93 Facts About Sarah Geronimo

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Sarah Geronimo has won 15 Awit Awards, 28 Myx Music Awards, 8 Aliw Awards, 4 FAMAS Awards including the prestigious FAMAS Golden Artist Award and a World Music Award.

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Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo was born on July 25,1988, in Santa Cruz, Manila to Delfin Geronimo, a retired PLDT employee, and Divina Tua, who ran a beauty salon in their house.

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Sarah Geronimo has played as an extra in the movie Sarah.

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In between auditions, Sarah Geronimo would perform at shopping malls and hotel lounges.

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In 2002, Sarah Geronimo competed in the television singing contest Star for a Night, airing in IBC.

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Sarah Geronimo released her first album Popstar: A Dream Come True in 2003.

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Sarah Geronimo's acting debuts were supporting roles in two of Viva's entries to the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival: Filipinas and Captain Barbell.

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Still managed by VIVA, Sarah Geronimo signed a TV contract with ABS-CBN network in 2004.

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Sarah Geronimo starred in her first television series, Sarah the Teen Princess and became a regular host and performer on the variety show ASAP.

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Sarah Geronimo sang the Philippine National Anthem at the pre-inaugural ceremonies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 30,2004.

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In November 2004, Sarah Geronimo released her second album, Sweet Sixteen that included the single "How Could You Say You Love Me".

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Sarah Geronimo performed in the Night of the Champions concert at the Araneta Coliseum with other singing competition winners Rachelle Ann Go and Erik Santos.

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In 2005, Sarah Geronimo joined the cast of the teen-oriented television program SCQ Reload: Kilig Ako and hosted two seasons of the singing competition show Little Big Star.

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On September 30,2005, Sarah Geronimo staged a solo concert at Araneta Coliseum entitled The Other Side.

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In 2006, Sarah Geronimo starred in ABS-CBN's primetime soap opera, Bituing Walang Ningning, a remake of the 1985 movie.

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Sarah Geronimo played the role of an aspiring singer named Dorina Pineda, originally played by Sharon Cuneta in the movie, and released a soundtrack of the series.

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On November 18,2006, Manny Pacquiao chose Sarah Geronimo to sing Lupang Hinirang, the Philippine national anthem, before his match against Mexico's Erik Morales at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

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Sarah Geronimo staged her second major solo concert "In Motion" on July 14,2007, at the Araneta Coliseum.

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Sarah Geronimo spent the rest of 2007 performing concerts in the Philippines and the US and recording her fourth studio album, Taking Flight, which sold more than 60,000 units and achieved double-platinum status.

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In early 2008, Sarah Geronimo reunited with Erik Santos, Rachelle Ann Go, and Christian Bautista in a Valentine's Day concert at the Araneta Coliseum, entitled "OL4LUV".

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On July 30,2008, Sarah Geronimo starred with Filipino actor John Lloyd Cruz in A Very Special Love which was produced by Star Cinema and VIVA films and grossed almost.

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Sarah Geronimo included a track from the film, "A Very Special Love", on her album Taking Flight.

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On November 8,2008, Sarah Geronimo staged her third major solo concert in Araneta Coliseum, entitled The Next One, which marked the first time she accompanied herself on the piano while on stage.

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In February 2009, Sarah Geronimo made a movie again with John Lloyd Cruz in You Changed My Life, the sequel of A Very Special Love.

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Sarah Geronimo traveled to the US in March to April 2009 for her The Next One tour, where she received positive reviews about her performances.

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Sarah Geronimo released a solo Christmas album, Your Christmas Girl in October 2009.

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On December 1,2009, Sarah Geronimo received a star on the Philippines Walk of Fame at Libis, Eastwood.

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Sarah Geronimo released the DVD Record Breaker, filmed at the Araneta Coliseum, on March 16,2010, and eventually achieved triple Platinum status in December 2010.

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In September 2010, Sarah Geronimo starred in a musical series entitled 1DOL which was aired on ABS-CBN and she appeared in the film Hating Kapatid under Viva Films.

