Pops Fernandez

Pops Fernandez
Fernandez signs an autograph aboard USS Blue Ridge.
Background information
Birth name	Maria Cielito Lukban Fernandez
Born	December 12, 1966 (1966-12-12) (age 43) Quezon City, Philippines
Origin	Manila, Philippines
Genres	Pop and OPM (music)
Occupations	singer, and actress
Years active	1982-present
Labels	MCA Universal Records (present)
Associated acts	Martin Nievera, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Kuh Ledesma, Gary Valenciano

Maria Cielito Lukban Fernandez (born December 12, 1966 in Quezon City, Philippines), also known as Pops Fernandez, is a Filipina singer and actress.

Biography

Career

Fernandez began her music career at age 16 when she signed a contract with OctoArts Records in 1981. In 1982, Fernandez released her first album and co-hosted the Philippine television series Penthouse Live! with Martin Nievera. She became a popular celebrity in the Philippines. She has appeared on the covers of several Philippine magazines.

In 1995, Fernandez joined the cast of another television program ASAP together with her former husband Martin Nievera, along with Dayanara Torres and Ariel Rivera.

Fernandez was awarded the Best Female Musical Variety Show Host at the Philippine KBP Golden Dove Awards in 1999. She has also toured the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Guam, and Italy promoting her music to Philippine audiences. She also released her album Shindig Live in 2001.

She recorded a series of songs that reached the top of the Philippine charts and attracted a sell-out crowd in venues such as the Araneta Coliseum and the Rizal Football Stadium, as well as the General Motors Palace in Vancouver.

Fernandez sparked controversy by posing provocatively on the cover of FHM magazine.^[1]

In June 2007, Fernandez co-hosted a Philippine show with Kuh Ledesma in Las Vegas. She was preparing for her December concert at the Araneta Coliseum marking her 25th year anniversary in the Philippine entertainment industry. When she was asked my the Philippine media, whether she would invite Martin Nievera as one of her guests, she said:“We haven’t talked about it yet. I haven’t asked him yet.”^[2]

In 2008, she performed with other Philippine singer such as Regine Velasquez, Kuh Ledesma, and Zsa Zsa Padilla in the Araneta Coliseum, called Divas 4 Divas.

2009-present

In 2009, she embarked a Philippine tour at the US to stage The Divas 4 Divas US Tour together with Regine Velasquez, Kuh Ledesma and Zsa Zsa Padilla. She recently released her new album under MCA Universal entitled, Hope which is a collection of all revival songs and a new version of her 1983 hits Little Star After appearing in I Love Betty La Fea Pops will appear again in television to the newest singing capitation of GMA Network via Are You The Next Big Star? as she is one of the judges.

Discography

• 1982 Pops
• 1983 Pops Fernadez in Love
• 1984 Heading for the Top
• 1986 The Best of Pops Fernandez
• 1990 Awesome
• 1991 Change
• 1993 Pops
• 1996 Colours
• 1999 Nagmamahal Pa Rin Sa 'Yo
• 1999 Moments
• 2001 Shindig Live
• 2001 The Story of Pops Fernandez
• 2002 The Way I Feel Inside
• 2004 When Words Are Not Enough
• 2006 Silver
• 2006 Don't Say Goodbye (Re-released)
• 2009 Hope

Film

• Zsazsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh (2006)
• Videoke King (2002)
• Gusto Ko Ng Lumigaya (2000)
• Linlang (1999)
• Tamis Ng Unang Halik (1990)
• Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang (1989)
• Magic To Love (1989)
• Sa Puso Ko Hahalik Ang Mundo (1988)
• Stupid Cupid (1988)
• Shoot That Ball (1987)
• Si Mister At Si Misis (1986)
• Always And Forever (1986)
• Payaso (1986)
• Give Me Five (1984)
• Paano Ba Ang magmahal (1984)
• Just Say You Love Me (1982)
• Pag-ibig Pa (1982)
• Love ko to (1980)

Television

• Celebrity Duets: Philippine Edition Season 3 as herself (2009)-GMA Network
• Are You The Next Big Star? as judge (2009) - GMA Network
• I Love Betty La Fea (2009) - ABS-CBN
• POPS! (2005) - TV5
• Sing-galing ni Pops (2005) - TV5
• Twin Hearts (2003-2004) - GMA Network
• All Together Now (2003) - GMA Network
• SOP (2003-2004)
• Morning Girls (2002) - ABS-CBN
• Nagmamahal Pa Rin Sa Iyo - ABS-CBN
• ASAP (1995-2003) - ABS-CBN
• P.O.P.S. (Pops on Primetime Saturday / 1992) - TV5
• Martin and Pops Twogether (1987-1988) - ABS-CBN
• Penthouse Live! (1982-1987) - GMA Network
• Buhok Pinoy (1982) - BBC 2
• Eat Bulaga (1979) - Solar TV 9

References

External links

• Pops Fernandez on FHM.com.ph
• Philippine Post: Pops Fernandez
• Pops Fernandez at Pinoycentral.com
• Pops Fernandez at the Internet Movie Database
• gmanews.tv/video, Pops Fernandez (in Filipino)