2016 in Philippine music

The following is a list of notable events that are related to Philippine music in 2016.

Events

January

• January 1 – Myx introduces the four new VJs of the channel, Sharlene San Pedro, Jairus Aquino, Sarah Carlos and Alex Diaz.^[1]
• January 9 – Members from the classic line-up of Rivermaya consisting of Perf de Castro, Nathan Azarcon, Mark Escueta and Rico Blanco reunite at 19 East, Taguig City after an invitation from de Castro following his gig. The gig, which they dubbed as a "secret semi-reunion", was composed of Blanco on keyboards, de Castro on guitars, Azarcon on bass guitar and Escueta on drums. Blanco and de Castro simultaneously switch over lead vocals all throughout the performance while Azarcon and Escueta provided backing vocals. Bamboo Mañalac was invited as well, however it was reported that he was out of the country on that date.
• January 24 – During an episode of Sunday PinaSaya on GMA Network, Julie Anne San Jose receives her triple platinum award for her 2nd album, "Deeper".^[2]
• January 26 – Darren Espanto takes 7 awards including the Young Artist of the Year award in the 1st Wish Music Awards at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, organized by FM radio station Wish 1075.^[3]
• January 31 – Alden Richards, the other half of the phenomenal loveteam Aldub, receives his triple platinum award for his best-selling album, "Wish I May", during an episode of Sunday Pinasaya, also on GMA.^[4]
• January 31 – After 10 years, rapper Gloc-9 signed a record deal with Star Music the music arm of ABS-CBN Corporation and the record label who introduced Gloc-9 to mainstream listeners. Two of the most successful albums of Gloc-9, G9 and Ako Si... were released under Star Records back in 2003 and 2005 respectively. These albums brought Gloc-9's biggest smash hits with songs like "Simpleng Tao" and "Hinahanap Ng Puso (feat. Hannah Romawac of Session Road)".^[5]

February

• February 20 – The song "AlDub You, MaAlden Kita", composed by Ritchi Ramos and Richie Austria crowns as the winner of the "AlDub Songwriting Contest" organized by Eat Bulaga!^[6]
• February 29 – Ma. Jinky Banzon of Barangay 360, Santa Cruz, Manila crowns as the grand champion of the "Tinig ng Maynila" held at the San Andres Sports Complex. The competition was a project between the Manila government and Viva Live.^[7]

March

• March – The music of late rapper Francis Magalona is used for the musical Three Stars and a Sun, as the closing presentation of the Philippine Educational Theater Association's 47th theater season.^[8]

April

• April 23 – Yohan Hwang, a Korean Tourist based in Manila, named as the first Grand Touristar of I Love OPM at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila.^[9]

Debuts

Soloist

• Darlene Vibares
• Derrick Monasterio
• JC de Vera
• Kenneth Rey Parsad (psalmist during the Pope Francis' mass in the Manila Cathedral in 2015)^[10]
• Liza Soberano^[11]
• Ylona Garcia
• Zeus Collins

Bands/Groups

• CH4RMD
• Sugar 'N Spice
• #Hashtags

Reunion / Comebacks

• Donna Cruz

Albums released

The following albums are released in 2016 locally. Note: All soundtracks are not included in this list.

