Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford (born May 16, 1982) is a Filipino actor, musician, singer, dancer, comedian and television host who released 7 studio albums and has had a number of singles, notably "
Trackin'", "
When You Think About Me" (a remake of a
One Voice hit) and "
You Didn't Expect That
"You Didn't Expect That'" is a 2-step garage song recorded by Filipino-American singer Billy Crawford, taken from the album '' Ride''. The song was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK, peaking at n ...
" amongst others. In 2019, he released the single "Filipina Girl" and the album ''Work in Progress'' on Viva Records.
He has hosted a number of talent shows of
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...
including ''
Pinoy Dream Academy'', ''
Pilipinas Got Talent
''Pilipinas Got Talent'' (PGT) is a Philippine reality talent competition show on ABS-CBN that began on February 20, 2010, replacing '' The Singing Bee''. It is based on the ''Got Talent'' franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by ...
'', ''
Your Face Sounds Familiar
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'', ''
Pinoy Boyband Superstar'', ''
Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids'', ''
Little Big Shots
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...
'' and ''
Idol Philippines
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'' and became a judge in ''
World of Dance Philippines
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'' and ''
Your Moment
''Your Moment'' was a Philippine reality talent competition show and broadcast by ABS-CBN from November 9, 2019, to February 2, 2020, replacing ''The Voice Kids (Philippine TV series), The Voice Kids.'' It was replaced by ''The Voice Teens (Ph ...
''.
Early life and career
Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford was born in Manila, Philippines, to a Filipino mother from
Jaro, Iloilo City
Jaro (; ) is a district of Iloilo City in the Philippine province of Iloilo on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region. It is the largest in terms of area and population of Iloilo City's seven districts, with 130,700 people in the 2020 census ...
named Mayette Ledesma and an American father named Jack Crawford. He has two half-brothers.
Crawford was discovered at the early age of 3 years, singing at a bowling alley that his mother often visited. He became a series regular on an afternoon
GMA Network
GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...
television show called ''
That's Entertainment'' under the name Billy Joe. Afterwards, he acted in various screen works such as the film ''
Sandakot Na Bala
''Sandakot Na Bala'' () is a 1988 Philippine action drama film directed by Jose N. Carreon, who co-wrote the script with Ricky Lee, on his directorial debut. The film stars Rudy Fernandez alongside Gloria Romero, Eddie Garcia, Nadia Montenegro, M ...
'' and the anthology drama series ''
Lovingly Yours, Helen
''Lovingly Yours, Helen'' is a Philippine television drama anthology broadcast by GMA Network and Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation. The show is the second longest running drama anthology in Philippine television history. Originally hosted by H ...
''.
For his performance in the latter's episode "My Brother, My Friend" in 1988, Meg Mendoza of the ''
Manila Standard
The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines. , it is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid p ...
'' stated that Crawford was "the most natural child actor we've seen after
Jay Ilagan
Julius Abad Ilagan (January 20, 1955 – February 4, 1992) was a Filipino actor. He hosted ''Stop, Look and Listen'' and starred in ''My Son, My Son'' and '' Goin' Bananas'', and starred and participated in a number of movies.
Born Julius Abad ...
", though she noted that his
Tagalog can be improved upon.
He attended the Imus Unida Christian School in the Philippines until his departure for the US when he was 12 and balanced both his professional acting and his studies. In the United States, he started a music career, performing mostly in the United Kingdom and France, as well as in Asia. His early career started in
Dallas
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,
Texas
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, where he lived and performed his singing and then moved to
New York City
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. During this time, he legally changed his stage name to Billy Crawford. He first went to P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island Public School and then to
Professional Performing Arts School
The Professional Performing Arts School, colloquially known as PPAS, is a public middle and high school in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.
History
PPAS was created in 1990 to meet the needs of two groups of students: those who wanted t ...
in New York City with other famous professional children, such as
Lee Thompson Young
Lee Thompson Young (February 1, 1984 – August 19, 2013) was an American actor who began his career as a teenager, playing the titular character on the Disney Channel television series ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' (1998–2001). As an adult, m ...
,
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her de ...
and
Nina Sky
Nina Sky is an American musical duo consisting of identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino. Their debut single "Move Ya Body", released from their self-titled debut album in 2004, was a success, reaching number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...
.
