MANILA – On June 24, 2016 (Friday), the Philippines will celebrate pop music like never before. MTV has completed its lineup of artists for the upcoming Music Evolution Manila this coming Friday, June 24. Its stellar performers include Far East Movement, Philippine pop superstar father and son tandem Gary and Gab Valenciano, American pop rock band One Republic, American singer and record producer Bebe Rexha, K-pop girl group Apink, and one of the Philippines’ most popular love teams, Nadine Lustre and James Reid.
Popular for their songs “Counting Stars,” “Apologize,” and “If I Love Myself,” recognized as an Iconic International pop band and prolific hit maker, One Republic really is going places. They also won several music awards and landed many nominations including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, World Music Awards, and even the Grammy Awards. Lead singer Ryan Tedder also wrote numerous popular songs like “Halo,” “Bleeding Love,” “Already Gone,” and more.
Singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha is best known for her song “No Broken Hearts” featuring Nicki Minaj, “Hey Mama,” and “Me, Myself, and I” together with G Eazy. She started her career as the lead singer of Black Cards. She was nominated in the category of Best Collaboration in 2015 Teen Choice Award and MTV Europe Music Awards. In 2016, she was once again nominated for Best Collaboration in the iHeartRadio Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.
Far East Movement is an American hip hop-EDM Group based in Los Angeles founded in 2003. Known for their songs “Like a G6” which landed No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and iTunes, they are the first Asian-American group to hit no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their next single, “Rocketeer,” reached no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their other songs are “You’ve Got a Friend” and “Girls on the Dance Floor.”
Apink won the 26th Golden Disk Awards, 21st Seoul Music Awards, and 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards and more. They are one of the fastest rising girl groups in Korea. The group have released five albums. MTV Music Evolution Manila ’16 will be the first event that the said group will be attending here in the Philippines.
In his 32 years in showbiz and the music industry, “Mr. Pure Energy” Gary Valenciano has released 32 albums, won several awards especially the “Best Male Performer” award 11 times, and was hailed as the first ambassador of UNICEF Philippines in 1998.
A choir singer before he entered the industry, Gary started performing on television through his appearances on “The Pilita and Jackie Show,” “Germspesyal,” and “Penthouse Live.” In 1984, he had his first ever solo concert entitled “Gary V: A-Live” held in Araneta Coliseum, followed by his first international concert in Singapore.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Gab Valenciano also made his way to stardom. He first started his career when he appeared in several of his father’s concerts. He is known for his own dance moves and skills but he pushed himself to enter different crafts such as arranging, producing music, and choreography. He went abroad to share his talents as he made his first YouTube channel (I am Gab Valenciano) where he regularly releases his work and was later dubbed as the “Super Selfie King.” He worked with American Idol sensation Jessica Sanchez for her new song, “This Love,” and he became more popular when he collaborated with one of music’s biggest stars, Beyonce, for her new music video entitled “7/11.”
Real to reel life couple James Reid and Nadine Lustre (also known as JaDine) is one of the country’s most popular love teams. JaDine started in 2014, when they released the movie Diary ng Panget under Viva Films which breached the 100-million mark. After the success of their first movie, it was followed by Talk Back and You’re Dead and Star Cinema’s Para sa Hopeless Romantic with Julia Barretto and Iñigo Pascual. Their first ever teleserye on ABS-CBN, On the Wings of Love, was one of the top-rating teleseryes in 2015 and was followed by their summer movie This Love.
“We looked at what it is that young people wanted,” said Adeline Ong , Senior Director, Corporate Communications (Asia) of Viacom International Media Network (VIMN) “So when we created an event like MTV Music Evolution, we’re about creating a production that’s not just a live event but for broadcast. Fans tell us that they’re amazed by the quality of our show. It’s not just for a live audience of 22,000, for example, but for audiences in 160 countries around the world. Also, we’re about creating experiences. It’s about having lots of other activities leading up to the event so we can really engage our audience.”
That should give us a clue about what’s in store for music lovers on Friday, June 24, 2016 at the MOA Concert Grounds.
