BACKGROUND

For the past 39 years, the incomparable Gary Valenciano, a multi-awarded Filipino-Puerto Rican inspirational singer-songwriter, musician, film actor, television host/performer, music producer and arranger, has enthralled his audiences with his breathtaking performances and groundbreaking recordings. In his earlier years, he starred as a lead actor in 14 films and various television movies even earning nominations and awards for Best Actor. Possessing superb talents like dancing skills of Michael Jackson and the vocal dexterity of Al Jarreau and Jacob Collier, he is perhaps the most awarded and respected male recording artist in the Philippines and has produced some of the best live concerts as well. 

Gary V as he is called by the fans, has won 12 Awit Awards (Philippine version for the Grammys) for Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist as well as Best Album of the Year 3 times. With 39 music albums, he remains one of the most successful musical artists in Asia. His musical production prowess is exceptional and has produced and arranged some of the greatest hits like Take Me Out of the Dark, Look in Her Eyes, Shout for Joy and Sana Maulit Muli. his rendition of Chick Corea’s Spain has generated close to 19 million views on YouTube. While moving hearts with his beautiful songs, Gary has relentlessly conquered the Philippine entertainment scene since he entered it in 1983 having sung movie theme and soap opera songs and and for 6 years, his voice was heard in the number one soap opera in the Philippines, “Ang Probinsiyano,” having recorded three theme songs of the primetime show since 2017. He is currently a judge of American Idol’s local IDOL Philippines and mainstay host for 18 years for the ABSCBN musical variety show ASAP NATIN ‘TO. He has been a mentor, host and judge for shows like The X Factor Philippines, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Twist and Shout to name a few.  

Gary frequent flies abroad for concert tours for his fans circling the globe. He’s performed some of his biggest hits in over 20 countries spanning Asia, Europe, across the Americas; USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, Papua N., New Z., Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China/HK, Brunei, Malaysia, Italy, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi A., Al Ain, Oman, Bahrain, UK/London, Wales, Amsterdam, Norway, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria—not to mention bringing crowds to their feet at some of the world’s most prestigious concert venues like: Nokia Theater in Los Angeles; Olympia in Montreal, Sony Center in Toronto, the Hammersmith Apollo in London, the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, The Shrine Auditorium in California, The Navy Pier Auditorium in Chicago, The Budokan Hall in Tokyo, The Sydney Entertainment Center in Australia, and many more.

Being the headliner for the biggest local concert in music history where over 500,000 (although newspaper reports claimed 800,000) gathered for “Nagmamahal (Love), Gary V” at the historic Luneta Grandstand in Manila in 1989, he has filled up stadiums like the Araneta Coliseum and MOA Arena in the Philippines as well as the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and other stadiums in the UK, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada among many other countries. Online he has an impressive 4 million followers on Twitter, 1 million followers on Facebook, 293,000 subscribers on YouTube, 690,000 followers on Instagram and over 700,000 followers on Spotify! 

Among renowned international talents Gary has performed or recorded  with many: Brian McKnight, George Duke, Paul Jackson Jr., George Black, Michael Shapiro, the Emotions, Menudo (with Ricky Martin), Cliff Richard, Leon Patilo, Michael W. Smith, Sandi Patti, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Kool and the Gang and currently is even tasked to perform the hits of BTS, James Ingram and Bruno Mars for his regular television show ASAP.  Known for his glowing connection with viewers and fans, he is also a constant ambassador of hope, faith, and positive change for the Philippines. During the pandemic and the height of the lockdown in 2020, Gary was one of the leading artists in the Philippines in online fundraiser and inspirational events and was tapped to be the first Philippine artist to join the biggest prayer app in the world, pray.com as one of its ambassadors in 2021.

No one is quite like Mr. Pure Energy, as he is fondly called, because he has escaped death many times and is dubbed a living miracle by his doctors. He has had Type 1 diabetes for 43 years, surviving many hypoglycemia episodes, as well as being a cardiac bypass and kidney cancer survivor. He is active in philanthropy as well being the UNICEF National Ambassador for 23 years. His wife, entertainment producer Angeli, who heads his production agency, Manila Genesis Entertainment and Management Inc. likewise manages the Shining Light Foundation Inc for him and for over thirty years, has supported scholarship, medical, livelihood and feeding programs. Their children, Paolo, a concert and events director, Gabriel, a content-creator, and Kiana, a singer-songwriter, are award-winning artists themselves.

Truly there has never been any artist in the Philippines quite like Gary Valenciano, and his life, his music and his legacy have touched and changed millions of lives all over the world. As he continues on this journey, anyone who listens to his songs would be forever moved by the force of God that clearly is behind his pure energy.

For booking and other inquiries, please contact any of the following: 

IRENE MAMANGON
ivm@manilagenesis.org

For International Bookings:

GINA MARTINEZ
gvmartinez@manilagenesis.org

For Production requirements:

VINA PAREJA
vspareja@manilagenesis.org

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