In 1996, when he was 14, he landed his first professional gig as a backup dancer for
Michael Jackson
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for his performance of
Dangerous
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Film and television
* ''Dangerous'' (1935 film), an American film starring Bette Davis
* '' Dangerous: The Short Films'', a 1993 collection of music videos by Michael Jackson
* ''Dangerous'' (2021 film), a Canadian-Ameri ...
at the
1995 MTV Video Music Awards.
Albums
''Billy Crawford'' (1997–99)
Crawford recorded his self-titled first album ''Billy Crawford'' (which included hits such as "Urgently in Love" and "Mary Lopez") when he was 15 years old.
''Ride'' (2001–02)
In 2001, "
Trackin'" was the first
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
from the album ''Ride'' and can be deemed as the singer's most successful hit single: it peaked at number five for five weeks in France and was certified platinum. As of August 2014, it was the 74th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 343,000 units sold. The song reached No. 1 in the Netherlands, No. 2 in Belgium, No. 3 in Switzerland and No. 20 in Germany. In the UK, the song was released as the third single after "
You Didn't Expect That
"You Didn't Expect That'" is a 2-step garage song recorded by Filipino-American singer Billy Crawford, taken from the album '' Ride''. The song was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK, peaking at n ...
" in August 2003 and reached No. 32 on the
UK chart.
By April 2002, Crawford was back on the scene with his second album, ''Ride''. This was certified gold in France (selling 100,000 copies) within just a few weeks and gold in Switzerland. The album went on to achieve platinum status in the French market (selling 300,000 copies) and a total of 600,000 copies has been sold to date. As for singles, following the success of the second track, "
When You Think About Me" (over 250,000 copies sold in France), Crawford returned in September 2002 with a third single from the ''Ride'' album, "
You Didn't Expect That
"You Didn't Expect That'" is a 2-step garage song recorded by Filipino-American singer Billy Crawford, taken from the album '' Ride''. The song was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK, peaking at n ...
", which went directly into the top 5 and was certified gold in December, having sold more than 250,000 copies in just a few weeks. After this grand success, he returned in 2003 with two versions of a previously unreleased track: the English version of "Someone Like You" and a special Franco-English version for France, "Me passer de toi", which stayed in the singles charts for some weeks.
''Big City'' (2004–05)
The album ''Big City'' was produced by some of the best producers in the American music industry such as
Kovas
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He has produced and remixed ...
(Ghettobeat Production),
J Que (from "The Clutch"),
Tricky Stewart
Christopher Alan "Tricky" Stewart (born January 4, 1974) is an American record producer, record executive, songwriter, and music publisher. In a career spanning over 30 years, Stewart has won 5 Grammys and is responsible for over 50 million rec ...
and
Laney Stewart (RedZone Entertainment), The CornaBoyz, Pale Face,
Desmond Child
John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
His hits as a songwriter include Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovi ...
and
Stargate
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. He left his old company, V2 records, wanting to expand his career into something bigger.
''Big City Tour Live'' (2005)
''Big City Tour Live'' is the live release DVD album from Crawford. The DVD was released in France in 2005. It was directed by Michel Jankielewicz, produced by Yves El-Baze and distributed by
UMG (2005) (worldwide) (DVD). The budget of this album was €150,000 (estimated).
''It's Time'' (2007)
''It's Time'' is the fourth studio album by Crawford. It was released in 2007 with its first single, "Like That".
''Groove'' (2009)
''Groove'' is the fifth studio album by Crawford. It contains re-workings of classic hits from the 1970s and 1980s.
''Sky Is the Limit'' (2013)
''Sky Is the Limit'' is the first EP (and sixth release) by Crawford. It features five new tracks as well as one remix and one instrumental. It was released through the independent label, Jackpot Records.
''Work in Progress'' (2019)
In 2019, Crawford released the single "Filipina Girl" as the carrier single from the album ''Work in Progress''. It consists of ten tracks with a bonus track featuring Marcus Davis Jr. who produced the album. He once said that the album is dedicated to his wife
Coleen García who motivated him to go back to music. ''Work in Progress'' was released March 22, 2019 under
Viva Records
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* Viva Air Dominicana
* VIVA Bahrain, a telecommunication company
* ...
.
Music and television career
Crawford had major chart success in France and other parts of Europe but did not repeat this success in the United Kingdom and the United States, although his single "
You Didn't Expect That
"You Didn't Expect That'" is a 2-step garage song recorded by Filipino-American singer Billy Crawford, taken from the album '' Ride''. The song was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK, peaking at n ...
" did make the lower reaches of the UK Top 40, peaking at number 35. He also contributed a cover of the original ''
Pokémon
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise.
In terms of ...
