nate Ruess, Just Give Me a Reason. Diz Pra Mim would be part of his new album and one of the fans favourite tunes.

Five years after his debut, the long-awaited 2nd studio album, Do Outro Lado da Moeda, was released in 2014. A mix of romantic and danceable tracks 💕

• Lima reached the top of the Billboard chart in Brazil.

 New year, new music. Lima does not wait anymore and publishes Quem Vem de Longe early 2016, a song that would be part of the novel Êta Mundo Bom. You will see his wife, Andressa Suita, featuring in the video 👰

• His next album, 50/50, was also recorded live including both romantic music and dance tracks.
• Lima held a photocall with the first fans arriving at the venue where the release of this new DVD was being celebrated. You cannot imagine the amount of people that went there! 😊
• The two best singles of the album are, Que Pena que Acabou and Homen de Familia.

In 2018 Gusttavo Lima publishes O Embaixador accompanied by the DVD Embaixador da Festa do Peão de Barretos, recorded during the Festa de Peão de Barretos, where he was welcomed by fans to the cry of “the ambassador arrived”, a title he earned after been elected for two years in a row as ambassador of this festivity, a very marked date in the sertanejo calendar 🎆

If I had to bury my vocal cords somewhere, I would certainly choose the sand of Barretos

2019 brings with it a new album, O Embaixador in Cariri, recorded at the concert held at ExpoCrato.

• It includes 15 unreleased tracks and re-recordings of his most recent hits, in addition to collaborations with Raimundo Fagner and Gente de Zona.

Far from ending his legacy as ambassador, Gusttavo Lima returns in 2020 with Embaixador The Legacy, his newest live album with songs such as Tudo Que Eu Queria, De Menina pra Mulher or the well-known 60 Segundos, among others.