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Sarah Geronimo in Dubai, 2011
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Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo July 25, 1988 Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines |
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Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo (born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress and television personality. Widely known as the Popstar Royalty, her contributions to music along with her film and television work has made her a local figure in popular culture of the 2000s to 2010s in the Philippines.
Born and raised in Santa Cruz, Manila, Geronimo started a career in music at the age of 14 after winning the television singing contest Star for a Night. She then signed with music label Viva Records and rose to fame with the release of her debut album Popstar: A Dream Come True (2003), which yielded the success of her most recognized single "Forever's Not Enough". The album became a multi-platinum record and won two Awit Awards. Her music was consistently categorized as pop until the release of her tenth studio album Expressions (2013), when she added R&B and dance into her style. Subsequently, she was nominated for the major awards in the 27th Awit Awards including Album of the Year and Song of the Year where she won the Best R&B Recording for the single "Ikot-Ikot". Following a crossover success, Geronimo continued on the same musical form and eventually achieved two consecutive Album of the Year prize from Awit Awards: Perfectly Imperfect (2014) and "The Great Unknown" (2015).