'' TV series
theme song
Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...
for ''
Pokémon: The First Movie''. In 2002, Crawford also appeared at a popular Filipino-American event called "Fiesta Filipina", held in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
,
California
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.
Crawford's album ''Big City'' was released in 2004 in France and Asia only. The single "Bright Lights" was unable to break into any Top 10 charts. The second single "Steamy Nights", produced by
Kovas
Kovasciar Myvette (born August 1, 1985), known by the stage name KOVAS, is an American songwriter, record producer, music composer and recording artist of Spanish and French descent (Central America and Morocco).
He has produced and remixed ...
– Ghetto Beat, fared better, making the Top 40, and was featured on 7 compilations across Europe and was the first single in Germany. Crawford's music video for "Steamy Nights" was shot in Los Angeles, California, and was produced with the same people who worked on the
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas. After years of limited ...
single "Lose My Breath". Actress
Jenna Dewan
Jenna Lee Dewan (; born December 3, 1980) is an American actress and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and later worked with artists including Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Missy Elliott. She is known for her ...
, who was one of the main characters in the popular 2006 film ''
Step Up'', was featured as Crawford's dance partner.
Another song from the album, "Candy Store", was leaked from the album and received airplay on London radio. Thought to be a duet with Ginuwine, it is featured on the ''Big City'' album. After doing the first-ever online reality show ''The MSN Dance Show'', his third single from the album, "3 Wishes", was canceled by his label. Crawford felt that it was time for something new and decided not to re-sign his contract with V2 Records. The same year, he voiced Dean in the 1st episode from the 3rd season of the animated TV show ''
Totally Spies!
''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian c ...
''.
![Billy Crawford in London](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Billy_Crawford_in_London.JPG)
In 2006, Crawford began recording a new album which was expected to be released in 2007. In 2006, he toured during the summer with the group
L5 in France and in November he was scheduled to return to his home country to shoot a film. That same year, he was recorded a cover of ''
Super Freak
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'' by
Rick James
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from the French animated film ''
Asterix and the Vikings
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''.
In 2007, he returned to the Philippines for a new dance reality show, ''MOVE: The Search for Billy Crawford's Pinoy Dancers'', for
GMA Network
GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...
. The show searched for six back-up dancers to be called The Movers, for his very first Philippine concert, 'Billy Crawford: It's Time', held at the
Araneta Coliseum
The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed as "the Big Dom ...
. He brought along with him the brainchild of ''MOVE'', the then-wife and official dance choreographer
Marie Courchinoux
Beat Freaks is an all-female breaking dance crew from Los Angeles, California. Each of its ten members have achieved individual success dancing before taking part of the group, which was created in 2003. The Beat Freaks were featured on MTV' ...
, known as 'Maryss from Paris', to be one of the main judges of the show as the Move Master. Initially having six Movers as his back-up crew, he eventually added a seventh Mover to complete the crew. Crawford's official dancers were Darcy Godoy, JM Vergara, Aizel Moñeva, AJ Sarate, Jobel Dayrit, Daniel Agbisit and Mich Garong. After the successful concert, he returned to the United States to work on projects and fulfill several commitments.
In 2008, upon his return to the Philippines, Crawford signed with
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...
as an exclusive artist after 23 years of GMA. He became a regular on the Sunday variety show ''
ASAP'' and later hosted ''
Pinoy Dream Academy Überture'', a reality search that involves the skill of singing.
In 2009, he returned to acting via ''Your Song Presents'' with his partner and fellow singer
Nikki Gil
Monica Pauline "Nikki" Santos Gil-Albert (; born August 23, 1987) is a Filipino singer, actress, host, model, and video jockey. She is known for being part of the afternoon remake of '' Carlo J. Caparas' Pieta'' (2008–2009) and, in 2009, fo ...
. He also released his fifth studio album ''Groove'' in the Philippines as well as worldwide digital services later that year. He also hosted a former talent show, ''Showtime''.
In 2010, he hosted ''
Pilipinas Got Talent
''Pilipinas Got Talent'' (PGT) is a Philippine reality talent competition show on ABS-CBN that began on February 20, 2010, replacing '' The Singing Bee''. It is based on the ''Got Talent'' franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by ...
'' with fellow co-host
Luis Manzano
Luis Philippe Santos Manzano (; born April 21, 1981), also known by his nickname Lucky, is a Filipino-American TV host, actor, comedian, VJ, and model. He is the son of actors Edu Manzano and Vilma Santos. He is best known for his roles in t ...
