Viny Melanio is a Latin Grammy® awarded session bass player. He started to play at 12 years old when his uncle gave him his first electric bass. With a career of over 18 years, Viny has been working for mainstream artists such as Melim, Anavitória, Daniel, Sidney Magal and plenty more. In 2019, with the Brazilian artist Melim, Viny achieved a Triple-Platinum Certificate for their self-titled debut album with more than 240,000 copies sold. The album was also the 5th most played album in 2019. In the same year, Viny also achieved a Latin Grammy Award® and a Gold Certificate with the Brazilian artist Anavitória for their second album named “O Tempo É Agora” with over 40,000 copies sold. In 2017, he got a Latin Grammy® nomination with the Brazilian MPB artist Zanna for their self-titled debut album. Viny performed live for more than 3 million people for World Youth Day in 2013 at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro and for over 50,000 people for the reopening ceremony of Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre in 2014. Nowadays, he’s living in Los Angeles and has been working on demand for worldwide artists and projects.