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Michelle AyaldeThe Story of Michelle AyaldeMichelle Ayalde is a Filipina singer. She is an ”Emerging Diva” of ABS-CBN’s Talent Center. Fans liken her to Carol Banawa, being simple but with a powerful voice, belting techniques and charming personality never fails to entice you. From the group of Full Circle, she was known for her Tagalog version of “The Love You Want”, an instant hit song used as theme song of Meteor Garden. Before Michelle was born, her mother, currently connected to NAPOLCOM and her father were together in the band Solid Gold. He mother was the vocalist and the guitarist was her dad. The band hit the Taiwan then. When Michelle was born, she grew up in the atmosphere of singing and at the early age of two, she was taught how to sing already. She entered to singing competition at the age of four. She was a student of Ryan Cayabyab’s music school. Her singing talent was discovered and Cayabyab honed her talent through the choir called Glee Girls, which gave Michelle exposures from certain PICC performances. She pursued a course of Mass Communication at Centro Escolar University (CEU) majoring in Broadcasting. Her singing experiences paved way from her showbiz and accepted “Ang TV”, a once popular TV kid show of ABS-CBN. Through the station’s Talent Center, she was exposed to different aspects of show business. She made herself as a member to Pebble Gang, a young girl’s singing group. The group was supposedly going to release a recording album but unfortunately, the group collapsed. During her teens, she’s a member of Full Curcle, a quartet of hopeful singers together with Maui David, Glaiza de Castro and Karel Marquez performing only in A.S.A.P. The album in the making for the group was a failure when the other members discovered other interest in showbiz and left Michelle behind as the only singer from Full Circle. Michelle attract the bigwigs of Star Records on her performances at A.S.A.P. when she was a Full Circle member. She was tapped to sing the tagalong version of “The Love You Want” which was used as love theme song of Meteor Garden, a highly-rated chinovela of ABS-CBN. The song enjoyed extensive airplay from radio stations throughout the country. Unexpectedly, her talent was again proven when she was nominated as Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist for the song "The Love You Want" by Awit Awards. Her release of her debut album took time because of her schedule between her career and her school, recording and TV appearances. After a long wait, she released her self-titled debut album under Star Records. The album contained 11 tracks displaying her vocal prowess, boasting its quality. “Mamahalin Kita, Kahit Na”, is the first track from the album and garnered extensive airplay on radios nationwide. Other notable songs include “Kay Tagal”, “Ayoko Na Sana”, “Isang Ulit Man Lang” etc. Michelle in her eight-year sojourn in showbiz, already performed as a guest in second concert of boy band, F4. She also participated in Piolo Pascual’s first major concert dubbed as The Gift: Piolo Pascual First Time In Concert held at Araneta Colliseum. Album
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