Date released	Title	Artist(s)	Label(s)	Source
January 3	Swinging the Kundiman	Ramon Jacinto	RJ Productions	[12]
January 11	Sa 'Yo Lamang: Papuri at Inspirasyon	Noel Cabangon	Universal Records, Jesuit Communications	[13]
January 22	Darlene Vibares	Darlene Vibares	MCA Music	[14]
January 27	Liwanag	Aicelle Santos	HomeWorkz Music	[15][16]
January 29	Miro Valera	Miro Valera	Warner Music Philippines	[17]
February 15	Stellar	JC de Vera	Ivory Music and Video	[18]
February 21	Now and Forever	Donna Cruz	Star Music	[19][20]
March 4	Forever Young	Anne Curtis	Viva Records	[21]
	Bago	Sam Concepcion	Universal Records	[22]
March 18	Still	Kenneth Rey Parsad		[23]
April 5	Derrick Monasterio	Derrick Monasterio	GMA Records	[24]
April 8	Ikaw Ang Buhay Ko	Ogie Alcasid	Universal Records	[25]
Upcoming albums
To be determined		James Reid	Viva Records
		Nadine Lustre
		Alden Richards	GMA Records
		Julie Anne San Jose		[26]
		Daniel Padilla	Star Music
		Kathryn Bernardo		[27]
		Ylona Garcia		[28]
		Liza Soberano		[29]
		KZ Tandingan		[30]

Concerts and music festivals

January–April

Concert date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue(s)	Concert title/tour	Ref(s)
January 15	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	SM City North EDSA – Skydome, Quezon City	Don't You Fake It 10th Anniversary World Tour	[31]
	Jessa Zaragosa	Music Museum, San Juan	I Am Me	[32]
January 16	Edgar Allan Guzman	Music Museum, San Juan	#AlwaysEA	[33]
	Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Sa Totoong Buhay Naman	[34]
	Karla Estrada, Melai Cantiveros, Jolina Magdangal, Nyoy Volante, Maxene Magalona, Eric Nicolas	Pacific Ballroom, Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Cebu City	Kamukha, Kachika, Kapamilya	[35]
January 19	Nate Ruess	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	Nate Ruess Live in Manila 2016	[36]
	One Ok Rock	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	2016 35xxxv Asia Tour	[37]
January 20	Chicago	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Chicago Live in Manila	[38]
January 22	The Company	Music Museum, San Juan	Nostalgia	[39]
January 23–24	EXO	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Exo Planet ＃2 - The Exo'luxion	[40]
January 28	Neck Deep	SM City North EDSA – Skydome, Quezon City	Neck Deep 2016 World Tour: South East Asia	[41]
	Cecile Licad	CCP Main Theater, Pasay	Cecile Licad: Encore!	[42]
January 29	Retrospect	Music Museum, San Juan	Retrospect Reunion Concert Tour 2016	[43]
	Jose Mari Chan, Richard Poon (with Francis Kong)	Fairmont Hotel Ballroom, Makati City	My FUN+ny Valentine Dinner Concert	[44]
	Various Artists	SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, Pasay	Fusion Music Festival	[45]
January 30	The Vamps with Before You Exit and The Tide	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	The Vamps with Before You Exit and Special Guest The Tide Live in Manila	[46]
February 6	Solenn Heussaff, Lovi Poe	Music Museum, San Juan	Fantaisie	[47]
	Various Artists (incl. Mayonnaise, Silent Sanctuary, Join the Club)	Imus Sports Complex, Imus, Cavite	Pebrerocks	[48]
February 10	Dan Hill	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay	Dan Hill: The King of Romance
February 11–12	Gerphil Flores	The Theatre, Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque	Tales of Love	[49]
February 12	South Border (feat. Top Suzara and Kyla)	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	A Valentine's Concert
