2017 in Philippine music

The following is a list of notable events that are related to Philippine music in 2017.

Events

January

After 13 years, Up Dharma Down officially renamed themselves as UDD.

March

March 11 – Noven Belleza, a farmer from Visayas, was crowned as champion in Tawag ng Tanghalan.

April

April 9 – Awra Briguela was declared the first winner of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids.

June

June 10 – Jhon Clyd Talili emerged as the grand champion of Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids that spanned for three months.
June 12 – Billboard Philippines started compiling three official music charts: Philippine Hot 100, Philippine Top 20 and Catalog Chart.
June 30 – Magic 89.9, 99.5 Play FM, Wave 89.1, 103.5 K-Lite and Jam 88.3 joined forces for a unified OPM concert series entitled One Sound, with its first event were held at the Eastwood Central Plaza.

July

July 30 – Jona Soquite of Davao City won as the first The Voice Teens grand champion.

August

August 1 – MTVph was launched on all cable/satellite providers in the Philippines. It is co-owned by Viacom International Media Networks Asia and Solar Entertainment Corporation.

September

Coke Studio Philippines announced its lineup of contemporary and indie Filipino acts for its inaugural season, namely: Gab and John of Urbandub, The Ransom Collective, Ebe Dancel, Autotelic, Noel Cabangon, Curtismith, Gracenote, Abra, Moonstar88, Jensen and The Flips, Franco, Reese Lansangan, Sandwich, and BP Valenzuela.

October

October 15 – ASAP launched an acoustic singing group named ASAP Jambayan, composed of Iñigo Pascual, Zia Quizon, Moira Dela Torre, Migz Haleco, Kaye Cal and Isabela Vinzon.

Debuts

Soloist

Zsaris
Kio Priest
Claudia Baretto
Volts Vallejo
Curtismith
Leila Alcasid
Donny Pangilinan
Noel Comia
Janina Vela
Gabbi Garcia
Aia De Leon

Duos/bands/groups

BoybandPH
Hey Joe Show
Carousel Casualties
Agsunta
BennyBunnyBand
IV of Spades
Conscious and the Goodness

Reunions/comebacks

Albums released

The following albums are released in 2017 locally. Note: All soundtracks are not included in this list.

Date released	Title	Artist	Label	Source
January 6	D5 Studio Live Originals	Somedaydream and Nicole Asensio	MCA Music
January 7	High Hello	Wonggoys	22 Tango Records
January 25	Kian Dionisio	Kian Dionisio	GMA Records
January 27	JKL	Juan Karlos Labajo	MCA Music
January 28	Reality & Dreams	Loop	Bomba Press, Yellow Room Music Philippines
January 28	BoybandPH	BoybandPH	Star Music
January 29	@LoveAngelineQuinto	Angeline Quinto	Star Music
January 30	Just Wright	James Wright	GMA Records
February 10	Nagmahal, BennyBunnyBand	BennyBunnyBand	Ivory Music and Video
February 10	Worth	TheSunManager	Bright Rocket Records
February 13	Soully Yours	Curtismith	Independent
February 14	May Forever Pa More	Natalia Moon	GMA Records
February 25	Remuda Triangle	Pedicab	Soupstar Music
February 27	Jona	Jona	Star Music
March 3	The Roach Motel	Flying Ipis	Locked Down Entertainment
March 3	Plagues	Taken by Cars	Party Bear Records, Warner Music Philippines
March 4	Super Shadow Moses Turbo	Shadow Moses	Futurestudio
March 10	Mahabang Pila	Toney Chrome	Warner Music Philippines
March 20	Kaye Cal	Kaye Cal	Star Music
March 24	Joshua Oliveros	Joshua Oliveros	MCA Music
March 25	Favorite	Ang Bandang Shirley	Wide Eyed Records Manila
March 25	Everything and Anything	Persephone	GMA Records
March 28	Pangako ng Kailanman	Maricris Garcia	GMA Records
April 7	Hanggang Wakas	Mitoy Yonting	MCA Music
April 8	Blackbird	Luke Mejares	Homeworkz Music
April 14	The Great Moombahton	Moombahton Players	Fastplay Records
April 28	Edray	Edray Teodoro	MCA Music
April 28	Metropolitan	Paranoid City	Independent
April 28	Happier Pretending	Absolute Play	Star Music
April 29	Sophomore	Gimme 5	Star Music
April 30	Of Sound Mind and Memory	Reese Lansangan	Independent
May 4	Sassy Sassa	Sassa Dagdag	PolyEast Records
May 5	Be with Me	Darren Espanto	MCA Music
May 8	SAM: 12	Sam Milby	Star Music
May 10	LA Santos	LA Santos	Star Music
May 19	Madison	Carousel Casualties	Independent
May 20	Traces	The Ransom Collective	Independent
May 23	Soul Supremacy	KZ Tandingan	Star Music
May 26	Holographic: Green Year	Somedaydream	MCA Music
May 27	Nostalgia 2	The Company	Universal Records
May 31	Magandang Simulain	Glaiza de Castro	PolyEast Records
June 14	Volts Vallejo	Volts Vallejo	Star Music
June 16	Unstoppable	Upgrade	Ivory Music and Video
June 16	Kahit Kunwari	TJ Monterde	PolyEast Records
June 21	Maymay	Maymay Entrata	Star Music
June 29	I Belong to the Zoo	I Belong to the Zoo	Independent
June 30	I Love Acoustic 10.1	Sabrina	MCA Music
June 30		Keiko Necesario	Independent
July 7	Inner Play	Apartel	Offshore Music
July 8	Palm Dreams	James Reid	Viva Records
July 15	Beaudacious	Gio Levy	Independent
July 28	Klarisse	Klarisse de Guzman	Star Music
August 4	Biyaheng Langit	Davey Langit	Star Music
August 4	Janelle Jamer	Janelle Jamer	Viva Records
August 11	Byahe Pa Rin	Noel Cabangon	Universal Records
August 11	Key of X EP	Xian Lim	Star Music
August 25	The Singles	Curse One	Warner Music Philippines
August 25	RAP Heartist	Abaddon	Warner Music Philippines
September 5	AboutRadio	AboutRadio	Warner Music Philippines
September 15	Sa Kabila ng Lahat	Rivermaya	Star Music
September 17	Whatever That Was	She's Only Sixteen	Party Bear Records
September 28	Touch of Your Love	Kim Chiu	Star Music
September 29	Kapit	Christian Bautista	Universal Records
October 3	BTTR	Jensen and The Flips	Yellow Room Music Philippines
October 9	Rotonda	Gloc-9	Universal Records
October 13	Songs I Grew Up With	RJ Jacinto	RJ Productions
October 21	Mundane	Lions and Acrobats	Independent
November 11	Soberhaul	MilesExperience	MCA Music
December 8	Before the Babies	Cheats	Independent
December 8	Materyal	Shanti Dope	Universal Records

Awarding ceremonies

January 16 – 2nd Wish 107.5 Music Awards, organized by Wish 1075
March 16 – Myx Music Awards 2017, organized by myx
August 5 – MOR Pinoy Music Awards 2017, organized by MOR 101.9
November 26 – 30th Awit Awards, organized by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry