Famous Singers from The Philippines
- Age: 32Jake Zyrus (born Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco; May 10, 1992) is a Filipino singer and television personality. Prior to his gender transition to male, he performed under the mononym Charice.In 2007, after some appearances on Philippine television, Zyrus sang on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the following year, he made several international television appearances, including on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He then began performing in concerts with David Foster and Andrea Bocelli, among others. Zyrus released the studio album Charice in 2010; it entered the Billboard 200 at number eight, making it the first album of an Asian solo singer ever to land in the Top 10. The single "Pyramid" from that album, featuring singer Iyaz, is Zyrus's most successful single to date, charting within the Top 40 in a number of countries after its debut live performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Crossing over to acting on television, he joined the cast of TV series Glee later in 2010 as Sunshine Corazon. In 2011, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, was released as the lead single from Zyrus's second international studio album, Infinity. Zyrus was one of the four judges of the Philippine version of The X Factor, on ABS-CBN, in 2012. He came out as a lesbian in 2013. He released further albums Chapter 10 in 2013 and Catharsis in 2016. He adopted his current name in 2017 and discontinued the use of "Charice Pempengco", after having male chest reconstruction and beginning testosterone treatment.
- Age: 40Cariza "Ice" Yamson Seguerra (born September 17, 1983), formerly known professionally as Aiza Seguerra, is a Filipino actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist. Initially coming out as a lesbian in 2007, Seguerra now identifies himself as a transgender man. On August 12, 2016, Seguerra was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as Chairperson of the National Youth Commission.
Alex Castro
Age: 38Alexis Collera Castro (born September 27, 1985), better known as Alex Castro, is a Filipino singer, actor and performer signed to GMA Network, yet later transferred to its rival network ABS-CBN.- Age: 57Agot Isidro (born July 20, 1966) is a Filipina recording personality. Born as Maria Margarita Amada Fteha Isidro, she is the fourth of the six children of Jose Isidro, an architect, and Palestinian mother Edwarta Fteha. She graduated from the University of the Philippines, Diliman with a bachelor's degree in interior design. Isidro also pursued Fashion Buying and Merchandising at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where she graduated as magna cum laude. She also has a master's degree in communication from the Ateneo de Manila University. Isidro started as a back-up singer together with her sisters Olive Cruz and Tina Isorena in the Sharon Cuneta Show. She was urged by Johnny Manahan or Mr. M to fill in for then pregnant Melissa de Leon in the noon time show 'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila. She was like a breath of fresh air and people started noticing her, hence, the moniker "Crush ng Bayan" or "the people's crush". She is best known for her role as Ingrid Martinez in the 2009 hit television series, Tayong Dalawa. In 2012, she transferred to GMA Network and signed an exclusive contract in Kapuso Network, her first major project was the television series of GMA Network entitled, One True Love. She later returned to her original home network, ABS-CBN in 2013 as she makes a comeback project via Muling Buksan Ang Puso, starring Julia Montes, Enrique Gil and Enchong Dee.
- Age: 42Maria Lourdes Egger dela Cruz-Casareo, better known by her screen name Angelika Dela Cruz (born 29 October 1981), is a Filipina actress and singer. She started her career in 1995, and has since appeared in television shows and movies. Originally with ABS-CBN from 1995-1999 and again from 2003-2007, she became a contract artist under GMA Network in 1999-2003 and again in 2007 and currently. Dela Cruz career started with ABS-CBN in 1996 in the Primetime Drama Mara Clara and 1997-1999 Esperanza both starring Judy Ann Santos she later left the network and transferred to GMA-7 to do other Primetime Dramas such as Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin from 2001-2003 and Habang Kapiling Ka as a lead actress in late 2003 she was cast in the Primetime Drama Sanaāy Wala Nang Wakas from 2003-2004 and then 2005 the award winning ensemble cast of Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin In 2006 she became a lead antagonist in the revival of Bituing Walang Ningning opposite Sarah Geronimo which saw her potential as a Antagonost as she did her last soap with the network in Prinsesa Ng Banyera she was given more Primetime and Afternoon dramas with GMA
Age: 37Karla Ysabel Marquez-Santos (born December 21, 1986; Manila, Philippines), professionally known as Karel Marquez-Santos, is a Filipino actress, model, singer, and TV host who's currently signed under manager, Becky Aguila since July 2017. Before she joined GMA Network, she was part of ABS-CBN Talent Management & Development Center (known as Star Magic). She was Star Magic's Batch 10 alumna. Today, she is a freelance artist and entrepreneur.
Age: 46Nilo Alcala is a Filipino-American composer and 2019 The American Prize Winner in Composition. He is the first Philippine-born composer to be commissioned by the Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Master Chorale, and also to receive the Aaron Copland House Residency Award.- Age: 56Arnel Campaner Pineda (born September 5, 1967) is a Filipino-American singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the Philippines during the 1980s and internationally in 2007 as the new lead singer of the American rock band Journey.
Ronnie Liang
Age: 39Ronnie Liang is a Filipino singer. He is the former finalist of the popular reality-talent search franchise in the Philippines, Pinoy Dream Academy. He was the second runner-up next to Jay-R Siaboc, who is one of his closest friends from the said contest, and grand star dreamer Yeng Constantino. He sang the popular OPM hit "Ngiti" and is a mainstay of ABS-CBN's Sunday variety show ASAP 08.Sheryn Regis
Age: 45Sheryn Mae Poncardas Regis ( reh-HEEZ; born November 26, 1980) better known simply as Sheryn Regis, is a Filipino pop singer-songwriter, host, entrepreneur and occasional actress. She rose to fame during the first season of the singing competition Star in a Million where she placed runner-up to Erik Santos in 2003. After the competition, Regis became known for singing theme songs from TV series on ABS-CBN including Marina, Krystala, Kampanerang Kuba, Gulong ng Palad, Maria Flordeluna and Prinsesa ng Banyera. She has released four studio albums under Star Records and was a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic roster of artists.
Age: 76June Millington (born April 14, 1948) is a Filipino American guitarist, songwriter, producer, educator, and actress. She was the co-founder and lead guitarist of the all-female rock band Fanny, which was active from 1970 to 1974. Millington was once described by Guitar Player magazine as the hottest female guitarist in the music industry. Millington is also "a godmother of women's music", and the co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) in Goshen, Massachusetts.- Age: 38Carlo Aquino (born 3 September 1985) is a Filipino actor and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Kollide and formerly on JCS with John Prats and Stefano Mori. Aquino achieved critical recognition for his performance in the 1998 film Bata, bata... paano ka ginawa? with veteran actress Vilma Santos based on the award-winning novel by Lualhati Bautista.
- Age: 56Herminio Jose Lualhati Alcasid Jr. (born August 27, 1967), known as Ogie Alcasid is a Filipino singer-songwriter, television presenter, comedian, parodist, and actor. He is also currently the President of OPM (Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit).
Age: 37Eduardo Siaboc Jr. (born January 21, 1987) also known as Jay-R Siaboc, is a Filipino TV actor and singer. He started as a student of Pinoy Dream Academy and became a first runner-up next to the grand star dreamer Yeng Constantino.- Age: 59Zsa Zsa Padilla (Tagalog: [ĖŹaŹa]; born Esperanza Padilla, May 28, 1964) is a Filipina singer and actress. She is currently part of ABS-CBN contract actresses, In 2017, she is best known for her role as Helena Montoya/Red Dragon in the hit TV series Wildflower.
Age: 54Lani Bayot Misalucha (born Lani Dimalanta Bayot; August 3, 1969) is a Filipino singer who performs pop, rock, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, and operatic arias. Her ability to sing across several genres gave her the title "Asia's Nightingale" by MTV Southeast Asia.Since arriving in Las Vegas in 2002, Misalucha has been called "New Siren of the Strip." During her stint in Las Vegas, Misalucha performed with the Society of Seven at Bally's Las Vegas and the Flamingo Las Vegas, making her the first Asian to headline in a main showroom at the Las Vegas Strip. She also performed alongside Earl Turner at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. In March 2008, she was voted the "Best Singer" (staff pick) in the "27th Annual Best of Las Vegas" poll by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In 2009, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman proclaimed December 4 as "Lani Misalucha Day" in the city. In 2014, Misalucha returned to the Philippines and signed a recording contract with Star Records, releasing an album entitled The Nightingale Returns.- Age: 47Vhong Navarro is a Filipino comedian, actor, dancer, singer, judge and TV host of ABS-CBN. He is part of the dance group Streetboys in the Philippines.
- Age: 70Marvic Valentin "Vic" Castelo Sotto Sr. (born April 28, 1954) is a Filipino actor, television presenter, comedian, singer and songwriter. He is known for his various television and film projects on the major Philippine television networks GMA, TV5, and ABS-CBN. He is one of three pioneer hosts of Eat Bulaga!, which is the longest-running Philippine noontime variety show. He owns the film and TV production company M-Zet Productions. Sotto won four consecutive titles for Philippine Box Office King from 2004 to 2007 awarded by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation Awards, and received three nominations for Best Actor at the Metro Manila Film Festival.
- Age: 48Sharon Garcia Magdayao (born October 17, 1975), known by her stage name Vina Morales, is a Filipina singer, actress and model.
- Age: 63Willie Revillame (born Wilfredo Buendia Revillame, January 27, 1961) is a Filipino television host, singer, songwriter, businessman, actor and comedian.
