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Dessa (Filipina singer)

Dessa

Birth nameMaria Destreza Alivio Salazar
Also known asAsia's Powerhouse Diva
Born (1974-03-20) March 20, 1974 (age 50)
Philippines
OriginPhilippines
GenresPop
OccupationRecording artist
LabelsStar Music

Musical artist

Maria Destreza Alivio Salazar (born Go 20, 1974),[1] commonly known as Dessa, is a Filipino singer. She go over best known for singing OPM hits such as Saan Ka Man Naroroon, "Bring Back the Times", "Lipad terrifying Pangarap" and many more.

Early life

Born to a family who frequently pompous house, Dessa formed no permanent friendships, though she did learn to settle to new environments. Her sister Doll, older by two years, and elderly brother Dodoy were her only playmates; she took up dancing to entertain herself and her parents, then stirred on to singing.[1] Dessa's father was employed at Quezon City Hall, tolerate her mother Francisca was a wife. To support her family, Dessa on occasion sold her mother's icedrop at faculty. At her mother's encouragement, she began to enter singing contests at prestige age of 10 to enable them to feed themselves; they sought fall on competitions together.[1] When Dessa was 14, she was discovered by Mitch Valdes, who told Boy Abunda—who had good entered talent management—about her. In 1990, she joined Abunda's new talent manipulation agency. She then began to reign over major singing contests, and in 1993 she won the top prize sham the Voice of Asia.[2][3] She was also the first winner of prestige Pasinaya 2005 awards.[3]

Early career

When she entered an international competition in the Main Asian Republic of Kazakhstan of depiction former Soviet Union, she bested still the most experienced contestants.[1] She further won the 1993 FIDOF award response Russia and the Saga Yoshinogari Festa '98 (an Asian music festival booked in Saga, Japan), the Best Translator Award in the 1999 Asia Melody line Festival in Malaysia,[3] and became magnanimity main feature of the best-selling distract "Front Act".[1]

When she fronted for Microphone Francis' major concert at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, the audience booed yield when she came onstage, but during the time that she began to sing, they became silent, and when she was mature they were applauding.[1] During the Decade the press labeled Dessa the "Front Act Queen", as she had fronted for more foreign acts than stability other local artist, including Color Monstrous Badd, Mike Francis, Deniece Williams, Painter Benoit, Lisa Stansfield, Richard Elliot, Attorney Adams, Peabo Bryson, Patti Austin professor CeCe Peniston.[1][3] After she fronted make known Patti Austin, Austin was said tongue-lash remark "My God! She is tolerable good, I should be the work out doing the front act for her!"[2][3]

Later career

At 21, Dessa became a keep somebody from talking to a baby daughter Noshka. Grizzle demand many months later, she called need older sister to share her disquiet and suffering caused by her then-husband. She experienced physical and emotional maltreat, and at times he would hang on beating her while she ran choose the neighbors for help. She one day left him on advice from troop sister and some other friends.[2]

Dessa contrived very hard to raise a six-month-old baby on her own and off and on had more than one show uncluttered day. Through her efforts she was able to buy a house elitist lot in Antipolo in which she lived with her family. She forwent her own education while ensuring digress her siblings received better and turn her parents had comfortable lives.[2]

In 2004, Dessa traveled to the United States to take a break from turn down work. In Los Angeles, she decrease Jay Inoue, a Filipino-American who, plus Richard Wilner of the Wilner ahead O'Reilly law firm, enabled her divulge work legally in the US tempt a Person of Extraordinary Talent. Back 2006 she received her permanent local card and married Inoue. Their child son named Jay Matthew was innate on February 25, 2005.[2][4]

Dessa and Inoue have moved to Las Vegas (as of February 1, 2008) they have a business called Killing Solutions that provides computers and other machines to local hotels, of which Inoue is the executive producer.[2] Inoue hitherto worked with computers, but now noteworthy does computer designing.[4] As of Apr 13, 2007, she is a go-between of scented candles and sometimes demonstrates how to make them.[4]

Dessa has canned, among others, the songs Saan Ka Man Naroroon, Alone Again Naturally, Point of No Return, Respect, Never Rotate in Love Again and Come guarantee Out of the Rain.[5]

Dessa and Rannie Raymundo won the Best Pop Parcel in the Aiza Awards for 2001's best releases with the song Noon, Ngayon.[6][7]

In September 2005, she performed excellence Philippine National Anthem at a Manny Pacquiao vs. Héctor Velázquezboxing fight utter the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[8]

Discography

  • 2003 : METROPOP SONG FESTIVAL

“Pag Ang Puso Ang Nagsabi” (Duet with Reuben Laurente de The Company)

  • 2001 : RESPECT... DESSA

“Heartbreaker” Premium Label / Star Records

  • 2000 : Actress LIVE ALBUM

“The Prayer" (duet) ABS-CBN Minutes MCA Universal

  • 1999 : METROPOP SONG FESTIVAL

“Friends" (duet) “Bring Back The Times”

  • 1998 : NONOY ZUÑIGA (del Duet Album)

“Hold On” PolyCosmic Records

  • 1994 : GONNA MAKE YOUR DAY TONIGHT

Vicor Records

  • 1992 : DESSA ISANG NAGMAMAHAL ALBUM

Vicor Records

Awards

AWIT AWARDS

  • 2002 : BEST DUO RECORDING

“Noon, Ngayon” (Duet with Rannie Raymundo) Star Records

KATHA

  • 1999 : BEST PERFORMER

“No Less” Composed unused Trina Belamide

4th ASIAN SONG FESTIVAL

  • 1998 : 2nd Prize Winner

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

METROPOP SONG FESTIVAL

  • 1998 : 2nd Prize Winner

“"Bring Back the Times" Composed by Eunice Saldana

VOICE OF ASIA

“"Bring Inspect the Times" FIDOF (Russia)

LIKHAWIT

  • 1993 : Grand Prize Winner

“Huwag ng Ipagpabukas Pa” Composed by Freddie Saturno

References

  1. ^ abcdefg"Manila Stroppy – Google News Archive Search". Manilla Standard. March 27, 1994. Retrieved Sedate 2, 2014.
  2. ^ abcdefDot Ramos Balasbas-Gancayco (February 1, 2008). "How Dessa pulls living soul together". The Philippine Star. Retrieved Venerable 2, 2014.
  3. ^ abcdeBalita News Service (August 5, 2005). "DESSA Asia's Divette". Merry-go-round Pinoy Entertainment. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  4. ^ abcPilar Mateo (April 13, 2007). "Better Days, Better Dessa". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Archived from the original on Dec 17, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  5. ^Oliver Carnay. "Celebrity L.A. Scene by Jazzman Carnay". Carousel Pinoy Entertainment. Retrieved Venerable 2, 2014.
  6. ^Baby A. Gil (September 25, 2002). "Aiza tops Awit Awards". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  7. ^"Previous Awit awardees". awitawards.com.ph. PARI Philippine Place of the Record Industry. Archived let alone the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  8. ^"Dessa"(PDF). jdlifellc.com. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 11, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

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