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Ferdinand Pascual Aguilar (Tagalog: [pɐsˈkwal ʔɐɣɪˈlaɾ]; born February 5, 1953), better known as Freddie Aguilar, [1] Ka Freddie Aguilar, or simply Ka Freddie, is a Filipino folk musician and singer-songwriter regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM).
"Anak" failed to win any of the prizes, but went on to become one of the most popular Philippine pop songs ever and to launch the career of Freddie Aguilar.This period in time was right at the beginning of the Original Pilipino Music (OPM) boom, and after this first festival, the singing careers of Hajji Alejandro, Celeste Legaspi, Maricris Bermont, and Anthony Castelo went to full gear.
"Anak" became a finalist in the first MetroPop Song Festival.It went on to become very popular in the Philippines and eventually abroad. The song generated a hundred cover versions, was released in 56 countries and in 27 different foreign languages, and is claimed to have sold 30 million copies.
One of the biggest music producers in the Philippines, it has the largest catalogue of OPM music, including the international hits such as "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar and "Pangako Sa'yo" by Vina Morales. [36]
Joined forces with Freddie Aguilar, Mike Hanopol, Vehnee Saturno, and formed the group, SAGA (Songs And Generations After). [34] The group recorded one album, and performed one major concert in Canada. It was their first and last concert as SAGA, and the group disbanded months later. 2002
Freddie Aguilar "Anak" 7 8th 4 Maxene Magalona Taylor Swift "Shake It Off" 8 7th 5 Jay R Pepe Smith of Juan de la Cruz Band "Beep Beep" 36 1st 6 Jolina Magdangal Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" 9 6th 7 Edgar Allan Guzman Usher "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" 23 2nd 8 Melai Cantiveros Nora Aunor "Pearly Shells" 12 5th
Salamat is the debut studio album of the Filipina singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino.It was released on January 19, 2007, through Dream Big Productions and Star Music.It reached its Gold status in February of the same year and reached 3× Platinum with sales of 90,000 copies. [1]
The song won the Manila Film Festival Best Song Of The Year Award in 1972. Canseco followed it with an English song entitled "Songs" exclusively for "Songs and Amapola" under the Vicor Music Corporation Pioneer Label. Canseco's best-known composition, however, was "Child", the English-language version of Freddie Aguilar's signature song "Anák".