Yeng Constantino
Age: 35Josephine Eusebio Constantino-Asuncion (born December 4, 1988) is a Filipina pop diva singer-songwriter, occasional actress and host. In 2006, she won the title "Grand Star Dreamer" in the inaugural season of Pinoy Dream Academy, the Philippine edition of Endemol's reality TV show Star Academy. Constantino is one of the members of the Filipino girl group DIVAS along with KZ Tandingan, Kyla, and Angeline Quinto.
Dec. at 74 (1932-2007)Roman Tesorio Villame (November 18, 1932 ā May 18, 2007), better known as Yoyoy Villame, was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist and comedian. Villame was a native of Calape, Bohol and was the father of singer Hannah Villame. He died of cardiac arrest at the Las PiƱas Medical Center in Manila on May 18, 2007.- Age: 57JosĆ© Ariel JimĆ©nez Rivera also known as Ariel Rivera (born 1 September 1966) is a Filipino recording artist and actor. Rivera was born in Manila, Philippines but has since migrated with his family to Canada. He has since become a successful singer-songwriter, actor, and Aliw award-winning artist. He is dubbed as "Kilabot ng Kolehiyala", a title formerly bestowed upon Hajji Alejandro, a popular Filipino singer in the 1970s.
- Age: 42Christian Joseph Morata Bautista (born October 19, 1981), more popularly known by his screen name Christian Bautista, is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning 4th place in the competition in 2003. After the contest, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines and released his self-titled debut album, Christian Bautista. The multi-platinum album established his name as an OPM artist with songs such as "The Way You Look at Me", "Colour Everywhere" and "Hands to Heaven". The singer gained popularity not only in the Philippines but in other countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.Bautista has also collaborated with fellow Filipino singers Nina, Sitti, Rachelle Ann Go, Sarah Geronimo, Sheryn Regis, Erik Santos and Mark Bautista. He regularly appears in ABS-CBN's variety show ASAP 18. Bautista shot The Kitchen Musical with fellow Stages talent Karylle and other Asian and Filipino talents in Singapore. After being with ABS-CBN for 10 years, Bautista transferred to GMA Network and signed a three-year exclusive contract on March 20, 2013.
- Age: 37Rachelle Ann "Shin" Villalobos Go-Spies (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipino singer and international musical theater actress. Her single "First Burn" together with Lexi Lawson, Arianna Afsar, Julia Harriman and Shoba Narayan debuted and peaked at number 1 in iTunes U.S, number 64 in UK Official Charts, number 46 in iTunes worldwide and number 22 in Billboard Chart Digital Songs category, making her the first Philippine-based recording artist to reach number 1 the U.S. music chart.She began her career by participating in and winning several singing competitions, the first of which was in the long-running Philippine variety show Eat Bulaga! at age eleven. She rose to fame when she emerged as the Grand Champion of the reality talent search Search for a Star in 2004. She was previously managed by VIVA Artist Agency and Viva Records. She is currently managed by Cornerstone Talent Management Center.Go won the Silver Prize award for her song, "From The Start", at the Shanghai Music Festival 2005 and Best Own song, "Isang Lahi", at the Astana International Song Festival 2005 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Since then, she has headlined concerts locally and internationally, recorded seven albums, which became certified gold and double platinum records.Go has also performed in various hit musicals in the Philippines, London's West End and on Broadway. Her debut was in The Little Mermaid, playing the role of Ariel in 2011, for which she won a Best Actress award from Broadway World Philippine Awards; and another in 2013 for Tarzan, playing the role of Jane Porter. Go's theater career continues as she was cast in the 2014 West End revival of the hit musical Miss Saigon, for the role of Gigi Van Tranh. Following this, she was cast in the 30th anniversary staging of Les Miserables in the role of Fantine. She then made her Broadway debut reprising the role of Gigi in the Broadway revival of Miss Saigon in March 2017. Go is currently playing the role of Eliza Hamilton in the original West End production of Hamilton.
- Age: 54Beethoven Michael del Valle Bunagan (born December 17, 1969), known by his stage name Michael V. and also known as "Bitoy", is a Filipino comedian, actor, impersonator, director, composer, singer, rapper, voice artist, vlogger, and "The King of Philippine Parody", who appears in the GMA Network show Bubble Gang, and in his own TV show Pepito Manaloto. Known for his literal "translations" and parodies of popular Filipino and foreign songs, Michael V has also made original songs, such as "Sinaktan Mo Ang Puso Ko" (You've Hurt My Heart), and "Hindi Ako Bakla" (I'm Not Gay). The song "Sinaktan Mo Ang Puso Ko" is closely similar to Weird Al Yankovic's "You Don't Love Me Anymore". He also has a YouTube channel named Michael V. #BitoyStory, which has reached more than 300,000 subscribers.
