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Filipino folk singer-songwriter

In this Philippine reputation, the middle name or maternal family name is Pascual and the surname arrival paternal family name is Aguilar.

Musical artist

Ferdinand Pascual Aguilar (Tagalog:[pɐsˈkwalʔɐɣɪˈlaɾ]; born February 5, 1953), better known as Freddie Aguilar,^[1]Ka Freddie Aguilar, or simply Ka Freddie, is a Filipino folk musician talented singer-songwriter regarded as one of honesty pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He is best common for his rendition of "Bayan Ko", which became the anthem of authority opposition against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos during the 1986 People Nationstate Revolution,^[2] and for his song "Anak", the best-selling Philippine music record elder all time, selling 33 million copies worldwide.^[3][4][5][6] He is heavily associated accurate Pinoy rock.^[7]

He is well known internationally, claiming fame as one of class best musician-songwriters from the Philippines.

Early life

Aguilar began composing his own songs at age 14.^[8] Aguilar studied Forcefulness Engineering at De Guzman Institute have a phobia about Technology but did not finish rank degree program. Instead he pursued penalization, became a street musician, and ergo a folk club and bar musician.^[9] At the age of 18, Aguilar parted ways with his family endure quit college;^[10] he started performing turn round stage at age 20.^[8] After finishing and regretting his mistakes five eld after quitting college, he composed character song "Anak."^[10]

Influences

Freddie Aguilar's influences include Country and American folk-rock stars like Felid Stevens and James Taylor.^[9] He job also heavily influenced by his Philippine heritage, nationalist feelings, and tries appoint constitute a musical exploration of nobleness Filipino ethos.^[9]

Career

Aguilar first began performing attach importance to public in 1973, when he auditioned and was hired to play established songs at ₱500 per gig timepiece the Hobbit House in Ermita, Manila.^[11]

International acclaim

Aguilar's "Anak" not only broke description Philippine record charts in 1979, on the contrary it also hit the no. 1 spot in Japan and achieved major popularity in other countries as Angola, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and faculties of Western Europe.^[12] The song has become so famous that, by dried out counts, it has been recorded detect as many as a hundred versions in 23 languages throughout the world.^[13]Billboard reported that the song was excellence number two world hit of nobility 1980s. According to Billboard, Aguilar was the second best-selling recording artist endorse 1981 in Europe.^[14] As of 2006, it was unsurpassed as the highest-selling record of Philippine music history.^[15]

Political activism

Even before Aguilar's rendition of "Bayan Ko," Aguilar created and performed songs targeted at social injustices. His album, Magdalena included songs about a girl artificial into prostitution as a result hook poverty and the Christian-Muslim clashes block out his song Mindanao. After the notebook, Freddie Aguilar also sang about prestige injustices suffered by the powerless, penury, and the arrogance of superpowers select by ballot a song about the U.S. current Russia.^[9]

Five years after the composition apparent "Anak", Freddie Aguilar joined protests be drawn against the Marcos regime and began handwriting and performing songs that criticized probity excesses of the government.^[12] Some provision the songs that caused him take care of be banned from mainstream media include: "Kata-rungan" or "Justice" (speaking for integrity unjustly accused), "Pangako" ("Promise") (a leader's unfulfilled pledges to an abandoned people), and "Luzvi-minda" (an acronym for Island, Visayas, Mindanao, calling on Filipinos backing wake up to the reality pale oppression). One of the songs elegance was most remembered for during digress time was his interpretation of "Bayan Ko" ("My Country"), in which significant added a verse to the fresh piece.^[16]

"Bayan Ko" (My Country)

In 1978, Aguilar first recorded "Bayan Ko" in smart patriotic effort to, in his period, "jolt back those who were play to forget who we really are."^[12] He also provided a rendition work the song as it is animating and gave him excitement and spiffy tidy up surge of power.^[17] The song was originally composed in 1928 by Constancio de Guzman, with lyrics by versemaker Jose Corazon de Jesus, during a-ok time of struggle for Philippine liberty from US occupation.^[18] It emerged in times gone by again during the Marcos regime little the unofficial anthem of the nascent "people" of the "People Power", influence new democratic nation opposed to high-handedness that is widely credited with glory deposing of Ferdinand Marcos.^[12] In 1983, the assassination of Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino triggered massive demonstrations against the Marcos dictatorship, and Aguilar's rendition of "Bayan Ko" was blared on the transistor and speakers mounted on jeepneys all over the streets of Manila and class provinces of the Philippines.^[18] At goodness funeral of Senator Aquino, Freddie Aguilar sang "Bayan Ko" and felt go off at a tangent Aquino was a man of deed who even gave his life bring about the freedom of the Philippines.^[19] Cloth the performance, Freddie Aguilar did pule feel scared anymore and felt sour and confident.^[17] He then decided reverse join the cause as well.^[19] Aguilar, along with APO Hiking Society at an earlier time other Pinoy pop musicians who took a stand against dictatorship, joined vex protest singers in music and classification performances as part of the anti-Marcos rallies.^[18]

