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ASAP Sessionistas To Jam in U.S

by admin, on Fri, Oct 30 2009 | 7 Comments

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The ASAP Sessionistas will be jamming with their U.S base fans on their upcoming “Sessionistas Live in US Concert Tour.” ASAP Sessionistas is composed of six individual pop acts. They are the “Soul Siren” and now diamond record awardee Nina, the acoustic dou MYMP, RnB master Duncan Ramos, Fil-Chinese crooner Richard Poon, bossa nova queen Sitti Navarro and Asia’s acoustic sensation Aiza Seguerra.

Sessionista refers to musicians who are so good in their craft that they’re always hired to play in recording “sessions” for other artists’ albums. On ABS-CBN’s Sunday TV show “ASAP,” it has been adopted as the collective name of six individual pop acts (MYMP, Nina, Poon, Sitti, Ramos, and Seguerra), who perform together in a fixed segment.

Last August the ASAP Sessionistas set a major concert at the Araneta Coliseum. And now the ASAP Sessionistas are all set for a series concert in U.S this coming November. Fans and supporters of the Sessionistas will have the time of their lives as their idols, in one force, perform their favorite songs from different genres.
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Nina Receives Diamond Record Award

by admin, on Thu, Oct 15 2009 | 4 Comments
Nina Live! Album Cover

Nina Live! Album Cover

The Soul Siren Nina marks her name in the history of Philippine music industry as the first female artist to received Diamond Record Award.  The “Nina Live!” album has sold over 200,000 copies which makes it the fourth biggest selling album of an OPM artist.

The ‚ÄúNina Live!‚Äù was the Soul Siren‚Äôs third album released in 2005.¬† The album includes Nina‚Äôs biggest hit songs like “Love Moves in Mysterious Ways,” “Steep,” “Constantly,” and “Through the Fire“.¬†¬† The album was produced by Warner Music Philippines.

The Diamond Record Award for Nina is quite a surprise, for there is no other OPM female artist had manage to make such achievement, even those overly popular proclaimed divas.

“Sobrang overwhelming, sobrang saya. It’s just like a dream‚Ķ Siguro, ito ‚Äòyong pinaka-favorite ng lahat ng tao, that I sing live. Siguro kaya nagustuhan nila, kaya tinangkilik nila ito. Sobrang big achievement for me,” Nina told ‚ÄúSNN: Showbiz News Ngayon.‚Äù

Other OPM artists the receives the same awards are the Eraserheads (Cutterpillow Album with 10x platinum) and Jose Marie Chan (Constant Change Album with 10x platinum and Christmas In Our Hearts Album with 20x platinum).
Nina, who is part of ASAP ‚ÄúSessionistas,‚Äù has recently launched her latest album ‚ÄúRenditions of the Soul.”

Catch Nina and the rest of ASAP Sessionistas in their US and Canada tour.  See our Concert page for schedule and ticket info.