Sam Alves

In December 2013, Sam won the second season of The Voice Brasil (Brazil), and signed with Universal Music Brasil.

In April 2013 Sam participated in the blind auditions of the fourth season of The Voice (U.S.). He sang "Feeling Good", a classic in Nina Simone's voice. The four judges, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Usher and Shakira, all seemed to enjoy it, but none of them pressed the button. Shakira, visibly regretful, told her colleagues she was going to speak in Portuguese: "Eu adorei você. Acho que você é um cantor realmente bom" which means: "I loved you, I think you are a really good singer"."

Also in 2013, in October, Sam Alves participated in the blind auditions of The Voice Brasil (Brazil), singing "When I Was Your Man" (Bruno Mars) and caused all four coaches (judges) to turn their chairs. Lulu Santos praised the performance:

At age 14, his mother, Raquel, started training him to sing in church, and in 2003, the two returned to Brazil for a missionary job. Sam continued to improve, studying at the School of Music of Brasilia, and even recorded an independent gospel album with his sister Samara. In 2007, his mother and him returned to the United States, where their father, Luis, had remained. Within a year, the couple separated and divorced. Sam stayed with his mother, with whom he went through some financial difficulties. Raquel took on two jobs to save the house from foreclosure, while Sam added hours of work to help with the bills at home and still continue going to college seeking his Pre-Med bachelor's degree. He continued to pursue music, but only as a hobby performing at church as a worship leader. He was part of a few his schools chorale, the "Worcester State University Chorale", and took voice lessons with one of the schools vocal coaches. It was in this experience with music in school that his passion went from becoming a doctor, to becoming a singer.

Samuel Martins Alves (born June 3, 1989) is a Brazilian singer, who participated in the blind auditions of the fourth season of The Voice (U.S.), singing "Feeling Good", classic in the voice of Nina Simone. The four coaches (judges) showed they were enjoying it, but none of them pressed the button to choose him.

When he was only two days old, Sam was abandoned in a shoebox at the door of a house in Fortaleza, Ceará. With him, a note written with some writing errors said that he was born on June 3, 1989 and given porridge at 3:00 on June 5, the same day Luiz and Raquel Alves found him. The boy had just turned four when his family decided to move to the United States. The young man grew up and was educated in Massachusetts. His father was a pastor and had done some newspaper delivery routes to make a living. His mother Raquel cleaned houses for a living.