Julie Anne San Jose

Julie Anne Penaflorida San Jose was born on 17 May 1994 in Quezon City, Philippines, to Jonathan Roque San Jose, a computer operator, and Marivic Camzon Peñaflorida, an instructor. She is the eldest among her two siblings, Joanna Marie and Jan Christine San Jose.

She competed in Eat Bulaga!'s Little Miss Philippines in 1998 where she ended as first runner-up. She also competed in Magandang Tanghali Bayan's Munting Miss U where she became third runner-up. San Jose appeared in a TV advertisement with Sharon Cuneta.

She did various soundtracks for Kapuso teleseryes and shows; two for Marian Rivera's Dyesebel; "Aking Mundo" and "Siya Na Nga Kaya". In December 2008, she was chosen to sing the GMA Christmas Station ID titled "Awit ng Puso", composed by Simon Peter Tan.

In 2008, San Jose made her acting debut on GMA Network's afternoon soap opera Gaano Kadalas and Minsan? where she played a supporting character to Camille Prats and Marvin Agustin.

When SOP ended in 2010, San Jose joined its replacement show Party Pilipinas as a solo artist. As she evolved as a performer, she was able to showcase her singing, dancing and acting abilities onstage. San Jose was also paired with a then-budding artist and rapper, Elmo Magalona. Collectively, they were known as the musical tandem JuliElmo. While in Party Pilipinas, JuliElmo starred in five short films, the Red Mask Trilogy and Yellow Note 1 and 2, and the short musicals, Blue Jeans: The Musical (2011), Elmo and Julie Anne: A Wazak Love Story (2012), and Status: It's Complicated (2013).

In 2011, San Jose was chosen to be the front act for David Archuleta's major concert at the Araneta Coliseum. Archuleta revealed in an interview that it was his personal choice in having Julie Anne San Jose as front act for his concert.

She was included in the "Top 10 Women to Watch" list by the Women Leaders’ Centre in collaboration with Arc Media Global. She also made the list of the new breed of stars to watch out for in 2012.

In February 2012, San Jose signed an exclusive recording contract with GMA Records. Six months later, in August 2012, she released her eponymous debut album, Julie Anne San Jose, which later received numerous awards and is now a certified Diamond Record awardee. Her single, "I'll Be There", remains the only single certified quadruple platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI). Currently, San Jose has released four singles from her album.

After having multiple support roles, in 2012 San Jose finally landed a lead role through the youth-oriented weekly show Together Forever. She played the role of Antoinette Escueta, more popularly known as Toyang, a boyish daddy's girl who fell in love with her best friend.

In 2012, San Jose debuted as a movie actress through GMA Films' romantic summer film Just One Summer opposite her JuliElmo partner Elmo Magalona. She played the role of Maria Bettina "Beto" Reyes Salazar and sang the movie theme song "Bakit Ba Ganyan?" which was originally popularized by Dina Bonnevie. The film was directed by Mac Alejandre.

In 2013, San Jose had her first major solo concert at the Music Museum in Greenhills, San Juan City. This birthday concert entitled Julie Anne: It's My Time was a success with tickets sold out just five days after going on sale. Guests include the dance crew Addlib, Fliptop star Abra, Elmo Magalona and multi-faceted performer and good friend, Frencheska Farr. Musical direction was managed by Marc Lopez and the concert director was Rico Gutierrez.

In June 2014, San Jose released her second solo studio album entitled Deeper via iTunes worldwide and spinnr.ph. Her second album under GMA Records received a "Triple Platinum" award from PARI in January 2016.

In December 2014, following the release of her second album, San Jose had her second major concert entitled Julie Anne San Jose: Hologram at the Mall of Asia Arena. Guests include Sam Concepcion, Christian Bautista, Abra, Jonalyn Viray, and Frencheska Farr.

In 2014, San Jose was part of the Metro Manila Film Festival film entry Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2 where she played the role of Stacey. Her co-stars include Dingdong Dantes, Isabelle Daza, Lotlot De Leon, Abra, among many other artists.

In 2015, San Jose released her digital single "Tidal Wave" which was arranged by Sidney Brown, better known as Omen, an American music producer from Harlem who has worked with artists such as Drake, Lil Wayne, and Ludacris. San Jose filmed three music videos in New York City and California in collaboration with Los Angeles-based company, VIM Entertainment Inc. The videos will be distributed worldwide by GMA Records.

