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Christian Joseph Morata Bautista (born October 19, 1981) is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star in a Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning 4th place in the competition in 2003. After the contest, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines[1] and released his self-titled debut album, Christian Bautista. The multi-platinum album established his name as an OPM artist with songs such as "The Way You Look at Me", "Colour Everywhere" and "Hands to Heaven". The singer gained popularity not only in the Philippines but in other countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.[1] He is currently an exclusive talent of GMA Network.[2]

Christian Bautista
Background information
Birth name	Christian Joseph Morata Bautista
Born	(1981-10-19) October 19, 1981 (age 41)
Origin	Imus, Philippines
Genres	Pop, P-pop, OPM
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, host, model
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Warner Music Universal Records (Philippines) Aquarius Musikindo (Indonesia)
Website	ChristianBautistaOnline.com

Bautista has also collaborated with fellow Filipino singers Nina, Sitti, Rachelle Ann Go, Sarah Geronimo, Sheryn Regis, Erik Santos and Mark Bautista. He regularly appears in ABS-CBN's variety show ASAP 18.

Bautista shot The Kitchen Musical with fellow Stages talent Karylle and other Asian and Filipino talents in Singapore.

After being with ABS-CBN for 10 years, Bautista transferred to GMA Network and signed a three-year exclusive contract on March 20, 2013.[3][4][5]

Bautista renews contract with GMA Network last July 28, 2021. He is currently an exclusive talent of GMA Network.[6]

Life and music career

Childhood and youth

Bautista was born in Imus, Cavite, on October 19, 1981. He is the eldest of three siblings, sons of Josefa Rizalina and Ebert Bautista. He was a choir member in their church since he was seven years old.^{[citation needed]}

Bautista studied grade school and high school at Imus Unida Christian School, which also hailed other Filipino actors such as Ryan Eigenmann, Geoff Eigenmann, Rico Yan and Billy Joe Crawford. He then took up landscape architecture at the University of the Philippines Diliman, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was a table tennis varsity player during college before focusing on singing and entering showbiz.[7]

2003–2004: Star in a Million and self-titled album

Bautista gained popularity after becoming the first grand finalist on ABS-CBN's reality singing competition Star in a Million. Though placing only fourth overall, he quickly become one of the most popular contestants, and was offered a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines shortly after he was eliminated from the show.[8][9][10] He released the single "The Way You Look at Me",[11] in 2004 from his self-titled album.[12][13]

The song, penned by American composers Andrew Fromm and Keith Follese,[9] received frequent airplay in Indonesian radio stations and Bautista became an instant hit overseas that record label Warner Indonesia decided to bring him there to perform for his growing Indonesian fanbase.

2005: Completely

Completely, Christian Bautista's second album,[9][10][14] received a Platinum Record Award on its first week of release in the Philippines.[13] The album spawned the singles "Everything You Do", "Invincible", and "She Could Be", a song which was later covered by Corbin Bleu of High School Musical fame. Completely has also reached platinum status in Indonesia.

A special edition of the album Completely, which combines Christian's English songs from his debut and second albums, was later launched in Singapore where "The Way You Look at Me" also topped local charts.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, RCTI aired a musical special entitled Completely: Christian Bautista where he performed with Indonesian artists 40-piece Magenta Orchestra, Andi Rianto, Krisdayanti and Titi DJ. In the same year, Bautista was cast as one of the leads in Kampanerang Kuba, a musical fantasy television series broadcast by ABS-CBN.^{[citation needed]}

Banking on his massive following among young fans in Indonesia, Bautista has been tapped by San Miguel Corporation to endorse its new line of soft beverage products in the Asian region, starting with Indonesia. Christian also endorses a new mobile content provider based in Jakarta called Star SMS, and soon for Oishi food products in the Philippines, and Indonesia.^{[citation needed]}

Locally, he had been endorsing brands such as Bench clothing and body spray, St. Augustine School of Nursing, Smart Communications, Greenwich Pizza, Trumpets Musicademy, Bed Head products, Skechers, and Swatch watches.^{[citation needed]}

2006–2007: Just a Love Song...Live! and Inspired Tour

Bautista released his third major album, Just a Love Song... Christian Bautista Live! in 2006 also under the Warner Music Philippines.[9][10][15][16] The album, the first live album by the singer, is mainly composed of covers of different old-time hit love songs and was recorded live in a Teatrino Bar in Greenhills with a small number of audience, which are mostly specially invited fans of the singer.[17] Follow up to the success of the live album was the release of his very first live DVD under the same title in early 2007.

