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55 albums · 1962–2022

Music of the Philippines, from kundiman and Pinoy rock to the Eraserheads, OPM and today

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Freddie Aguilar in a white jacket and a hat playing an acoustic guitar on a small stage
Players in embroidered dress at a row of kulintang gongs with a hanging agung behind themThe five singers of SB19 in black and gold on stage under blue light
Freddie Aguilar on stage in Tondo, Manila. Photo: Martine Girard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. · A kulintang ensemble at the Kaamulan festival in Malaybalay, Bukidnon, in 2007. Photo: Nick Nichols, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. · SB19 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City in 2023. Photo: Aprienne JC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Philippines' popular music has the kundiman at its start, Sylvia La Torre's above all, with Pilita Corrales and Nora Aunor beside her, then the Pinoy rock of the Juan dela Cruz Band, Asin and Freddie Aguilar's Anak, the Manila sound of Hotdog, VST & Company and the APO Hiking Society, Ryan Cayabyab, Jose Mari Chan, Regine Velasquez and Lea Salonga, the rap of Francis M and Gloc-9, the nineties bands, the Eraserheads' Ultraelectromagneticpop! and Cutterpillow, Rivermaya, Parokya ni Edgar and Urbandub from Cebu, Joey Ayala's songs from Davao, Up Dharma Down, and Ben&Ben, IV of Spades and SB19 today, with Cecile Licad and the Philippine Madrigal Singers for a nod to the concert hall. The list has 55 records from 1962 to 2022, one or two by each of the names above and only a small part of what they made; Rivermaya's Trip, Wolfgang's and Yano's first records and Imago's Take 2 are not on Deezer, and the kulintang and the songs of the islands beyond a nod, the Visayan and Cebuano scene, the church choirs and most of the classical tradition would each need a list of their own. About 44 hours of music, 5 days of a few records each.

By genre

Rock 26%Pop 12%Folk & Country 6%Other 56%
  • Rock 26%
  • Pop 12%
  • Folk & Country 6%
  • Other 56%

The genres named most: filipino, pinoy rock, pop, opm, alternative rock, folk.

The colours of the covers

A stripe for each cover, in the colour Tidal picks from it, sorted by hue; the greys at the end.

Where the music comes from

Music from 1 country: Philippines 55. The deeper the colour, the more albums: one, two to four, five to nine, ten and more.

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