Gusttavo Lima is a Brazilian pop star best known for getting football fans
singing along to his signature hit "Balada." Born Nivaldo Batista Lima on
September 3, 1989, in Presidente Olegário, Minas Gerais, to Alcino and
Sebastiana Lima, he grew up in Goias and took up music at an early age. As a
child, he taught himself viola, guitar, drums, bass, and accordion and became a
choir soloist at the age of 9. He performed briefly with his brothers in a band
called Trio Remelexo but left when he turned 13 and went to Brasilia where his
career began in earnest. He performed for a while ...