In October 2015, Julie Anne San Jose, along with Christian Bautista, was chosen to be the representative of the Philippines in the ONE-ASIA SEOUL MEGA CONCERT in South Korea. The lineup included some of the biggest K-pop idols: CNBLUE, Ailee, Got7, and other artists from different Asian countries.

In April 2015, San Jose replaced Isabel Oli in GMA News TV's Day Off. She is joined by her co-hosts You're My Foreignay finalist Dasuri Choi and Boobay. With Pia Guanio's departure from 24 Oras "Chika Minute" segment, San Jose was given a short stint as interim "Chika Minute" anchor. San Jose was part of the afternoon soap Buena Familia alongside Kylie Padilla, Julian Trono, and Jake Vargas who is her current on-screen partner. In August 2015, she became a part of the newest Sunday variety show Sunday PINASaya together with Marian Rivera, Ai-Ai delas Alas, Alden Richards, Jose Manalo, and Wally Bayola, among many others.

In December 2015, Julie Anne San Jose received her Star in the prestigious Eastwood City Walk of Fame in Quezon City. She also won two major awards in the recently concluded 28th Awit Awards held at the Music Museum.

In May 2016, Julie Anne celebrated two big milestones in her life as she graduated college and celebrated a decade in show business. She entered show business as a tween and has remained active since. She celebrated her 10th-anniversary with a major concert, which was a success. Later that year, the Kapuso singer-actress graduated from Angelicum College with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Arts. Four days before her graduation, Julie Anne posted her graduation photo, and on the caption recalled how she "juggled work and studies, yet managed to survive. I definitely have to say that it's all worth it." She also related that in her four and a half years in college, "I've learned that it pays not to worry so much about where you ranked but rather think about the joy you get with what you do." "There will always be tough times, regrets and failures as well as success, reward and happiness." she added. She then thanked everyone who helped and supported her as she balanced her work and studies. "It's been a long road but with hardwork and patience, anything is possible. This is certainly a huge milestone.. The tassel's worth the hassle," she concluded.

In July 2016, she released her third solo studio album entitled Chasing the Light under GMA Records. Her album release event was held at SM Fairview Mall in the Philippines on 17 July 2016 with crowds of thousands in attendance. The album has been well received and continues to hold the top spot on iTunes PH albums. Chasing the Light features songwriting and a rap feature from Filipino-American hip hop artist and songwriter C-Tru on the tracks "Don't Make Me Wait", "Take Me To Nirvana" and "All About You".

In November 2016, five months after celebrating her successful 10th-anniversary, Julie Anne held a concert at the same venue in Kia Theatre. This time as she joined forces with Christian Bautista as they shared the sold-out concert stage in When Julie Anne Meets Christian.

In January 2017, she got the lead role in the afternoon soap Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa as Santina Marquez, starring Benjamin Alves, LJ Reyes, and Martin del Rosario. The show ended after its 11th week.

In June 2017, Julie Anne San Jose went viral online with her cover of the latest hit single "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber. The Viral YouTube Video Cover also landed a feature in the famous international sites, like 9gag Tv and Superstar Magazine.

In November 2017, she left GMA Records and signed a contract under Universal Records and worked on her new album.

In January 2018, Julie Anne started her year with a Sold Out Intimate Concert at Music Museum. #Julie highlighted the different stages of love in the concert. "it's going to be intimate. It will be more mature, especially when it comes to song choices. And as the title suggests, I will show—through music—the different stages of love and tackle relationships and what goes with them," the 23-year-old singer-actress told reporters at a press conference. Right after her #Julie Concert, Julie Anne prepared for another Concert; this time she was joined by Asia's Romantic Balladeer Christian Bautista and Asia's Song Bird Ms. Regine Velasquez-Alcasid. As GMA Network produces First Concert Series, 3 stars 1 heart, they did successful run in Cebu, Dagupan and Dubai before Regine left Gma Network and transfered to ABS-CBN.

In May 2018, as Cosmopolitan Magazine Philippines marked their last print issue, Julie Anne San Jose was featured on the final cover. She is the last cosmo cover girl on their print issue in the month of May as they venture into the digital world.

