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That year, her father resigned from his job as a construction estimator to fully attend to his daughter’s blossoming career. Martin Nievera, Fernandez’s then husband and co-host of the show, suggested to Velasquez that she drop the name “Chona” and use Regine as her performing name.
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She then joined OPM, an organization of Filipino singers, performing in music lounges all over Metro Manila.Īt the behest of friend and fellow OctoArts recording artist, Pops Fernandez, Velasquez guested on GMA 7’s Variety TV show, Penthouse Live on 16 February 1986.
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She won a contract with OctoArts, recording the single “Love Me Again” as “Chona Velasquez”, her nickname at the time. Lawrence Academy, where she won Vocal Solo and Vocal Duet awards for her school at the annual BULPRISA (Bulacan Private School Association) competition.Īt fourteen, Velasquez entered the senior division of Ang Bagong Kampeon (The New Champion), a nationally-televised singing competition which she won, in 1984. By the age of nine, Velasquez and her family had moved to Balagtas, Bulacan, where she studied at Balagtas Central School. Velasquez continued to compete in more singing competitions in small towns around the country. Her piece, “Buhat Nang Kita’y Makilala” (Since I Met You), won third place.
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Music impacted Valasquez early on, due to her parents, and at six years old, Velasquez participated in a nationally-televised amateur singing competition, The Tita Betty’s Children’s Show. Her family moved to Hinundayan, Southern Leyte, where Velasquez studied at the Hinundayan Central School. Regine Velasquez is the first child of Teresita and Gerardo Velasquez, born in Tondo, Manila.
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Her movie Pangako, Ikaw Lang (I Promise, It’s Only You) earned her Box-Office Queen title. Her career has crossed over to television and film, earning her Best Actress awards for her portrayal of a mentally challenged woman in a Maalaala Mo Kaya episode entitled “Lobo”, and for her performance in the movie Of All the Things. Velasquez has performed and collaborated with several international artists such as Paul Anka, David Hasselhoff, 98 Degrees, Alicia Keys, Brian McKnight, Mandy Moore, Ronan Keating, Stephen Bishop, Jim Brickman, Peabo Bryson, Jeffrey Osborne, Dave Koz, Jacky Cheung, Grasshopper, Coco Lee, Michel Legrand, David Pomeranz, Eduardo Capetillo, Fernando Carrillo, David Archuleta, Russell Watson and Singaporean vocal band Skritch. In 2012, Velasquez had the honor of being the first Filipino artist to stage a solo concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. In 2003, she became the first Filipino artist to have a CNN Talk Asia special interview with Lorraine Hahn. The following year, she won the same award at the 2003 MTV Asia Awards. In 2002, she was the first Filipino to win at the MTV Asia Awards held in Singapore as Favorite Artist Philippines. This was broadcast by BBC to 67 countries reaching almost a billion viewers.Īt age 21, Velasquez was the first Asian solo performing artist to stage a solo concert at the Carnegie Hall in New York, as part of Carnegie Hall’s centennial-year concert series. On the eve of the new millennium, as part of BBC’s Millennium Special 2000 Today, Velasquez, together with some 2,000 Filipino youth, sang the Philippine millennium theme, “Written in the Sand”. In 2000, Velasquez’s music video “In Love With You”, a duet with Jacky Cheung, landed at the #1 spot on MTV Asia’s Top 20 Asian Videos. The album has sold over 100,000 units in the Philippines, 300,000 units in China and 20,000 in Thailand. It is considered as Velasquez’ most successful album to date, selling more than 700,000 copies in Asia.
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In 1994, Polygram Records produced her first Asia wide-released album, Listen Without Prejudice. Velasquez won the Grand Prize at the 1989 Asia Pacific Singing Contest in Hong Kong. Velasquez has been hailed by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) as the Philippines’ Best-Selling Artist of All Time, with more than 7 million units sold in the Philippines and another 2 million units sold across Asia. Popular for her wide vocal range, she is widely known as “Asia’s Songbird”. Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (born 22 April 1970) is a Filipino singer, actress, television presenter and record producer. Regine Velasquez Biography, Music, Family and Awards