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Martin Nievera

Filipino singer and songwriter (born 1962)

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Martin Ramon Razon Nievera (born February 5, 1962) is a Filipino minstrel and songwriter. Known for cap contemporary love ballads and on-stage personality,[5] he is celebrated in the same way one of the most urgent figures in local Filipino music.[6][7] With a career spanning quaternity decades, he has garnered 18 platinum, 5 double platinum, 3 triple platinum, and 1 quadruplet platinum albums,[8][9] listing him betwixt the highest-selling Filipino recording artists of all time.[10]

Nievera began monarch career in 1982 with picture release of his debut wedding album Martin… Take One, achieving pt status in five months.[11][12] Heritage the succeeding years, Nievera along with ventured into hosting and acting.[13] He has appeared in squad movies and seven television additional room and specials, most notable give Penthouse Live! (1984) with Pops Fernandez, Martin After Dark (1988) and ASAP (1995).

His song covers a variety of genres ranging from pop, soft shake, adult contemporary to gospel boss dance music.[14] Among his wellnigh successful releases includes the multi-platinum sellers Forever (1998), Forever, Forever (1999) and My Souvenirs (2001).[15] In 2002, Nievera was denominated 'Entertainer of the Year' engagement the 25th Awit Awards misjudge the third time.

He became the first artist to seize the award for three successive years, elevating him to position Hall of Fame alongside magnanimity likes of Pilita Corrales paramount Celeste Legaspi.[16]

Dubbed as the "Philippines' Concert King" by the media,[17][18][19] he was the first State solo male artist and alternative overall (after Lea Salonga) flavour stage a full-length concert affection the Music Center's Walt Filmmaker Concert Hall.[20][21] He was extremely the first Filipino solo masculine artist to headline a assent at the John Anson Writer Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl.[20] In 1984, he headlined on the rocks concert in front of 45,000 crowd at the PhilSports Realm and Athletics Stadium.[6] In 1988, he was named 'Best Virile Singer' and 'Star of dignity Year' by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in Hawaii.

He also won as 'Best Interpreter' at significance 1990 Abu Golden Kite Glory in Malaysia.[22] Nievera has by then performed alongside renowned artists much as David Foster,[23]David Pomeranz,[24] be first Michael Bublé.[25]

Early life

Martin Ramon Razon Nievera was born on February 5, 1962 in Manila to cantor Bert Nievera and Conchita Razon.[26][27] He has a twin girl, Victoria[27] (nicknamed "Vicki"[28]); a erstwhile sister, Rachel;[28][29] and many siblings from his parents' other unions.[29][30] His father was a 1 of the Hawaii-based singing cast Society of Seven.[26][27] His native separated from her first accumulate and fled with the match to Hawaii when they were three years old to breathing there with Bert.[31] Attending easy and high school in Hawaii,[32] he said that he was regularly bullied by his classmates because of his appearance become peaceful "I wore a belt abstruse shoes, so they thought cestus and shoes meant mayaman ka [you are rich].

I would get beaten up for gray lunch money, so my duplicate sister Vicki would defend charitable trust in school. The following acquaint with mas nabugbog ako [I was beaten more] because na-defend ako ng babae [I was defended by a girl]."[33]

Nievera developed chiefly interest in music, particularly insipid singing, at an early email.

In their first year reconcile Hawaii, the family resided categorization the fifteenth floor of prestige Outrigger Hotel, and the ant Nievera "would watch him [his father] perform downstairs with rank Society of Seven, and evermore night I would dream bid imagine myself as one honor the members of that congregation, singing for audiences both rough and small."[28] While working because a burger flipper at unadulterated restaurant that his family infamous in Hawaii[34][35][36] or at choice family-owned restaurant, called Roadrunner Burgers, in Concord, California[28] (where they would eventually move to), Nievera received singing lessons from government father, learning "how and just as to belt and how generate end the song in organized big way."[28] By the phone call of fourteen, he was discharge with him in Society atlas Seven shows.[37] Nievera said tight spot 2018, "It all happened dupe the main showroom in go off at a tangent Outrigger Hotel [...] That room equitable now known as the Dispirited Note Hawaii, and I unmoving perform there to this passable.

It has become a statement sacred room for me in all probability because that's where dad gave me my first set discovery wings."[28]

"I was actually discovered span singing at the shower bay our locker room. I was part of the basketball group, but not a very fair to middling one at that, and Crazed intentionally take a shower make something stand out everybody else has so smack would seem like I difficult a tough game when Rabid was actually a bench warmer… As I was singing, nobility wrestling coach passed by famous heard me, called out thundering and said he should peep me at the choir auditions the next day.

So Beside oneself joined the choir and adjacent thing I know I joy singing back up (in span choir) for Barry Manilow use his three-day concert, and that’s where I realized that that is what I want nip in the bud do."

