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Joey Albert is a Filipino pop and jazz singer, musician, lyricist, and songwriter. An alumna of St. Theresa's College Manila and Assumption College San Lorenzo, she began her professional singing career in 1982, right after winning the Dream Girl Filipina contest in ''The Party'', a television program hosted by Ariel Ureta over the now defunct Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation.〔("Joey Albert living her dreams in Vancouver", GMA News )〕 Soon after, Albert became a member of The New Minstrels (3rd Generation), a popular Philippine show band during the 1970s and the 1980s.〔(Circus Band-New Minstrels Reunion Concert, rappler.com )〕 Apart from Albert, The New Minstrels also produced many other outstanding Filipino musical artists.〔(Joey Albert brings her Filipino chart hits to Millennium Place, Pique News Magazine )〕 Albert, also collaborated with other well-known Filipino artists such as Jose Mari Chan and Pops Fernandez. As a multi-awarded singer, her discography boasts more than 20 studio albums.〔("Singer Joey Albert battles cancer anew", ABS-CBNnews.com )〕 ==Biography== As a solo performer, Albert signed up initially with OctoArts International (now PolyEast Records) in 1984. Her first single, Gerry Paraiso's "Over and Over" (recorded January 1984), enjoyed tremendous airplay in local and national radio stations. OctoArts International released Louie Ocampo and Allan Ayque's "Tell Me", for which she received a Gold Record Award from the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry (PARI).〔(Carousel Pinoy Entertainment )〕 Albert is also the first Filipino artist to record on CD.〔(Joey Albert: Living her dreams in Vancouver, GMA News )〕 Subsequently, Albert received the Best Female Vocalist trophy during the 1985 Cecil Awards, the Philippine music industry awards during the 1980s.〔("Ladies and Gentlemen: We bring you Joey Albert", Philippine Asian News Today )〕 "Tell Me" established Albert as a major Filipino musical artist. Apart from "Over and Over" and "Tell Me", Albert's first album (''Joey Albert'') produced another hit, Robert More's "A Million Miles Away". "Say You're Mine", on the other hand, predated the acoustic trend in the Philippines. Albert completed five more albums for OctoArts International: ''Touch of Love'' (1984), ''Expressions'' (1985), ''Joey'' (1986), ''Maligayang Pasko'' (1987) and ''Mixed Emotions'' (1988). These albums produced many hits, including Louie Ocampo–Freddie Santos collaborations like "Memories" (recorded January 1984), "Points of View" (duet with Pops Fernandez, recorded January 1984) and "Yakapin mo ako" (recorded November 1985).〔("Joey junks ‘diva’ title", Philippine Star )〕 Other hits included Jose Mari Chan's "I remember the boy" (recorded November 1985), Louie Ocampo and Jim Millbower's "Without you" (recorded November 1986), Louie Ocampo and Joey Albert's "Ikaw lang ang mamahalin" (recorded November 1986), Ray-Ann Fuentes's "Porma ng porma" (recorded September 1988), Tony Perez and Allan Ayque's "Back in my arms" (recorded September 1988), Louie Ocampo, Joey Albert and Janice de Belen's "It's over now" (recorded November 1985), Louie Ocampo and Joey Albert's "You threw it all away" (recorded November 1986) and Sunny Ilacad and Joey Albert's "Na sabihin mo" (recorded November 1985). Albert moved to Dyna products Inc. in 1990. Her first album for the company, entitled ''Joey Albert'', included commercial and artistic hits "Only a mem'ry" and "Roses in the rain", "How can I make you see", "Paano Sasabihin", "Sa akong pagbabalik", and "Iisa pa lamang". At the 1990 Awit Awards telecast, she received twin nominations as Best Female Vocalist of the Year for "Only a mem'ry" and "Iisa pa lamang". She won for "Only a mem'ry".〔(filipinomusica.com )〕 From 1991 to 1994, Albert became the host and executive producer of "Bahay Kalinga", an award-winning public service outreach program at ABS-CBN.〔("Pinoy Musicians: Joey Albert", Global Pinoy )〕 In 2007, Albert recorded a new version of "Tell Me" as theme song of Star Cinema’s "A Love Story", a romance-drama about infidelity starring Filipino actors Aga Muhlach, Maricel Soriano and Angelica Panganiban. Albert's new version re-introduced her body of works to a new generation of Filipinos.〔("The untold story behind Tell Me" )〕 In 2009, Albert and Basil Valdez were headline performers in "Incomparable", as part of a series of concerts organized by Viva Concerts & Events featuring iconic Original Pilipino Music (OPM) artists at the Skydome in SM North EDSA (Quezon City). Viva scheduled several other shows, including Regine Velasquez’s "Most Requested", "Ladies of the ’90s" (Rachel Alejandro, Jessa Zaragoza, Roselle Nava and Geneva Cruz), "Men of the ’80s" (Raymond Lauchengco, Randy Santiago, Louie Heredia and Gino Padilla) and one topbilling Rachelle Ann Go and Jed Madela.〔("Basil & Joey: Incomparable tandem", Philippine Star )〕 In 2010, Albert released "Songs of the Heart", made up of original Filipino compositions carefully chosen by producer Eugene Villaluz for Viva Records. The album contained some of Albert's personal favorites, as well as hits that came out after she left the Philippines.〔("Joey Albert waxes her personal favorites". Philippine Daily Inquirer )〕 The songs in the album were originally popularized by Side A ("Forevermore"), South Border ("Kahit Kailan"), Christian Bautista ("The way you look at me"), The Company ("Muntik na kitang minahal"), Anna Fegi ("Saan ka na kaya ngayon"), and Bituin Escalante ("Kung ako na lang sana"), among others. Though she liked all of the songs included in the album, Albert picked "Forevermore" as her personal favorite largely because the material was originally done by Side A, the same band that re-introduced Albert's "Tell Me" to local charts back in 2001.〔(Joey Albert's Songs of the heart pays homage to modern OPM gems", pep.ph )〕 Since 2012, Albert has performed in highly successful Philippine reunion concerts featuring all-star members of the defunct groups Circus Band and The New Minstrels.〔("That ’70s show for Valentine week", Philippine Daily Inquirer )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joey Albert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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