Bautista debuts as an actor on the big screen in Regal Entertainment's 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival entry Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di. In this film directed by Joel Lamangan and written by Abi Lam-Parayno, Dode Cruz and Andrew Paredes, Christian plays Timothy a.k.a. Felix Yan, an Asian pop star, providing support to the bankable love team of Angel Locsin and Richard Gutierrez. The single "My Heart Has A Mind of Its Own" from "Completely" is used as one of the film's soundtrack.^{[citation needed]}

He launched a four-city tour in Indonesia on January 26 to February 2, 2007. The tour included visits in Jakarta, Makassar, Surabaya, and Bandung.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2007, he embarked a concert tour, Inspired, a one-night show in the Cuneta Astrodome with guest appearances by Gary Valenciano, Tricia Amper Jimenez, Joni Villanueva and Sam Milby.^{[citation needed]}

He collaborated with Rachelle Ann Go on the song "Pag-ibig Na Kaya?", a Filipino version of "Perhaps Love" (originally sung by Howl & J), that was used in the Koreanovela Princess Hours, aired on ABS-CBN.^{[citation needed]}

Bautista re-released Just a Love Song...Live including a CD of different Christmas songs.^{[citation needed]}

2008: West Side Story and Captured

Bautista was included in the Valentine Concert on February 13, 2007, Ol 4 Luv, which was held at the Araneta Coliseum with Rachelle Ann Go, Erik Santos and Sarah Geronimo.^{[citation needed]}

Bautista's live album, Just a Love Song...Live!, sold close to Double Platinum following the release of the repackaged Christmas edition containing his rendition of Gary Valenciano's "Pasko Na Sinta Ko" as well as other Christmas songs.^{[citation needed]}

A musical talk show starring Bautista, The Christian Bautista Show, also aired on the Makisig Network. Bautista also won the award for Favorite Musical Artist Act at the first Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Philippines, held in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Alongside Filipina singer Karylle, Bautista was also a part of the theatrical cast of West Side Story in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2008, Bautista's third studio album Captured was released. The album features bossa nova singer Sitti.^{[citation needed]}

2009: Romance Revisited

Early 2009, Bautista released his last single for Captured, Limutin Na Lang which featured a Music Video containing compilations of his videos and pictures from his past albums/album tours.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Christian Bautista released his very first compilation, The Platinum Collection. It would be his last album released under Warner Music Philippines.^{[citation needed]}

By early August 2009, Bautista had transferred to Universal Records. His first project under the recording label featured 19 tracks and songs originally performed by the legendary Jose Mari Chan. The album, Romance Revisited, rose to the top of the charts immediately after its release. Bautista performed several duets in the album, with popular pop stars Sarah Geronimo, Lani Misalucha and Regine Velasquez who early in her career also collaborated with Chan.[18]

In November 2009, Bautista was a guest at Sarah Geronimo's Record Breaker Concert where they sang their duet "Please Be Careful with My Heart".[19]

2010: Dahsyat and A Wonderful Christmas

In February 2010, Bautista appeared again in Dahsyat, an Indonesian variety show from RCTI in Jakarta, where he performed a duet with Indonesian singer Bunga Citra Lestari with an Indonesian version of "Please Be Careful with My Heart". He was the first and only Filipino singer to appear in an Indonesian TV series.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2010, Bautista released his seventh overall album and first Christmas album under Universal Records, titled A Wonderful Christmas. On December 2, 2011, the album was certified Diamond by PARI.^{[citation needed]}

2011: Outbound

Bautista released his fifth studio album and seventh overall album, Outbound, in 2011. He also joined the cast of a musical drama series, Kitchen Musical, with Karylle, Thou Reyes, Art Acuna.^{[citation needed]}

2012

During the first quarter of the year, the First Class: Outbound Expanded Edition album was launched. Together with Karylle, they received top billing at the Love & Laughter concert at the Resorts World on February 29. Bautista remained active on Kitchen Musical for the 2012 season. In the third quarter of 2012, he was part of 10th anniversary special of The Way You Look at Me that celebrated his 10 year in the industry. Bautista was also featured on the series Princess and I, which aired on ABS-CBN during 2012. Bautista's sixth studio album, and eighth full-length X-Plus was released in October 2012.^{[citation needed]}

2013–present: Transfer to the Kapuso Network

In March 2013, Bautista transferred to the GMA Network after months of rumors. He performed for the first time on Party Pilipinas on March 24, 2013, also marking the third anniversary of the show. He signed a three-year exclusive contract with GMA Network on March 20, 2013.[3][4][5]

Theatre

Trumpet's production of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe was Bautista's first big break. He earned raves from critics for his acting debut.

