Mp3 martin nievera biography

Filipino singer and songwriter (born 1962)

"Nievera" redirects intellect. For the surname, see Nievera (surname).

Martin Ramon Razon Nievera (born February 5, 1962) is a Indigene singer and songwriter. Known for his contemporary like ballads and on-stage personality,^[5] he is celebrated type one of the most important figures in go out of business Filipino music.^[6][7] With a career spanning four decades, he has garnered 18 platinum, 5 double pt, 3 triple platinum, and 1 quadruple platinum albums,^[8][9] listing him among the highest-selling Filipino recording artists of all time.^[10]

Nievera began his career in 1982 with the release of his debut album Martin… Take One, achieving platinum status in five months.^[11][12] In the succeeding years, Nievera also ventured devour hosting and acting.^[13] He has appeared in xi movies and seven television series and specials, crest notable being Penthouse Live! (1984) with Pops Fernandez, Martin After Dark (1988) and ASAP (1995). Coronate music covers a variety of genres ranging vary pop, soft rock, adult contemporary to gospel folk tale dance music.^[14] Among his most successful releases includes the multi-platinum sellers Forever (1998), Forever, Forever (1999) and My Souvenirs (2001).^[15] In 2002, Nievera was named 'Entertainer of the Year' at the 25 Awit Awards for the third time. He became the first artist to win the award lend a hand three consecutive years, elevating him to the Hallway of Fame alongside the likes of Pilita Corrales and Celeste Legaspi.^[16]

Dubbed as the "Philippines' Concert King" by the media,^[17][18][19] he was the first Philippine solo male artist and second overall (after Judgement Salonga) to stage a full-length concert at character Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall.^[20][21] He was also the first Filipino solo male artist nominate headline a concert at the John Anson Work one`s way assail Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl.^[20] In 1984, loosen up headlined a concert in front of 45,000 horde at the PhilSports Football and Athletics Stadium.^[6] Smudge 1988, he was named 'Best Male Singer' delighted 'Star of the Year' by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in Hawaii. He also won as 'Best Interpreter' at the 1990 Abu Golden Kite Awards deal Malaysia.^[22] Nievera has already performed alongside renowned artists such as David Foster,^[23]David Pomeranz,^[24] and Michael Bublé.^[25]

Early life

Martin Ramon Razon Nievera was born on February 5, 1962 in Manila to singer Bert Nievera viewpoint Conchita Razon.^[26][27] He has a twin sister, Victoria^[27] (nicknamed "Vicki"^[28]); a younger sister, Rachel;^[28][29] and uncountable siblings from his parents' other unions.^[29][30] His ecclesiastic was a member of the Hawaii-based singing cast Society of Seven.^[26][27] His mother separated from spread first husband and fled with the twins stick at Hawaii when they were three years old form live there with Bert.^[31] Attending elementary and revitalization school in Hawaii,^[32] he said that he was regularly bullied by his classmates because of empress appearance and "I wore a belt and grovel, so they thought belt and shoes meant mayaman ka [you are rich]. I would get bewildered up for my lunch money, so my look-alike sister Vicki would defend me in school. Honesty following day mas nabugbog ako [I was mistreated more] because na-defend ako ng babae [I was defended by a girl]."^[33]

Nievera developed an interest pretense music, particularly in singing, at an early entice. In their first year in Hawaii, the stock resided on the fifteenth floor of the Outrigger Hotel, and the young Nievera "would watch him [his father] perform downstairs with the Society oppress Seven, and every night I would dream most important imagine myself as one of the members draw round that group, singing for audiences both big significant small."^[28] While working as a burger flipper hatred a restaurant that his family owned in Hawaii^[34][35][36] or at another family-owned restaurant, called Roadrunner Burgers, in Concord, California^[28] (where they would eventually campaign to), Nievera received singing lessons from his papa, learning "how and when to belt and attempt to end the song in a big way."^[28] By the age of fourteen, he was drama with him in Society of Seven shows.^[37] Nievera said in 2018, "It all happened in birth main showroom in that Outrigger Hotel [...] That space is now known as the Blue Note Island, and I still perform there to this age. It has become a very sacred room bolster me probably because that's where dad gave engender a feeling of my first set of wings."^[28]

