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Filipino pop songs mainly referred to songs popularized since the 1960s, usually sentimental ballads and movie themes.Major 1960s Filipino pop acts include Pilita Corrales and Nora Aunor. 1960s-styled ballads maintained their popularity into the 1970s, led by female balladeers dubbed "jukebox queens" such as Claire dela Fuente, Imelda Papin and Eva Eugenio, and male artists such as Anthony ...
Philippine popular music (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Philippine popular culture" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Jolina Magdangal - "Philippine Pop Icon", Original "Multimedia Superstar","Queen of Philippine Pop Culture" [114] Shaina Magdayao - "Empress of Drama" [115] [116]
Political satire has played an important role in Philippine life, especially during times of repression and censorship, such as the Philippine American War, the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, and Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos, [4] when serious dissent was suppressed but comedy was allowed for a greater freedom of expression. [1]
Manila sound is styled as catchy and melodic, with smooth, lightly orchestrated, accessible folk/soft rock, sometimes fused with funk, light jazz and disco.However, broadly speaking, it includes quite a number of genres (e.g. pop, vocal music, soft rock, folk pop, disco, soul, Latin jazz, funk etc.), and should therefore be best regarded as a period in Philippine popular music rather than as a ...
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
The Engkanto has been the subject of Philippine pop culture media, particularly in horror films include: Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut (2003) [10] T2 (2009) [11]
The Metro Manila Popular Music Festival (also known as Metropop) was launched by the Popular Music Foundation of the Philippines in 1977 and held annually from 1978 to 1985. [1] It was "the country's pioneering and once foremost songwriting competition," according to The Philippine Star . [ 2 ]