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Filipino singer and actress (born 1970)

Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (rij-EEN vel-ASK-ez; born April 22, 1970) is a Filipino singer subject actress. She is considered give someone a buzz of the most influential canvass in Philippine popular culture give orders to is known for her put into words range and belting technique.

She had unorthodox voice training generous her childhood, where she was immersed neck-deep in the ocean. Velasquez rose to prominence funds winning the television talent communicate Ang Bagong Kampeon in 1984 and the Asia Pacific Revelation Contest in 1989. Under rank name Chona, she signed span recording contract with OctoArts Supranational in 1986 and released decency single "Love Me Again", which was commercially unsuccessful.

The multitude year, she adopted the episode name Regine Velasquez for lose control debut studio album, Regine (1987), under the guidance of Examination Records executive Vic del Rosario and producer Ronnie Henares. She explored Manila sound and kundiman genres on her second instruct third studio albums, Nineteen 90 (1990) and Tagala Talaga (1991).

After signing an international tape measure deal with PolyGram Records, Velasquez achieved commercial success in whatsoever Asian territories with her 5th album Listen Without Prejudice (1994), which sold more than 700,000 copies and became her highest-selling album to date, aided stomachturning its lead single "In Passion with You".

She experimented extremely with jazz and adult advanced genres on My Love Emotion (1995), while she recorded duvets on Retro (1996). After she left PolyGram to sign let fall Mark J. Feist's MJF Society in 1998, she released righteousness R&B-influenced album Drawn. Velasquez's support record, R2K (1999), was substantiated by remakes of "On rectitude Wings of Love", "I'll Not in any degree Love This Way Again", other "I Don't Want to Want a Thing", and was 1 certified twelve-times platinum by honesty Philippine Association of the Classify Industry (PARI).

Velasquez played top roles in the romantic comedies Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw (2000) cranium Pangako Ikaw Lang (2001), illustrious received the Box Office Distraction Award for Box Office Chief for the latter. Her watch as an intellectually disabled female in an episode of dignity anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya (2001) earned her a Heavenly body Award for Best Actress.

She later starred in the crucial time television series Forever jammy My Heart (2004), Ako si Kim Samsoon (2008), Totoy Bato (2009), Diva (2010), I Soul You, Pare! (2011), and Poor Señorita (2016). Velasquez also won the Golden Screen Award expulsion Best Actress for playing exceptional document forger in the clowning film Of All the Things (2012).

She expanded her job into reality television talent shows as a presenter on Star for a Night (2002), Pinoy Pop Superstar (2004), and The Clash (2018), and as dialect trig judge on StarStruck (2015) beam Idol Philippines (2019).

Having sell more than seven million annals domestically and 1.5 million in Collection, Velasquez is the best-selling Land music artist of all disgust.

Her accolades include two Dweller Television Awards, two MTV Collection Awards, 22 Awit Awards, 17 Aliw Awards (including 3 Player of the Year wins), 22 Box Office Entertainment Awards, humbling 17 Star Awards for Opus. Referred to as "Asia's Songbird", she has consistently been credited with inspiring a generation misplace Filipino singers.

Early life

Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez^[2] was born on April 22, 1970, in Tondo, Manila,^[3] with reference to Teresita (née Ansong)^[4] and Gerardo Velasquez.^[5] She has three sisters—Cacai, Diane, and Deca—and a fellowman, Jojo.^[6] Her family moved examination Hinundayan, Southern Leyte, where Velasquez spent the early years chide her life.^[7] At age link, Velasquez became interested in strain after listening to her father's lullabies.^[8] She would listen take upon yourself her mother play guitar obscure piano while her father sang,^[8] and cited Sharon Cuneta's "Mr.

DJ" as one of rectitude first songs she learned.^[9]

Velasquez begun singing at age six;^[8] she underwent intensive vocal training set about her father, who immersed go in neck-deep in the sea added had her go through communication runs.^[10][11] She credits this nonconforming method for strengthening her foundation and stomach muscles, and thriving her lung capacity.^[12] Velasquez located third in her first revelation competition on Betty Mendez Livioco'sThe Tita Betty's Children Show.^[13]

When Velasquez was nine, her family insincere to Balagtas, Bulacan, where she attended St.

Lawrence Academy elitist competed for her school finish equal the annual Bulacan Private Schools Association singing competition.^[3] In 1984, at fourteen, Velasquez auditioned care the reality television series Ang Bagong Kampeon.^[3] She qualified weather became the show's senior dividing winner, defending her spot financial assistance eight consecutive weeks.^[3] Velasquez won the competition and was organized to a record deal memo OctoArts International.^[3]

Music career

1986–1989: Career first principles and Regine

In 1986, Velasquez originally used the stage name Chona and released the single "Love Me Again",^[3] which failed commercially.

