page_title: Gary Valenciano
hierarchical_section_title: Gary Valenciano
caption_attribution_description: English: Gary V. singing during ABS-CBN's concert tour "One Kapamilya Go" in Toronto, Ontario on June 21, 2014
context_page_description: Edgardo Jose "Gary" Santiago Valenciano, also known as Gary V., is a Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, actor, music producer and television host. Valenciano has released 39 albums, and won the Awit Awards for "Best Male Performer" twelve times. Valenciano is of Puerto Rican descent.
  He is currently part of ABS-CBN Entertainment Group's contract artists, having been a mainstay of the Sunday noontime musical variety show ASAP and the noontime, weekday singing contest segment of It's Showtime. Valenciano is frequently tapped to sing theme songs for the network's soap operas and in-house film arm, Star Cinema. Aside from music, he is UNICEF Philippines' first National Ambassador, since 1998.
  Valenciano was given the ASAP Elite Platinum Circle Award several times for his achievements in the local music industry. In his 34 years in the music industry, he has been awarded multi-platinum recording awards for most of his full-length studio albums.
context_section_description: Edgardo Jose "Gary" Santiago Valenciano (born August 6, 1964), also known as Gary V., is a Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, actor, music producer and television host. Valenciano has released 39 albums, and won the Awit Awards for "Best Male Performer" twelve times. Valenciano is of Puerto Rican descent.
  He is currently part of ABS-CBN Entertainment Group's contract artists, having been a mainstay of the Sunday noontime musical variety show ASAP and the noontime, weekday singing contest segment of It's Showtime. Valenciano is frequently tapped to sing theme songs for the network's soap operas and in-house film arm, Star Cinema. Aside from music, he is UNICEF Philippines' first National Ambassador, since 1998.
  Valenciano was given the ASAP Elite Platinum Circle Award several times for his achievements in the local music industry. In his 34 years in the music industry, he has been awarded multi-platinum recording awards for most of his full-length studio albums.
caption: Gary Valenciano singing in Toronto, 2014
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