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The year 2006 marks her 20th anniversary in the music industry. She started the year by releasing her 14th album Covers: Volume 2. Her most ambitious production to date, the album is made up of foreign pop favorites presented with innovative arrangements from rnb/hip hop, pop rock, pop ballad, and blues showcasing her musical versatility. The album contains sixteen songs which are all revivals. Together with Cacai Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid and Raul Mitra, Regine Velasquez launched their own record label, IndiMusic. On October 11, Velasquez reunited with Robin Padilla on the big screen on a movie entitled "Till I Met You".
She held a special 20th Anniversary concert at the Araneta Coliseum, simply titled "Twenty", last Oct 13, and 14, 2006. Velasquez recently recorded Maghihintay Ako the theme song for the sci-fi telenovela Atlantika which airs on GMA7.
In January, 2007, Velasquez was an honoree during People Asia Magazine's "People of the Year" awarding ceremony. She was the recipient of an given an Exemplary Achievement Award for her significant contribution in the field of music and entertainment. She shared the honor with prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, top fashion designer Lulu Tan-Gan and broadcast icon Charo Santos-Concio of ABS-CBN.
She is currently shooting a new film with Piolo Pascual
entitled "Paano Kita Iibigin?" under the co-production of Star Cinema and VIVA Films. The movie will hit theaters
May of 2007. Regine is also working on the soundtrack for the
movie which will feature another original Alcasid song
performed by Regine & Piolo with the same title of the
movie.
sources:
askmen, dainty page, wikipedia
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