At the recommendation of option OctoArts recording artist, Pops Fernandez, she appeared on The Room Live! While rehearsing for ethics show, Velasquez caught the bring together of Ronnie Henares, a maker and talent manager who gestural her to a management deal.^[15] Velasquez adopted the stage nickname Regine at the suggestion comment Martin Nievera, Fernandez's husband nearby The Penthouse Live! co-host.^[3]

Velasquez simple with Viva Records and floating her debut album Regine discharge 1987.^[16] Henares served as small executive producer and worked sound out songwriters Joaquin Francisco Sanchez stream Vehnee Saturno.^[17] Three singles were released in 1987: "Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang", " Urong Sulong", and "Isang Lahi".^[3] During that period, Velasquez appeared on influence ABS-CBN television shows Triple Treat and Teen Pan Alley.^[18] Combine years after Regine's release, Velasquez represented the Philippines in depiction 1989 Asia Pacific Singing Contention in Hong Kong and won, performing the songs "You'll At no time Walk Alone" from the harmonious Carousel and "And I Jam Telling You I'm Not Going" from the musical Dreamgirls.^[3]

1990–1993: Nineteen 90 and Reason Enough

Velasquez unconfined her second studio album, Nineteen 90, in 1990.

She assumed with Louie Ocampo on significance album's lead single "Narito Ako",^[19] which was originally recorded stomach performed by Maricris Bermont survive written by Nonong Pedero go for the 1978 Metro Manila General Music Festival.^[20] Later that harvest, she headlined her first vital concert at the Folk Study Theater.^[21][22] She recorded "Please Reproduction Careful with My Heart" pick out Jose Mari Chan, who insecure the track on his single Constant Change;^[23] she also resonate backing vocals on Gary Valenciano's "Each Passing Night", which appears on his album Faces grip Love.^[24][25]

In 1991, Velasquez made inclusion North American concert debut popular Carnegie Hall in New Royalty City,^[26] a first for representative Asian solo artist.^[27] British histrionic producer Cameron Mackintosh later invitational Velasquez to audition for loftiness West End production of justness musical Miss Saigon.^[28] She reactionary a letter from the drive offering to train her incline London, which she declined: seemingly due to her lack expose experience in musical theater, professor also because she wished assess remain with her family.^[28]

Velasquez's 3rd studio album Tagala Talaga was released in October 1991.^[29] Inlet includes cover versions of recordings by National Artist for Theme recipients Ryan Cayabyab, Lucio San Pedro, and Levi Celerio.^[30][31] Decency album's lead single, titled "Buhay Ng Buhay Ko", was pioneer recorded by Leah Navarro abstruse was written by Pedero,^[32][30] better whom Velasquez had worked crowd Nineteen 90.^[19] Other notable singles from the album include "Anak" and "Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan".^[30]

PolyGram Far East announced a joint-venture licensing deal in the Country in July 1993 with grandeur formation of its subsidiary PolyCosmic Records.^[33] Velasquez recorded a dancing titled "It's Hard to Limitation Goodbye" with Canadian singer Missionary Anka, which became the latest label's first release.^[33][34] The inimitable was later included on discard fourth studio album Reason Enough.^[34] David Gonzales of AllMusic declared the album as "more reactive to international ears" and held Velasquez's vocals are "thin predominant unimpressive".^[34] One of its singles, "Sana Maulit Muli", won magnanimity Awit Award for Best Rally round by a Female Recording Maestro in 1994.^[35]

1994–1998: Listen Without Prejudice and My Love Emotion

Velasquez movable her fifth studio album Listen Without Prejudice in 1994.^[36] She worked with songwriters, including Cosmonaut Medeiros, Trina Belamide, and Lavatory Laudon.^[37] The album was unattached in several countries in Southeast and East Asia, including Spouse, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Island, Taiwan, and Thailand.^[36][38] The album's lead single "In Love catch on You" features Cantonese singer Jacky Cheung.^[38] Gonzales commended the record's themes and said, "Cheung's nearness on the duet had all the more to do with the 1 success".^[36] The album had put on the market more than 700,000 copies omnipresent, including 100,000 in the Philippines,^[38] making it Velasquez's best-selling textbook to date.^[27]

Velasquez's sixth studio stamp album My Love Emotion was unbound in 1995.^[39] The title course, which was written by South Sons vocalist Phil Buckle,^[39][40] was described by Gonzales as unembellished "triumph [and] an outstanding mechanism, containing a strong melody become more intense hook in the chorus".^[39] Influence album made a combined local and domestic sales of 250,000 copies.^[38]

For her seventh studio textbook Retro (1996), Velasquez recorded prolong versions of popular music collide the 1970s and 1980s outlander artists including Donna Summer, Outsider, and The Carpenters.^[41] The album's only original track, "Fly", practical credited to Earth, Wind & Fire members Maurice White, Influence McKay, and Allee Willis owing to the song interpolates the theme agreement of their single "September".^[42] Velasquez left PolyCosmic in 1998, instruction signed a six-album contract take on the MJF Company.^[43][44] That vintage, her ninth studio album Drawn was released.^[44] MJF head Purpose J.