February 13–14	Gladys Guevarra, Boobsie, Ate Gay, Papa Jack	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Panahon Ng May Tama #Comic-Kilig	[50]
February 13	Rico Blanco	Music Museum, San Juan	Your Alternative Valentine	[51]
	Martin Nievera, Regine Velasquez, Erik Santos and Angeline Quinto	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Royals
	Dan Hill	Midas Hotel and Casino Tent, Pasay	Dan Hill: The King of Romance
	Daryl Ong	Teatrino Prominade, San Juan	Intimate
	Various Artists (incl. Rico J. Puno, Marco Sison, Raymond Lauchengco, Gino Padilla, Wency Cornejo, Chad Borja, Niña, and Roselle Nava)	PICC Plenary Hall, Pasay	#LoveThrowback	[52]
	Sungha Jung	Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay	Sungha Jung Live in Manila	[53]
	The Circus Band and New Minstrels	Kia Theater, Quezon City	The Greatest Hits Reunion Concert: The Best of our Love	[54]
	The Platters (feat. Johnny Thompson, Elvis Presley impersonator)	The Theatre, Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque	The World Famous Platters Live in Manila	[55]
February 14		Edsa Shangri-La, Manila Ballroom, Mandaluyong
	Dennis Lambert, Joey Albert	The Theatre, Solaire Resort & Casino, Parañaque	Celebrate Love	[56]
February 14–15	Lani Misalucha (feat. Philippine Madrigal Singers)	Edsa Shangri-La, Manila Ballroom, Mandaluyong	Love Catcher	[57]
February 16	Libera	PICC Plenary Hall, Pasay	Angels Sing: Libera Valentine's Concert	[58]
	Boyce Avenue	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Boyce Avenue Philippine Tour 2016	[59][60]
February 18		Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino
February 19		Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro
February 20		La Salle Coliseum, Bacolod
February 19	Johnoy Danao, Ebe Dancel, and Bullet Dumas	Music Museum, San Juan	3D: 1st Anniversary Concert	[61]
February 20	James Reid and Nadine Lustre	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	JaDine Love: One Hot Concert	[62][63]
	Various Artists (incl. Darius Campbell, Chvrches, Myd, Oh Wonder, Passion Pit, and Pedro Winter)	Aseana City Open Grounds, Parañaque	GoodVybes Festival	[64][65][66]
February 22	Boyce Avenue	University of Baguio	Boyce Avenue Philippine Tour 2016	[59][60]
February 24–25	Madonna	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Rebel Heart Tour	[67]
February 27	Arnel Pineda	Music Museum, San Juan	Arnel Pineda: Love and Rock N' Roll	[68]
	Daniel Padilla	Ynares Center, Antipolo	Daniel Padilla Live!
March 3	Chris Botti ft. Sting	Resorts World Manila – Marriott Grand Ballroom, Pasay	Chris Botti featuring Sting: Up Close and Personal	[69]
March 4–6	Various Artists	Puerto Galera	Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival 2016	[70]
March 5	Bon Iver and Death Cab for Cutie ft. Blackbird Blackbird, Chad Valley, Cheats, Commandeur, CRWN and Jess Connelly, Curtismith, Jensen and the Flips, The Naked and Famous, Oh, Flamingo!, Panama, and San Cisco	Globe Circuit Event Grounds, Makati	Wanderland Music and Arts Festival 2016	[71][72][73]
March 12	Sergio Mendes	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	50 Years of Celebration of Brazil '66	[74]
	5 Seconds of Summer	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Sounds Live Feels Live Tour	[75]
	Richard Marx	Kia Theater, Quezon City	Richard Marx Live in Manila	[76]
March 18	Alden Richards	Ynares Center, Antipolo	ALDENVasion
March 22	Sarah Geronimo	Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena, Laoag	From the Top Tour	[77]

