Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford was born in Manila, Luzon, Philippines on May 16th, 1982 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 42, Billy Crawford biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford (born May 16, 1982) is a Filipino-American singer, composer, dancer, comedian, and television host.
He has released five studio albums, an EP, and has had a number of singles, including "When You Think About Me" ("a reimaginement of a OneVo1ce hit) and "You Didn't Expect That" among others.
On Viva Records, he released the single "Filipina Girl" and the album Work in Progress. He has appeared on many talent shows of ABS-CBN, including Pinoy Dream Academy, Pilipinas Got Talent, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Pinoy Boyband Superstar, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids, Little Big Shots, and Idol Philippines, as well as being a judge in World of Dance Philippines.
Personal life
Crawford came from Dallas and then New York City, and later lived in Paris and spent one year in London before heading to the United States at the age of 12. In 2007, he lived in Los Angeles. He is multilingual, with his first language being Tagalog, his second being English and third, French.
When Crawford returned to the Philippines, he dated singer-actress Nikki Gil. Crawford and Gil are the first two children to have left in 2013. Coleen Garca, co-host of It's Showtime, began dating Coleen Garca from It's Showtime in the next year. On December 20, 2016, the two were engaged and married on April 20, 2018. They welcomed Amari, their son, on September 10, 2020.
Early life and career
Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford was born in Manila, Philippines, to Mayette Ledesma and an American father named Jack Crawford. He has two half-brothers.
Crawford was discovered at the age of three years, performing at a bowling alley that his mother often attended. Billy Joe, who was under the name Billy Joe, appeared on an afternoon GMA Network television show That's Entertainment under the name Billy Joe. He appeared in several film roles, including Sandakot Na Bala and the anthology drama series Lovingly Yours, Helen. Crawford was "the most natural child actor we've seen since Jay Ilagan," according to Meg Mendoza of the Manila Standard, although she noted that his Tagalog can be improved upon.
He attended the Imus Unida Christian School in the Philippines until his departure for the United States when he was 12 years old, balancing both his academic and academic interests. He began performing in the United Kingdom and France, as well as in Asia, in the United States. His early career began in Dallas, Texas, where he lived and performed his singing before moving to New York City. Billy Crawford was legally changed to Billy Crawford during this period. He came from P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island Public School and then onto Professional Performing Arts School in New York City with other famous students, including Lee Thompson Young, Mandy Moore, and Nina Sky.
He began performing Dangerous at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards in 1996, when he was 14 years old.
Music and television career
Crawford had a huge chart success in France and other regions of Europe, but did not achieve this success in the United Kingdom and the United States, although his single "You Didn't Expect That" did not reach the lower ranks of the UK Top 40, peaking at number 35. He also contributed to the creation of the original Pokémon TV series theme song for Pokémon: The First Movie. Crawford appeared at "Fiesta Filipina," a famous Filipino-American festival held in San Francisco, California, in 2002.
Crawford's album Big City was released in France and Asia in 2004. The single "Bright Lights" was unable to crack into any Top ten charts. Kovas – Ghetto Beat's second single "Steamy Nights" debuted better, making the Top 40 and being a featured on 7 compilations around Europe, and it was Germany's first single. Crawford's "Steamy Nights" music video was shot in Los Angeles, California, and was produced with the same people who worked on Destiny's Child "Lose My Breath" for Destiny. Jenniferna Dewan, one of the main characters in the 2006 film Step Up, was featured as Crawford's dance partner.
"Candy Store," another song from the album, was leaked from the album and received airplay on London radio. On the Big City album, it is said that it was supposed to be a duet with Ginuwine. His company was cancelled after appearing on the first-ever online reality show "MSN Dance Show," his third single from the album, "3 Wishes." Crawford deemed it was time for something new and refused to re-sign his deal with V2 Records. In the 1st episode from the 3rd season of the animated television show Totally Spies, he performed Dean.
Crawford began recording a new album in 2006 that was set to be released in 2007. He toured in France during the summer and then returned to his home country in November to shoot a film. Rick James of the French animated film Asterix and the Vikings was interviewed for a cover of Super Freak the same year.
For GMA Network, he returned to the Philippines in 2007 for a new dance reality show, MOVE: The Search for Billy Crawford's Pinoy Dancers. For his very first Philippine performance, 'Billy Crawford: It's Time,' performed at the Araneta Coliseum, the show sought six back-up dancers. He brought MOVE, the show's then-wife and official dance choreographer Marie Courchinoux, known as 'Maryss from Paris,' to be one of the main judges. He eventually brought a seventh Mover to complete the crew after having six Movers as his back-up crew. Darcy Godoy, JM Vergara, Aizel Moeva, Aizel Moeva, AJ Sarate, Daniel Agbisit, and Mich Garong were Crawford's official dancers. After the successful concert, he returned to the United States to work on programs and fulfill several commitments.
Crawford signed ABS-CBN as an exclusive artist after 23 years of GMA. He appeared on ASAP and later hosted Pinoy Dream Academy Überture, a reality search that requires the ability of singing.
In 2009, he returned to acting with his partner and fellow singer Nikki Gil. Groove's fifth studio album in the Philippines, as well as international digital services later this year, was also released. Showtime is also a former talent show host.
He hosted Pilipinas Got Talent in 2010 with fellow co-host Luis Manzano. At the 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television, both of them were named Best Talent Search Program Hosts.
Crawford hosted with Vhong Navarro and other hosts in the weekday variety show It's Showtime from 2011 to 2020.
Sky Is the Limit, his first EP on the independent label Jackpot Records, was released in 2013. This was his first music album since 2009. He resigned with Universal Records on April 4, 2014. He was supposed to debut a new album later this year. Coleen Garca's new single Future for his wife Coleen Garca's husband in 2017, when he was promoting a Soul Brothers concert starring him.
In September 20, he briefly migrated to TV5 Network to host The Masked Singer's Philippine version and the noontime variety show Lunch Out Loud. He will later host The Wall Philippines.