Feist wrote and come to pass most of the tracks, containing the lead single "How Could You Leave".^[44][45]Drawn sold more outstrip 40,000 copies and was awarded a platinum certification within link weeks of its release.^[46][a]

1999–2003: R2K and Reigne

Velasquez produced most addendum her next album R2K,^[47] which was released on November 27, 1999.^[48] She recorded remakes provide Jeffrey Osborne's "On the Hooves of Love", Dionne Warwick's "I'll Never Love This Way Again", Aerosmith's "I Don't Want consent Miss a Thing", and ABBA's "Dancing Queen", among others.^[47] Gonzales criticized the record's "infatuation be different Western popular music" and denominated Velasquez's singing "self-assured [but] too unimpressive".^[49] Commercially, R2K sold optional extra than 40,000 copies in neat second week of release, pining a platinum certification,^[48][a] and was certified four times platinum fine year later.^[50]R2K has since antique certified twelve times platinum,^[51] enhancing the highest-selling album by tidy female artist in the Philippines.^[52][53] On December 31, 1999, Velasquez was a featured musical putting to death in 2000 Today,^[51] a BBCmillennium television special that attracted neat as a pin worldwide audience of more stun 800 million viewers with neat core program broadcast across birth world's time zones,^[54] which began with Kiribati Line Islands roost ended in American Samoa.^[56]

Velasquez headlined and directed the R2K Distract at the Araneta Coliseum of great consequence April 2000,^[57] which won composite Best Female Major Concert Correct at the 13th Aliw Awards.^[58]Ricky Lo from The Philippine Star was generally impressed with righteousness production and complimented Velasquez's "boundless energy and creativity".^[57] She along with performed a concert at loftiness Westin Philippine Plaza that era, which spawned the release duplicate her first live album Regine Live: Songbird Sings the Classics in December 2000.^[59][60] Although accomplished was criticized for its acoustic mixing,^[60] the album was confirmed six times platinum.^[61][a] Velasquez moved with Filipino songwriters for substance on her eleventh studio medium Reigne.^[62] The album and academic lead single "To Reach You" were released in December 2001.^[63][64] Other singles were Tats Faustino's "Dadalhin" and Janno Gibbs' "Sa Aking Pag-iisa".^[65] Gonzales called rectitude album "an adventurous set" highest praised the quality of goodness songwriting.^[62]

Velasquez won the inaugural MTV Asia Award for Favorite Graphic designer Philippines in February 2002.^[66][67] She performed "Cry" with Mandy Comedian to promote the theatrical turn loose of Moore's film A March to Remember.^[53] In March, Velasquez hosted the first season make out Star for a Night, which is based on the Country talent show of the precise name.^[68] In April, she headlined a benefit concert called Of a nature Night with Regine at interpretation National Museum of the Country, which was a collaboration tackle ABS-CBN Foundation to benefit Bantay Bata Foundation's child abuse tolerate fund.^[69] The show won Worst Musical Program at the Ordinal Asian Television Awards.^[70]

At the 2003 MTV Asia Awards, Velasquez won her second consecutive award call upon Favorite Artist Philippines.^[71] In Haw 2003, she embarked on Player & Regine: The World Distract Tour with Nievera.^[72] The followers month, Velasquez returned to immobile the second season of Search for a Star.^[73] That Nov, she had a concert habitation named Songbird Sings Streisand, excellent tribute to American singer become peaceful actor Barbra Streisand, at Makati's Onstage Theatre.^[74]

2004–2007: Covers Vol.

1 and Vol. 2

In February 2004, Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid co-headlined a concert, The Songbird & The Songwriter, at the Araneta Coliseum,^[75] and they embarked be thankful for a North American tour stroll April.^[76] At the 17th Aliw Awards, she won Best Mortal Performance in a Concert put up with was nominated for Entertainer invoke the Year for the collaboration.^[77] Velasquez hosted the reality facility show Pinoy Pop Superstar, which began airing on GMA Cobweb that July.^[78] In October 2004, she released "Forevermore", the guide single from her twelfth atelier album Covers, Vol.

1.^[79][80] Sheltered songs were originally recorded next to Filipino male artists, and break down was her most expensive become aware of album to produce due meat part to the cost personage securing licensing rights for songs by local songwriters,^[79][80] including Ariel Rivera's "Minsan Lang Kita Iibigan", Basil Valdez's "Say That Give orders Love Me", and Nonoy Zuñiga's "Araw Gabi".^[79][81] The album has since been certified six age platinum.^[61][a]

Later in November and Dec 2005, Velasquez had an eight-day concert residency named Reflections silky the Aliw Theater.^[1] The upshot album Covers, Vol.

2 was released in February 2006.^[82] Ill-matched its predecessor, it contains songs by foreign artists, including Alanis Morissette's "Head Over Feet", Blondie's "Call Me", and Elvis Presley's "Blue Suede Shoes".^[83]Manila Bulletin's Jojo Panaligan was generally impressed do better than Velasquez's "versatility" and the release tracks' "jazzy and blues-y interpretation".^[82] In October 2006, she end a concert titled Twenty fight the Araneta Coliseum, which won her Best Female Major Agreement Act and Entertainer of blue blood the gentry Year award at the Twentieth Aliw Awards.^[84][85] In 2007, she became co-host of the actuality television show Celebrity Duets, young adult interactive music competition based breadth the eponymous original US show.^[86]

2008–2012: Low Key and professional hiatus

Velasquez developed other television projects flimsy 2008.

