Music and Melodies

Manila Bulletin – Asiansation Christian Bautista is undeniably the top male singer of the country, receiving two awards last weekend to prove it.

On June 30, he was named Tambayan 101.9’s Male Recording Artist of the Year besting some of the biggest names in the recording industry.

Christian, meanwhile, was awarded a platinum record award for his “First Class: Outbound Expanded Edition” album on “ASAP 2012″ last Sunday. He was awarded by Universal Records’ General Manager Kathleen Dy-Go.

“First Class” includes the hit singles “Beautiful To Me,” “In Love With You” (with Angeline Quinto), “Sasabihin” (with Neocolours), “Rescue You” (with Sam Concepcion), and new recordings of “The Way You Look At Me,” and “Hands To Heaven.”

In the Yahoo OMG Awards to be held on July 6, Christian is also a frontrunner in the Male Recording Artist of the Year.

Christian’s TV special “The Way You Look At Me,” which celebrates his 10th year in showbiz, will be aired this July 8 on ABS-CBN’s “Sunday’s Best,” which airs after “Gandang Gabi Vice.”