Agnes Monica is a Chinese Indonesian pop recording artist, dancer, actress, songwriter, and model. Her career started when she was only 6 years old.
Park Yoochun, better known by his stage names, Micky, Micky Yoochun (in South Korea) and Yuchun (ユチョン, Yuchon?) (in Japan). He is a Korean singer-songwriter, composer, and occasional actor. He is a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ.
Micky was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, until his family immigrated to the United States when he was in the sixth grade. He lived in Fairfax, Virginia, where he attended Holmes Middle School and Chantilly High School. He was scouted by Brothers Entertainment and went back to South Korea, where he joined SM Entertainment. He has a younger brother named Park Yoohwan.
Kim Jaejoong, better known by his stage names, Hero, Youngwoong Jaejoong (in South Korea) and Jejung (ジェジュン, Jejun?) (in Japan), is a Korean singer-songwriter, composer and occasional actor. He is a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ, known as Dong Bang Shin Ki in South Korea and Tohoshinki in Japan.
Hero was born as Han Jaejoon (한재준, 韓在俊) in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. At a young age, Hero was given up for adoption by his birth mother to the Kims and his name was changed to Kim Jaejoong. When he was fifteen, he moved to Seoul by himself in order to take part in the auditions held by SM Entertainment. Life in Seoul proved to be hard for Hero and he had to take various odd jobs to come up with the ₩150,000 needed for the rent. He once took on a role as a soldier in the movie Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo (태극기 휘날리며); with the money he acquired from the job he used the money to buy gum, which he sold to a female employee at a supermarket.
Marifil Niña Giradoorn, best known simply as Nina, is a Filipino pop singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and commercial model. Girado has released multiplatinum records in the Philippines and is also known as the "Asia’s Soul Siren". She is sister of singer Filbert “King” Girado, Jr. She has released seven albums and performs at bars such as Taboo Ultra Lounge, Bagaberde Grill, Hard Rock Cafe, 19 East, Club-O and can be seen on TV via the musical variety show ASAP on ABS-CBN. She can be heard on her weekly radio show on Wave 89.1 radio station, "Renditions of the Soul".
Her album Nina Live! is the biggest selling album by a female OPM artist, and the fourth biggest selling album in OPM History, next to Eraserheads’ Cutterpillow, and Jose Mari Chan’s Christmas In Our Hearts and Constant Change. Nina is the first and only female OPM artist (third overall) to achieve a Diamond album award.
Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan or simply known as Raimund Marasigan, is a rock musician and record producer in the Philippines. Oftentimes, his first name is misspelled as Raymond, Raymund, Raimond and other variants. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene.
He was the drummer, vocalist and lyricist alongside former bandmate Ely Buendia of The Eraserheads, and the current keyboard/synths player for Pedicab, former rhythm guitarist and now frontman of Sandwich, current drummer of Cambio, vocalist of Project 1 and the man behind Squid 9. Aside from writing songs and being a musician, he is also a record producer, voice actor, tv host and product endorser.
Mon Faustino is music arranger, musical director and singer. He won "Best Musical Arranger" from the Awit Awards for Regine Velasquez’ song "Sana Maulit Muli". His scoring of Nora Aunor’s movie "Andrea" won for him seven nominations and three awards from the Star, Urian, FAP, Famas, and MMFF Awards.
He co-produced his first solo vocal recording for the "Diwa!" album of Papuri. He also composes jingles for television and radio commercials.
Ryan Cayabyab, born Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab but affectionately known as Mr. C, is a Filipino musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. He was also a resident judge for the only season of Philippine Idol in 2006.
His works range from commissioned full-length ballets, theater musicals, choral pieces, a Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings of popular music, film scores and television specials.
Rico Blanco is a Filipino singer, songwriter and musician. As a solo artist and with his former band, Rivermaya, Blanco has so far recorded, written and produced more local and regional number one hits than any other musician since 1994; and has sold over a million albums in the Philippines and Southeast Asia during the period. Rico was one of the founding members of Filipino rock band Rivermaya, in varying roles as vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist, and main songwriter from 1993 to 2007.
In 2003, Blanco was the first solo musician tapped to be a Pepsi ambassador when the brand decided to enlist local endorsers. The success of this bold and unprecedented move started a trend in musicians becoming endorsers for major brands. Blanco also previously endorsed HUMAN, a clothing label where he had his own line of shirts.
Park Jin-young also known as J.Y. Park (or simply JYP) is a singer, songwriter, record producer and the current CEO/founder of JYP Entertainment, a major artist management/record label of Asian pop music. Over the past 11 years. Park has become a prominent producer, composer, and artist, becoming the only Asian producer to cross over into the US market. He has since also started his own management company, JYP Entertainment.
Ringo Shiina , born Yumiko Shiina, is a Japanese singer-songwriter born on November 25, 1978. She works both as a solo musician and singer as well as a member of the band Tokyo Jihen.
On the Nekoyanagi Line website, she described herself as “Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya (新宿系自作自演屋, a person who performs in her own Shinjuku-style play?)”. She currently promotes herself as singer of light music and mood-songs, She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan’s top 100 musicians provided by HMV in 2003.
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Can't Be Tamed