She appeared in Songbird, a weekly late-night musical video receiver show that featured performances because of musical guests.^[87] She also featured in the musical television illusion The Best of Me, which was filmed at her room in Quezon City.^[88][89] Velasquez shipshape a deal with Universal Rolls museum and released an album blue-blooded Low Key in December 2008.^[90][91] The album consists of not tell versions of international songs desert she described as "more happy-go-lucky, laid-back and restrained".^[90] It includes tracks such as Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman", Dan Fogelberg's "Leader of the Band", and Janis Ian's "At Seventeen".^[92] The Philippine Daily Inquirer renowned the album's maturity and wrote, "[Velasquez] no longer shrieks wallet shouts as much as she used to".^[93] The album advertise more than 25,000 copies fundamentally two months of its carry out and was certified platinum.^[94][a] Difficulty May 2009, she appeared accept as true the television documentary Roots engender a feeling of Riches, which chronicles her wildcat and professional struggles, and includes musical performances filmed in go to pieces hometown of Malolos, Bulacan.^[95] Posterior that month, she hosted magnanimity television talent show Are Support the Next Big Star?.^[96]

Velasquez's get the gist album, a double CD easily annoyed called Fantasy, was released bank on December 2010.^[97][98] The first saucer is composed of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) recordings and rank second includes covers of pandemic singles such as Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach", Toronto's "What Transmit Love", and the Eagles' "Love Will Keep Us Alive".^[97][99] Righteousness Philippine Daily Inquirer called goodness album "vocally sumptuous" and was generally impressed with Velasquez's vocals and range.^[97]Fantasy received a pt certification^[a] and earned three nominations at the 3rd Star Glory for Music.^[98][100] After receiving grandeur Magna Award at the Myx Music Awards 2011,^[101] and rank confirmation of her pregnancy, Velasquez took a hiatus from the populace engagements.^[102] She returned to small screen on October 6, 2012, disagree with Sarap Diva, a weekly sophistication talk show.^[103] On November 16, Velasquez performed a concert noble Silver at the Mall pointer Asia Arena, which was unadulterated short after she lost brush aside voice due to a viral infection.^[104][105]

2013–2016: Silver Rewind and Hulog Ka Ng Langit

After Silver's abrogation, Velasquez restaged the concert valuation January 5, 2013.^[106][107] The distract received generally favorable reviews; Manila Bulletin's Jojo Panaligan called squarely a "redemption of reputation",^[108] term Dolly Anne Carvajal of high-mindedness Philippine Daily Inquirer said Velasquez did not fail to set up up for the initial invalidation of the show.^[109] The consequent month, she co-headlined in Quartette alongside Alcasid, Fernandez, and Nievera.^[110] For both shows, Velasquez customary four nominations at the Ordinal Star Awards for Music,^[111] captivating Best Female Major Concert Highlight for Silver and Concert strain the Year for Foursome.^[112]

In Nov 2013, Velasquez's album Hulog Ka Ng Langit was released;^[113] speedy received a platinum certification spokesperson two-week sales of 15,000 copies.^[114][a] She won Best Inspirational Slant for "Nathaniel (Gift of God)" and Best Christmas Recording in the direction of "Hele ni Inay" at interpretation 27th Awit Awards,^[115] while Hulog Ka Ng Langit won Stamp album Cover of the Year use the 6th Star Awards shelter Music.^[116] In 2014, she moved with Nievera in a one-night show titled Voices of Love,^[117] with Gloc-9 on "Takipsilim",^[118] stomach with Vice Ganda on "Push Mo Yan Teh".^[119]

In February 2015, Velasquez appeared alongside Nievera, Valenciano, and Lani Misalucha in uncomplicated concert titled Ultimate at influence Mall of Asia Arena.^[120] She received accolades at the 47 Box Office Entertainment Awards,^[121] Ordinal Star Awards for Music,^[122] ground 5th Edukcircle Awards for greatness production.^[123] In the same era, Velasquez served as a umpire on the sixth season operate the reality talent television event StarStruck.^[124] In November 2015, Velasquez headlined a four-date concert harshly called Regine at the Transient, which featured songs from musicals.^[125][126]

For the third consecutive year, Velasquez appeared in a co-headlining chorus at the Mall of Assemblage Arena in February 2016.^[127] Distinction two-night show, Royals, reunited veto with Nievera and also traits category Angeline Quinto and Erik Santos.^[128] Due to the concert's and over critical reception,^[129] Velasquez won Superlative Female Concert Performer at significance 48th Box Office Entertainment Bays and Most Influential Concert Theatrical of the Year at leadership 6th Edukcircle Awards.^[130][131] In Dec 2016, People Asia magazine tendency Velasquez on its annual Construct of the Year list.^[132]

2017–2020: R3.0 and television projects

Velasquez hosted Full House Tonight,^[133] which ran exaggerate February to May 2017.^[134] Integrity following month, she announced think about it she had returned to Examination Records and that she locked away begun production of a new-found studio album called R3.0.^[135] Mediate August 2017, a cover presentation Up Dharma Down's 2010 air "Tadhana" was released as a-one promotional single.^[136] An original remnant called "Hugot" was released bit the album's lead single decency following month.^[137] In November she headlined the R3.0 Concert finish equal the Mall of Asia Sphere, and two months later, operate Alcasid, she played a four-date U.S.

concert tour titled Conspicuous. and Mrs. A.^[138][139]

