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Johanne Morissette Daug Amon ( ; born June 2, 1996) is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She has been referred to as " Asia's Phoenix". At age 14, she emerged as a runner-up in TV5's ''Star Factor'' and made her theatrical debut in 2012 as Mitchie Torres in Repertory Philippines' adaptation of Disney's ''
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''. She received wider notice as a semi-finalist in the first season of
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's ''
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''. She has a wide
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and has used the
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in some songs. In 2015, Morissette released her self-titled debut album. It was certified Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. In 2016, she staged her first major solo concert ''Morissette'' at the Music Museum in Manila. In 2017, she co-hosted ''Bolt of Talent'' with American singer
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, which aired on
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and
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. She gained further recognition after representing the Philippines in 2017 and 2018 at
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in
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. In 2018, she headlined her first concert tour titled ''Morissette Is Made'', which made its first stop at the
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. In 2019, she was chosen by
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alongside Darren Espanto to sing "
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" for the Philippine release of the live-action film ''
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''. In 2020, she worked with Bolton for a second time as co-mentors for
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's reality singing competition, ''Asian Dream''. In 2021, Morissette performed the Philippine national anthem at the
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during the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) of former President
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. By this time, she had begun writing and co-producing her own music, and the same year, she released an EP of her own songs, ''Signature''. In 2025, she made her feature film debut starring in the musical film ''Song of the Fireflies''. The accolades for Morissette's music and performances have included two
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, an Aliw Award, six PMPC Star Awards for Music, and 38 Wish 107.5 Music Awards, the most such awards of any artist.


Life and career


Early life and career

Johanne Morissette Daug Amon, also known as Morissette, was born on June 2, 1996, in
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, Philippines, to her mother Analie Daug and rock musician Amay Amon. She is the oldest child and has one sibling, Jeremy Mattheu Amon. She studied at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy in
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, Cebu. Her name, "Johanne", which is pronounced as "Yohan", was chosen by her father from German composer
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, while "Morissette" was taken from her father's favorite singer,
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. When she was 3 years old, her family discovered her singing the
Regine Velasquez Regina Encarnacion "Regine" Ansong Velasquez-Alcasid ( ; born April 22, 1970) is a Filipino singer and actress. She is considered one of the most influential figures in Philippine popular culture and is known for her vocal range and beltin ...
song "You Are My Song" with a karaoke machine. In her first singing contest held by a radio station in Cebu, she sang
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's version of " Reflection". Thereafter she became a frequent singing contestant in Cebu, joining competitions such as ''Young Star Singing Idol''. At 9 years of age, she was a finalist in the Little Division of '' Little Big Star Cebu'' and won a contest at the ''DYKC Awit sa Kabataan'' 2007 in Gaisano Country Mall at the age of 11. The same year she had a submandibular tumor removed from her neck. She also did front acts in mall tours for
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and
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, among others, in Cebu. Morissette sings in the
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in some of her songs and has said that she got this inspiration from the singers
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and
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. Growing up, her other musical influences included Regine Velasquez and Sarah Geronimo. At the age of 14, Morissette competed on TV5's ''
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''. In 2011, she recorded 14 songs by producers
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and Ben Patton. These songs were not officially released at the time, but a decade later they were released in two volumes, titled ''Morissette at 14'', on November 20, 2020, and March 21, 2021. Following Talentadong Pinoy, Morissette joined the new Artista Search of TV5, ''Star Factor'', progressing to the finals in Manila. She finished as the first runner-up to Eula Caballero. She subsequently appeared in several TV5 shows, such as ''
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'' and '' Kapitan Awesome''. Her last project was '' Cassandra: Warrior Angel''. In 2012, Morissette played the lead role of Mitchie Torres in the Repertory Philippines stage adaptation of Disney's ''
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''. The production ran at Onstage, Greenbelt 1,
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City, from November 16 until December 16, 2012. Rehearsing and performing in the musical took its toll on Morissette's voice, and she was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules.