Year	Show	Role
2002	The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
2002	Joseph The Dreamer
2008	West Side Story	Tony Wyzek
2012	Rama Hari	Rama
2013	Cinderella	Prince Charming
2014	Ghost: The Musical	Sam Wheat

Discography

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2003	Star in a Million	Himself	ABS-CBN	3rd runner-up to Grand Champion Erik Santos
2004	ASAP	Himself		2004–2013
	Sarah the Teen Princess	Christian Leynes		Guest Role
2005	Kampanerang Kuba	Lorenzo		Main role
2006	Your Song	Michael		Episode "If You Walk Away"
	Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di (I Love You)	Timothy / Felix Yan		Feature film
2008	The Christian Bautista Show	Himself		Host
2009	Your Song Presents: Feb-ibig	Arnold		Episode "I'll Never Get Over You, Getting Over Me"
	Kimmy Dora	Waiter		Feature film, cameo
2010	Kulilits	Himself		Guest star (1 episode)
	Take Me Out (Indonesia)	Himself		Guest star (1 episode)
	Your Song Presents: Beautiful Girl	James		Main role
2011	Star Power	Himself		Co-host
	A Special Symphony	Jayden		August (Philippines); Awaiting Release (Indonesia)
2011–2012	The Kitchen Musical	Daniel Ray	NTV7 (Malaysia) Studio 23 (Philippines) MediaCorp TV Channel 5 (Singapore) Metro TV (Indonesia) AXN Asia (Southeast Asia) International Channel Shanghai (People's Republic of China) TVB Jade (Hong Kong) Formosa Television (Republic of China)	Lead Role
2012	Princess and I	Priam	ABS-CBN	Special Participation/Antagonist
2013	Party Pilipinas[3]	Himself	GMA Network	Regular Member
	With a Smile	Aston Martinez		Lead Role
2013–2015	Sunday All Stars	Himself/Performer
2014	Strawberry Lane	Richard Tolentino		Supporting Role
2015	My Mother's Secret	Anton Guevarra
	To the Top	Himself / Host
2016	Eat Bulaga!	Himself / Performer		First Time one contestant split-screen duet from Just Duet.
	Encantadia	Apitong
	Lip Sync Battle Philippines	Himself		with Mark Bautista
	Superstar Duets	Himself / Judge
2017	My Love from the Star	Winston Libredo
2018–present	The Clash	Himself/Judge		with Lani Misalucha
2018	Pamilya Roces	Ralph Gomez
2018–2019	Studio 7	Himself/Host/Performer
2020	All-Out Sundays	Himself/Co-host/Performer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award Giving Body	Category	Nominated Work	Results
2006	MTV Pilipinas Music Awards	Favorite Male in a Video	"Invincible"	Won[20]
	MYX Music Awards	Favorite Collaboration	"Burn" with Nina	Won[21]
		Favorite Male Artist	—	Nominated[22]
2007	MYX Music Awards	Favorite Music Video	"Invincible"	Won[23]
		Favorite Mellow Video	"Invincible"	Won[23]
		Favorite MYX Live Performance	—	Won[23]
		Favorite Male Artist	—	Nominated[24]
2008	Awit Awards	Best Performance by a Duet	"Unsaid" with Lala	Nominated
	MYX Music Awards	Favorite Collaboration	"Pag-Ibig na Kaya" with Rachelle Ann Go	Won[25]
		Favorite Male Artist	—	Nominated[26]
2011	GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards	Male Recording Artist of the Year	—	Won[27]
2012	GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards	Male Recording Artist of the Year	—	Won
2013	GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards	Male Recording Artist of the Year	—	Won[28]
2014	GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards	Male Recording Artist of the Year	—	Won
2019	PMPC Star Awards for Music	Male Recording Artist of the Year	"Aking Mahal"	Won[29]

References

External links

• Official Site
• Christian Bautista at IMDb

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Christian Bautista (nacido el 19 de octubre de 1981) es un cantante pop, actor y modelo filipino. Fue finalista del Star in a Million, un reality show de Filipinas transmitido por la cadena televisiva ABS-CBN canal, ganando el 4º lugar en la competencia en 2003. Tras el concurso, firmó un contrato de grabación con Warner Music en su país de origen y lanzó su auto-titulado álbum debut, Christian Bautista. El álbum multiplatino consolidó su nombre como un artista OPM con canciones como "El camino me mira", "Invencible" y "Las manos al cielo" Toppin los gráficos. El cantante ganó popularidad no solo en Filipinas sino también en otros países en el sudeste de Asia, como Indonesia, Singapur, Malasia y Tailandia. Ha vendido más de 100 millones de discos y a la fecha es considerado como el "más popular e influyente" artista filipino. El cantante también ha colaborado con colegas filipinos cantantes Nina, Sitti, Rachelle Ann Go Sarah Geronimo, Sheryn Regis, Erik Santos y Mark Bautista, que aparece regularmente en la ABS-CBN de variedades ASAP 08.

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