. Both of them won as Best Talent Search Program Hosts at the 24th PMPC Star Awards for TV.
From 2011 to 2020, Crawford hosted with
Vhong Navarro
Ferdinand Hipolito Navarro (born January 4, 1977), known professionally as Vhong Navarro, is a Filipino comedian, actor, dancer, recording artist and television host. He is a regular host on ABS-CBN's noontime variety show '' It's Showtime''. H ...
and other hosts in the weekday variety show ''
It's Showtime''.
In 2013, he released his first EP, ''Sky Is the Limit'', on the independent label Jackpot Records. This was his first music release since 2009. On April 4, 2014, he renewed his contract with
Universal Records
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. He was set to release a new album later that year. In 2017, when he was promoting a Soul Brothers concert which includes him, he performed his new single Future for his wife
Coleen García.
In September 2020, he temporarily transferred to
TV5 Network
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to host the
Philippine version of ''
The Masked Singer
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'' and the noontime variety show ''
Lunch Out Loud
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''. Later, he would also host ''
The Wall Philippines''.
In 2022, he participated in the French television dance competition "
Danse avec les stars" and won the competition with his partner,
Fauve Hautot
Fauve Hautot (born 3 March 1986) is a French dancer and choreographer.
Early life
Fauve Hautot was born in Dieppe. Her father was an accountant with a passion for dance, and her mother was a dance teacher. She has a younger sister, Calliope, an ...
.
Legal issues
In September 2014, Crawford was involved in an incident at a
Bonifacio Global City
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Places
* Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, a town in Corsica, France
* Strait of Bonifacio, separating Corsica from Sardinia
* Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental, a municipality in the Philippines
* Bonifacio Global City, a central bu ...
police precinct where he allegedly flew into a drunken rage, injuring a desk officer and damaging the precinct's glass door in the ensuing scuffle.
Crawford, who had no prior history of legal incidents, has since issued an apology to his fans and to the officers whom he crossed paths with,
though mischief and assault charges have been filed against him.
Personal life
After moving to the United States at age 12, Crawford lived in
Dallas
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and then
New York City
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and has also lived in
Paris
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and spent one year residing in
London
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. He also lived in
Los Angeles
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in 2007. He is
multilingual
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; with his first language being
Tagalog, his second being English and third,
French.
After Crawford returned to the Philippines, he dated singer-actress
Nikki Gil
Monica Pauline "Nikki" Santos Gil-Albert (; born August 23, 1987) is a Filipino singer, actress, host, model, and video jockey. She is known for being part of the afternoon remake of '' Carlo J. Caparas' Pieta'' (2008–2009) and, in 2009, fo ...
. In 2013, Crawford and Gil broke up. The next year, he began dating his co-host
Coleen García from ''
It's Showtime!''. The two became engaged on December 20, 2016, and married on April 20, 2018. On September 10, 2020, they welcomed their son, Amari.
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
Notes
* A
^ Song was released in the United States in 2001, and internationally in 2003.
* B
^ Song was originally recorded by the Filipino-American girl group
One Voice.
* C
^ Album and songs were released only in the Philippines, and therefore, did not chart as there are no official albums and singles charts in the Philippines.
Filmography
In 2007, Crawford received an offer to do a dance film called ''Back Down''. He was also supposed to read for a film with
Whoopi Goldberg
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, but these Hollywood productions were pushed back. Crawford's life story has also been shown on the Philippine television drama show ''
Maalaala Mo Kaya
''Maalaala Mo Kaya'' (; formerly written as ''Maala-ala Mo Kaya...''; abbreviated as ''MMK''), also known as ''Memories'', is a Philippines, Philippine television drama anthology show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Entertainment. ...
''.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
*
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1982 births
Living people
ABS-CBN personalities
American male actors of Filipino descent
American musicians of Filipino descent
Converts to evangelical Christianity from Roman Catholicism
Filipino contemporary R&B singers
Filipino emigrants to the United States
Filipino evangelicals
Filipino male child actors
Filipino male comedians
Filipino people of American descent
Filipino television variety show hosts
Filipino male voice actors
GMA Network personalities
Hiligaynon people
Male actors from Metro Manila
Singers from Metro Manila
Sony Music Publishing artists
Tagalog people
That's Entertainment Tuesday Group Members
TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities
Universal Records (Philippines) artists
Viva Artists Agency
Your Face Sounds Familiar (Philippine TV series)
Danse avec les stars winners
21st-century Filipino male singers
21st-century American male singers
21st-century American singers