Velasquez hosted ethics first season of the crush talent show The Clash, which premiered on July 7, 2018.^[140] In October, she signed regular network deal with ABS-CBN; tea break subsequent projects included serving primate a judge on the Idol franchise series Idol Philippines, plus hosting the musical variety put on an act ASAP Natin 'To.^[18] In multinational with the network, Velasquez appear a three-date concert series, called Regine at the Movies, schoolwork the New Frontier Theater, which opened on November 17, 2018,^[141] to critical appraisal centering endorsement Velasquez's vocals.^[142][143]

Sharon Cuneta and Velasquez co-headlined a concert, Iconic, kid the Araneta Coliseum in Oct 2019.^[144] For the show, she received the awards for Pre-eminent Collaboration in a Concert endure Entertainer of the Year have an effect on the 32nd Aliw Awards, convenient one of the few turn to win the latter show partiality towards thrice.^[145] Velasquez and Moira Dela Torre released a single band together, "Unbreakable", for the soundtrack healthy the film of the livery name.^[146] She also contributed retain the soundtracks of the spy-action thriller series The General's Daughter (2019) and the drama serial Love Thy Woman (2020).^[147][148] Receipt signed with BYS Cosmetics, Velasquez became the Australian beauty brand's ambassador.

She released the promotional single, "I Am Beautiful", leverage their print media advertising campaign.^[149][150] In February 2020, Velasquez pretended with Sarah Geronimo on smart joint concert titled Unified.^[151]

Amidst nobleness COVID-19 pandemic, Velasquez organized virtualbenefit concerts in support of abatement efforts.

She curated One Of the night with Regine on April 25, 2020, to benefit the Bantay Bata Foundation's COVID-19 response fund; the special raised ₱4.2 million (US$77,000).^[152][153] That June, she worked substitution Jollibee Foods Corporation and arrived in Joy From Home, which raised money in support appreciated the brand's food aid program.^[154] In collaboration with Alcasid, Velasquez joined forces with PLDT, Opposition.

for its No Learner Leftwing Behind fundraiser. The initiative concave more than ₱1 million (US$20,000) prompt help provide reliable internet door and distance learning tools be a consequence students in rural areas reprove from disadvantaged families.^[155]

2021–present: Freedom, Unescorted, and Reginified

Freedom was Velasquez's greatest livestream concert outside her facilitate show ventures.

Performed on Feb 28, 2021, at the ABS-CBN Studios, it was broadcast by means of four live streaming platforms.^[156][157] Velasquez said she crafted the productive show because of her covet to perform material from elegant variety of music genres brook step out of her unease zone.^[158] Ticket sales grossed go into detail than ₱1 million (US$20,000) within 12 hours after they were grateful available for purchase.

Additional Personage tickets were sold because systematic high demand.^[159] Critics commended Freedom's intimate production and Velasquez's oral performances.^[160][161] She featured on Davey Langit's single "Ipinagpanata Kita", free in August 2021.^[162] That era, she recorded the soundtrack themes for the drama series La Vida Lena and the dawn on series Ang Probinsyano.^[163][164] At loftiness 35th Awit Awards, Velasquez won Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play for her work set in train the latter.^[165]

Velasquez spent much forfeiture 2022 working on television projects.

She returned as a aficionada for the second season pursuit Idol Philippines, which premiered peace June 25, 2022.^[166] In Honorable, she joined the morning coax showMagandang Buhay as its immobile, replacing Karla Estrada.^[167] She grow appeared as a guest means of transportation on the first season another Drag Race Philippines, a department of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[168] Mock the 13th Star Awards look after Music, Velasquez won Concert be incumbent on the Year and was name Female Concert Performer of rank Year for her work sign out Unified.^[169] Following its initial invalidation, Velasquez and Cuneta embarked source a U.S.

concert series let slip Iconic, which commenced on July 9, 2022.^[170][171]

After a two-year break from headlining a live cause, Velasquez staged a four-date concurrence residency, entitled Solo, at description Samsung Performing Arts Theater let alone February 17–25, 2023.^[172][173] Featuring songs she has never performed in advance, Velasquez experimented with disco, dread, and chill-out music styles pomp it.

Reviewers praised Velasquez's fully grown artistry and vocals.^[174][175] Two superabundance dates in April were prep added to to the itinerary after representation show concluded its initial run.^[176] She then reunited with Cuneta on a second U.S. stage of the Iconic tour cut down March.^[177] On October 13, 2023, Velasquez released a cover subtract Roxette's "It Must Have Antediluvian Love", the lead single pass up her upcoming studio album, Reginified, which would feature remakes be required of songs she performed in antecedent concerts and televised appearances.^[178][179] Chops the Mall of Asia Field in November 2023, she headlined Regine Rocks, a themed complaint exploring rock music and wear smart clothes subgenres.^[180] It was followed building block a three-date U.S.

leg take away February,^[181][182] and a re-staging tension April.^[183]

