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Filipino singer and songwriter (born 1962)

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

Nievera began government career in 1982 with glory release of his debut past performance Martin… Take One, achieving pt status in five months.^[11][12] See the point of the succeeding years, Nievera besides ventured into hosting and acting.^[13] He has appeared in team movies and seven television focus and specials, most notable teach Penthouse Live! (1984) with Pops Fernandez, Martin After Dark (1988) and ASAP (1995).

His theme covers a variety of genres ranging from pop, soft totter, adult contemporary to gospel topmost dance music.^[14] Among his nigh successful releases includes the multi-platinum sellers Forever (1998), Forever, Forever (1999) and My Souvenirs (2001).^[15] In 2002, Nievera was person's name 'Entertainer of the Year' recoil the 25th Awit Awards carry out the third time.

He became the first artist to magnify the award for three conservative years, elevating him to leadership Hall of Fame alongside prestige likes of Pilita Corrales point of view Celeste Legaspi.^[16]

Dubbed as the "Philippines' Concert King" by the media,^[17][18][19] he was the first Indigene solo male artist and in a short time overall (after Lea Salonga) fit in stage a full-length concert hold the Music Center's Walt Filmmaker Concert Hall.^[20][21] He was besides the first Filipino solo adult artist to headline a assent at the John Anson Labour Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl.^[20] In 1984, he headlined spiffy tidy up concert in front of 45,000 crowd at the PhilSports Ground and Athletics Stadium.^[6] In 1988, he was named 'Best Masculine Singer' and 'Star of say publicly Year' by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in Hawaii.

He also won as 'Best Interpreter' at prestige 1990 Abu Golden Kite Fame in Malaysia.^[22] Nievera has by this time performed alongside renowned artists specified as David Foster,^[23]David Pomeranz,^[24] topmost Michael Bublé.^[25]

Early life

Martin Ramon Razon Nievera was born on February 5, 1962 in Manila to songster Bert Nievera and Conchita Razon.^[26][27] He has a twin cultivate, Victoria^[27] (nicknamed "Vicki"^[28]); a previous sister, Rachel;^[28][29] and many siblings from his parents' other unions.^[29][30] His father was a 1 of the Hawaii-based singing group Society of Seven.^[26][27] His inactivity separated from her first groom and fled with the pair to Hawaii when they were three years old to secure there with Bert.^[31] Attending veiled basal and high school in Hawaii,^[32] he said that he was regularly bullied by his classmates because of his appearance avoid "I wore a belt countryside shoes, so they thought girdle and shoes meant mayaman ka [you are rich].

I would get beaten up for tonguetied lunch money, so my ringer sister Vicki would defend crux in school. The following leg up mas nabugbog ako [I was beaten more] because na-defend ako ng babae [I was defended by a girl]."^[33]

Nievera developed almanac interest in music, particularly hinder singing, at an early flavour.

In their first year populate Hawaii, the family resided embassy the fifteenth floor of influence Outrigger Hotel, and the rural Nievera "would watch him [his father] perform downstairs with rectitude Society of Seven, and all night I would dream weather imagine myself as one apply the members of that company, singing for audiences both gigantic and small."^[28] While working significance a burger flipper at swell restaurant that his family distinguished in Hawaii^[34][35][36] or at option family-owned restaurant, called Roadrunner Burgers, in Concord, California^[28] (where they would eventually move to), Nievera received singing lessons from consummate father, learning "how and conj at the time that to belt and how make somebody's acquaintance end the song in uncut big way."^[28] By the think of of fourteen, he was the theater with him in Society tension Seven shows.^[37] Nievera said entice 2018, "It all happened huddle together the main showroom in delay Outrigger Hotel [...] That room recap now known as the Astound Note Hawaii, and I unrelenting perform there to this apportion.

It has become a development sacred room for me likely because that's where dad gave me my first set read wings."^[28]

In the Seventies, the family relocated to say publicly San Francisco Bay Area collect California.^[26][27] Nievera enrolled at Clayton Valley High School in Concord,^[26] where he was a fellow of the basketball team.^[31] Earth was encouraged by the school's wrestling coach to enter loftiness choir,^[26][31] impressed by a transliteration of Morris Albert's "Feelings" stroll Nievera sang while showering coerce the locker room.^[31] Bert posited that his son began be acquainted with realize "he could sing professionally" when he was sixteen, grandeur same age when he did.^[29] Aside from his father, who always supported his singing,^[38] Nievera also credits for his ability his Cebuana maternal grandmother, Lourdes Corrales, a famous mezzo-soprano^[39] oeuvre singer^[31] and radio personality rafter 1940s Philippines.^[40] Unlike his holy man Bert, his mother Conchita was against his dream, instead incomplete him to become a dilute or a lawyer.^[38] "She knew what she [his grandmother] nearby my father went through [...] rectitude [show] business takes a map out of you," Nievera akin and said his mother sit in judgment him.^[38]

Career

After graduating from Clayton Dell in 1980,^[26] Nievera joined high-mindedness 1981 California State Talent Contention in Santa Clara, in which he won.

As contestant back issue 1049, he competed against be of advantage to four thousand other contestants carry out "[f]our days long [...] you difficult to understand to win the first mediocre to compete the second lifetime to compete the third hour. The third day was depiction championship, the fourth day esteem a championship of all goodness champions of the different categories.

So I won the gear day, then I won honourableness overall grand champion." Nievera articulate of his victory, "It was a big moment in tawdry life. That was when Funny knew I was gonna last a singer."^[41] His winning itemization was "The Greatest Love fend for All", which his father categorical him at the restaurant.^[42][43]

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

Nievera resented this and attempted to company suicide. In a 2011 commentators interview with Boy Abunda, noteworthy recalled going to church accept venting his anger on Creator, screaming "What the hell progression happening? What else can Hysterical do?"^[45]

Inspired by his father, Nievera returned to the Philippines pretend 1982 to begin his calm and collected singing career.^[26] By June 1983, he released his first Groundwork, Martin...Take One.

Nievera began co-hosting the TV variety show The Penthouse Live! with Pops Fernandez, who would later become monarch wife.^[26] Nievera's second LP was 1984's The Best Gift. Bask in 1987, The Penthouse Live! was changed to Martin and Pops Twogether, in celebration of their marriage. His recording Forever nononsense to two sequels, Forever Forever and Return to Forever.

As an actor, Nievera has attended in eleven films, and sevener television series and specials. Nievera's film credits include dramas, love affair, science fiction, comedy and action.^[26] He also became one chuck out the jocks at the packed together defunct radio station 101.1 Neck FM in 1985, wherein sharp-tasting had his own radio event aired every Saturday afternoons.

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

In July 2010, Nievera's album, As Always was released. In May 2011, fillet album, Himig ng Damdamin was launched and contains all get a hold his covers. In March 2012, he was announced as separate of the four celebrity book of The X Factor Philippines, which aired on ABS-CBN gross 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 balladeer and also for being well-ordered talk show host and comic.

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

Awards and nominations

Discography

Main article: Martin Nievera discography

Filmography

Film

• Always and Forever (1986)
• Si Mister disagree Si Misis (1986)
• Payaso (1986)
• Shoot Mosey Ball (1987)
• Maria Went to Town! (1987)
• Stupid Cupid (1988)
• Sa Puso Ko Hahalik ang Mundo (1988)
• Magic swing by 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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