Paolo Onesa

Paolo Onesa
Background information
Birth name Paolo Giovanni Plaza Onesa
Born (1993-10-10) October 10, 1993
Origin Zamboanga City, Philippines
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2013–present
Labels
Associated acts Bamboo Mañalac Fandom Administrator Eiuolz Urbano
Website http://www.paollowers.16mb.com

Paolo Onesa (born Paolo Giovanni Plaza Onesa, October 10, 1993) is a Filipino recording artist. Onesa is signed under MCA and part of Star Magic. He participated in the first season of The Voice of the Philippines[1] and advanced to the Semi Finals under Bamboo Manalac's team.

Onesa received two Awit Awards for his performance of the song "Lucky in Love" : Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist and Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist.[2] "Lucky in Love" is included in Onesa's debut album Pop Goes Standards and as a bonus track on The Voice of the Philippines The Final 4 album released by MCA Music. Onesa received an AWIT nomination for his performance of the song "Which Way, Robert Frost?" for Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist.

Early Life and Education

Paolo Onesa is from Zamboanga City on the island of Mindanao, The Philippines. The eldest son of Mr.Ariel Onesa and Mrs.Arlene Onesa his younger brother is Marco Onesa. Onesa was encouraged by his grandmother, who taught him music, to pursue a career as a singer. After attending a summer music workshop, he formed a band. The band entered a local contest and won.[3]

Onesa is a BS MassCom student of Ateneo de Zamboanga.

Musical career

On the July 6, 2013 airing of Episode 7 of The Blind auditions of The Voice of The Philippines Season 1, Paolo Onesa performed the song "Yakap Sa Dilim", a song that was originally recorded by Orange and Lemons. Coach Bamboo Mañalac chose Onesa to be on his team.

Onesa's live performance of the James Bond film song "Skyfall" went viral on youtube. Onesa's "Skyfall" charted Top 1 spot in iTunes 24 hours after the performance.[4]

During Week 5 Semifinals, Onesa performed "Elesi" in a battle against Myk Perez's "Baby, I Love Your Way". The public vote was 51.92 points for Onesa vs. 48.08 for Perez, while the Coach vote was 45 points for Onesa vs. 55 points for Perez. The result of the total points was 103.03 for Perez vs. 96.92 for Onesa, and Onesa was eliminated.

On February 14, 2014, MCA Universal released Onesa's debut album "Pop Goes Standards".[5] The album contains 11 tracks including two original songs, his single "Lucky in Love" and "Which Way, Robert Frost?", both written by Roxanne Seeman.

After The Voice Of The Philippines, Onesa signed as a Star Magic artist and joined ASAP 20 a Sunday variety show of ABS-CBN. He appears in the segment "ASAP Covers" joining Sam Milby, Nyoy Volante, KZ Tandingan, Gab Valenciano, and Princess. Onesa also appeared in a Mid-Morning Daily Show The Singing Bee [6] as a Regular Performer from September 2014 to February 2015.

On February 25, 2015, "Paolo Onesa Homecoming concert", Onesa's first solo concert, was held in his Hometown at WMSU Zamboanga City .

Fan Club

A fan club called Paollowers has more than 15,000 supporters. The fan club is handled by Eiuolz Urbano.

Appearances

Discography

Single

Compilations

Studio Albums

Music Videos

Rank Title of the song Date Week
#13 You Are So Beautiful August 23, 2015 4th week
#15 You Are So Beautiful August 16, 2015 3rd week
#15 You Are So Beautiful August 9.2015 2nd week
#17 You Are So Beautiful August 2, 2015 1st week

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Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Notable work Result
2014 27th Awit Awards Best Performance by A Male Recording Artist Lucky in Love Won [11]
2014 27th Awit Awards Best Performance by A New Male Recording Artist Lucky in Love Won [11]
2015 28th Awit Awards Best Performance by A Male Recording Artist Which Way, Robert Frost? Nominated [11]
2016 Wish FM Awards Best WISHclusive Performance – Male Artist You Are so Beautiful? Nominated [12]

The AWIT Awards, equivalent of the Grammy Award in The Philippines, occurred on December 12, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Paolo Onesa". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  2. ↑ http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/01/05/paolo-onesa-awit-award-winner/
  3. ↑ Zamboanga Times (2013), The Voice from Zamboanga City – Paolo Onesa Retrieved Jan 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Philippine News (2013), "Paolo Onesa’s “Skyfall’ Most Downloaded Song on iTunes Ranked No. 1" Retrieved Jan 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/pop-goes-standards-mw0002625401
  6. ↑ http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/01/04/1409214/paolo-leads-mca-musics-awit-winners
  7. ↑ http://pinoymagazine.tumblr.com/image/75761619912
  8. ↑ http://pinoymagazine.tumblr.com/post/84601799688/paollowers-read-our-3-page-exclusive
  9. ↑ http://pinoymagazine.tumblr.com/post/92993707113/paollowers-read-our-2-page-exclusive-interview
  10. ↑ http://pinoymagazine.tumblr.com/image/67456819658
  11. 1 2 3 . MB.
  12. ↑
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