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Lani Misalucha
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Lani Misalucha on the cover of her album Loving You
Background information
OriginManila, Philippines
Years active1996-present

Lani Misalucha, is a singer from the Philippines.

Profile

Born into a musical family, with parents who are operatic singers, Lani grew up immersed in song, with siblings who can also sing. Growing up and listening to the radio, she was able to develop her own singing styles.

Lani can easily shift from ballad to pop rock, r&b, jazz and even opera. Recording multiplex tapes of the songs of great singers, she can, with alacrity, imitate the voice and style of, among others, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Minnie Riperton, and even Barbara Streisand.

Lani has been in and out of the music scene since the late 1980s-as a vocalist in various bands, as a soloist in the lounge and hotel circuits, as singer for commercial jingles and multiplex tapes. Although she stopped singing professionally for periods of time, she still got opportunities to sing and perform in concerts and TV guestings.

In 1996, she recorded an album with the carrier single, "Somebody Warm Like Me," which became an instant hit. Moving to Viva Records in 1999, she did the album "Tunay Na Mahal" with the carrier single of the same title and the hit song "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". Playing the lead role in S.K. Productions mega-musical play "Rama at Sita", she received accolades for her singing and acting prowess.

She kick-started the year 2000 with a new album, entitled "All Heart"-- a collection of love songs led by it's carrier single "One More Time", by Dodjie Simon, the album turned Gold after one week of its released. The album also includes songs written by some of today's most acclaimed contemporary composers, like Vehnee Saturno, Jimmy Borja and Trina Belamide.

The year 2001 Lani became a semi-regular host in the Sunday noontime show SOP, along with other top artists, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez, Janno Gibbs and Jaya. In September 2001, she had her first major concert at the Araneta Coliseum called, "Lani Misalucha, The Crossover Live Tour". It was a well attended concert, the venue of which Lani filled to the rafters.

In 2002, Lani continued to have audiences with her performances in her US Concert Tour and series of concerts at the Onstage in Greenbelt. Lani released her fourth studio album entitled, "Loving You" in June 2003 with the singles, "Tila" and "Malaya Ka Na". In November of that same year, she began hosting her own television show with actor and comedian Michael V., also known as his character Junie Lee, called "Celebrity Turns".

Lani is also one of the choices of foreign artists who have come to the Philippines to perform. She was the special guest of music industry icons Kenny Loggins, Brian McKnight, Sergio Mendes & Stephen Bishop.

She continues to perform to SRO crowds wherever she goes, may it be hotels, schools and bigger venues, like the Main Theater Cultural Center of the Philippines and the PICC Plenary Hall. She has had capacity crowd in her concerts in Cebu, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Baguio, Pampanga, Davao and in other major cities in the country.

Lani has fans in the United States, too, as she performed in Reno, San Diego, Washington, Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. of San Francisco even made August 17 Lani Misalucha Day to give due recognition to her talent as an artist.

Lani has also performed in other countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and the Middle East and has sung for the King of Malaysia, the Sultan of Brunei, President S.R. Nathan of Singapore and Philippine Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Lani in Las Vegas

Lani now resides in Las Vegas Nevada. She is also currently playing a 5 day show at the Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas with the Filipino-Hawaiian group Society of Seven.

In her native land of the Philippines, many people pack sports arenas and gymnasium to hear Lani Misalucha sing. The petite singer with a five-octave range can belt out a tune with full-throated fury, deliver a verse with delicate nuances or hold a single note.

The Society of Seven, perennial favorites in Las Vegas since they came in from Hawaii a few years ago, added Misalucha's singing and comedic presence when they recently brought their show to Bally's. Before coming Las Vegas, Society of Seven drew big crowds for years at Hawaii's top resort hotels.

Awards and Citations

  • Finalist Metropop Song Festival 1996

Song: Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw

  • 2nd Place 3rd Musika Manila

Songwriting Competition 1997

  • Best Interpreter

Search for the National Entry to the National Songwriting Contest

  • Minuro Endo Best Singer Award

Best Song Silver Asia Song Festival 1998

  • Best Ballad Recording

Awit Awards 1998

  • Grand Prize Winner Metropop Song Festival 1999

Song: Can’t Stop Loving You

  • Artist of the Year

Talents Manila 1999

  • Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Katha Music Awards 1999 Song: Tunay Na Mahal

  • Best Performance by a Female

Recording Artist Awit Awards 1999 Song: Tunay Na Mahal

  • Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist

Awit Awards 2000 Song: Can’t Stop Loving You

  • Best Female Performance in Music Lounges, Bars, Clubs & Restaurants

Aliw Awards 2000. 2001. 2002

  • Entertainer of the Year

Aliw Awards 2002

  • Best Traditional Song Vocal Performance

Katha Awards 2002 Song: Kasal Sa Kaluluwa

  • Best Folk Song Vocal Performance

Katha Awards 2002 Song: Ina

  • Solo Performer

Tinig Awards 2003

  • Best Major Concert (Female)

Aliw Awards 2003

  • Gold Record Award

Tunay Na Mahal 1998

  • Gold Record Award

All Heart 2000

  • Platinum Award

The 2nd Crossover Live Tour 2002

Discography

  • More Than I Should, (Alpha Records, 1997)
  • Tunay na Mahal, (Viva Records, 1999)
  • All Heart, (Viva Records, 2000)
  • The Crossover Live Tour, (Viva Records, 2001)
  • Loving You, (Viva Records, 2003
  • The Greatest Hits, (Viva Records, 2005)

Singles

  • Somebody Warm Like Me
  • Sakayan Ng Jeep
  • Can't Stop Loving You
  • You Don't Have to Say You Love me
  • Tunay na Mahal
  • Araw Araw, Gabi Gabi
  • Ang Lahat ng Ito'y Para Sa'yo
  • Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin
  • One More Time
  • Sana Dalaw Ang Puso Ko
  • Tila
  • Malaya ka Na
  • Loving You
  • Muntik Nang Maabot Ang Langit
  • Whitney Houston's Medley

See also


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