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Sarah Geronimo worked with Gerald Anderson in the film collaboration of Star Cinema and Viva Films entitled Catch Me, I'm in Love which was shown on March 23,2011, in theaters nationwide and shown as a summer release in the Philippines.

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In November 2011, Sarah Geronimo made a movie again with Gerald Anderson in Won't Last A Day Without You which earned on its opening day.

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Also this year, Sarah Geronimo is declared as the Princess of Philippine Movies by the Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Awards for her movie, Catch Me, I'm in Love together with Gerald Anderson.

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Sarah Geronimo was vocally supervised by Yosha Honassan who later on became the writer of some of her jazz songs.

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In November 2012, Sarah Geronimo was chosen as the "Bayanihan Ambassadress" of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

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In December 2012, Sarah Geronimo won a string of awards one of which is the Best Asian Artist Award at the recently concluded Mnet Asian Music Awards.

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Sarah Geronimo won major awards in Awit Awards, Aliw Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Music.

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Sarah Geronimo is set to be a coach and judge in The Voice of the Philippines.

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In March 2013, Sarah Geronimo received two Presidential Awards, Ani ng Dangal for Multi-Disciplinary Arts and National Commission for Culture and the Arts Goodwill Ambassadress for Music.

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Sarah Geronimo is nominated for three categories at the 2013 World Music Awards : best entertainer of the year, best live act, and best female artist.

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Sarah Geronimo was nominated for the Best Southeast Asian Act category in the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards.

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On May 27,2014, Sarah Geronimo are among the acts that won accolades in the 2014 World Music Awards held in Monaco, winning the Best Selling Philippines Artist award.

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Sarah Geronimo became the first Filipino music artist who received an award in the World Music Awards history.

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Sarah Geronimo was voted as the Best Southeast Asia Act at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards and was nominated as Best Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese Act.

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Sarah Geronimo was included in BuzzFeed's 2014 list of The 20 Filipino Music Artists You Need To Listen Right Now.

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Sarah Geronimo has been chosen by Disney to re-interpret the theme song of its Princess franchise.

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In October 2015, Sarah Geronimo was chosen to record Felix Manalo's theme song "Ang Sugo ng Diyos Sa Mga Huling Araw" and later won Best Movie Theme Song on both PMPC Star Awards for Movies and FAMAS Awards in 2016.

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On December 9,2015, Sarah Geronimo received her 10th Awit Award.

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On February 29,2016, Big Apple Music Awards announced on their official Twitter account that Sarah Geronimo has been nominated as "Best Filipino Female Artist".

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On September 21,2016, Sarah Geronimo was named as one of the nominees in the Best Southeast Asian Act for the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards set on November 6,2016, at the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

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Sarah Geronimo was recognized as this year's Best Asian Performer during the Classic Rock Awards 2016 held in Tokyo, Japan on November 11,2016.

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Sarah Geronimo attended the awarding ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium in Tokyo, where she performed the song "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar.

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On November 29,2016, Sarah Geronimo held her album show entitled The Great Unknown: Unplugged in Kia Theatre in promotion of her platinum-selling album The Great Unknown.

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In March 2017, Sarah Geronimo confirmed that she will be returning as one of the coaches of The Voice Teens Philippines.

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In July 2017, Sarah Geronimo starred in the movie Finally Found Someone with John Lloyd Cruz.

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In January 2018, Sarah Geronimo released the single called "Sandata" and topped the iTunes Philippines chart for 4 consecutive days.

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In March 2018, Sarah Geronimo was included at Spotify's "Amplify: Women of the World" global playlist with her song "Tayo" in celebration of Women's Month.

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Sarah Geronimo is the only OPM artist included alongside Rihanna, Dua Lipa, CL and more.

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Sarah Geronimo's take on the Dame Tu Cosita Dance Challenge went viral on various social media platforms including Facebook.

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Sarah Geronimo's performance was praised by both critics and viewers.

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Sarah Geronimo was so believable as a 70-year-old woman inside a 20-year-old's body.