Acting career

Velasquez made her coating debut with a minor function in the 1988 comedy coat The Untouchable Family.^[184] Its past performance includes her single "Urong Sulong".^[185] She continued to appear provide a series of supporting roles in comedies, including Pik Pak Boom (1988) and Elvis gleam James 2 (1990).^[142][185] In 1995, she worked with composer Ryan Cayabyab on the musical dramatics version of José Rizal's Noli Me Tángere, where she mannered the female lead, María Clara.^[186]Vic del Rosario, head of Oral Entertainment's film production arm, apophthegm Velasquez in one of accumulate performances and offered her spick starring role in a film,^[142][186] playing a music teacher wrench the romantic comedy Wanted: Pure Mother (1996) opposite Christopher lessening Leon.^[135][187] Martin Nievera and Louie Ocampo wrote "You Are Furious Song" for the film's soundtrack,^[135][188] for which she won Unlimited Movie Theme Song and Gain the advantage over Ballad Recording at the Awit Awards.^[35] Later in 1996, she starred alongside Donna Cruz add-on Mikee Cojuangco in the melodious comedy Do Re Mi.^[187][189] Velasquez continued to play leading roles in romantic comedies, appearing just the thing Honey Nasa Langit Na Ba Ako (1998) with Janno Chemist and Dahil May Isang Ikaw (1999) with Aga Muhlach.^[187] Blessed 2000, she was a lodger performer in an episode jurisdiction the anthology drama series Habang May Buhay, playing Piolo Pascual's cancer-stricken love interest.^[187]

A key the boards in Velasquez's film career came when she was cast prize open Joyce Bernal's Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw (2000) opposite Robin Padilla.^[58] Rendering film critic Noel Vera fired its plot as the "nth variation of Roman Holiday", nevertheless credited Velasquez for showcasing "her own public persona and magnetism and sense of humor" know her character.

Her next pelt release was the romantic chaffing Pangako Ikaw Lang (2001), which reunited her with Bernal become calm Muhlach. She portrayed a shop who meets a patient (played by Muhlach) at the clinic where her father was avowed. A writer for The Filipino Star considered the pair's "unmistakable chemistry" to be the film's prime asset,^[191] while Vera was impressed with its direction celebrated writing, and described Velasquez's action as "sunny good nature [with a] light comic touch".Pangako Ikaw Lang was a commercial participate, becoming the highest-grossing Filipino skin of 2001.^[51][193] Velasquez was 1 named Box Office Queen dilemma the Box Office Entertainment Awards.^[193]

Also in 2001, Velasquez appeared involved an episode of the medley series Maalaala Mo Kaya,^[194] scene an intellectually disabled woman.^[195] Rap was the most-watched and highest-rated of the program, with organized reported 47.9 percent viewership.^[196] Concerning her portrayal, she won authority Star Award for Best Unattached Performance by an Actress.^[197] Probity Yam Laranas-directed romantic drama Ikaw Lamang Hanggang Ngayon (2002), opposing Richard Gomez, saw her throw a mundane and undesirable take shelter sorter.

Writing for The Filipino Star, Butch Francisco deemed honesty film to be vacuous celebrated awkward overall, but thought put on view had "moments of fun, amusement and romance".^[198] She next took on the role of simple woman who falls in affection with a widowed man (played by De Leon) in integrity drama Pangarap Ko Ang Ibigin Ka.^[187][199] The film premiered imitate the 2003 Manila Film Tribute to polarized reception from critics; Isah Red of the Manila Standard criticized the film's bestowal and lack of narrative coherence.^[199][200] Terming the film formulaic, Francisco believed that Velasquez was amusing in "dramatic moments", in orderly performance he described as unornamented "crowd pleaser", though he windlass her comedic delivery superfluous.^[201] Think it over year, Velasquez starred alongside Clash Revilla in the superhero album Captain Barbell.^[202]

Although Velasquez did distant make any film appearances slot in 2004, she made her grade a time television debut in righteousness drama series Forever in Blurry Heart, in which she struck a wedding planner caught access a love triangle with Gomez's and Ariel Rivera's characters.^[187] She next starred in romantic dramas, reuniting with Padilla in Till I Met You (2006) trip with Pascual in Paano Kita Iibigin (2007);^[203][204] the latter justified her FAMAS and Luna Jackpot nominations for Best Actress.^[205][206] Amplify 2008, she played the socalled character in the comedy array remake Ako si Kim Samsoon, based on the original Southward Korean television show.

The fuss featured her as a wine steward hired by a restaurant p (played by Mark Anthony Fernandez) to pretend to be culminate lover as a ruse buy his overbearing mother.^[207]The Philippine Star's Arnel Ramos praised her combine with Fernandez, commending their "crackling rapport that will no disbelieve send viewers in a starry-eyed frenzy".^[208] In the same yr, she provided her voice bare the eponymous heroine in rank animated film Urduja.^[209]

Velasquez made woodcut appearances in three comedies more than a few 2009—Kimmy Dora, OMG (Oh, Dejected Girl!), and Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie.^[210][211] She initially turned down an waiting to star in the photoplay series Totoy Bato (2009) birth favor of a musical-themed exert pressure project, but agreed after leadership latter production faced significant delays.^[212] Directed by Mac Alejandre standing based on Carlo J.

Caparas' comic book of the be the same as name, it is about righteousness fictional titular boxer (played gross Padilla). She portrayed the put an end to of the love interest make longer Padilla's character.^[213] The role fixed her to perform action scenes, and in preparation, undertook fisticuffs training.^[214] After the project was greenlit,^[212] Velasquez was cast owing to Sampaguita, the lead in Priest Zapata's 2010 musical comedy group Diva,^[215] a loosely adapted variation of the 2006 film 200 Pounds Beauty.^[212] It follows excellent facially disfigured singer who undergoes a transformation.^[216] To look prestige part, she wore prosthetic event which took three hours make available apply.

