"Dahil Sa'Yo" by Inigo Pascual is YouTube's Most Viewed Music Video by Filipino Artist

Inigo Pascual's "Dahil Sa'Yo" has surpassed Yeng Constantino's "Ikaw" as the most viewed music video by Filipino artists on YouTube.  Just about a month ago, "Ikaw" was leading by over 2 million views but Inigo's upbeat and feel-good vibes song now leads with 73,777,286 views against Yeng's "Ikaw" with 73,467,077.   The song which Inigo also wrote, enjoys constant radio airplay and stayed no. 1 on Billboard Philippines for several months.  

On the third spot is Morissette's cover of "Secret Love Song" (performed live on Wish 107.5 Bus) with 68,035,338 views, followed by "Tadhana" by Up Dharma Down, but the biggest mover is Darren Espanto's "Dying Inside To Hold You" which gained over 7 million views since the last update, currently at 57,322,968 views (was 49,810,195 a month ago).

The young divas (Yeng, KZ, Morissette, Moira, Jona and Angeline) are doing consistently well. Sarah Geronimo's "Kilometro" just managed to get over 9 million views and ironically, the new breed of young singers with very minimal exposure on TV have made it to the top 40. I am referring to Jireh Lim ("Magkabilang Mundo"), TJ Monteverde ("Ikaw at Ako") and Marc Carpio ("Hiling").

All figures varies from time to time.  This survey was carried out May 22, 2018. 

EX-Pinoy Big Brother Housemate Bailey May set for Global Stardom

"NOW UNITED" is the first ever global pop group of its kind, created by world-class producer Simon Fuller and is managed by XIX. Simon is the man behind the "Idol" franchise and he also managed the "Spice Girls" in the 90's. The selection of the pop group was carried out during the 3 month long workshop and training in a boot camp but unlike the American Idol, the selection was not covered on TV but through digital platforms and social media like YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Many of the members are already well-known in their respective countries.

Four local artists were selected to represent the Philippines that include Bailey May, Ylona Garcia, AC Bonifacio and Girl Trend's Jane de Leon but  only one can be selected from each country and Bailey May eventually made it to the top 14.

The group was formally launched earlier this year and is set to go on their first promotional world tour including Manila. They recently performed at Russia's The Voice Kids, their first performance outside the United States.  Their first single is "Summer in the City"

List of the 14 band members:

Noah Urrea (USA), Any Gabrielly (Brazil), Bailey May (Philippines), Diarra Bae from (Senegal), Heyoon Jeong (South Korea), Hina Yoshihara (Japan), Joalin Loukamaa (Finland), Josh Beauchamp (Canada), Krystian Wang (China), Lamar Morris (United Kingdom), Noah Urrea (United States of America), Sabina, Hidalgo (Mexico), Shivani Paliwal (India), Sina Deinert (Germany)  and Sofya Plotnikova (Russia).  

KZ TANDINGAN TAKES THE NO. 1 SPOT AT CHINA'S SINGER 2018

The Philippine's KZ Tandingan outranks British Singer Jessie J at China's reality show Singer 2018 second season.  KZ stunned the audience and the judges with her own rendition of  Adele classic "Rolling in the Deep."  KZ was the winner of X-Factor Philippines back in 2012.

Singer 2018  is a re-branded version of I am a Singer that airs on Hunan Television.  Most of the participants are Chinese singers with a few foreigners including Jessie J of Great Britain and the Philippines' KZ Tandingan.

According to ABS-CBN TV and radio anchor MJ Felipe, the mechanics of the show is different from other reality shows.  There are 500 invited guests who will vote who they think did the best performance.   The invited guests are not just mere audience but people who have background or connected with the music industry,  A performer is safe if she make it to the top 4 and each week they get a new performer to challenge the winner.  On its 5th week, KZ was invited to challenge the top 4 and ranked no. 1 after the 5th round. Details of the ranking is shown on the table below.  Congratulations to KZ Tandingan!
  

CEBUANA ARTIST IS MAKING WAVES IN THE MUSIC SCENE

Give way for this 22 year old Cebuana girl Karencitta who’s making waves in the music scene giving her hometown a much deserved attention.  Her hit single “Cebuana” is currently no. 3 at Myx Top 10 chart and went top 1 most viral music on Spotify PH on November 27, 2017.  The song was released on Facebook and had reached 1 million views in 24 hours.and her video on YouTube has now reached more than 600k views.  There may be Cebuanos who have made a name in local showbiz but not quite in the music scene in recent times.  Karencitta is slowly but surely getting there.  She is slated to perform at New Year Countdown 2018 at Eastwood with Gloc 9, KC Tandingan, Sam Concepcion and Moiresette and some other popular artists.  

On her website she shared her story how she came up with the song.   Excerpts:

Quote:

“Cebuana” is a personal piece of art that I wrote produced by Tc-5, a 14-year old Austrian boy and my good friend, Jon Ingoldsby— the Grammy Award Winner Producer & Engineer for Madonna’s “Ray of Light” album and currently the Songwriter and Producer for Eminem’s upcoming album.

Over the phone, Jon and I were discussing how we could build leverage from the demo I made for “Cebuana”. He suggested that I check Tc-5’s song on Soundcloud called “Alkaline”. It was an immediate decision to have Tc-5 on the team. I was intrigued by the way he structured “Alkaline” for it was not repetitive. It was not just “Verse 1, Hook, Verse 2, Hook, goodbye”. I mostly gravitated towards the violin elements he used because I grew up playing the violin and I suddenly felt excited for Tc-5. I believe he’s gonna be the next Martin Garrix if he continues to persevere in the business.   Unquote.  (www.karencitta.com)