April–June

Concert date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue(s)	Concert title/tour	Ref(s)
April 2	Il Divo	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Amor & Pasion Tour 2016	[78]
April 6	Melissa Manchester and David Pomeranz	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Manchester and Pomeranz Live: A Evening of Timeless Love Songs	[79]
April 8	Hailee Steinfeld	Eastwood City, Quezon City	Hailee Steinfeld: Live!	[80]
April 9		Uptown Mall, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
	Various Artists (incl. Kanye West, Rudimental, Afrojack and Austin Mahone)	Aseana City – Paradise Grounds, Parañaque	Paradise International Music Festival	[81][82]
	Kim Chiu	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	Chinita Princess: The FUNtasy Concert
April 10	Hailee Steinfeld	The Venice Piazza, Taguig	Hailee Steinfeld: Live!	[80]
April 16	Various Artists (feat. Inner Circle and Big Mountain)	SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, Pasay	1st International Reggae Festival in Manila
April 22	Sarah Geronimo	Island Cove Concert Park, Kawit, Cavite	From the Top Tour	[77]
April 26	Andrea Bocelli	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Cinema World Tour	[83]
April 28	Copeland	SM City North EDSA – Skydome, Quezon City	Copeland by Request	[84]
April 29	Sarah Geronimo	Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan	From the Top Tour	[77]
April 30	Karla Estrada	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	Her Highness: The Queen Mother Live In Concert
	Various Artists (incl. Pepe Smith, RJ Jacinto, Aiza Seguerra, Luke Mejares,Pido Lalimarmo, Jimmy Bondoc, Freddie Aguilar, Thor Dulay, Lolita Carbon, Mocha Girls, K.O. Jones, Paolo Santos, The Brat Pack, Cesar Montano, Moymoy Palaboy, Climax, Davao Artists, Angelika Dela Cruz, Isay Alvarez, Robert Seña and South Border)	McKinley Parkway Open Field, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig	Rock d' Avance: Free Concert for Rodrigo Duterte & Alan Peter Cayetano	[85]

Upcoming

Concert date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue(s)	Concert title/tour	Ref(s)
May 12	Of Monsters and Men	World Trade Center Metro Manila, Pasay	Of Monsters and Men Live in Manila	[86]
May 14	Julie Anne San Jose	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	In Control
May 20	Sarah Geronimo	Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga, Camarines Sur	From the Top Tour	[77]
May 24	Florence LaRue & The 5th Dimension	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Florence LaRue & The 5th Dimension Live in Manila: Celebrating 50 years of Music	[87]
May 26	Little Mix	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	Get Weird Tour	[88][89]
May 27	Jason Derulo (feat. Redfoo)	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Jason Derulo World Tour	[90]
	Sarah Geronimo	Batangas Provincial Sports Complex, Batangas City	From the Top Tour	[77]
June 4	Citipointe Live	CCF Center, Pasig City	Citipointe Live Worship Concert	[91]
June 13	Blessthefall	SM City North EDSA – Skydome, Quezon City	Blessthefall Live in Manila	[92]
June 17–18	Culture Club	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Culture Club Featuring Boy George: Live in Manila!	[93]
June 24	Various Artists (incl. OneRepublic, James Reid, Nadine Lustre & Sarah Geronimo)	SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, Pasay	MTV Music Evolution Manila 2016	[94]
July 30	BTS	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	2016 BTS LIVE The Most Beautiful Moment in Life on Stage: Epilogue
July 31	Selena Gomez	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Revival Tour	[95]
August 14	Charlie Puth	Kia Theatre, Quezon City	Nine Track Mind Tour	[96]
August 20-21	Various Artists	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	The Ultimate Artists at the Big Dome

Cancelled events

Concert date(s)	Artist(s)	Venue(s)	Concert title/tour	Reason cited	Ref(s)
January 16	Maja Salvador (with Thou Reyes, Kakai Bautista, and Arjo Atayde)	Urdaneta Cultural Center & Sports Complex, Urdaneta, Pangasinan	Maja Limitless	Producers' "non-compliance" with requirements	[97]
February 14	Gloria Gaynor	Kia Theater, Quezon City	Never Can Say Goodbye World Tour 2016	Internal problems
February 20	Alden Richards, Jose & Wally, Ruru Madrid, Jon Lucas, Jerald Napoles	Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan	Sa Totoong Buhay Naman	Producer's decision	[98]
April 2	Tom Jones	Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Tom Jones Live in Manila	Due to serious illness in his immediate family	[99]

Awarding ceremonies

• January 26 – 1st Wish 107.5 Music Awards, organized by Wish 1075^[100]
• March 15 – Myx Music Awards 2016, organized by myx

Deaths

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