Lola Amour bags Philippine Popular Music prize at Music Awards Japan

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Filipino band Lola Amour receives the special award for Philippine Popular Music at the Music Awards Japan 2025.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/music/lola-amour-wins-philippine-popular-music-awards-japan-2025/

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00:00Filipino band Lola Amor receives the Special Award for Philippine Popular Music at the

00:05Music Awards Japan 2025.

00:08The homegrown Filipino band's 2023 hit song, Raining in Manila, is among the six songs

00:12from around Asia to be recognized by the award-giving body.

00:16Music Awards Japan is touted as the Asian version of the Grammys.

00:20Winners are selected by a pool of 5,000 music industry professionals.

00:24The band writes on Instagram,

00:25it's truly an honor to receive this recognition in Japan, especially since the song was inspired

00:31by Japanese city pop.

00:33Other songs that received awards include K-pop boy group Seventeen's God of Music and Ghost

00:37by Thai artist Jeff Sator.

00:39Vietnam's Tung Duong, China's Zhu Shen, and Indonesia's Salma Salsabil also received awards.

00:46Lola Amor is celebrating its ninth anniversary as a band this year.

00:50It marked several other milestones in 2025, such as releasing its first international

00:54collaboration, Maria, with Australian singer Oliver Cronin.

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