Gary Valenciano-Radical

Singer, composer, dancer, actor musical arranger, music producer and musician. Gary V. or Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano was born in Sta. Mesa, Manila on August 6, 1964. Born to Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago, he is the sixth child in a brood of seven. He is married to Ma. Anna Elizabeth Pangilinan with whom he has three children: Juan Paolo Martin, Jose Angelo Gabriel and Kristina Maria Mikaela.

Although he is more involved with his music, Gary has also received citations for his acting after starring in twelve-movies, performing in a musical and playing a few roles on television. Despite the emergence of so many new talents over the last few years, Gary V. continues make that;s both meaningful and relevant to the times. In the recently concluded 1999 Awit and Katha music awards he managed to walk away with a host trophies that served to affirm of his musical contribution to the times.

He finished his primary and secondary education at La Salle Greenhills and during his highschool days there joined the popular music group, Kundirana, which performed on school campuses. This stint with the Kundirana, however brief, brought an improtant discovery to Gary. Nonetheless: THE POWER OF MUSIC TO INFLUENCE LIVES. Since then, he has devoted himself entirely to music.
He first appeared o the Pilita and Jackie Show in 1982 but it was his performances in Germespesyal and Pethouse Live, which him the notice of the mass audience. A series of concerts at the Tavern on the Square followed. In April 1984, he made his big leap to the top of the pop music world in his first solo concert Gary V: A live at a jam-packed 15,000-seater Araneta Coliseum. He has held several concerts every year since then and in 1984 went on his first international ahow in Singapore.

Gary has recorded 16 albums of which four have become gold (including the extended play of 'Di Bale Na Lang'), five went double platinum, three have reached triple platinum and one even went further to his the quadruple platinum, three have reached triple platinum and one event went further to hit the quadruple platinum mark. Three of his albums are released internationally, Dancin' in the Moonlinght in 1992 under Toshiba-EMI Records in Japan: Out of the Dark in 1995, A Christian contemporary album well-received in the United States; and an Asian Release called outside Looking In for Polygram Records. His lates offering to the public is an Interactive CD-ROM, the first of its kind in Asia, which features the life and music of an artist. Gary " Interactive turned gold in just one month.

Gary has also appeared in TV commercials for major products such as Coca-Cola, Sony, Jollibee, Colgate, Toyota, AT&T, Hanes Classics, Bioderm Germicidal Soap, Alaska Milk and Max's Fried Chicken and was a spokesperson for UNICEF's Iodized Salt Program in 1997. He is the first National Ambassador pf Goodwill of UNICEF for the Philippines after his appointment in December 1998. Gary V. has garnered over 200 awards and nominations for his performances, recordings an compositions including 5 of the 12 Best Male Vocalist and 4 of the 12 Album of the Year awards at the Awit

		Singer, composer, dancer, actor musical arranger, music producer and musician. Gary V. or Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano was born in Sta. Mesa, Manila on August 6, 1964. Born to Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago, he is the sixth child in a brood of seven. He is married to Ma. Anna Elizabeth Pangilinan with whom he has three children: Juan Paolo Martin, Jose Angelo Gabriel and Kristina Maria Mikaela. Although he is more involved with his music, Gary has also received citations for his acting after starring in twelve-movies, performing in a musical and playing a few roles on television. Despite the emergence of so many new talents over the last few years, Gary V. continues make that;s both meaningful and relevant to the times. In the recently concluded 1999 Awit and Katha music awards he managed to walk away with a host trophies that served to affirm of his musical contribution to the times. He finished his primary and secondary education at La Salle Greenhills and during his highschool days there joined the popular music group, Kundirana, which performed on school campuses. This stint with the Kundirana, however brief, brought an improtant discovery to Gary. Nonetheless: THE POWER OF MUSIC TO INFLUENCE LIVES. Since then, he has devoted himself entirely to music. He first appeared o the Pilita and Jackie Show in 1982 but it was his performances in Germespesyal and Pethouse Live, which him the notice of the mass audience. A series of concerts at the Tavern on the Square followed. In April 1984, he made his big leap to the top of the pop music world in his first solo concert Gary V: A live at a jam-packed 15,000-seater Araneta Coliseum. He has held several concerts every year since then and in 1984 went on his first international ahow in Singapore. Gary has recorded 16 albums of which four have become gold (including the extended play of 'Di Bale Na Lang'), five went double platinum, three have reached triple platinum and one even went further to his the quadruple platinum, three have reached triple platinum and one event went further to hit the quadruple platinum mark. Three of his albums are released internationally, Dancin' in the Moonlinght in 1992 under Toshiba-EMI Records in Japan: Out of the Dark in 1995, A Christian contemporary album well-received in the United States; and an Asian Release called outside Looking In for Polygram Records. His lates offering to the public is an Interactive CD-ROM, the first of its kind in Asia, which features the life and music of an artist. Gary " Interactive turned gold in just one month. Gary has also appeared in TV commercials for major products such as Coca-Cola, Sony, Jollibee, Colgate, Toyota, AT&T, Hanes Classics, Bioderm Germicidal Soap, Alaska Milk and Max's Fried Chicken and was a spokesperson for UNICEF's Iodized Salt Program in 1997. He is the first National Ambassador pf Goodwill of UNICEF for the Philippines after his appointment in December 1998. Gary V. has garnered over 200 awards and nominations for his performances, recordings an compositions including 5 of the 12 Best Male Vocalist and 4 of the 12 Album of the Year awards at the Awit
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