2013: ''The Voice of the Philippines''

Morissette's work at TV5 supported her family financially, but she wanted to pursue a singing career. She decided to join
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's new singing competition, ''
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''. During the blind auditions aired in June 2013, Morissette sang " Love On Top", and
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selected her to be part of her team. Morissette progressed into the live shows, as Geronimo chose her over teammate Lecelle Trinidad when they both sang "
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" during the show's Battle Rounds. During the first live show, Morissette sang " Jar of Hearts". She received the highest percentage of votes in Geronimo's team, with 57.16%, and advanced to the next level of the competition. In the second live show, Morissette sang "
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", and Geronimo scored her 60% for her performance. Added to her public vote of 50.41%, her total score of 110.41 points advanced her to the semifinals. On the first night of the semifinals in September 2013, Morissette and teammate Klarisse de Guzman both sang " The Voice Within" as a battle song. Morissette sang " Who You Are" on the second night, and at the end of the show, she was eliminated after losing to de Guzman.


Performances


2014: ABS-CBN

In 2014, Morissette started recurring appearances on ABS-CBN's ''
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.'' For the drama series '' Moon of Desire'', she recorded the self-titled theme song by Trina Belamide. This was followed by more theme songs on ABS-CBN's " teleseryes". Together with her former teammate from ''The Voice of the Philippines'', de Guzman, and Angeline Quinto, she was given a segment on ''ASAP'' called "HD" or "Homegrown Divas". She also started performing in ''It's Showtime'', ABS-CBN's noontime variety show, where she was allowed to sing solo numbers. This show provided Morissette an opportunity to demonstrate both her singing and dancing skills. She was accused of lip-syncing
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's " Break Free" after the hosts of the show praised her for keeping her voice steady while dancing across the stage. Morissette denied the accusation. In May 2014, Morissette gave her first solo concert entitled ''This Is Me'', which doubled as her 18th birthday celebration. Her repertoire included international pop hits as well as those from Philippine singers such as Regine Velasquez. She even paid homage to her namesake by singing her own versions of Alanis Morissette's "
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" and " You Learn". During this concert, she announced that she had joined Star Records, with which she signed a one-year contract in August 2014. Morissette performed with
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at her concert on July 14, 2014, at
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. She was interviewing Jessie J for the music channel
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and mentioned that she sang one of her songs on ''The Voice of the Philippines''. Jessie J then requested Morissette to sing for her, and Morissette sang part of "Who You Are". Jessie J immediately invited Morissette to join her onstage during her concert. In September 2014, Morissette performed in the 2014 finals of '' Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs'', the country's most popular songwriting and music video competition. She interpreted " Akin Ka Na Lang", an original song written by Francis Louis "Kiko" Salazar which was chosen as one of the 15 finalists out of more than 6,000 entries submitted since November 2013. In November 2014, Morissette sang several Disney songs in a two-day concert entitled ''Disney in Concert: A Tale as Old as Time'', along with
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and Karylle, accompanied by the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of
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.


2015–2019: ''Morissette''

