Matt Hunter (singer)

Hunter was born on February 20, 1998, in New York City, and raised in Paramus, New Jersey. His mother is Colombian, and his father is Italian. ==Career==

Music Hunter worked in voice acting from ages 9 to 12, at which point he began posting YouTube videos of himself playing the guitar and singing various covers, occasionally in Spanish. His videos went viral and he traveled around Latin America building his fan base in a grass roots fashion. Marc Anthony later called Hunter "the future" of music. By 2016 he had amassed 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and over 500,000 Twitter followers. He auditioned for the role when he was 10, recording the voice of Diego until he was 12. Performances Hunter has performed live in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, Chile, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica and Ecuador. In May 2013, he headlined and sold out Chile's 12,000 seat Movistar Arena. ==Awards and nominations==

Hunter was nominated for Favorite Pop Artist at the 2013 Premios Juventud, presented by Univision (which did actually carry Spanish dubs of both Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go! (two shows that Hunter did voice work on) as part of its Planeta U block from 2008 to 2014). == Filmography ==

;EPs ;Singles • "Home for the Holidays" (2011) • "Mi Señorita" (2012) • "Mi Amor" (2012) • "Right Here, Right Now" (2013) • "Te Vi" (2014) • "Mi Chica Está Loca" (2014) • "Mi Chica Está Loca" (alternative version feat. Pitbull) (2014) • "Mas Que Tu Amigo" (2015) • "Te Necesito" (feat. Augusto Schuster) (2016) • "Amor Real" (2017) • "Dicen" (duet with Lele Pons) (2018) • "Lista De Espera" (feat. Isabela Moner) (2018) • "Una Vez Más" (feat. Tommy Boysen) (2019) • "Cazador" (feat. Lenny Tavarez) (2019) • "Problemas" (feat. GASHI, Big Soto) (2019) • "Entera" (with Carla Fernandes) (2020) • "Suave" (with Corina Smith) (2020) • "Error" (with Lalo Ebratt) (2020) ;Covers • "All of Me" (from John Legend) (2014) • "Todo Cambiara" (Spanish version of Justin Timberlake's "Not a Bad Thing") (2015) ;Featured in • "Fiesta" (StereO 4 feat. Matt Hunter) (2014) == References ==