Arthur Madrigalejos Nery (born January 28, 1996) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He signed a record deal in 2019 with

Kean Cipriano Kean Edward Uson Cipriano (born June 11, 1987 in Pasig City) is a Filipino singer, composer, actor, music video director, and musician. He is well known as the former vocalist of pop-rock band Callalily, and the founder of his own record label O ...

's label O/C under

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, and released his debut album ''Letters Never Sent'' in the same year. He became well known in 2021 for his hit single "Pagsamo".

Early life and education

Nery was born and raised in

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to a musical family. Both of his parents were singers. The first time he performed in public was when he was eight years old, where he sang "

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" for a cousin's debut party. Even so, a career in music was never considered by Nery at the time. He started writing songs seriously in high school, and received some formal training in singing after joining the glee club in college. He attended Xavier University — Ateneo de Cagayan and majored in

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. Before going full-time in his music career, he worked as a call center agent and as an online English teacher for Japanese students. Nery was booked to sing in comedian

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's show in

Bukidnon Bukidnon(), officially the Province of Bukidnon ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bukidnon; fil, Lalawigan ng Bukidnon; hil, Kapuroan sang Bukidnon; Binukid and Higaonon: ''Probinsya ta Bukidnon''), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the ...

, who later introduced him to

Callalily Lily (stylized in all caps, formerly known as Callalily) is a pop rock band from the Philippines formed in 2005. The band is currently composed of Lem Belaro, Aaron Ricafrente, Nathan Reyes, Joshua Bulot, and Alden Acosta, the band's original le ...

's frontman

who at the time had just launched his own label, O/C. On the same night, Nery signed with O/C.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

External links

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