Maria Luz Lilet Navarro Jodloman-Esteban professionally known as Lilet is a Filipino singer, television host, actress, and model. She is known as ''The Muse Of OPM'' (Original Pilipino Music).

Career

As among the Filipino endorsers of

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, Lilet first appeared in an international commercial, singing ''Tomorrow's People,'' which was shot in

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, England. Her first musical album was entitled ''Lonely Girl'', produced by GOI Records. Lilet's second album, ''(This Song's) Dedicated to You'', was produced by

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. Her third and fourth album, ''Kahit Minsan Lang'' and ''Lilet in Bloom'', both under

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, included revivals of the classic OPM songs "Tulak Ng Bibig, Kabig Ng Dibdib" and "Kaibigan Lang Pala". Lilet joined '' That's Entertainment'', appeared in movies such as ''Aso't Pusa'', ''Estudyante Blues'', ''Dear Diary'' and ''Pik Pak Boom''. After a break to pursue studies in Japan, she released a comeback album with Ivory Music in 2003, under the name Marielle. She joined A Song Of Praise (ASOP) as a composer and her song, "You Are Lord Of All", won Song of the Month in July 2014, the first one to garner a 99% score in the history of ASOP. She went on to compete in the grand finals on September 23, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, where the song was performed by Ava Olivia Santos of Freestyle. She was invited as guest performer at the ASOP 2015 grand finals. On August 4, 2014, Lilet guested on

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's '' The Singing Bee''. This started her career in TV series, the first of which was '' Forevermore'', followed by ''

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'', and ''

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''. She has a supporting role in ''

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'', aired on

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. This marked her television comeback in her mother studio where she first started and became a popular singer in the 80s to early 90s. Lilet had a jam session, "A Throwback Night", with ROCKOLAROCKOLA on October 21, 2017, singing hit songs of the 80s. She was one of the surprise guests in Coke Studio's ''Homecoming'' last September 1, 2018 at the

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, singing a mash-up of their commercial jingle together with Nikki Gil and Abra. Lilet is currently under Cornerstone Talent Management Center, and one of the endorsers of Marie France Philippines. She always says in her posts: #WORKISBLESSING.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Studio albums

*''Lonely Girl'' (1986) *''(This Song's) Dedicated to You'' (1988) *''Lilet – Sana Kahit Minsan Lang'' (1990) / (Gold Record Award) *''Lilet in Bloom'' (1992) *''Marielle – Sa Paglisan Mo'' (2003)

References

External links

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* {{authority control 1974 births Living people 21st-century Filipino women singers Filipino film actresses That's Entertainment Friday Group Members GMA Network personalities TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities ABS-CBN personalities Filipino television actresses