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Nora Aunor, National Filipino Artist

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Nora Aunor, National Filipino Artist

Nora Aunor

There had been news which had been going around that Nora Aunor was to be officially recognised as the icon that she is.

It was a sure thing as thought by everyone. Afterall, every Filipino knows that Nora is interstellar in the acting world.  In fact, it beggars belief why Nora has not been named as a National Artist at least 10 years sooner.

Anyway, Nora Aunor was finally included in the list of artists who were to be recognised for their contribution to the Philippine Arts.  Some of the nominees, I have to admit, I have never heard of and their Wikipedia entries were  minimal to say the least.

The last hurdle for the list was for the president of the Philippines to make his approval.  Why the president, I do not know?!!!  What does he know about art?  He is no more au fait about arts than the next Filipino on the street. Therefore, the privilege of the final choice should not be given to just one person who could have a hidden agenda, thus instead of honouring  deserving artists, would end up shamed and mortified, through no fault of their own.

As Filipinos, we are the nicest people in the world but once you hurt us, imagined or otherwise, we will remember.  We will sow that seed of slight into our brains and nurture it until it grows into a gargantuan resentment and payback time is subconsciously planned, simmering at the back burner of our mind until one day we get to serve it with ferocious wanton delight. LOL  Yeah, oh yes I know that feeling so much!

I think this was what may have led to what had happened to Nora Aunor, who was a known supporter of Ferdinand Marcos. PNoy in his mind is serving Nora her just desert!

How petty! Unfortunately for the president, PNoy might actually leave egg on his face!

Nora’s snub and humiliation is not only against her but also against Sining at Lipunan (Art & Society).

Nora Aunor, the woman with the Golden voice has more talent in her little finger than most Filipinos in arts and sciences.  She can SING, she can dance and can act out anyone.  So much talent for such a tiny lady.

It is a shame that PNoy’s presidency chose to ignore so much talent from someone befitting a National Artist.  This action will have a long repercussion to his government.

 

Nora Aunor’s prodigious talents can be evidenced by Wikipedia

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Nora Aunor has been awarded, recognized and received multiple nominations from different organizations, academe, institutions, critics and award giving bodies for her work in film, television, music and theater. She is the most nominated actress for the leading role in the long history of FAMAS Awards, having nominated 17 times since 1973 when she was first nominated for “Gift of Love” but only second to Eddie Garcia with 23 nominations both in leading and supporting role. With her fifth FAMAS Award for Best Actress in 1991, Aunor became the sixth performer to be elevated to the FAMAS Hall of Fame joining the likes of Eddie Garcia, Joseph Estrada, Charito Solis, Fernando Poe Jr. andVilma Santos. This award is given to the person who won more than five times in its particular category. Aunor is the only performer in the long history ofFAMAS Awards to be nominated for fifteen (15) straight years from 1973 to 1987.

As of 2014, Aunor is still the most nominated actress of Gawad Urian with 18 nominations and 7 wins and the very first best actress awardee. She is also the most awarded and the most nominated actress of Metro Manila Film Festival with eight (8) best actress trophies and from Young Critics Circle with nine (9) nominations and five (5) wins. She is also the only actress to win the best actress trophy from the Film Academy of the Philippines for 3 straight years. A feat yet to be equaled or surpass by a Filipino actress.

Aunor has the most number of international best actress awards and nominations more than any other Filipino actors. She is the only Filipino actress who have won international awards from 5 different continents. 19th Cairo International Film Festival in 1995 (Africa), 1st East Asia Film and Television Award in 1997 and Asian Film Awards in 2013 (Asia), 31st Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles in 2004 and Premio Della Critica Indipendiente in 2013 (Europe), Asia Pacific Screen Award in 2013 (Australia) and from the Green Planet Movie Award (North America).

Aunor, has the most Lifetime Achievement Awards received locally and internationally for her contribution in film, television, music, and theater.

In 1968, Nora Aunor was contracted by Alpha Records upon the recommendation of singer Carmen Soriano. Although Aunor’s first singles were not major hits, she subsequently went on to smash local record sales with songs like “It’s Time to Say Goodbye”, “Silently”, “Forever Loving You”, “It’s Not Unusual”, and countless others. In her seven years with Alpha Records, Aunor was able to set all-time high record sales which up to this day has not been surpassed. At the height of her popularity as a recording artist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, local records soared up to 60% of national sales according to Alpha Records Philippines.She is the artist with the most singles in Philippine recording history (with more than 260 singles). Over-all she has recorded more than 500 songs. She has notched more than 30 gold singles, a record in the local music industry. With estimated sales of one million units, Nora’s cover of “Pearly Shells” (1971) is one of the biggest-selling singles in the Philippines ever. Nora has also recorded some 46 hit long-playing albums, and several extended plays.

 

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