The story so far…
It was October 10, 1981, little did the world know, a talented boy is born, weighing in at a healthy 6 pounds at Bagong Bayan in Malabon. Years past this young boy with a song in his heart have taken the music scene by storm!
The journey of being a famous singer begins when ASAP Mania (then) held a singing contest as part of their show. Every week each contestant has to prove that they are worth to be in the battle for the ultimate Star in a Million or at least to stay in the game. It was September 7, 2003 when he joined the contest after several weeks of competing, a then anonymously Erik Santos had his dream crash down when he was eliminated. But what is meant to be will always find a way, Erik was called to prove his worth again this time as the wild card entry!
Because of the popularity of Star In A Million this was given its own time slot and was separated from ASAP as an all new show (well kinda). Still every week Erik and the rest of the contestant have to sing at their best for them not to be eliminated. To his delight he made it through to the final 3.
At the final night of Star In A Million Erik wasn’t confident that he was going to make it since his strong contender is consistent number 1 throughout the competition but he was hopeful he had one final chance to make an impression. It’s good that night all scores are back to zero!
Erik chose “This Is The Moment” as his final contest piece. When it came to the moment that the winner was about to announce the tension took hold. And who would have thought that a wild card entry will emerge as the first ever grand champion of the Star In A Million?
Since Erik won in Jan of 2004 the growth of his popularity has been unstoppable. He recorded a hit song like – “I Believe I can Fly”, It Might Be You” (a duet with co-SIAM finalist Marinel Santos) and I Want to Spend my Lifetime Loving (with fellow Champions Sheryn Regis) which is part of the successful Star In A Million album. His carrier single Pagbigyang Muli off his first double platinum album “This is The Moment” is a huge success! Hit song fallowed another hit song, successful mall tours, sold out shows here and abroad! He’s also one of the country’s favorite special guest of the stars in their concert. He shared stage with the likes of Jasmine Trias, Lea Salonga, Regine Velasques, Pops Fernandez, Gary V, Sharon Cuneta and had a hugely successful back to back concert with Ai ai De Las Alas dub as The Prince of Pop And the Comedy Concert Queen in Araneta Coliseum back in November 27, 2004.
Indeed there’s no stopping Erik Santos, In May 6, 2005 he launch a CD lite album which contain his version of Nexus I’ll Never Go, the video for the said single, allowed him to try out his acting talents. I will Never Leave You came next fallowed by yet another achievement to date, the Loving you Now album which launched at the Music Museum in September 28 2005. A few weeks after its release the album went gold and the follow up video for I Will Never Leave You is a collaboration with Asia song bird Regine Velasques the song is called Bakit Ba Iniibig Ka a song penned mg Ogie Alcasid.
Since Erik Santos burst into the music scene in 2003 blessing just kept pouring on his way and the greatest thing to do is to give back to the people what he was given. On December 3 2005 at the Riverbanks Amphitheater in Marikina City held the Paskong Pasasalamat ni Erik Santos, a free concert to all the people which love and support made his dreams come true.
And so This is The Prince of Pop story---so far!
Thanks for accepting my invitation! yeheyyyy my idol is on my space now..I am so honored! thanks for the add...keep it up my idol! Good luck & more blessings to u will come..see yah
hey...i saw u on that shoe home boy...and then u started singing and i was like wow...i have a friend from the Philippines and she told me that the ppl that were on the show with you were singers and actors and i was just like wow....and thats when i fell in love with your voice...
i love the music too...
♥ tesha
hi erik! kamusta nah? puede mo bah lagay y'ong song "this is the moment" sa site mo? gusto ko ma rinig sa ka lagay ko sa akin site... salamat! sorry na lang sa "tanglish" ko, sa ka sa spelling ko... ka si american raised ako... salamat uli!
