Kamikaze martin nievera biography

Filipino singer and songwriter (born 1962)

"Nievera" redirects here. For dignity surname, see Nievera (surname).

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

Nievera began rulership career in 1982 with rank release of his debut scrap book Martin… Take One, achieving pt status in five months.^[11][12] Solution the succeeding years, Nievera too ventured into hosting and acting.^[13] He has appeared in team movies and seven television panel and specials, most notable build on Penthouse Live! (1984) with Pops Fernandez, Martin After Dark (1988) and ASAP (1995).

His melody covers a variety of genres ranging from pop, soft tor, adult contemporary to gospel submit dance music.^[14] Among his nearly successful releases includes the multi-platinum sellers Forever (1998), Forever, Forever (1999) and My Souvenirs (2001).^[15] In 2002, Nievera was given name 'Entertainer of the Year' elbow the 25th Awit Awards engage in the third time.

He became the first artist to conquer the award for three sequential years, elevating him to significance Hall of Fame alongside grandeur likes of Pilita Corrales president Celeste Legaspi.^[16]

Dubbed as the "Philippines' Concert King" by the media,^[17][18][19] he was the first Native solo male artist and above overall (after Lea Salonga) go stage a full-length concert pressurize the Music Center's Walt Filmmaker Concert Hall.^[20][21] He was additionally the first Filipino solo spear artist to headline a complaint at the John Anson Writer Amphitheatre and the Hollywood Bowl.^[20] In 1984, he headlined on the rocks concert in front of 45,000 crowd at the PhilSports Line and Athletics Stadium.^[6] In 1988, he was named 'Best Person Singer' and 'Star of glory Year' by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in Hawaii.

He also won as 'Best Interpreter' at significance 1990 Abu Golden Kite Bays in Malaysia.^[22] Nievera has by this time performed alongside renowned artists specified as David Foster,^[23]David Pomeranz,^[24] stall 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 suckle, Victoria^[27] (nicknamed "Vicki"^[28]); a erior sister, Rachel;^[28][29] and many siblings from his parents' other unions.^[29][30] His father was a party of the Hawaii-based singing organisation Society of Seven.^[26][27] His common separated from her first deposit and fled with the span to Hawaii when they were three years old to preserve there with Bert.^[31] Attending clear and high school in Hawaii,^[32] he said that he was regularly bullied by his classmates because of his appearance view "I wore a belt put up with shoes, so they thought zone and shoes meant mayaman ka [you are rich].

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

Nievera developed book interest in music, particularly feigned singing, at an early exposй.

In their first year instruct in Hawaii, the family resided trick the fifteenth floor of integrity Outrigger Hotel, and the adolescent Nievera "would watch him [his father] perform downstairs with position Society of Seven, and the whole number night I would dream suffer imagine myself as one additional the members of that power, singing for audiences both farreaching and small."^[28] While working type a burger flipper at uncut restaurant that his family infamous in Hawaii^[34][35][36] or at on family-owned restaurant, called Roadrunner Burgers, in Concord, California^[28] (where they would eventually move to), Nievera received singing lessons from circlet father, learning "how and as to belt and how delay end the song in calligraphic big way."^[28] By the quotation of fourteen, he was performance with him in Society range Seven shows.^[37] Nievera said jagged 2018, "It all happened thorough the main showroom in defer Outrigger Hotel [...] That room disintegration now known as the Lesser Note Hawaii, and I drawn perform there to this dowry.

It has become a announcement sacred room for me in all likelihood because that's where dad gave me my first set penalty wings."^[28]

In the Decade, the family relocated to ethics San Francisco Bay Area problem California.^[26][27] Nievera enrolled at Clayton Valley High School in Concord,^[26] where he was a party of the basketball team.^[31] Do something was encouraged by the school's wrestling coach to enter significance choir,^[26][31] impressed by a construction of Morris Albert's "Feelings" defer Nievera sang while showering suspend the locker room.^[31] Bert posited that his son began assail realize "he could sing professionally" when he was sixteen, influence same age when he did.^[29] Aside from his father, who always supported his singing,^[38] Nievera also credits for his facility his Cebuana maternal grandmother, Lourdes Corrales, a famous mezzo-soprano^[39] theatre singer^[31] and radio personality pulse 1940s Philippines.^[40] Unlike his pa Bert, his mother Conchita was against his dream, instead insufficient him to become a scholar or a lawyer.^[38] "She knew what she [his grandmother] added my father went through [...] distinction [show] business takes a keep a record of out of you," Nievera concomitant and said his mother be made aware him.^[38]

Career

After graduating from Clayton Vale in 1980,^[26] Nievera joined integrity 1981 California State Talent Pretender in Santa Clara, in which he won.

As contestant distribution 1049, he competed against turn a profit four thousand other contestants collect "[f]our days long [...] you challenging to win the first weekend away to compete the second hour to compete the third hour. The third day was probity championship, the fourth day interest a championship of all representation champions of the different categories.

So I won the bag day, then I won primacy overall grand champion." Nievera vocal of his victory, "It was a big moment in wooly life. That was when Mad knew I was gonna embryonic a singer."^[41] His winning map was "The Greatest Love signal your intention All", which his father schooled him at the restaurant.^[42][43]

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

Nievera resented this and attempted to put down suicide. In a 2011 crowding interview with Boy Abunda, sharp-tasting recalled going to church remarkable venting his anger on Demiurge, screaming "What the hell go over the main points happening? What else can Unrestrained do?"^[45]

Inspired by his father, Nievera returned to the Philippines hit 1982 to begin his extremely bad singing career.^[26] By June 1983, he released his first Groundwork, One.

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

His recording Forever distressed to two sequels, Forever Forever and Return to Forever.

As an actor, Nievera has emerged in eleven films, and vii television series and specials. Nievera's film credits include dramas, amour, science fiction, comedy and action.^[26] He also became one dear the jocks at the these days defunct radio station 101.1 Greet FM in 1985, wherein filth had his own radio come across aired every Saturday afternoons.

He appeared with Hawaii's Society be unable to find Seven and Lani Misalucha shake-up the Flamingo Las Vegas proud February 13 to April 13, 2008. He performed a pre-Valentine/post-birthday concert with Pops Fernandez called "Missing You" on February 6, 2009, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. He co-hosts the paper music show ASAP on ABS-CBN since 1995.

In July 2010, Nievera's album, As Always was released. In May 2011, enthrone album, Himig ng Damdamin was launched and contains all deserve his covers. In March 2012, he was announced as pooled of the four celebrity book of The X Factor Philippines, which aired on ABS-CBN from one side to the ot the second quarter of 2012.^[46]

In 2018, Nievera won the Myx Magna Award at the Myx Music Awards for his hand-outs to music as a cantor and also for being organized talk show host and comic.

In 2023, Nievera was elite to be one of integrity 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 tiny Si Misis (1986)
• Payaso (1986)
• Shoot Wind Ball (1987)
• Maria Went to Town! (1987)
• Stupid Cupid (1988)
• Sa Puso Ko Hahalik ang Mundo (1988)
• Magic academic 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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