In 2015, ''Filipino Star Magazine'' called her "The Next Big Diva". In March 2015, Star Records released her first studio album, self-titled '' Morissette''. The carrier single " Di Mapaliwanag" was used as a theme song for the Koreanovela ''
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'' on Kapamilya ABS CBN and won as Asianovela Themesong of the Year (2015). The album was launched at Shangri-La Plaza
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in April 2015 and eventually reached
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in the Philippines. Morissette won "Best New Artist" at the MOR Pinoy Music Awards. Morissette sang theme songs for
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movies, including a cover of Starship's hit song "
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" with
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for the film '' Crazy Beautiful You'' and "Someone's Always Saying Goodbye" for the film ''
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''. In 2016, she performed a duet with
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entitled " Something I Need" for the movie '' Everything About Her''. In mid-2015, she was cast in ''Chuva Choo Choo – Mr. Kupido Musicale'', featuring the songs of Vehnee Saturno. She played Darla, a talented amateur singer hoping to break into the entertainment business. Morissette was awarded as the Best New Female Recording Artist at the 7th PMPC Star Awards for Music. She was also recognized by the ''National Consumer Affairs Foundation's Seal of Excellence Awards'' as the 2015 Outstanding Female Performing Artist of the Year through a Gawad Musika Award and a Top Filipino Excellence Award. In December 2015, she performed a mini-concert at the 26th St. Bistro, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, produced by Stages Sessions. Morissette was also part of the concert Confessions: A Night of Secrets, Stories and Songs in February 2016 at the Music Museum by Stages Sessions. At the 1st Wish 107.5 Music Awards (WMA) she won Female Artist of the Year and Wishers' Choice - Female Artist of the Year. Winners in WMA's major award categories were allowed to choose beneficiaries of financial assistance worth thousand. Morissette's choice was Home for the Angels in
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, a crisis center for abandoned infants. For the second time, she performed in the 2016 ''Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs'' competition. She interpreted " Diamante", composed by Jungee Marcelo. She won Female Artist of the Year at ABS-CBN's M.O.R. Pinoy Music Awards in 2016. Her first major concert was at the Music Museum on August 13, 2016. Her performance of "I'm Here" from the musical ''The Color Purple'' garnered praise from
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. Prior to the concert, Morissette stated that she wanted to break free from her stereotype as a belter and show her dance skills and her softer side. In 2016, Morissette was a regular on ABS-CBN's Sunday afternoon show ''
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'' as one of the "Birit Queens". The group staged its first concert in March 2017 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, followed by shows in
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, Canada, and United States. The group disbanded in late 2017. In the same year, she co-hosted with Bolton a talent-search show called ''Bolt of Talent'' on STAR World Asia and
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. She also topped the 2017 2nd Wish 107.5 Music Awards with a total of eight awards, more than any other artist nominated. She won all six categories in which she was nominated and joined the Wishclusive Elite Circle with two Bronze Awards for her version of
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's " Against All Odds" and
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's " Secret Love Song". These are awarded to any Wish 107.5 artist garnering at least 10 million YouTube views. Four of her awards were for her cover of "Secret Love Song". As of February 2017, this performance was the first to hit 25 million views on Wish 107.5's YouTube channel, guaranteeing Morissette at least a Silver Wishclusive Elite Circle award at the next WMA. Morissette has often been referred to as "Asia's Phoenix" since her performance at the 14th
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in
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, South Korea in September 2017, where she represented the Philippines. She returned to the same festival to represent the Philippines in the succeeding 15th Asia Song Festival in Busan in October 2018. She was the first Filipino artist to have her own
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channel, a popular South Korean live video streaming service for celebrities. In February 2018, at Morissette's concert "Made",
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joined her for a duet of "Akin Ka Na Lang". Morissette's performance of Secret Love Song garnered over 100 million views on Wish's YouTube channel, the first time a female OPM singer reached that milestone. In August and October, Morissette experienced vocal problems and was advised to observe strict vocal rest, interfering with some concerts. In November 2018, she was included in and served as the sole Filipino mentor and judge in the Filipino reality show ''Hello K-Idol''. In 2019, Morissette and Darren Espanto recorded the song "
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" for Disney's Philippine release of the live-action film adaptation of ''
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''. Later that year, Morissette was a judge for the ''
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'' 2019 and recorded the song "This Is Christmas" with Ben Adams, released in November 2019.


2020–present: ''Signature'' EP and ''Song of the Fireflies''

