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| Regine Velasquez |
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"Simple, the most simple person in the whole world and one whose life is not so complicated."
-Regine Velasquez
| Date of Birth: April 22, 1970 |
| Birthplace: Manila, Philippines |
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| To call Regine Velasquez "famous" may not be appropriate for a North American audience. After all, she's almost unknown on this side of the Pacific. In Asia, however, she has the type of star power to make Jennifer Lopez look like a one-hit wonder. Albums like Drawn, R2K, and Reigne have all been smash hits and are the major reasons why she is so revered. |
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| Mention her name to anyone who has lived in Asia over the last fifteen years, and take note of their reaction. The panting and perspiration should be enough of an explanation as to why we like her so much. |
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Regine Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez was born into a loving and supportive family on April 22, 1970 in Manila, Philippines. At an early age her parents recognized that she was a gifted singer and they quickly enrolled her into local and national singing contests in the Philippines. She didn't win every one she entered, but she did perform well enough for the family to make her success a number one priority.
The Velasquez family moved out of Manila to Leyte, in order for Regine to work with some prestigious voice coaches and go through a ritual that her father believed would strengthen her voice. Apparently, he would submerge his young daughter up to her neck in the sea and have her run through her singing exercises. Whether it actually made a difference is still debatable.
Boasting a trained and stronger voice, Regine entered 200 contests in her amateur days and won an impressive 67 of them. If that doesn't sound like an impressive feat, imagine a golfer winning 67/200 tournaments or a NASCAR driver pulling off the same percentages.
Of those 67 victories, the most important was the one she earned for her performance at the career-launching Bagong Kampeon Competition. She breezed through the opening rounds facing little resistance and was pegged as the narrow favorite to win the finals. Before she took the stage, judges and fans were expecting a performance much like what they had seen in the qualifying stages. When she launched into the first bars of "In Your Eyes," the audience knew something special was happening. Velasquez delivered what is generally regarded as the performance of her life and was rewarded accordingly. Within weeks, she found herself in a local recording studio working on her debut single. |
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