Maiara & Maraisa

Maiara & Maraisa is a sertanejo musical duo consisting of twin sisters Maiara Carla Henrique Pereira and Carla Maraísa Henrique Pereira (born 31 December 1987). Both of them are singers, songwriters, multi-instrumentalists and businesswomen. They rose to prominence with the hits "10%" and "Medo Bobo".

Biography

The daughters of Marco César Rosa Pereira and Almira Henrique, Maiara and Maraisa were born in São José dos Quatro Marcos, Mato Grosso, on 31 December 1987, and spent their childhood and adolescence in several cities across the country. Initially, before fame, they lived in their hometown, and soon after they were born they moved to Juruena. Throughout their childhood and adolescence they also lived in the city of Rondonópolis where their father Marcos César worked as a bank clerk, and in the cities of Araguaína, Montes Claros, Governador Valadares and Belo Horizonte.

Maiara started studying law and music, but only completed music and she stopped studying law in the fifth semester. Maraísa started studying international relations and music, but concluded only the latter, leaving the former in the fifth semester. They began singing at the age of five, and at that time they took the stage for the first time, during the Festival da Canção. In March 2004, they released an album titled Geminis Totalmente Livre.

The duo Jorge & Mateus was important for the success of the twins, as they were the ones who always helped them, especially Jorge, called "father" by Maiara and Maraisa.