Morissette (singer)

Johanne Morissette Daug Amon (born June 2, 1996), known professionally as Morissette and sometimes as Morissette Amon, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, and record producer.

She has been referred to as "Asia's Phoenix".

Johanne Morissette Daug Amon, also known as Morissette, was born on June 2, 1996, in Cebu, Philippines, to her mother Analie Daug and rock musician Amay Amon.

She is the oldest child and has one sibling, Jeremy Mattheu Amon.

She studied at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy in Minglanilla, Cebu.

Her name, "Johanne", which is pronounced as "Yohan", was chosen by her father from German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, while "Morissette" was taken from her father's favorite singer, Alanis Morissette.

When she was 3 years old, her family discovered her singing the Regine Velasquez song "You Are My Song" with a karaoke machine.

In her first singing contest held by a radio station in Cebu, she sang Christina Aguilera's version of "Reflection".

Thereafter she became a frequent singing contestant in Cebu, joining competitions such as Young Star Singing Idol.

At 9 years of age, she was a finalist in the Little Division of Little Big Star Cebu and won a contest at the DYKC Awit sa Kabataan 2007 in Gaisano Country Mall at the age of 11.

The same year she had a submandibular tumor removed from her neck.

She also did front acts in mall tours for Sarah Geronimo and Kim Chiu, among others, in Cebu.

Morissette sings in the whistle register in some of her songs and has said that she got this inspiration from the singers Nina Girado and Mariah Carey.

Growing up, her other musical influences included Regine Velasquez and Sarah Geronimo.

At the age of 14, Morissette competed on TV5's Talentadong Pinoy.

In 2011, she recorded 14 songs by producers Jaye Muller and Ben Patton.

At age 14, she emerged as a runner-up in TV5's Star Factor and made her theatrical debut in 2012 as Mitchie Torres in Repertory Philippines' production Camp Rock: The Musical.

She received wider notice as a semi-finalist in the first season of ABS-CBN's The Voice of the Philippines.

She has a wide vocal range and has used of the whistle register in some songs.

In 2012, Morissette played the lead role of Mitchie Torres in the Repertory Philippines production of Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical.

The production ran at Onstage, Greenbelt 1, Makati City, from November 16 until December 16, 2012.

Rehearsing and performing in the musical took its toll on Morissette's voice, and she was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules.

Morissette's work at TV5 supported her family financially, but she wanted to pursue a singing career.

She decided to join ABS-CBN's new singing competition, The Voice of the Philippines.

In 2015, Morissette released her self-titled debut album.

It was certified Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

In 2016, she staged her first major solo concert Morissette at the Music Museum in Manila.

In 2017, she co-hosted Bolt of Talent with American singer Michael Bolton, which aired on Star World and Fox TV.

She gained further recognition after representing the Philippines in 2017 and 2018 at Asia Song Festival in South Korea.

In 2018, she headlined her first concert tour titled Morissette Is Made, which made its first stop at the Araneta Coliseum.

In 2019, she was chosen by Disney alongside Darren Espanto to sing "A Whole New World" for the Philippine release of the live-action film Aladdin.

In 2020, she worked with Bolton for a second time as co-mentors for AXN Asia's reality singing competition, Asian Dream.

In 2021, Morissette performed the Philippine national anthem at the Batasang Pambansa during the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

By this time, she had begun writing and co-producing her own music, and the same year, she released an EP of her own songs, Signature.

The accolades for Morissette's music and performances have included two Awit Awards, an Aliw Award, five PMPC Star Awards for Music, and 38 Wish 107.5 Music Awards (making her the artist with the most wins at the ceremony).

These songs were not officially released at the time, but a decade later they were released in two volumes, titled Morissette at 14, on November 20, 2020, and March 21, 2021.

Following Talentadong Pinoy, Morissette joined the new Artista Search of TV5, Star Factor, progressing to the finals in Manila.

She finished as the first runner-up to Eula Caballero.

She subsequently appeared in several TV5 shows, such as Pidol's Wonderland and Kapitan Awesome.

Her last project was Cassandra: Warrior Angel.