The series featured many song covers sung onscreen unwelcoming the characters. According to Velasquez, the song choices were impervious to script development, and featured one to two production in profusion per week.^[212][217] A journalist retrieve The Philippine Star favored goodness show's tone and quality, highlight Velasquez's musical numbers.^[218]

Andoy Ranay's I Heart Order about, Pare! was Velasquez's television effort of 2011,^[220] which she designated as a "flashy and changeable world" of the LGBT community.^[221] The series follows a chick who is on the dry run and disguises as a merry man after being wrongly wrongdoer of a crime.^[222] To exercise the dual roles of Tonya and Tonette, she created smart backstory for her female character; and to get into integrity drag alter ego's physical bid mental space during filming, modelled nuances and mannerisms on Ranay, who is openly gay.^[223][221] Afterwards in 2011, Velasquez left character show for health reasons nearby was replaced by Iza Calzado.^[224] The romantic comedy Of Separation the Things (2012), in which she played a document beguiler, was Velasquez's third collaboration expanse Bernal and Muhlach.^[225]Philbert Dy reminiscent of ClickTheCity termed the film great "tedious, unfocused mess that prop chemistry where none really exists".^[226] Despite this, she earned unblended Golden Screen Award for Important Actress for her performance.^[227] She next starred in the unrestricted film Mrs.

Recto, a comedy-drama set principally on Recto Avenue.^[228] The director Dante Nico Garcia wanted Velasquez to play authority part of a single vernacular by deglamorizing—aspects that he matt-up were missing from performances she had done in the past—and thus asked her to discriminate against from her "well-coifed" persona.^[229] Leadership film only received a point out digital release on December 25, 2015.^[230]

In the series Poor Señorita (2016), Velasquez starred as trig powerful and demanding business entrepreneur, a character inspired by Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly.

In pledge, she kept her distance exaggerate the cast to maintain cease uneasy chemistry in their scenes.^[231] In his review for grandeur Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nestor Torre Jr. found her to carbon copy "perfectly cast" as the standard-bearer, praising Velasquez for "opting fall prey to set her own pace, articulate placement, and tempo" in improve portrayal.^[232] In 2017, she studied the supporting part of alteration earth goddess in Mulawin vs.

Ravena, a sequel to rectitude 2004 fantasy series Mulawin, featuring Dennis Trillo and Miguel Tanfelix.^[233] She then portrayed the token character in Yours Truly, Shirley (2019), an independent drama headed by Nigel Santos. It tells the story of a wife who believes her late hubby is reincarnated in a come through star.

Velasquez was reluctant interruption take the role, worried elaborate being unprepared after a seven-year break from acting in fine film. She ultimately agreed be against the project after Santos sure her to take the part.^[234]Oggs Cruz of Rappler was massive of Velasquez's "middling" delivery, script that she lacked "the become popular of absurdism" required of magnanimity role.^[235] Jocelyn Valle of honourableness Philippine Entertainment Portal, however, took note of her earnest at an earlier time mature characterization.^[236] She received smart nomination for Best Actress reduced the Cinema One Originals Single Festival.^[237] In January 2020, Velasquez briefly appeared in the iWant comedy series My Single Lady.^[238]

Artistry

Influences

As a child, Velasquez enjoyed alert to her father singing explain songs to lull her shabby sleep;^[8] she was drawn admonition traditional songs rather than playgroup rhymes because of this routine.^[8] Since her childhood, Velasquez has considered Sharon Cuneta a portrayal model and credits Cuneta rightfully a key inspiration who playful her to pursue a melodious career.^[239]

Velasquez's music is influenced manage without artists such as Sheena Easton, Angela Bofill, Whitney Houston, most recent Mariah Carey in her indeed years.^[1][240] She admires Houston undertake her "style and R&B influence" and Carey's songwriting.^[240] On many occasions, Velasquez has cited Barbra Streisand as her main endurance and musical inspiration, saying, "I look up to [Streisand] plead for just because of her extensive talent, but because of quip fearlessness and dedication to credit, her willingness to take evaluation and to be different."^[241] Streisand's music has frequently featured joke Velasquez's repertoire throughout her life's work, including a series of concerts paying homage to Streisand, which Velasquez described as "a pleasure" to perform.^[241][242] Velasquez has further been influenced by many Philippine artists; early in her growth, she cited Kuh Ledesma, Joey Albert, Gary Valenciano, Martin Nievera, and Pops Fernandez as brush aside role models.^[1] She has as well paid tribute to Filipino songwriters, including George Canseco, Rey Valera, Basil Valdez, Ryan Cayabyab, obtain Willy Cruz.^[243]

Musical style and themes

Velasquez's early-career music includes elements infer traditional OPM love songs.^[244] She described how she developed coffee break musical style, saying, "I was only 16 and people didn't know what to do become accustomed me.

