Kiana Valenciano

Kiana Valenciano (born 21 December 1992) is a Filipino R&B singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of Filipino music icon Gary Valenciano.[1] She started as an independent artist in 2017 with the release of her singles Circles and Does She Know.[2] In 2018, she signed with music label Tarsier Records and released her debut EP, Grey, which included the Awit Awards nominee for Best Performance of a Female Artist, Caught U.[3]

In 2019, she released See Me, her first full-length album, which included 10 self-written tracks.[4] In May 2019, she performed in New York City at the culminating concert of Viacom's Asian-American Heritage Month. She then performed a number of shows in Los Angeles, California.[5]

Career

In 2017, as an independent artist, Valenciano released her debut single Circles.[2] This was followed by the release of the hit single Does She Know.[2] In July of the same year. she was featured in the James Reid track Mean 2 U for his album Palm Dreams. In September, she signed with Tarsier Records, which is a division of Star Music.[6] In the same month, she released a new single called Misfits.[7] In February 2018, she released the 4-track EP Grey.[8]

In March 2019, she released her debut album See Me, which featured 10 tracks and collaborations with Curtismith, Sofia, KINGwAw, and Moophs.[9] In September, she collaborated with fern on a track called Sweet.[10] In December, she released the single Hide My Love.[11]

In January 2020, she collaborated with Australian music producer Billy Davis for the song No Rush.[4] In April, she released the single Corners.[12] In May, she collaborated with Cambodian-American singer SATICA in the track called Ambrosia. In July 2020, Kiana was introduced as part of 88rising's Paradise Rising collective alongside other Filipino artists such as Jason Dhakal, Massiah, fern, and Leila Alcasid.[13] As part of Paraside Rising's EP semiluscent, Kiana released the single Safe Place.[14]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles
List of Singles as a Lead Artist
Year Title
2016 Circles
2017 Does She Know (feat. Curtismith)
Misfits
2018 I'll Be There (with Marcus Davis)
See Me
2019 Sweet (with Fern.)
Hide My Love
2020 No Rush (feat. Billy Davis)
Corners
Ambrosia (with SATICA, AOBeats)

Other Appearances
Year Title Album Ref.
2014 Dear Heart Philpop 2014: Loud and Proud
With You (Gary Valenciano with Kiana Valenciano) With You
2015 With You (Gary Valenciano with Kiana Valenciano) Gold
2017 Mean 2 U (James Reid with Kiana Valenciano) Palm Dreams [18]
Personal (KingwAw with Kiana Valenciano) Island City Dreams
2018 Tumbang Preso (Billy Crawford and Kiana Valenciano) Awit at Laro [19]
2019 Permanente (Quest feat. Kiana Valenciano) [20]
2020 Safe Place semiluscent [14]

Music Videos
Year Ttitle Director
2016 Circles Mike Carandang
2017 Does She Know (feat. Curtismith) Gabriel Valenciano
2018 Misfits Luis Daniel Tabuena
2019 5:30 GeloYellow
2020 No Rush (feat. Billy Davis) Jed Regala

Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Notable Work Result Ref.
2019 32nd Awit Awards Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist Caught U Nominated [3]
2020 33rd Awit Awards Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist 5:30 [21]
gollark: Hmm, I see you exist again. Did you end up exacting horrible vengeance on your friend?
gollark: According to this, you spoke a bit about 6 months ago and then came back here and started asking questions about smoke detectors. Weird.
gollark: Computers aren't neurons. The digital way was generally found to be more performant and flexible, although there are a few people working on analog NN stuff I think.
gollark: It contains about 3000 memetic hazards.
gollark: My memeCLOUD™ is only at 3GBish.

References
  1. "Kiana V Biography". Heavy Rotation Show.
  2. "Kiana Valenciano: The Girl We Can't Let Go". Udou.
  3. Bodegon, Kara (October 11, 2019). "Here are the winners of the 32nd Awit Awards". Bandwagon.
  4. Keith, James (January 30, 2020). "Premiere: Filipina Singer Kiana Valenciano Calls On Billy Davis For Groove-Filled R&B Jam "No Rush"". Complex UK. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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  6. "A Look at Tarsier Records, Reinforcing Filipino Music's Place on the World Stage: Exclusive Interview". Billboard Philippines. September 27, 2017.
  7. "Kiana Valenciano drops new single, 'Misfits' – listen". Bandwagon Asia. September 8, 2017.
  8. "Kiana Valenciano Returns with A New EP "GREY"". Orange Magazine. February 19, 2018.
  9. "Kiana Valenciano drops fearless debut album See Me – listen". Bandwagon Asia. March 4, 2019.
  10. "Fern. drops 'Sweet' collaboration with Kiana V". Manila Standard. September 30, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  11. Bodegon, Kara (December 20, 2019). "Kiana Valenciano drops new single 'Hide My Love' – listen". Bandwagon Asia.
  12. Barrientos, Giselle (April 2020). "Vibe out to Kiana V's new single, 'Corners'". Scout Mag. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  13. Lasin, Gelo (July 21, 2020). "88rising's new collective is for Filipino artists". WeThePvblic. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  14. "Jason Dhakal, Leila Alcasid, Fern., Massiah, and Kiana V make PARADISE RISING debut with "semilucent" mixtape – listen". Bandwagon Asia. July 31, 2020.
  15. "Kiana Valenciano".
  16. "Kiana Valenciano to release first full-length album on March 1". ABS-CBN News. February 24, 2019.
  17. "Kiana Valenciano".
  18. Fernandez, Denise (2017). "5 reasons why we love James Reid's 'Palm Dreams' album". Scout.
  19. "GARY VALENCIANO'S "AWIT AT LARO" CONCERT SERIES CONTINUES THIS DECEMBER!". Myx Philippines. December 2, 2018.
  20. "LATEST DROP: Permanente by Quest feat. Kiana Valenciano". uDOu.
  21. "Ben&Ben, IV of Spades, Lola Amour, Barbie Almalbis, and more nominated at the 33rd Awit Awards". Bandwagon Asia. July 14, 2020.
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