Matt Hunter (singer)

Matthew Alexander Hunter Correa (born February 20, 1998), better known as Matt Hunter, is a Colombian-Italian-American singer, songwriter and voice actor.

Early life and education
Hunter was born in New York, New York, and raised in New Jersey. His mother is Colombian, and his father is Italian.

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. Around this time, he was dubbed the "Latino Justin Bieber". Marc Anthony later called Hunter "the future" of music.

At 13, Hunter released his first single, "Mi Amor". He released follow-up singles in English and Spanish, "Right Here, Right Now" and "Mi Senorita", in 2012, and then his EP Right Here, Right Now. For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he released the songs "Minha Mina Ta Loca" and "Mi Chica Esta Loca" with Pitbull, in both Portuguese and Spanish versions. By 2016 he had amassed 200,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and over 500,000 Twitter followers. Hunter splits his time between New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Latin America.

Television
As a voice actor, Hunter played the lead role of Diego Márquez in two seasons of Go, Diego, Go! and played the same character in Dora the Explorer. He auditioned for the role when he was 10, recording the voice of Diego until he was 12. He also released his weekly comedy webisode series Fuego Fridays.

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.

Discography

 * EPs


 * Singles
 * "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 featuring Pitbull) (2014)
 * "Mas Que Tu Amigo" (2015)
 * "Te Necesito" (feat Augusto Schuster) (2016)
 * "Amor Real" (2017)
 * "Dicen" (Duet with/Duo con Lele Pons) (2018)


 * 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)