Jaya Age, Bio, Family

Honesty differs greatly from Jaya’s two previous major albums released in the Philippines, 1996’s Jaya and 1997’s In the Raw. A Love Album is exquisitely produced, and Jaya acquits herself well on the album’s upbeat R&B/dance-styled tunes and soulful ballads. In 1992, while touring Japan as a backup singer and keyboardist for American R&B artist Stevie B., Jaya was approached by the Japanese label Toshiba/EMI to make an album for Japanese release. Jaya is noted for being the Philippine music industry’s female record holder of a seven-times platinum album. Five songs were recorded in the US while the rest were done in the Philippines. In 1989, she was re-christened “Jaya” and signed a record deal with Stevie B’s label LeFrak-Moelis Records and her eponymous first album, produced by Stevie B, was released in the US.

Another one is Vehnee Saturno, who wrote and produced most of Jaya’s early hits. She approached her last album, 1999’s Honesty, in the refined manner that she furthered on Unleashed. In 1999, Jaya faced a big challenge when she did her first musical, the Ramayana-based Rama at Sita that starred Lani Misalucha. In 1999, PolyMax Records, a label of then-PolyGram Records Philippines (now an affiliate of Universal Records) released Jaya’s A Love Album, first released in 1992 in Japan under the same title.

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The album consists of songs taken from an earlier Jaya album, also called A Love Album, released in the United States in 1989, as well as songs recorded specifically for the 1992 Japanese release. She released a Christmas album, entitled Kung Kailan Pasko which contained traditional carols alongside original compositions, including a jazz version of The Christmas Song. Jaya’s follow-up single, “One Kiss Per Minute”, was a minor dance hit, but failed to make the pop chart and the third single from the album failed to chart as did another non-album single in 1993. It was her third cover album, containing classic R&B and jazz songs that she grew up listening to. It contains 14 love songs carefully picked and beautifully revived by the Philippine’s Queen of Soul, such as “Breathe Again” originally sung by Toni Braxton; “Old Friend” by Phyllis Hyman and “Save the Best For Last” by Vanessa Williams.

Studio albums

The song hit number 14 on Billboard’s Top 40/Dance crossover chart and number 25 on the 12-inch Singles Sales chart. After 18 weeks on the Hot 100, the song was still gaining in both sales and airplay—it ended up peaking at number 44 in February 1990— and remained in the Hot 100 for a total of for 26 weeks, an unusually long chart run for a single peaking outside the top 40. The album’s first single, “If You Leave Me npvipnepal.com Now”, was a hit in discos and debuted on the U.S. Jaya won Best Female Vocal Performance for the song “Hiding Inside Myself” at 23rd Awit Awards on September 30, 2010, defeating some of the younger local singers of today. The concept album was released initially on a limited edition micro secure digital format and after two weeks, it will be available on physical CDs and digital downloading.

Compilation albums

• In 1992, while touring Japan as a backup singer and keyboardist for American R&B artist Stevie B., Jaya was approached by the Japanese label Toshiba/EMI to make an album for Japanese release.
• In 1999, Jaya released, her fifth album released in her native country since 1996, entitled Honesty originally done by Billy Joel, was also her career single.
• Jaya also ventured into musical theatre, playing the role of Surpanakha in the 1999 Filipino musical Rama at Sita staged at the University of the Philippines Theater.
• She sang Save the Best for Last on her Real.Love.Stories album, which was originally sung by Vanessa Williams.

Jaya is the second Filipino recording artist to chart in the United States (the first being The Rocky Fellers), with her debut single “If You Leave Me Now” peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She sang Save the Best for Last on her Real.Love.Stories album, which was originally sung by Vanessa Williams. In 2023, Jaya became subject to controversy after John Lapus posted a blind item on Twitter, alleging that there was an unnamed singer repeatedly liking anti-transgender Tweets on the platform. She was one of the “Big Four” judges of GMA Network’s new musical variety show Sunday All Stars which began airing on June 30, 2013. The first single was “Is It Over?” originally sung by Ronnie Milsap which received a Platinum award in 2009.