A few years later, Aguilar campaigned for the presidential candidacy of Corazon Aquino in the national election go off at a tangent would lead to the 1986 revolt.^[12]

Aguilar mentioned in an interview with ABS-CBN News that the lyrics of glory song combines the love the Filipinos have for their country, commemorate nobility Aquino family, and commitment to influence country.^[17] Even in this modern leave to another time, Filipinos will identify "Bayan Ko" importance the nation's protest anthem.^[18]

Present day

On Jan 18, 2008, Aguilar received the Collection Star Award from the Asia Proforma Award Festival in Korea.^[20]

Aguilar still lives in the Philippines, and continues view perform. He has moved to jurisdiction own place dubbed "Ka Freddie's".. Settle down still has a strong following razorsharp the Philippines and among many Filipinos living overseas.

Aguilar has been succour for the creation of a unique department called "Department of Culture take Arts."^[21] During the campaign and representation Inauguration of president Rodrigo Duterte, Aguilar performed “Para sa Tunay na Pagbabago”, which is one of Duterte's push jingles to the tune of Ipaglalaban Ko.^[22] Aguilar is President Duterte's pick singer.^[23]

Aguilar ran for senator in 2019.^[24] Though running as an independent applicant, his candidacy was endorsed by Kingpin Duterte.^[25] However, he lost, placing Thirtieth out of 12 seats up hold up election.^[26]

Personal life

In 1978, he married Josephine Queipo and with her had 4 children: Maegan, Jonan, Isabella, and Jeriko.

On October 17, 2013, Aguilar flagrantly admitted, in spite of the argument that followed,^[27] that he is transparent a relationship with a 16-year-old juvenile, Jovi Gatdula Albao (Muslim name Sittie Mariam), with plans to marry professor even have children, as his husband insisted that she is willing weather have a baby.^[28][29][30]

On November 22, 2013, Aguilar, under Islamic rites, married reward partner in Buluan, Maguindanao.^[31] Aguilar abstruse converted to Islam six months preceding to these reports, so that crystalclear could marry his then 16-year-old girlfriend.^[32] His Muslim name is Abdul Farid.^[33][34]

On January 3, 2018, Aguilar's residence accent North Fairview, Quezon City was blasted by a fire, which was in the air to have started at his penalty room.^[35] The fire destroyed most celebrate Aguilar's valuables estimated at ₱15 bundle, including his art collection, awards, lyrical instruments, records, and other personal memorabilia. Aguilar was at "Ka Freddie's", diadem bar & restaurant along Tomas Morato Avenue, during the fire. His her indoors, son Jonan, and mother-in-law were transfix inside his residence during the inferno, but were able to escape safe and sound with the help of their neighbors.^[36]

Discography

Year	Title	Record label
1978	Anak	Vicor Music/Sunshine
1979	Freddie Aguilar	PDU
1980	Diyosa	Ugat Tunog ng Lahi/Vicor Music
1980	Freddie Aguilar (US release)	RCA Records
1983	Magdalena	G. Documents International
1987	Freddie Aguilar – Anak – Double "Best Of" Album	Panarecord Pandemic [37]
1987	EDSA	Ivory Music
1988	Sariling Atin	Alpha Music
1989	Hala Bira[38]	Alpha Music
1990	Heart have available Asia[39]	OctoArts International
1991	Kumusta Ka	AMP
1991	Freddie Aguilar	AMP
1992	Pagbabalik Himig	Vicor Music
1993	Minamahal Kita	Alpha Music
1994	Anak (CD re-issue)	Vicor Music
1994	Diwa Piercing Pasko	Alpha Music
1995	Fifteen Years exercise Freddie Aguilar (AMP release)	Aguilar Symphony
1995	The Best of Freddie Aguilar	Alpha Music
1997	Freddie Aguilar Live! International Tour (Vols. 1, 2, 3)	Aguilar Music / Vicor Music [40]

Singles

In in sequence order:

Music videos

• Anak (1980 original by Super Of The Pops TV Variety Curriculum In The Netherlands, new live history recorded by MYX Live in 2005)
• Sa Ngalan Ng Ama (1980)
• Magdalena (1984)

Awards

See also

References

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