Champ Lui Pio
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Arthur Bernard Dolino Lui Pio was born on February 8, 1982 in Quezon City, Philippines. He is a Filipino musician, songwriter, and vocalist for the band Hale. He is the second of four children of singer/songwriter Arthuro Lui Pio, otherwise known as Nonoy Tan.
The nickname of Arthur Bernard, which is Champ, came from his father's sheer delight of a local group called CHAMPOY, who won in a local singing competition the day before Champ was born. He studied elementary and highschool at Marymount School in Parañaque City and took up Human Resource Management in De La Salle University - College of Saint Benilde. He is not dating any girl at this moment, and rumored that he's going out with actress Anne Curtis, which was denied by both parties.
He and his bandmates began their career on July 2004, signed up with EMI Recordsin November 2004, and released their self-titled debut album in May 2005. They currently have six hit singles under their belt: Broken Sonnet, The Day You Said Goodnight, Kahit Pa, Kung Wala Ka, Toll Gate, and Blue Sky. The said debut album Got a triple platinum award.
