Popular music in the 80s and 90s

2. PHILIPPINE POPULAR MUSIC
• PHILIPPINE POPULAR MUSIC ENCOMPASSES A WIDE RANGE OF GENRES, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL FOLK
MUSIC, POP, ROCK, HIP-HOP, AND MORE. IT REFLECTS THE DIVERSE CULTURAL INFLUENCES AND
TRADITIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES, BLENDING INDIGENOUS SOUNDS WITH WESTERN AND ASIAN MUSICAL
STYLES. ICONIC ARTISTS LIKE ERASERHEADS, SARAH GERONIMO, AND BAMBOO HAVE LEFT A
SIGNIFICANT MARK ON THE COUNTRY’S MUSIC SCENE.

3. OPM ARTIST IN 80’S
• GARY VALENCIANO - GARY VALENCIANO, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS GARY V, IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED
FILIPINO MUSICIAN KNOWN FOR HIS VERSATILITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TOPHILIPPINE POPULAR
MUSIC. HE’S RENOWNED FOR HIS POWERFUL VOCALS, ENERGETIC PERFORMANCES, AND POSITIVE
MESSAGE IN HIS SONGS. VALENCIANO HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR DECADES,
PRODUCING NUMEROUS HITS ACROSS VARIOUS GENRES INCLUDING POP, R&B, AND INSPIRATIONAL
MUSIC. HE’S ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS PHILANTHROPY WORK AND ADVOCACY FOR SOCIAL CAUSES.

4. EDGARDO JOSE “GARY” SANTIAGO
VALENCIANO
• BORN AUGUST 6, 1964) IS A FILIPINO SINGER AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY. KNOWN FOR HIS MUSICAL
VERSATILITY AND PERFORMANCES, HE IS A RECIPIENT OF VARIOUS ACCOLADES, INCLUDING 12 AWIT
AWARDS, 3 FAMAS AWARDS AND THEMYX MAGNA AWARD.[1]

5. SONGS
• TAKE ME OUT OF THE DARK
• LEAD ME LORD
• NATUTULOG BA ANG DIYOS
• WARRIOR IS A CHILD
• I WILL BE HERE
• SANA MAULIT MULI

6. WHAT IS GARY VALENCIANO KNOWN FOR?
• FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, THE INCOMPARABLE GARYVALENCIANO, A MULTI-AWARDED FILIPINO-PUERTO
RICAN INSPIRATIONAL SINGER-SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN, FILM ACTOR, TELEVISION HOST/PERFORMER,
MUSIC PRODUCER AND ARRANGER, HAS ENTHRALLED HIS AUDIENCES WITH HIS BREATHTAKING
PERFORMANCES AND GROUNDBREAKING RECORDINGS.

7. AWARDS
• AWIT AWARD FOR BEST CHRISTMAS RECORDING
• AWIT AWARD FOR SONG OF THE YEAR
• AWIT AWARD FOR BEST BALLAD RECORDING
• AWIT AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCED RECORD OF THE YEAR
• AWIT AWARD FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR

8. OPM ARTIST IN 90’S
• SOUTH BORDER IS A FILIPINO POP AND R&B BAND FORMED IN THE EARLY 1990S THAT GAINED
WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION IN THE MUSIC SCENE IN THE MID 1990S TO THE 2000S.

9. SOUTHBORDER
• ORIGINALLY FORMED IN 1993, THE BAND WHOSE NAME IS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR ROOTS IN DAVAO DOWN
SOUTH, FIRST CAME INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE IN 1996 WHEN THEY LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST SELF-
TITLED ALBUM. IT INCLUDED A JIMMY ANTIPORDA SONG ENTITLED “MAY PAG-IBIG PA KAYA” WHICH THEY
INTERPRETED IN THE METRO MANILA POP MUSIC FESTIVAL EARLIER THATYEAR. ANOTHER SONG, “KAHIT
KAILAN” WAS AWARDED 1996 SONG OF THE YEAR BY VARIOUS RADIO STATIONS, THUS GIVING THEM
THEIR FIRST BIG HIT.

10. SONGS
• RAINBOW
• KAHIT KAILAN
• LOVE OF MYLIFE
• IKAW NGA
• WITH A SMILE
• TULOG

11. AWARDS
• AWARDS. SOUTH BORDER HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING TWO AWIT
AWARDS FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP AND BEST BALLAD RECORDINGFOR THEIR SONG “KAHIT
KAILAN”. THEY WERE ALSO AWARDED TWO NU107 ROCK AWARDS FOR FAVORITE SONG AND FAVORITE
GROUP. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN NOMINATED FOR SEVERAL MYX MUSIC AWARDS.

12. THE MOST PLAYED SONG
• OPM SONG ENTITLED RAINBOW BY SOUTH BORDER. SOME MAY ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SONG
ESPECIALLY MY KABABAYANS OUT THERE..
• I JUST WANT TO SHARE TO YOU THIS RNB CLASSIC SONG WHICH MADE MEREALIZE THAT THERE’S SO
MUCH MORE TO LIFE THAN ALL THE STRUGGLES AND PAIN. EVERY TIME IAM LISTENING TO THIS IT REALLY
MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD AND RELAXED. I ALSO FOUND IT VERY INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING KIND OF
SONG. IF YOU’LL TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND FEEL EVERY LINES, NOT JUSTMERELY LISTENING TO IT, MAYBE
YOU’LL ALSO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING BEHIND THOSE LYRICS AND THE MESSAGE THAT THE SONG
WRITER IS TRYING CONVEY TO EVERYONE WHOSE LISTENING TO IT.

13. VOCALIST’S
• LUKE MEJARES
• BAGETS MENDEZ
• JAY DURIAS
• MACKEY RICAFORT