João Luiz Woerdenbag Filho (born October 11, 1957), popularly known as Lobão, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, publisher and media personality. Lobão is perhaps best known for his hits "Me Chama" and "Vida Louca Vida" as well as seminal works "Vida Bandida" and "A Vida É Doce".
Lobão has a reputation in Brazil for having little inhibition in expressing his opinions bluntly and publicly criticising fellow musicians, which led to a notable number of controversies and enmities.
His best-known recent controversy is a break-up with the record industry. Claiming that all major labels are conspiring to deceive their own artists (by underreporting sales and using piracy as a scapegoat), he set an independent distribution plan to sell music CDs on newsstands and the Internet.
Thus far, this endeavor has been very successful: his recent albums sold well and were critically acclaimed. He also created a magazine, Outracoisa, which comes bundled with a music CD of independent artists.