PINOY DIASPORA: Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself

Pinoy mestizos are already  all over Hollywood. Very big names, in fact- Bruno Mars, Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Scherzinger, Roy Scheider, many more but it would be too long to type them all. But I would like to feature one because she has been conducting a series of concerts in Manila since late March. Hailee, a former Oscar Best Supporting Actress nominee in 2010 for the movie True Grit, has turned into a successful pop singer.

This video is interesting: Who among our top teen idols would she KISS, MARRY or KILL?

Christina Aguilar ฝากความยินดี - คริสติน่า อากีล่าร์

In the 1960's-70's, many Pinoy singers had successful careers in the singing circuit of Bangkok, among them were Imelda Papin & Carmen Patena, before they returned & built successful careers in the Philippines. Other less famous musicians stayed on and got married, like what happened to musician Tony Aguilar, who married a Frenchwoman and produced one of the most successful pop artists in Thailand. The Filipino-French beauty has no Thai blood but she was accepted by a free-thinking Thai public. Bangkok-born  Christina Aguilar became the first  million-album seller & first triple-million-album seller pop artist in Thailand. Now 49 years old, she is still a beauty and active in the Thai music scene.

DIASPORA: Enrique Iglesias - Let Me Be Your Lover ft. Pitbull

Thanks to Rose of Denver, Colorado for the links. The newest hit of Enrique.

DIASPORA: Enrique Iglesias - Heartbeat ft. Nicole Scherzinger

Again, the link was sent by Rose of Denver. Enrique, as everybody knows, is a Filipino-Spanish mestizo. Nicole is Filipino Hawaian-Russian mestiza, her family name is Valiente & her father came from Samar/Leyte. There is a coincidence, I don't know if there is any relation to her story: When the Communists in China took over, the 50,000 strong White Russian population who escaped the Bolshevik takeover of Russia & sought refuge in China, were transported to the Philippines, with temporary holding in an island off Guiuan, Eastern Samar (Calicoan?). From that batch came the famous Pinoy comedy team Wing Duo, one of whom is Russian-Filipino. Many have filtered to other islands in the Visayas and I was introduced to a boy in Bacolod years ago but he came from somewhere in the south of Negros (Slavetsky was the family name if I'm not mistaken).

DIASPORA: Bruno Mars Performs with Mark Ronson 'Uptown Funk'

This is in response to Rose from Denver who has been requesting us to continue posting big international stars of Pinoy descent as part of our Diaspora series.

HISTORY TIME: Arnel Pineda's First appearance in concert with Journey (Viña del Mar, CHILE )

FAITHFULLY - JOURNEY CHILE CONCERT 2008

LIVE FROM LOWER BOX A, MOA ARENA: Bruno Mars in Manila, The Moonshine Jungle World Tour 2014, A Fan Video

Enrique Iglesias - Bailando (Español) ft. Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona

Pinoy culture celebrates the mixing of cultures, being a "mestizo" is a plus, and this is significant because 10% of the Philippine population lives in 100 countries. It's amazing that this diaspora produced some of the biggest pop stars in the world. Enrique Iglesias, Bruno Mars, Nicole Scherzinger, Vanessa Hudgens, Apl.de ap of the Black Eyed Peas, etc., the Philippines sharing the biggest  and most successful Asian contribution to world pop culture. I'll start featuring them in a new section called DIASPORA.

Enrique Iglesias is very vocal about his concern for the Philippines but do Filipinos know his song is one of the biggest current hits in the Latin world?

衛蘭Janice Vidal《我們的故事》MV 【官方版】

Canto-Pop's Janice Vidal, big in Hong Kong. A 2013 hit.