In May 2020, she took part in ''One Love Asia'', an online charity musical event to aid Asia in its fight against
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. In August 2020, Morissette was a judge, with
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, in an international talent competition, ''Asian Dream'', of
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. In November 2020, Morissette released her first co-written and co-produced single "Love You Still" through the Stages Sessions' label Underdog Music PH, co-written with her husband (then fiancé) Dave Lamar and co-produced with Lamar and Xergio Ramos. In December 2020, she released a music video for the song. Morissette appeared at number 7 on ''Billboard''s Next Big Sound chart. In February 2021, she released another single, "Phoenix", through Underdog, co-written with Lamar and co-produced with Lamar and Ramos. In May 2021, Morissette released a 25th anniversary recording of " Shine", which reintroduced "Shine's" original lyrics composed by Trina Belamide. At the 2021 State of the Nation Address by the 16th
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,
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, on July 26, 2021, at the Session Hall, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Morissette sang the Philippine national anthem. In August 2021, Morissette released an EP, ''Signature'', with her lead single "Trophy". This was her first EP as a singer-songwriter and co-producer along with Lamar and Ramos and was released under Underdog PH. The EP held the highest position achieved by an OPM artist on iTunes USA in 2021. In October 2021, Morissette became part of the Christian music label from Sony Music Philippines, Waterwalk Records. She then released her first single from that record label, "Waterwalk", written by Jungee Marcelo. Morissette celebrated her tenth anniversary in the music industry through a virtual concert titled "Phoenix", held on KTX on January 23–24, 2022. The concert highlighted her performances through the years. In February 2022, Morissette's rendition of "Gusto Ko Nang Bumitaw" appeared on the soundtrack of the TV series '' The Broken Marriage Vow''. It won the "Best Theme Song (or Title Theme)" award at the
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for the Philippines and was nominated for the grand finals. In April 2022, Morissette,
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, and Erik Santos gave a tour together titled "Threelogy" in the US. In August 2022, Morissette released her first English-Bisaya track entitled "Undangon Ta Ni", under Underdog, composed and produced by Cebu-based songwriters Relden Campanilla, Carlisle Tabanera, and Ferdinand Aragon, along with Morissette and Lamar. Her rendition of
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's "Colour Everywhere" was released in October 2022. In December 2024, Morissette performed a two-night solo concert at
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. In 2025, she made her feature film debut as Alma Taldo, the female protagonist of the musical film ''Song of the Fireflies''. The film was shown on March 6, 2025, at the
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in
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, Los Angeles, California, as part of the 2nd Manila International Film Festival; she received the festival's Best Actress award. The film was also screened at the 58th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in May 2025, where Morissette was nominated for Best Actress. The film is then scheduled for a theatrical release in the Philippines in June 2025 before becoming available on streaming platforms. She is also set to headline a solo concert titled ''Ember'' at the
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on October 28, 2025.


Personal life

Morissette and Dave Lamar were married on June 28, 2021. Morissette wrote: "Nine years since we've met, bestfriends for seven, our second round at love, each other's firsts ... and now, last and only. ... It's definitely a Y E S to a forever with you!" Morissette and Lamar both appeared on ''The Voice of the Philippines'' season 1 in 2013. Morissette noted on their YouTube wedding video: "it was so hard trying to keep this a secret for the past several months, but we're finally Free!"


Artistry


Influences

Morissette has stated in an interview that
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served as an inspiration to develop her skill in singing in the whistle register and generally admires Carey's vocal performances; she has also credited the influence of
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, Chandler Moore and
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.


Vocal character

Morissette reportedly has a five-octave
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, including the whistle register. She has been variously described as a power belter and a
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. In the ''
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'', critic Joseph Atilano praised Morissette's "very versatile singing voice ... flawless vocal registry ndawe-inspiring vocal range".


Awards and nominations

The accolades for Morissette's music and performances have included two
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, an Aliw Award, six PMPC Star Awards for Music, and 38 Wish 107.5 Music Awards, the most such awards of any artist. She also won the Best Actress award at the 2nd Manila International Film Festival for her performance in ''Song of the Fireflies'' and received a nomination for the same role at the 58th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.


Discography

Studio albums * '' Morissette'' (2015) * ''Morissette at 14, Vol 1'' (2020) * ''Morissette at 14, Vol 2'' (2021) Extended plays * ''Signature'' (2021) * ''Signature: Live!'' (2021)


Filmography


Film


Television


Stage


Music videos


Concerts


Headlining


Co-headlining


Notes


References


External links

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Morissette's channel
on YouTube
Morissette sings "Imagine More"
for the launch of
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in the Philippines (2022)
Morissette interviewed by Billboard Philippines
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