Sarah Geronimo

Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo (born July 25, 1988), also known as Sarah G, is a Filipino singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and television personality. Widely known as the Popstar Royalty and the Philippines' Ultimate Pop Superstar, her contributions to music along with her film and television work has made her a local figure in popular culture of the 2000s to 2010s in the Philippines. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, Manila, Geronimo started a career in music at the age of 14 after winning the television singing contest Star for a Night. She then signed with music label Viva Records and rose to fame with the release of her debut album Popstar: A Dream Come True (2003), which yielded the success of her most recognized single "Forever's Not Enough". The album became a multi-platinum record and won two Awit Awards. Her music was consistently categorized as pop until the release of her tenth studio album Expressions (2013), when she added R&B and dance into her style. Subsequently, she was nominated for the major awards in the 27th Awit Awards including Album of the Year and Song of the Year where she won the Best R&B Recording for the single "Ikot-Ikot". Following a crossover success, Geronimo continued on the same musical form and eventually achieved two consecutive Album of the Year prize from Awit Awards: Perfectly Imperfect (2014) and "The Great Unknown" (2015). Geronimo began working with television network ABS-CBN in 2004. She appeared in projects such as ASAP (2004–present), Bituing Walang Ningning (2006) and Sarah G. Live! (2012-2013). She was also a coach in The Voice of the Philippines and The Voice Kids for two seasons from 2013 to 2015. She also stars in her own reality show through Pinoy Box Office and Viva TV channels called Popstar Diaries since 2009. Geronimo then ventured into mainstream cinema and is best known for playing the lead role in the films: A Very Special Love (2008), You Changed My Life (2009) and It Takes a Man and a Woman (2013). All of which are in the list of highest-grossing films in the Philippines that earned her three Box-office Queen titles from GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards. She also received two nominations of FAMAS Award for Best Actress for these films respectively. Geronimo has a collective box-office receipt of over PHP 1 billion; with at least 6 films that have grossed in excess of PHP 100 million. In 2015, FAMAS named her as one of the six "Iconic Movie Queens of Philippine Cinema". Throughout her career, Geronimo has received 12 Awit Awards, 8 Aliw Awards, 26 Myx Music Awards (the most in the awards history) and a FAMAS Golden Artist Award. She has also won the Best Asian Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2012, Best Southeast Asian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2014, Best Selling Filipino Artist at the 22nd World Music Awards and Best Asian Performer at Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in 2016. Geronimo is pop music's best-selling artist of all time in the Philippines, having sold more than 1 million albums. She was inducted into the Anak TV Hall of Fame in 2013 for being "worthy of emulation by children". Geronimo is a Goodwill Ambassador for Music of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and a recipient of their Ani ng Dangal or "Harvest of Honors" state recognition for multi-disciplinary arts.