Durval de Lima Júnior (born April 11, 1984), better known by his stage name Junior Lima, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, actor and record producer best known for his work with duo Sandy & Junior.
Durval de Lima Júnior was born in Campinas, São Paulo on April 11, 1984, to entrepreneur Noely Pereira de Lima and singer Durval de Lima, better known as "Xororó" of the famous música sertaneja duo Chitãozinho & Xororó. Interested in music ever since his early childhood, in 1989 he began to perform alongside his older sister Sandy in Brazilian television as child singers, under the moniker Sandy & Junior. In 1991 the duo released their debut album, Aniversário do Tatu, which sold over 300,000 copies, and as the 1990s and 2000s went by they became one of the most successful Brazilian groups of all time, leading them to have their own TV series on Rede Globo (broadcast from 1999 to 2002) and starring on their own full-length film, 2003's Acquária. By the time they broke up in 2007, they sold over 22 million albums nationwide. Alongside Sandy & Junior he had a side project named SoulFunk which lasted from 2005 to 2007.