Parokya ni Edgar is a Philippine band formed in 1993. The band is known for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of popular songs both foreign and local. The band is adept at playing in various musical genres.
Sponge Cola is a Filipino rock band formed in 1998. The band is composed of Yael Yuzon on vocals and guitars, Gosh Dilay on bass, Armo Armovit on guitars and drummer Tedmark Cruz.
Francisco Gaudencio Lope Belardo Mañalac, popularly known as Bamboo Mañalac or simply by the mononym Bamboo, is a Filipino American musician and singer-songwriter. He began his career as vocalist and original frontman of Rivermaya and later fronted his own band, Bamboo. Bamboo band disbanded in 2011 and Mañalac then pursued a solo career and released his first solo album, No Water, No Moon.
Kamikazee is a Filipino rock band formed in 2000. The band is composed of Jay Contreras, Jomal Linao, Led Tuyay (guitar), Puto Astete (bass) and Bords Burdeos (drums).
Myx is a Philippine pay TV channel based in Quezon City. The channel is targeted to youth audiences with music video as its primary content. It was introduced on free-to air television through the now-defunct television network Studio 23 in 2000. Some of the programs of Myx was shown on Studio 23 during early morning, afternoon and late evening blocks. In 2002, Myx was launched as a stand-alone 24-hour music channel on cable. On February 28, 2007, an American counterpart was created to cater the Asian-American community in United States. Myx is notable for showing the lyrics as the music video plays which was adapted from video karaoke, a popular pastime in Asia. Since 2006, Myx has given the annual Myx Music Awards to the most influential personalities in the Philippine music industry.
Moonstar88 is a Filipino rock band formed in Manila, Philippines in 1999.
Aristotle Pollisco, known professionally as Gloc-9, is a Filipino rapper, singer and songwriter. Regarded as one of the best Filipino rappers of all-time, his fast-flowing vocal style has made him one of the most successful hip-hop artists in the Philippines. He was described by fellow great Filipino rapper Francis Magalona as "a blacksmith of words and letters, and a true Filipino poet."
Alfonso "Chito" Y. Miranda Jr. is a Filipino singer-songwriter and occasional actor best known as one of the founding members and lead singer for the band Parokya ni Edgar.
Francis Vincent "Vinci" R. Montaner is a Filipino singer best known for his work with the band Parokya ni Edgar where he served as a backup vocalist and one of its founding members. He left Parokya ni Edgar in late 2012 after a near 20-year stint with the band but returned in late 2016.
Pinoy pop or P-pop refers to a popular contemporary music in the Philippines originating from the OPM genre. With its beginnings in the 1970s, Pinoy pop is a growing genre in year of 2020s. Through the 1990s to the 2000s, OPM pop was regularly showcased in the live band scene.
Eduardo JV Arancillo Kapunan III, known by his stage name Young JV and also known as "JV Kapunan", is a Filipino hip-hop recording artist and actor. He became famous for his first single in 2009, "That Girl" which was composed by himself. He produced his first album, Ready or Not under PolyEast Records and Doin' It Big Production. He performs on the variety show ASAP and is a member of an all-male group, A-pop, which is composed of JV himself, Sam Concepcion, Nel Gomez and Jaco Benin. He is a talent of ABS-CBN's Star Magic.
Raymond Abracosa, better known as Abra, is a Filipino hip hop recording artist and occasional actor. He gained mainstream popularity with his song "Gayuma". When the video reached more than 26 million views on YouTube, it was hailed as the highest number generated by any local artist. Before that, he is a well-known battle emcee in the FlipTop Battle League.
"Gayuma" is a song by Filipino rapper Abra featuring Thyro Alfaro and Jeriko Aguilar, son of Ka Freddie Aguilar. The song is about a man in love with a transgender partner who learns he'd been given a love potion and takes an antidote.
Myx Music Awards 2013 is the 8th Myx music awards since it started in 2006. Rapper Gloc-9 has the most number of nominations with 8 from 7 different categories. Availing of nominees happened on the 18th of February, 2013 while awards night shall happen on the 20th day of March 2013. Both events are available online thru Myx's live stream. And just like the Myx Music Awards 2012, fans can vote online through Myx's official website, Twitter and Facebook.
Daniel Padilla is the self-titled EP under Star Records released on May 27, 2012, in the Philippines in CD and Digital formats. It also became available in iTunes, Amazon and the Philippines' official music downloading cite, My Music Store Philippines, same day of physical distribution release.
Gracenote is a Filipino electro-pop rock band currently composed of Eunice Jorge, Jazz Jorge (bass), EJ Pichay (drums) and Tatsi Jamnague (guitars). They are known for their cover of Stevie B's When I Dream About You. The single Minsan Lang Naman brought their success in the mainsteam. They participated in Coke Studio Season 1 with Raymond "Abra" Abracosa making the song "Stargazer" and covering Abracosa's Ilusyon.
Reid Alert is the second solo extended play by Filipino-Australian singer-actor James Reid. Reid collaborated with Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacsamana, as well as with Canadian music producer Adam Hurstfield for the songs in his album. It was released digitally on iTunes and physically on Valentine's Day of 2015 by Viva Records.
"Simpleng Tulad Mo" is a Filipino song recorded by actor and singer Daniel Padilla as the interpreter for the Philippines' Himig Handog: P-Pop Love Songs songwriting competition (2014). The song was included in the compilation album title, Himig Handog Ppop Love Song (2014) released on August 15, 2014, and was later included on his third studio album I Feel Good. The song was written and composed by Meljohn Magno.
Sean Patrick Ramos, known professionally as Shanti Dope, is a Filipino rapper, singer and songwriter. He is known for his songs "Nadarang", "Shantidope", "MAU", and "Amatz".