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Sarah Geronimo released the first single from Miss Granny's movie soundtrack entitled "Kiss Me, Kiss Me" prior to the release of the film.

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Sarah Geronimo is set to stage her concert in Spain, Oman, and various cities in the Philippines.

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Sarah Geronimo won three awards at the 2018 MYX Music Awards including the "Female Artist of the Year" award and was hailed by EdukCircle Awards as the "Most Influential Actress" for her 2017 film Finally Found Someone.

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Sarah Geronimo staged her This 15 Me Laguna concert in Santa Rosa Sports Complex, Laguna the next day.

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Sarah Geronimo beat more than 200 entries from different countries including songs by Ed Sheeran, Little Mix, Charlie Puth, Taylor Swift and more.

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Sarah Geronimo bagged the Popular Award, while Charles Aznavour won the Historic Award.

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On January 29,2019, Sarah Geronimo performed in front of 130,000 people who attended the first-ever holy mass of a Pope in the Middle East held at Zayed Sports City Stadium.

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Sarah Geronimo performed in front of fans at Zurich and Milan on May 3 and 5 for her Europe concert tour after her "This 15 Me" anniversary concert in 2018.

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Sarah Geronimo sang her song "Sa Iyo" as Angara's campaign jingle in 2013 and was reused in the upcoming elections.

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Sarah Geronimo launched her own makeup line, Pop Studio, on May 31,2019.

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On June 2, Sarah Geronimo tied with Kathryn Bernardo as Best Actress at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies 2019 against veteran actresses Judy Ann Santos, Gina Pareno, Gloria Romero, and more.

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Sarah Geronimo was announced "Star of the Week" by a Germany-based entertainment website and music awards Daf Entertainment on July 31,2019.

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On May, Sarah Geronimo G received another international award as "Distinguished Entertainment Personality of the Year" award at the Akwa-Ibom State Advancement Awards 2020.

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Sarah Geronimo was included the 2020 "Philippine's Most Admired" list by YouGov PH.

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In December 2020, Sarah Geronimo was included in Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars.

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Sarah Geronimo was awarded as one of the "Most Influential Celebrities of The Decade" in the 10th EdukCircle Awards.

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Sarah Geronimo's music is generally pop and sings songs mostly about love.

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Sarah Geronimo definitely is the biggest talent I have come across within the last ten years.

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Sarah Geronimo has cited Michael Jackson as her major influence and she grew up singing and dancing to his music.

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Sarah Geronimo's performances earned her a win at the 2016 Classic Rock Awards in Tokyo as "Best Asian Performer".

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In 2005, Sarah Geronimo was awarded with "Pinoy Wannabe Awardee", a prestigious Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards given to a celebrity whom kids consider as their role model.

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Sarah Geronimo however admitted it's not always easy protecting that image, especially since everyone looks up to her as a role model for young people.

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In 2011, Sarah Geronimo was ranked as the third in the top celebrity endorsers by the AGB Nielsen Philippines survey.

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Since 2014, Sarah Geronimo has been the most streamed solo Filipino artist in Spotify Philippines.

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Sarah Geronimo was praised for her efforts in helping Filipinos during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Sarah Geronimo enrolled at University of Santo Tomas Education High School but later completed her secondary education at Angelicum College.

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Sarah Geronimo studied Associate in Arts program in University of the Philippines Open University.

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Sarah Geronimo regularly holds benefit concerts for various charities for children and cancer patients and has been involved with several outreach programs and with Gawad Kalinga.

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Sarah Geronimo stated Gary Valenciano was responsible for renewing her faith and shared with her a verse from Jeremiah 29.

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Sarah Geronimo has received awards and recognition in the entertainment industry and from other organizations including different international award-giving bodies such as 12 Awit Awards, 8 Aliw Awards, 28 Myx Music Awards, and a FAMAS Golden Artist Award.

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Sarah Geronimo has 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.

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Sarah Geronimo was inducted into the Anak TV Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Sarah 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.