Life is about moving on. And that was what Nathan Azarcon, Ira Cruz and Vic Mercado did when their former band Bamboo ceased being a group. With their passion for music, they decided to form their own group in late January 2011– a band they would eventually call Hijo.
With Bruno Mars, JoJo, Natasha Bedingfield, Jason Derulo & Nick Jonas from The Jonas Brothers
“INFINITY”—The New Album, With Infinite Possibilities
Charice has taken the local and international charts and the world by storm with the release of her first and certified smash-hit single “Pyramid” featuring Iyaz, off her first self-titled international debut and certified platinum album under Warner Bros. Records in 2010. In the same year, “Pyramid” reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard Dance/Club Charts and Charice also became the only Asian artist to have an album debut at #8 on the US Billboard Top 200.
After all the success she’s been receiving in the past few years, as if touring the world with the 15-time Grammy winner, singer-songwriter & producer David Foster, appearing on Glee (the smash-hit US TV musical-drama-comedy series) and acting in her second Hollywood movie—’Here Comes The Boom’ with Salma Hayek & Kevin James next year aren’t enough! This year,Charice is back with a HOT NEW 2nd album—INFINITY still under Warner Bros. Records distributed locally by Warner Music Philippines. Japan and SEA are first territories to release in the world. With Japan releasing last October 5th and followed by an October 24th Philippine release. Japan has shipped over 54,000 units of “Infinity” album and is currently their #1 English selling album in Japan. Also, collectively over 200,000 copies of her first album across Asia were sold since release.
The tiny stature and the big-voiced Charice, also takes a sassier tack on “Louder,” the second single from Infinity. She explores her dance-diva side in the music video which is currently peaking in the MYX daily countdown chart. Directed by Tim Cruz and choreographed by Gil Duldulao the man behind the moves in Jennifer Lopez’s “Waiting for Tonight,” Janet Jackson’s“Together Again,” and Christina Aguilera’s “Drrrty” and “Genie in a Bottle,” among others.
Moreover Infinity expresses Charice’s carving her place in the international pop music industry, as it features collaborations with big-time and distinguished producers and writers like Bruno Mars for the song “Before It Explodes,” Jason Derulo & Kara Dioguardi for “Lesson For Life,” JoJo for “Heartbreak Survivor,” Natasha Bedingfield for “Lighthouse” & Nick Jonas from the Jonas Brothers for “One Day.” These musicians definitely helped in building Charice’s sophomore album.
Charice is definitely enjoying her stardom at its peak, she’s now one of the most popular young artists in the world, furthermore arole model, a new hero and a bigger inspiration to Filipinos. As Charice would always say, “We are what we imagine ourselves to be… ” Just like her new album Infinity, infinite possibilities are still to come her way.
INFINITY, Charice’s 2nd international album is out now at all record bars nationwide from Warner Music Philippines! To Get “LOUDER” on your phone! Just text LDR to 5677 now!
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Letter Days Story is now riding high on the success of their latest single “Save Me”. Gaining a steady stream of airplay in tastemaker stations like 89.9 Magic, RX 93.1, and Jam 88.3, “Save Me” captured the attention of the hip mainstream audience that has always been craving for new and original OPM band music. Letter Day Story attracted a new wave of followers, particularly in their social media streams, venting out their clamour to hear more songs from LDS. Hence, the EP “Breakaway” is now released. ‘Breakaway’ consists of six tracks – including ‘Save Me’ – ‘Smile’, ‘Breakaway’, Ikaw at Ako’, Hinahanap’, and ‘The Hero Within’ – the last track having been featured on AXN Channel where LDS are ambassadors.
Celebrate the Holiday season with the country’s multi-platinum crooner Richard Poon as he releases “Christmas with Richard Poon.” This is his very first Christmas album.
Hijo, the newest band to hit the local music scene with some familiar faces, signed a record deal with the number one music company in the Philippines- MCA Music (an affiliate of Universal Music Group). It is composed of ex-Bamboo members Nathan Azarcon, now on vocals and bass, Vic Mercado on drums, Ira Cruz, Radioactive Sago Project’s Junji Lerma on guitars, and Jay Orduña on keyboard.
Catch Sony Music’s hottest bands this October at SM Supermalls for the OKTOBER ROCK-FEST with LETTER DAY STORY, eevee, AJKA, Kaligta, Kilos and Soundvent!.
Ebe Dancel‘s highly anticipated unveiling of his 2-CD Limited Edition masterpiece is finally happening on Thursday, September 29th, Thursday 7PM, at Teatrino at The Greenhills Promenade. This marks EBE DANCEL’s first major public performance as a solo artist.
The 2-CD Limited Edition entitled: “DALAWANG MUKHA NG PAG-IBIG,” under Warner Music Philippines, is composed of all original songs, all crafted with the same heart, honesty and sensibility of Ebe but with an fresher sound of excitement The first CD is the full-band version of the 10 tracks while the second CD contains all the same songs but all redone in acoustic takes, recorded in separate sessions for a different sound all the more highlighting Ebe’s vocals and lyrics.
The past decades have sent the rise and fall of the seemingly invincible artists and groups, Side A has braved the storms and persevered through whatever trends The name is synonymous with an unmatched classic-after-classic repertoire of songs (spanning a whopping collection of more than a dozen official albums, a Christmas album, singles and various greatest hits collections…) and unequaled live performances nationwide and abroad.