Jose Mari Lim Chan (Tagalog: [hoˈse ˈmɐɾɪ ˈtʃan]; born March 11, 1945) is a Filipino singer, TV host, songwriter and businessman in the sugar industry. Regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He is currently chairman and CEO of Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company, Inc. (BISCOM) in Negros Occidental and A. Chan Sugar Corporation. He is also the chairman and president of Signature Music, Inc. Awarded in 1974 as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines. He received a Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry and The Metro Pop Foundation. Recipient of the first ever ABS-CBN "ELITE Platinum Award" in 2005 and a recipient of the 2006 Dr. Jose P. Rizal Award For Excellence.
Musical career
Chan first appeared on the local scene as a guest on Pilita Corrales's program An Evening with Pilita in 1965. The next year, he became the host and singer of a television show called 9 Teeners of ABS-CBN 3 (now ABS-CBN 2) which aired on weekdays and Saturday in 1966. Since he was a junior student at that time at Ateneo and he was being encouraged to become a businessman, his father only consented his involvement if he was not paid salary for the stint. His first single "Afterglow" was released in 1967. He would release his first album two years later. after he was approached by an independent record producer.
His first long playing album Deep in My Heart was issued in 1969. In 1973, he represented the Philippines in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo where his song "Can We Just Stop And Talk Awhile" went into the final entries. For more or less than four years from 1970 to 1974, Jose Mari Chan was able to compose more than 20 songs for movies and earned him different recognitions and nominations at the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (FAMAS Awards). He also wrote several well-loved commercial jingles, among which are the Philippine Airlines' "Love at Thirty Thousand Feet", the Knorr Chinese Soup jingle, and the Alaska Milk jingle. Between 1974 and 1975 he was the Star of a series of Television Network Specials spotlighting his words and music.
In 1975, he moved to the United States to run a branch office of their family's sugar business and remained there for 11 years, continuously composing songs as well. Some of which were recorded by foreign artists. In 1986, he returned to the Philippines and made a comeback to the music industry with the release of his album A Golden Collection, a compilation of his hits along with a brand new composition "Tell Me Your Name" which re-introduced him to a younger audience. The album was released by Universal Records.
On February 14, 1988, Chan performed at the Maynila restaurant within the Manila Hotel as a guest act for Joey Albert's Valentine's Day dinner concert "Here's to Love", his first live performance in years.[14]
In 1989, he released his album Constant Change. It was named Album of the Year by the Awit Awards, the local equivalent of the American Grammy Awards and reached the Diamond Record in terms of sales. The Diamond Award is given to albums or singles selling ten million units or more. It was also sold in other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
In 1990, his Christmas album, Christmas in Our Hearts was released. It reached triple platinum status that same year, eventually earning the Double Diamond Record Award in 1995, for selling over 20 million units. The significant popularity of his iconic Christmas songs and the album during the holiday season annually earned him the title "Father of Philippine Christmas Music".
In 1994, he released his eighth album, Thank You Love, where he has another song "Is She Thinking About Me" with Christine Bersola-Babao and another Christmas song, "Christmas Past". His 2001 album A Heart's Journey won Album of the year in the Awit Awards. In 2005, he composed "We're All Just One" as the theme song of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. In 2007, he released his 12th album Love Letters and Other Souvenirs.
In 2009, Chan was inducted to the Philippines Eastwood City Walk Of Fame.
In 2010, Chan was awarded as MYX Magna Award Winner in the MYX Music Awards 2010 for awarding as a contribution for being a singer, composer and also a businessman & TV host.
In 2011, he released his 13th full-length album, The Manhattan Connection: The Songs of Jose Mari Chan. The album, which was produced by Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer. The songs were reimagined by music producer Yaron Gershovsky.
In 2012, he released his 14th over-all album Going Home to Christmas. It was his second Christmas album after 22 years since Christmas In Our Hearts was released in 1990.
Due to Chan's association to Christmas music in the Philippines, he has been a frequent subject of internet memes during the Christmas season in the country which traditionally starts in September. Because of his popularity during these seasons, he was known as the "King of Filipino Christmas Carols".
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- Jose Mari Chan - A Love To Last A Lifetime (2:24)
- Jose Mari Chan - A Perfect Christmas 1 (3:55)
- Jose Mari Chan - A Perfect Christmas 2 (3:55)
- Jose Mari Chan - Afraid For Love To Fade (2:39)
- Jose Mari Chan - Beautiful Girl (3:22)
- Jose Mari Chan - Can We Just Stop And Talk A While (3:29)
- Jose Mari Chan - Christmas In Our Hearts (3:22)
- Jose Mari Chan - Constant Change (2:47)
- Jose Mari Chan - Deep In My Heart (2:19)
- Jose Mari Chan - Here And Now (3:24)
- Jose Mari Chan - If We Can Have More Time Together (2:41)
- Jose Mari Chan - Kahibulungan (2:54)
- Jose Mari Chan - Mr Songwriter (3:08)
- Jose Mari Chan - Please Be Careful With My Heart (3:32)
- Jose Mari Chan - Refrain 1 (3:39)
- Jose Mari Chan - Refrain 2 (3:27)
- Jose Mari Chan - Sing Me Your Song Again Daddy (3:14)
- Jose Mari Chan - Tell Me Your Name (2:49)
- Jose Mari Chan - Thank You Love (2:19)
- Jose Mari Chan - Thank You, Love (2:19)
- Jose Mari Chan - Why Did We Not Meet (2:37)
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