Us the Duo is the adorable married couple folk band competing on Season 13 of America’s Got Talent. Since their AGT audition, it’s been revealed that the wife, Carissa Alvarado, is pregnant with the couple’s first child. (A girl who’s due in October 2018.) Prior to America’s Got Talent, Us the Duo’s big break was getting their song “No Matter Where You Are” in the 2014 animated film The Book of Life, starring the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, and Ron Perlman, among many others. Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) was the executive producer. It’s about a young bullfighter/guitarist in Mexico who, on the Day of the Dead, goes on an afterlife adventure to fulfill the expectations of his family and friends.
[“No Matter Where You Are” is in The Book of Life movie]
[Us the Duo’s Christmas album, Our Favorite Time of Year]
The Book of Life grossed $99.8 million in worldwide sales, and on a $50 million budget. The film also includes the song “Just a Friend” performed by Biz Markie and Cheech Marin of Cheech & Chong fame. Us the Duo has released four studio albums including their most recent, “Our Favorite Time of Year” (2017), see link above. America’s Got Talent (AGT) airs Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8pm on NBC.