Anna Katrina Dumilon Nadal-López (born September 16, 1980) is a

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singer-songwriter who was formerly the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band, Mojofly. Her popularity in the female OPM niche grew after she released a self-titled solo album featuring her chart-topping single, "Huwag na Huwag Mong Sasabihin". Her debut self-titled album '' Kitchie Nadal'' debuted at number 4 on the Philippine Albums Chart, and after a year end the album climbed up at number 1 with growing sales the album was certified 7×Platinum by PARI with sales of 214,800 physical CD album copies in the Philippines. In support of the

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, Nadal and 26 other Filipino artists contributed to the album entitled ''Tayo Tayo Rin Sa 2015 - Sing the Songs. Find your Voice. Change the World. It's your Choice'', released by the

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(in the Philippines).

Early life

Nadal is an alumna of

St. Scholastica's College, Manila Saint Scholastica's College, also referred to by its acronym SSC or colloquially St. Scho is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution for women founded and managed by the Congregation of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of T ...

. She also completed a double degree major in education and psychology at

De La Salle University-Manila De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Chris ...

Career

In 2004, Nadal revived a

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song, " Merry Christmas Darling" from the Warner Philippines Christmas album, ''The Warner Music Philippines All-Stars Christmas Collection''. March 2008 saw Nadal releasing her second album ''Love Letter'' with 17 all original tracks. Her latest single ''Highway'', which was used for Caltex, had extensive radio airplay. Nadal's interpretation of ''Iniibig Kita'' has been included in

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's first tele-epiko '' Rounin''. In 2008, ABS-CBN picked her again to revive ''Himala'' (a

Rivermaya Rivermaya is a Filipino alternative rock band. Formed in 1994, it is one of the several bands who spearheaded the 1990s Philippine alternative rock explosion. Rivermaya is currently composed of original members Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarc ...

original), as the supposed theme song for the soap ''Humingi Ako Sa Langit'' (retitled as ''Habang May Buhay''). She formerly endorsed multinational gas company

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. Nadal appeared in a Caltex commercial along with other international musicians.

Personal life

Nadal married Spanish journalist Carlos López in 2015 in

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. In 2017, she gave birth to their son. The family currently resides in

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Discography

* 2004 - '' Kitchie Nadal'' (

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) * 2007 - ''Drama Queen TV'' EP ( GMA Music) * 2008 - ''Love Letter'' (Be.Live Artists) * 2013 - ''Malaya'' (12 Stone/

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)

Collaboration albums that include Kitchie Nadal

*''Tunog Acoustic'' 1 to 4 (Warner Music Philippines, 2003–2006) *''Acoustic Night Live'' 2 (Viva Records, 2004) *''Perfectly Acoustic'' 2 (Octoarts Music Philippines, 2004) *''All-Star Christmas Collection'' (Warner Music Philippines, 2004) *''The MDG Album: Tayo Tayo Rin Sa 2015'' (UN Philippines, 2005) *''Supersize Rock'' (Warner Music Philippines, 2005) *'' Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music Of The Eraserheads'' (Sony BMG Music Philippines, 2005) *''

Kami nAPO muna ''Kami nAPO Muna'' is a tribute album to the 1970s Filipino musical group, APO Hiking Society. Released in 2006, the album features covers of APO Hiking Society songs, performed by a number of Filipino bands and artists. It was followed by a s ...

: A Tribute to APO'' (Universal Records, 2006) *''The Best Of Manila Sound: Hopia Mani Popcorn'' (Viva Records, 2006) *''Mga Awit ng Puso: The Best of GMA Themes'' Vol. 2 (GMA Music, 2006) *''I-Star 15: The Best of Alternative & Rock'' (Star Music, 2010)

Singles

*"Run" *"Fire" *"Bulong" *"Huwag Na Huwag Mong Sasabihin" (covered by Michael V. as a parody song, now covered by SUD) *" Ligaya" (Original by

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, now covered by

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) *"Majika" (Original TV Theme from the GMA 7 Telebabad Program, ''

Majika ''Majika'' () is a 2006 Philippine television drama fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mac Alejandre and Eric Quizon, it stars Angel Locsin and Dennis Trillo. It premiered on March 20, 2006 on the network's Telebabad line up. ...

'') *" Merry Christmas Darling" (Original by

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) *"Pag-Ibig" (Original by

APO Hiking Society The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, later popularly known as APO Hiking Society, or simply APO, was a Filipino musical group and one of the pillars of Original Pilipino Music ( OPM) composed of Danny Javier†, Jim Paredes, and Boboy Garrov ...

, now covered by Regine Velasquez-Alcasid as an ad jingle for

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) *"Pers-Labs" (Original by

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, now covered by Charlie Green) *"Same Ground" *"Malaya" *"Simula Ngayon" *"Wandering Stars"

Soundtracks

*''Rounin'' TV Soundtrack (Star Music, 2007)

Collaborations

*Additional vocals for ''Ilog'' for

's album '' Isang Ugat, Isang Dugo'', 2006 *''Greatest Day'' - duet w/ Barbie Almalbis, a single written for Sunsilk (

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Philippines), 2007 *''Makulay Na Buhay'' - Kitchie wrote the theme song for the GMA TV show ''

I Luv NY ''I Luv NY'' (International title: ''I Love New York'') is a 2006 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is the first Philippine television drama series filmed in New York City. It stars Jolina Magdangal ...

'', sung by

Jolina Magdangal Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal-Escueta (; born November 6, 1978) is a Filipina singer, actress, television presenter, and entrepreneur. She is referred to in the Philippines as the Queen of Pinoy Popular Culture (or simply as Pop Icon) and is ...

. *''In A Big Way'' - a duet with European pop/rock ban
INSIGHT
There are two versions of this song in the album ''LOVE LETTER'', the Kitchie Nadal version and the Insight version. *''Walk On Water'' - Akshai Sarin is a co-writer and producer *''Tadhana'' - Kitchie shares writing credits with Jack Rufo *''Idoy, Uday'' - Kitchie and Bullet Dumas perform Dumas' arrangement of the traditional Waray song.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
Kitchie Nadal Live!

Online registry of Filipino musical artists and their works: Kitchie Nadal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadal, Kitchie 1980 births De La Salle University alumni Filipino musicians Filipino rock musicians Filipino rock singers Filipino singer-songwriters Living people Musicians from Manila Filipino expatriates in Spain St. Scholastica's College Manila alumni Warner Music Group artists GMA Music artists Universal Records (Philippines) artists 21st-century Filipino singers 21st-century Filipino women singers