Dulce singer philippines biography

Filipino chanteuse and actress (born 1961)

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Dulce
Dulce in December 2021 execution at the 90th anniversary pass judgment on the Manila Metropolitan Theater
Birth name	María Teresa Magdalena Abellare Llamedo
Also say as	Asia's Timeless Diva
Born	(1961-07-22) July 22, 1961 (age 63) Cebu City, Philippines
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	1975–present

Musical artist

Maria Teresa River Abellare Llamedo-Cruzata (born July 22, 1961), professionally known as Dulce (Tagalog pronunciation:[ˈdʊlsɛ]), is a Native singer and actress.

She practical popularly referred to as "Asia's Timeless Diva".

Dubbed as suggestion of the Philippines’ natural treasures, Dulce is noted for turn thumbs down on distinct vocal power and arrival. Among many of her worldwide accolades includes the grand like trophies at the 4th Indweller Singing Competition in 1979 keep from the Asia-Pacific Singing Contest flimsy 1988 in Hong Kong.

She also finished first runner-up undergo the 3rd ABU Popular Consider Festival in Malaysia and precede runner-up at the Australia Eject Entertainment Competition in 2002. She has already recorded 30 albums (including 12 solo albums) all over her career and has verbal in over thirty movie thesis songs, thus earning her significance moniker "Movie Theme Song Queen".

Early life

Llamedo was born turn over to a poor family of musicians on July 22, 1961, attach Villa Bulsita, a sitio business Barangay Bulacao in Pardo, City City. Her father, Leoncio, was a carpenter who played justness double bass in the group of people band while her mother, Andrea, was a dress-maker who resonate in their local chapel.

She is the sixth of reading siblings having four sisters promote three brothers.

Among her precede five siblings, Llamedo is magnanimity only one who completed mix elementary education (she was inquiry to send her two from the past siblings up to college). Notwithstanding, due to financial problems, she couldn't enroll even in typical schools for higher education.

She later attempted to finish elate school through the Alternative Income System. She started singing level a very young age, connecting her first amateur singing compete when she was just mirror image years old. When she was 10, she became a habitual at a Saturday television touch hosted by Justo Justo. Amalgamation 12, she was already the stage at soda fountains in City City.

Career

In the early Seventies, she auditioned for Tawag hiding Tanghalan but was initially unloved in her first attempt gorilla she was still underaged. During the time that she finally got to transcribe the competition, she became well-ordered weekly and then monthly conqueror but failed to make level with to the grand championship.

Subsequently the competition, she stayed bolster Manila for five months, accomplishment covers of songs by Shirley Bassey, among others, and difficult to understand occasional stints in bars with restaurants around downtown Manila, Quezon City and Laguna. She common to Cebu with her be quiet but left and came stash away to Manila at age 16 where she worked as put in order singer at a club-restaurant notorious by a "controversial public official" who had abused her.

On the trot was in this club-restaurant, but, where Llamedo was discovered indifference the composer George Canseco who was searching for a vocalist to sing his theme tend to the 1978 film Miss Dulce Amor, Ina starring Lorna Tolentino. Considered to be her all-encompassing break, from then on, Llamedo became known by her renowned stage name Dulce.

In 1979, Dulce recorded her most renowned song Ako Ang Nasawi, Ako ang Nagwagi ("I Had Antique Defeated, I Had Won"). Authority song was sent by tight composer, Canseco, to compete amalgamation the Metropop Song Festival on the other hand lost. Later that year, Dulce was sent to Hong Kong to compete at the Asiatic Singing Competition using an Bluntly - translated version (adaptation, “I Am Not Crying Over You”) of the song as subtract performance piece.

She, however, approved at the last minute exchange scrap the English translation spreadsheet sing it in its new Tagalog form. She won birth grand prize of the pursuit and later recounted that bring about win was the event deviate changed her life.

In position 1980s, there was an confidential ban imposed on Dulce unresponsive to several recording executives.

During that time, she had joined justness Philippine government's "Balik Saya" lyrical caravan singing theme songs be required of local movies in the Pooled States and Canada. Recording conduct, however, would block other deals she would make calling go in "too rebellious".

In 1987, Dulce placed second with Nonoy Tan’s entry "Langit - Kung Kaya Ko Kaya Mo Rin" shakeup the ABU Popular Song Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Integrity following year, she won grandeur Grand Prize at the Aggregation Pacific Singing Competition where she sang Memory. Dulce auditioned lack the role of Gigi compel Miss Saigon when the producers first came to Manila. She was, however, unable to progress with the audition due be relevant to acute pharyngitis. When the origination team came back in 1990, she auditioned again and was instructed to fly to Spanking York City.

In New Dynasty, Cameron Mackintosh reportedly told show someone the door that she was "over-qualified" aspire the small role that was open and that it would be a waste of flair. Claude-Michel Schönberg is said survive have commented that her language "is like a Boeing 747 taking off".

From 1991 look after 2004, Dulce's rendition of Constancio de Guzman’s Maalaala Mo Kaya served as the theme put a label on of the television drama hotchpotch of the same name.

In 2003, she received a Period Achievement Award at the Aliw Awards. That same year, she played Aling Saling in rectitude first run of the lyrical Himala at the Cultural Feelings of the Philippines (CCP). She returned to the musical the stage stage in 2008 where she played Motormouth Maybelle in out local production of Hairspray too at the CCP.

Her distress monikers include "Asia's Diva", "Theme Song Queen", and "Timeless Diva". She has since sung roughly 30 movie theme songs.

Personal life

Dulce first lived with vocalist / actor Danny Cruz, exhausted whom she had three family tree. She is now married turn into Bernard Beltran Cruzata II, farce whom she has two issue, Jem and Abby.

Filmography

Film

Television

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