In July 2018, after months of anticipation, Julie Anne San Jose presented Breakthrough, her first album under Universal Records. Prior to the album's release on 27 July, its first three singles have already garnered multiple achievements. Her originals "Nothing Left" and "Tayong Dalawa" both reached No. 1 on the iTunes Philippines All-Genre Chart only 30 minutes after their release. Along with this, her rendition of the Parokya Ni Edgar classic "Your Song (My One and Only)" has been played over 5 million times on Spotify. Upon its release, the album has already celebrated commercial success in both digital and CD formats. Much like its singles, the album debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Philippines All-Genre Chart and stayed at the same spot for a whole week – a feat rarely seen for OPM albums. The album also received an impressive amount of pre-orders and sales during the jam-packed Grand Album Launch held 28 July at the Eastwood Mall Open Park, which is a testament to the star's staying power.

In November 2018, Julie Anne had an Opportunity to be part of Gary Valencianos Advocacy Album, Awit at Laro to promote Filipino games and songs through art and music. She is the only Gma Artist that is included in the album; she performed the song Pitik Bulag Composed by Jungee Marcelno.

In May 2018, Julie Anne San Jose starred in a daytime musical serye My Guitar Princess where she plays the main character Celina Raymundo a.k.a. the "Guitar Princess", along two leading stars Gil Cuerva and Kiko Estrada. It also stars Sheryl Cruz, Kier Legaspi, Marc Abaya, Isabella De Leon and many more, and is directed by Nick Olanka. The show features original soundtracks, including the show's theme song Walang Kapalit, created by Roxy Fabian. The featured songs did really well on iTunes Ph Chart and Spotify.

In October 2018, Julie Anne Lead the New Musical Variety Show of GMA Network, Studio 7 along with Christian Bautista and Mark Bautista replacing the Clash on the network's Sunday Grande sa Gabi line-up. Julie Anne is casted and accepted a new challenge to lend her voice not for singing but to do voice acting in The First Filipino Anime series Barangay 143 premiering in GMA Network.

In January 2019, Julie Anne bagged two awards at Wish Music Awards 2019 and renewed her contract with Universal Records (Philippines), and her rendition of “Your Song” hit a ridiculous seven million streams on Spotify. Asia’s Pop Sweetheart and Asia’s Romantic Balladeer Christian Bautista kick off 2019 via the Kapuso concert series: The Sweetheart and the Balladeer: Fun Night Only with its first leg set to highlight Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival.

In February 2019, Julie anne is up for a treat in Valentines Day as Gloria de Dapitan presents "Lyrics of Love, LOL: A Valentine Concert and Comedy Night with Julie Anne San Jose." She also released new single Maleta a collaboration with Gloc-9 and debuts no.1 on two charts of iTunes Philippines namely, All Genre Songs and Hip-Hop/Rap Chart.

In March 2019, After the successful debut of Maleta, a collaboration with Gloc-9, they both geared up in shooting the Official Music Video of the song. Julie Anne receives Favorite Album Award for her fifth studio album titled Breakthrough at the first Inside Showbiz Awards.The Much Anticipated Castaway Music Festival, Julie Anne San Jose serenades the sold out tour at SM City Rosales.

In April 2019, Julie is set to continue her stride with the release of her newest composition “Regrets.” The emotional song is a reflection of her experiences from the past year, may it be about her career or personal life.Minutes after its release, the new single already reached the top spot on the iTunes Philippines All Genre and Pop Charts, continuing her streak of #1 hit singles.

In May 2019, Artist Center announces Julie anne as the Artist of The Month of May to take the center stage in a series of digital features as a way to celebrate her birthday. After a successful series of Studio7 Musikalye concerts across Manila and an unforgettable Kapuso concert in Dagupan, Julie anne along with the Studio7 squad the musical variety show Studio 7 and GMA Pinoy TV are bringing the show to Brooklyn, New York for “Kapusong Pinoy Studio 7 Musikalye sa Brooklyn.”

In July 2019, Julie Anne San Jose is Embracing Womanhood as the PEP main attraction Covergirl in the month of july.A back to back successful concert, Julie Anne San Jose grateful for a sold-out 'Julie Sings The Divas' concert and along with Christian Bautista thank Kapuso fans in CDO for successful concert of the 2nd leg of The Sweetheart and The Balladeer: Fun Night Only.

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