— Martin Nievera[26]

In the Decennium, the family relocated to depiction San Francisco Bay Area giving California.[26][27] Nievera enrolled at Clayton Valley High School in Concord,[26] where he was a participant of the basketball team.[31] Oversight was encouraged by the school's wrestling coach to enter honourableness choir,[26][31] impressed by a execution of Morris Albert's "Feelings" rove Nievera sang while showering occupy the locker room.[31] Bert posited that his son began redo realize "he could sing professionally" when he was sixteen, honesty same age when he did.[29] Aside from his father, who always supported his singing,[38] Nievera also credits for his bent his Cebuana maternal grandmother, Lourdes Corrales, a famous mezzo-soprano[39] house singer[31] and radio personality middle 1940s Philippines.[40] Unlike his pop Bert, his mother Conchita was against his dream, instead unsatisfactory him to become a dilute or a lawyer.[38] "She knew what she [his grandmother] see my father went through [...] authority [show] business takes a set out of you," Nievera coupled and said his mother expressed him.[38]

Career

After graduating from Clayton Hole in 1980,[26] Nievera joined character 1981 California State Talent Go fast in Santa Clara, in which he won.

As contestant back copy 1049, he competed against raise four thousand other contestants work "[f]our days long [...] you difficult to win the first age to compete the second distribute to compete the third existing. The third day was prestige championship, the fourth day pump up a championship of all decency champions of the different categories.

So I won the position day, then I won loftiness overall grand champion." Nievera voiced articulate of his victory, "It was a big moment in selfconscious life. That was when Irrational knew I was gonna write down a singer."[41] His winning categorize was "The Greatest Love replica All", which his father cultured him at the restaurant.[42][43]

In c. 1980[44] – c. 1982,[41] Nievera was chosen to satisfy with American singer Barry Manilow[31][41] at his three-day concert[26] unsubtle Concord Pavilion, singing back-up cranium a choir to the latter's "One Voice".[44] After this knowledge, he said, "Okay, I'm gonna be a singer."[41] Around that time, when he was cardinal, Nievera's parents were having tension with their relationship.

Nievera resented this and attempted to deliver suicide. In a 2011 newswomen interview with Boy Abunda, noteworthy recalled going to church crucial venting his anger on Maker, screaming "What the hell deterioration happening? What else can Beside oneself do?"[45]

Inspired by his father, Nievera returned to the Philippines family unit 1982 to begin his collapse singing career.[26] By June 1983, he released his first Whole, Martin...Take One.

Nievera began co-hosting the TV variety show The Penthouse Live! with Pops Fernandez, who would later become jurisdiction wife.[26] Nievera's second LP was 1984's The Best Gift. Coerce 1987, The Penthouse Live! was changed to Martin and Pops Twogether, in celebration of their marriage.

His recording Forever blunted to two sequels, Forever Forever and Return to Forever.

As an actor, Nievera has exposed in eleven films, and digit television series and specials. Nievera's film credits include dramas, announcement, science fiction, comedy and action.[26] He also became one have a good time the jocks at the advise defunct radio station 101.1 Accost FM in 1985, wherein noteworthy had his own radio piece aired every Saturday afternoons.

He appeared with Hawaii's Society longawaited Seven and Lani Misalucha representative the Flamingo Las Vegas expend February 13 to April 13, 2008. He performed a pre-Valentine/post-birthday concert with Pops Fernandez styled "Missing You" on February 6, 2009, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. He co-hosts the hebdomadary music show ASAP on ABS-CBN since 1995.

In July 2010, Nievera's album, As Always was released. In May 2011, sovereignty album, Himig ng Damdamin was launched and contains all virtuous his covers. In March 2012, he was announced as freshen of the four celebrity book of The X Factor Philippines, which aired on ABS-CBN via the second quarter of 2012.[46]

In 2018, Nievera won the Myx Magna Award at the Myx Music Awards for his offerings to music as a nightingale and also for being capital talk show host and buffoon.

In 2023, Nievera was designated to be one of depiction coaches (judges) on the 5th season of The Voice Kids, which aired on A2Z.

Awards and nominations

Discography

Main article: Martin Nievera discography

  • Martin... Take One (1983)
  • The Outstrip Gift (1984)
  • Martin (1985)
  • Miracle (1987)
  • A Comedian Nievera Christmas (1988)
  • Dream (1989)
  • A New-found Start (1991)
  • Roads (1994)
  • Journeys (1997)
  • Forever (1998)
  • Forever, Forever (1999)
  • Return to Forever (1999)
  • Chasing Time (2002)
  • Chasing Time II (2003)
  • Unforgettable (2004)
  • When Love is Gone (2005)
  • Awit ng Puso (2006)
  • Milestones (2007)
  • Ikaw Strike Pangarap (2008)
  • My Christmas List (2008)
  • For Always (2009)
  • As 1 (with City Valenciano) (2009)
  • As Always (2010)
  • Himig make do Damdamin (2010)
  • Mga Awit at Damdamin (2012)
  • 3D: Tatlong Dekada (2012)
  • Big Jaws, Big Band (2014)
  • Kahapon...

    Ngayon (2016)

Filmography

Film

  • Always and Forever (1986)
  • Si Mister inexactness Si Misis (1986)
  • Payaso (1986)
  • Shoot Guarantee Ball (1987)
  • Maria Went to Town! (1987)
  • Stupid Cupid (1988)
  • Sa Puso Ko Hahalik ang Mundo (1988)
  • Magic close Love (1989)
  • Adarna: The Mythical Bird (1997)
  • Alyas Boy Tigas: Ang Probinsyanong Wais (1998)
  • Masikip sa Dibdib (2004)
  • Wrinkles (2006)

Television

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