Fantasy is the 15th studio album by Filipino singer Regine Velasquez-Alcasid. The album was released on November 21, 2010 by Universal Records, which was her second full-length studio album under Universal after Low Key in 2008.Fantasy album details Accessed December 2010 The two-disc album contains both pop and mid-tempo sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies. The first disc contains new Original Pilipino Music (OPM) materials while the second disc contains cover songs from various artists. This two-disc album also consists of two packaging editions, the "colored one" and the "black & white edition", with each containing collector's item photo cards and the CDs.Fantasy CDs Accessed November 2010 The photos used were taken by photographer Mark Nicdao.Mark Nicdao Accessed December 2010 The album debuted at number one spotNumber 1 Accessed December 23, 2010Odyssey Chart Accessed December 22, 2010 and was certified Gold Award after two weeks upon released.Gold award Accessed December 13, 2010 Fantasy was nominated at the 24th Philippine Awit Awards for Album of the Year and Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist for the song You Don't Know.Awit Awards Accessed October 7, 2010
Background For this album, Velasquez pointed that she would like to work with young composersYoung composers Accessed December 4, 2010 and assemble it with entirely new OPM materials than covering songs which done from her previous albums, Covers, Vol. 1, Covers, Vol. 2 and Low Key. And throughout the project, she worked with her now husband singer-songwriter Ogie Alcasid, with whom she had collaborated most of her hit songs from her previous albums. Though the second disc of the album contains mostly cover songs talking about being in love and marriage, the songs were mainly chosen by Velasquez herself going through her own wedding preparations at that time with Alcasid.Wedding Accessed December 7, 2010 The album also includes a song called S.M.I.L.E. written by Noel Mendez that became the theme song for Operation Smile after Velasquez became one of the ambassador to the foundationOperation Smile Accessed October 7, 2010 together with the main theme song of TV musical series Diva called Walang Iba and the love theme of TV romantic comedy series I ♥ You Pare! penned by Janno Gibbs called True Romance, both which Velasquez starred aired over GMA-7.
Awards and Accolades Year Award Category Result 2011 Awit Awards Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist Nominated Album of the Year 3rd Star Awards For Music 2011 Female Pop Artist of the YearNominated Female Recording Artist ("You Don't Know") Music Video of the Year
Track listing
See also Regine Velasquez discography
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