- Age: 35Yasmien Kurdi-Soldevilla (nƩe Yuson, born January 25, 1989 in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines), popularly known as Yasmien Kurdi, is an award-winning Filipina singer-songwriter, actress and commercial model. She was one of the Final Four in the first season of StarStruck, a reality-based talent search show by GMA Network in the Philippines where she finished as first runner-up. She was awarded the title of the Philippines' Pop Sweetheart. She is known for the roles of Mira in the hit fantasy series Encantadia, Salve Dizon de Leon in the remake of Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita and Shayne Rodrigo in the hit remake Saan Darating Ang Umaga?, a role originally played by Maricel Soriano. She was also known in Rhodora X as Angela, Dolores in the hit afternoon drama series Yagit and Ysabel in the hit Sa Piling ni Nanay which extended many times due to high ratings. As a singer, Kurdi released two studio albums. Her first album, In the Name of Love was released in 2006 and attained platinum status while in 2007, her second album, Love Is All I Need, reached gold status.
- Age: 45Jolina Magdangal-Escueta (born Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal; 6 November 1978) is a Filipino singer, actress, television presenter, and entrepreneur. She is referred to in the Philippines as a popular culture icon (simply, Pop Icon) and is often regarded as one of the most successful multi-media artists in Philippine entertainment industry.Magdangal started her career at a young age as member of Ryan Cayabyab's singing group 14K. In 1994, she signed a recording contract with Walt Disney Records and later released her debut album A Wish Comes True in 1996. She rose to fame as a singer by recording movie theme songs that were non-album released before finally releasing movie soundtrack albums at the final half of the 1990s earning her the title as the country's undisputed movie theme song and soundtrack queen. In her home label, she is being called the Star Music's Queen for setting an all-time high record sales which up to this day has not been surpassed; her self-titled album Jolina (1999) and all-revival On Memory Lane (2000), are among the best-selling albums of all time in the Philippines. In late 1990s to early 2000s, she also built a reputation as a successful live performer through concert tours around the islands of the Philippines, and in cities around the world.In television, she first gained notice for her performances in the youth-oriented comedy and variety television show Ang TV (1992) before going on to appear in the teen drama series Gimik (1996). Since then, she has starred in various television programs in different genres; her most successful programs include musical-variety in ASAP (1995) and S.O.P.; situational comedy (sitcom) in Richard Loves Lucy (1999) and Arriba, Arriba! (2000); talk show/public affairs programs in Unang Hirit and Magandang Buhay (2016); talent search in StarStruck (2003) and Pinoy Idol (2008); drama series in Narito Ang Puso Ko (2003) and FlordeLiza (2015); and pioneering the romantic-comedy genre in Philippine television in Labs Ko Si Babe (1999), followed in I Luv NY (2006), and Adik Sa'Yo (2009). Magdangal is also an occasional film actress and has portrayed roles that became iconic in the Philippine industry. Her most successful films include Labs Kita... Okey Ka Lang? (1998), Hey Babe! (1999), Tunay na Tunay: Gets Mo? Gets Ko! (2000), Kung Ikaw Ay Isang Panaginip (2002), and Ouija (2007). Two of her films earned her the citation "Princess of Philippine Movies" by the Box Office Entertainment Awards. Magdangal has received awards and recognitions from the industry and the Philippine government. She was a recipient of the honors Most Popular Singer and Entertainer of the Year by the Box Office Entertainment Awards, Favorite Female Artist by the MTV Pilipinas Music Awards, and Female Recording Artist by the PMPC Star Awards for Music. As an actress, she received nominations from different award-giving bodies and was highly commended in the 2003 Asian Television Awards for her portrayal as the first Aeta lawyer in the Philippines in the drama anthology Magpakailanman. Popularity wise, in 2008, Magdangal emerged as the "most preferred personality in the [Philippines]" in a survey conducted by the international cable TV network, CNN. In a similar survey conducted by The Filipino Channel among its subscribers globally, Magdangal was listed among the country's most popular showbiz personalities.
- Age: 36Ramiele Macrohon Malubay (born September 6, 1987), also known as Ramiele, is a Filipino-American singer and the ninth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.
- Dec. at 97 (1907-2004)Katy de la Cruz (born Catalina de la Cruz; February 13, 1907 ā November 10, 2004) was a leading Filipino singer who specialized in jazz vocals and torch songs in a performing career that lasted eight decades. Hailed as "The Queen of Filipino Jazz" and as "The Queen of Bodabil", she was, by the age of 18, the highest paid entertainer in the Philippines. De la Cruz also appeared in films and received a FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Award in 1953. One of the famous musicians at that time was Emman.
