Master Songster 2023

1982: This song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart within three weeks, and became the artist's fastest-rising number one single since his group's songs: "ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There" in 1970. The song was notably performed on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever in 1983, where the artist debuted the Moonwalk to rave reviews. David Cook performed his own version in American Idol.

• Smooth Criminal

• Billie Jean

• Thriller

• Man in the Mirror

2021: This song has broken a record in Spotify as the longest-running number #1 local track by a Filipino RADAR artist on the Philippines Top 50 Chart (2021). The music video features a young couple, played by Seth Fedelin and Andrea Brillantes, at the point of their break-up.

• Buwan - Juan Karlos

• Paraluman - Adie

• Binibini - Zack Tabudlo

• Pagsamo - Arthur Nery

1991: This song was one of the last songs written for the artists' Nevermind album.

The lyric ‘Here we are now, entertain us’ was actually something the band's lead singer, Cobain, regularly said when he went to parties.

• Come As You Are

• Lithium

• Something In The Way

• Smells Like Teen Spirit

1975: This SONG contains a reported 180 vocal parts and spans rock, opera, heavy metal, and pop — all in six minutes. A movie of the same title came out in 2018 starring Rami Malek.

2003: In total, the singer received 19 awards between 2003 and 2004 just for this song. This song features the singer's husband who is also a Grammy award-winning artist.

• Crazy in Love

• 03 Bonnie & Clyde

• Drunk in Love

• Upgrade U

2006: This song was written and composed by Nyoy Volante, who was the artist's boyfriend at that time. It's the artist's third original song to reach number one in the country— the other two being "Jealous" and "Make You Mine".

• A Girl Can Dream

• Smile

• Foolish Heart

• Someday

1995: This song's music video catapulted the band's success outside the Philippines by bagging the 'International Viewer's Choice Awards for Asia' at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. A musical of the same name was shown last 2018 at Resorts World Manila, then again in 2019, and later made available for streaming online in May 2020 for a limited time.

2022: Outranking global hits, this song from NOBITA is the most streamed track in the Philippines according to Spotify Wrapped 2022.

2021: This song by Arthur Nery is the 2nd most streamed track in the Philippines according to Spotify Wrapped 2022.

• Isa Lang

• Pagsamo

• Bingo

• Happy w u

1994: An iconic part of this song by one of the Philippines' most popular and accomplished bands is the whistle, which happened only by sheer chance, and was done by a certain Noel Aguilar.

• Kung O.K. Lang Sa'yo

• Huwag Na Lang Kaya

• Kundi Rin Lang Ikaw

• Alaala