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By Michael Sj Lim

The best present a singer can give her followers this holiday season is a timeless gift of Christmas songs. “It never goes out of style,” volunteers Sitti, the country’s undisputed queen of bossa nova, adding, “It’s every singer’s dream to have his own Christmas CD, and I’m glad that this year, my dream has come true.“

Sitti tells us that when the Christmas season comes, she gets into a melancholic mood. “ I do not know why, but I get very sensitive and sentimental at the same time when the holidays are near. My closest friends tell me that I can use that to my advantage as a singer, since I may be able to give the songs I sing more depth, emotions and meaning.”

Christmas is also a time for reflection for this singer who propelled herself to greater music heights when bravely took the road less traveled and came up with a bossa nova CD when all other signers were into acoustic music and the bands were reviving alternative rock.

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By Warner Music Philippines

With the yuletide season just around the corner, most people are already doing like Santa: they’re making a list, checking it twice, trying to find out who’s been naughty, who’s been nice. Of course, this we all do to make sure we remember the people who have been good to us throughout the year and prepare that special gift that would make their Christmas a truly wonderful and memorable one.

Well, just like any other person, the country’s Queen of Bossa, Sitti, have been busy preparing a special gift herself. “I’d long planned for this—to give something special to the fans— as grateful as I am for all the support that they had given me”, the singer says.

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If there is one artist solely responsible for the resurgence of interest in Bossa Nova in The Philippines, it would be Sitti. Her 2006 multi-platinum smash Café Bossa – which many mistook for an album by a foreign artist – set the standard for the Bossa Nova albums and artists that followed.

This year has been particularly busy for Sitti. She just returned from a successful U.S. tour and released a Christmas album. On Nov. 29, local music’s Bossa Nova diva celebrates her birthday and success in the music scene with First, a solo concert at the Captain’s Bar of the Mandarin Oriental Manila.

The telecast show is a first for Sitti. It will be her first time to stage a concert on her actual birthday. First will also trace Sitti’s roots through songs – how she started, her rise to success and future plans.

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