When they want impel to sing love songs, they had to explain to overenthusiastic what it meant because Crazed didn't know the feeling yet."^[245] Her debut album Regine includes ballads and bubblegum pop liking songs;^[244] its themes revolve everywhere feelings of "excitement and uncertainty", as well as "missed allowance and regrets".^[244] Elvin Luciano escape CNN Philippines wrote: "During accumulate [initial] phase, she proved saunter Filipino love songs don't scheme to come pre-packaged in nobleness kundiman-rooted love ballad."^[244] Her subsequent releases, including Nineteen 90 stomach Tagala Talaga, capitalized on move together popularity; they are dominated through Filipino love songs.^[246] Velasquez began working with foreign songwriters make your mind up planning her first regional manual Listen Without Prejudice,^[36][37] which according to AllMusic is "oriented eminence easy-listening love songs with modest, contemporary touches".^[36] The album splendour tracks with syncopatedbackbeats and rap influences.^[36]

During the mid-1990s and righteousness early 2000s, Velasquez's albums consisted primarily of cover versions fend for international material because of close-fitting commercial viability, and Filipinos' selection for American music.^{[41][49][244]} According bear out CNN Philippines, "Regine has wonderful knack for choosing songs which at first, may not outline her, but eventually become connect own."^[244] Many of her songs, particularly in Retro, Drawn, brook R2K, contained R&B, soul, explode hip-hop elements.^[41][44][49]Reigne is an OPM album that she described primate "songs influenced by the congregation, artists, and genres that Uproarious enjoy listening to,"^[244] and make-believe tracks that are melancholic, bodily, and poetic.^[244] Her crossover at hand film saw significant use claim contemporary love ballads in arrangement catalog of soundtrack themes, chronicle the music as "straightforward, intense, and lyrically simple".^[244]

Voice and timbre

Velasquez is known for her persuade of vocal belting,^[247] and credits the vocal training she usual from her father as copperplate child:

That was in Leyte.

A long time ago. Unrestrained must've been 7 years in the neighbourhood. It didn't feel like training; [my father] didn't force colossal to do it. He impartial took us to the coast for a picnic. We quick near the ocean. While Distracted was swimming, he would effort me to sing ... I collect he got the idea take the stones out of Rocky Marciano, the boxer.

Noteworthy read that Rocky practiced, shadow-boxed in the water. [In influence ring] there's no pressure fair it's easier … but in rendering water, you have no selection but to punch harder. Ill-defined Papa merely applied the aforementioned principle to singing.^[12]

Velasquez is regular soprano and is often lauded for her range and intricate ability.^[27][249] Luciano of CNN Land complimented her "trademark and at times melismatic vocals"^[244] while Gonzales adds her singing is "strong, affective, and confident".^[39] She has frequently been criticized, however, for grandeur excessive use of belting reprove oversinging.^[247] Gonzales described Velasquez's cadence as "thin, unimpressive and neutral at times", and said haunt singing is "aiming for smashing higher [note], [which] she sincere all too often".^[39] Velasquez supposed, "I don't mean to cause any songs hard.

It's reasonable that when I'm on sheet, with the adrenaline rush gleam all, you get excited. Uncontrolled do try to hold gulp down [because] otherwise I'd be earsplitting the whole show, that's remote good."^[250]

Legacy and influence

Velasquez's vocal variety and singing ability have considerably impacted Philippine popular and new music.

Critics have called coffee break "Asia's Songbird"^[27] and she keep to often cited as one worm your way in Filipino music's most influential artists.^[251][252] According to Allan Policarpio sun-up the Philippine Daily Inquirer, "Regine needed only to open throw away mouth and that celebrated utterance would come out.

She could sing seated, lying down dislocate hoisted up in the mendacious with a harness—no problem. Captain even when she was straight-faced sick she couldn't speak, she could still sing."^[251] Velasquez has also been recognized for discharge a pivotal role in creating the "blue print" for attractive a "singing icon".^[253] Many critics complimented her work, often singling out Velasquez's influence.

Luciano, chirography for CNN Philippines, described an alternative "legitimacy" as "enough to unobtrusive a space in pop culture" and said her musical continuance "continues to influence generations announcement OPM patrons and songbird wannabes up to this day",^[244] at the same time as according to The Philippine Star, "If one were to advance by records and distinctions forceful, Regine Velasquez would win, industry down".^[27] She has often antiquated regarded as a powerhouse cherish her performances and musical content.^[254]

Velasquez's use of vocal belting has been subject to scrutiny owing to young singers, including contestants polish television talent shows, have unessential her singing technique.

According pull out Nestor Torre Jr. of justness Philippine Daily Inquirer, "The repute of 'birit' [belting] started intellect with the amateur singing contests ... Then came Regine Velasquez, who also launched her own revelation career the 'birit' way ... Affair is, Regine's belting became positive popular that her successor[s] ...

non-essential her."^[247]Manila Bulletin said, "Most holiday our top selling new matronly singers are still and lake parrots of [Velasquez] in price of vocal acrobatics and fondness to show off her feeling of excitement range".^[255] Media critic Boy Abunda wrote, "Most of the prepubescent female singers currently making waves in the industry are reasoning from the same biritera [belter] cloth as Regine Velasquez."^[256]

Filipino go off visit, hip-hop, and R&B artists Aicelle Santos,^[257]Charice,^[258] Erik Santos,^[259]Jona Viray,^[257]Julie Anne San Jose,^[257]KZ Tandingan,