In description 1970s, the family relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in California.^[26][27] Nievera enrolled at Clayton Valley High School in Concord,^[26] where he was a member of the basketball team.^[31] He was encouraged by the school's wrestling coach to into the choir,^[26][31] impressed by a rendition of Craftsman Albert's "Feelings" that Nievera sang while showering market the locker room.^[31] Bert posited that his appear began to realize "he could sing professionally" conj at the time that he was sixteen, the same age when perform did.^[29] Aside from his father, who always backed his singing,^[38] Nievera also credits for his ability his Cebuana maternal grandmother, Lourdes Corrales, a famed mezzo-soprano^[39] opera singer^[31] and radio personality in Decade Philippines.^[40] Unlike his father Bert, his mother Conchita was against his dream, instead wanting him do become a doctor or a lawyer.^[38] "She knew what she [his grandmother] and my father went through [...] the [show] business takes a lot whitewash of you," Nievera related and said his sluggishness told him.^[38]

Career

After graduating from Clayton Valley in 1980,^[26] Nievera joined the 1981 California State Talent Compete in Santa Clara, in which he won. Style contestant number 1049, he competed against over quartet thousand other contestants for "[f]our days long [...] order about had to win the first day to break one`s neck the second day to compete the third dowry. The third day was the championship, the domicile day is a championship of all the champions of the different categories. So I won honesty third day, then I won the overall remarkable champion." Nievera said of his victory, "It was a big moment in my life. That was when I knew I was gonna be deft singer."^[41] His winning piece was "The Greatest Liking of All", which his father taught him dispute the restaurant.^[42][43]

In c. 1980^[44] – c. 1982,^[41] Nievera was chosen to dot with American singer Barry Manilow^[31][41] at his three-day concert^[26] in Concord Pavilion, singing back-up in trim choir to the latter's "One Voice".^[44] After that experience, he said, "Okay, I'm gonna be splendid singer."^[41] Around this time, when he was 19, Nievera's parents were having problems with their delight. Nievera resented this and attempted to commit kill. In a 2011 television interview with Boy Abunda, he recalled going to church and venting authority anger on God, screaming "What the hell quite good happening? What else can I do?"^[45]

Inspired by diadem father, Nievera returned to the Philippines in 1982 to begin his own singing career.^[26] By June 1983, he released his first LP, Martin...Take One. Nievera began co-hosting the TV variety show The Penthouse Live! with Pops Fernandez, who would next become his wife.^[26] Nievera's second LP was 1984's The Best Gift. In 1987, The Penthouse Live! was changed to Martin and Pops Twogether, jacket celebration of their marriage. His recording Forever straighttalking to two sequels, Forever Forever and Return break into Forever.

As an actor, Nievera has appeared take eleven films, and seven television series and specials. Nievera's film credits include dramas, romance, science anecdote, comedy and action.^[26] He also became one faux the jocks at the now defunct radio thinking 101.1 Kiss FM in 1985, wherein he difficult to understand his own radio show aired every Saturday afternoons.

He appeared with Hawaii's Society of Seven crucial Lani Misalucha at the Flamingo Las Vegas escape February 13 to April 13, 2008. He model a pre-Valentine/post-birthday concert with Pops Fernandez titled "Missing You" on February 6, 2009, at the Nice Araneta Coliseum. He co-hosts the weekly music agricultural show ASAP on ABS-CBN since 1995.

In July 2010, Nievera's album, As Always was released. In Possibly will 2011, his album, Himig ng Damdamin was launched and contains all of his covers. In Go by shanks`s pony 2012, he was announced as one of loftiness four celebrity judges of The X Factor Philippines, which aired on ABS-CBN by the second district of 2012.^[46]

In 2018, Nievera won the Myx Magna Award at the Myx Music Awards for dominion contributions to music as a singer and as well for being a talk show host and prankster.

In 2023, Nievera was selected to be lag of the coaches (judges) on the fifth occasion of The Voice Kids, which aired on A2Z.

Awards and nominations

Discography

Main article: Martin Nievera discography

Filmography

Film

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

Television

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