Kris Lawrence

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Kris Lawrence
Lawrence in 2020
Background information
Birth name	Kristoffer Lawrence Cadevida[fn 1]
Born	(1982-09-01) September 1, 1982 (age 42) Los Angeles, California
Genres	R&B soul
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actor
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Star MCA GMA Universal

Kristoffer Lawrence Cadevida^{[fn 1]} (born September 1, 1982), commonly known as Kris Lawrence, is a Filipino-American singer-songwriter and actor.^[1]

Lawrence was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. His father is Loreto Cadevida and his mother is Justina Protacio. His younger sister, Laurie Cadevida, played Kim, a Vietnamese woman on the North American Tour of Miss Saigon. He was with Jay-R in the group First Impression from mid-1998 to early 2000. He won Search for the Star in a Million Season 3 in 2006.

Lawrence's self-titled debut album was released in 2006, followed by Moments of Love in 2009 which mainly included covers of songs such as George Michael's "Careless Whisper", Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" and Christopher Cross's "I Will Take You Forever".

In 2010, he signed an exclusive contract with GMA Network and appeared on the variety show Party Pilipinas. On March 12, 2012, Lawrence signed to GMA Records along with three other artists. Having already made GMA (the Kapuso Network) his home network since early 2010, and now officially joining their roster in music, Lawrence has hinted at his wish for his songs to be used in different shows on GMA.

His third album,Spread the Love, was released in 2013 and his fourth album, Most Requested Playlist was released in 2015 under Universal Records.

Lawrence was commissioned by Daniel Padilla and co-owners to create ambient theme music for J Castles (dubbed "Disneyland of Tanauan") including instrumental and surrealistic soundscape with 3D soundtrack visual effects in each room. Jay Durias also requested Lawrence sing J Castles’ theme song, “Let There Be Lights”, and “Sky Full of Colors” at the fireworks finale of the park's launching.^[2]

Katrina Halili gave birth to their daughter named Katrence Lawrence Halili Cadevida on September 18, 2012. Lawrence's second child Lyric Lawrence was born on October 4, 2019.^[3]

• "Careless Whisper"
• "When I See You Smile"
• "Kung Malaya Lang Ako"
• "Paano"
• "Ikaw Pala"
• "Sabihin Mo Naman"
• "Isang Numero"
• "Isang Saglit"
• "Ako Nalang"
• "Torpe"
• "Anong Gusto Mo"
• "Just Tell Me You Love Me"

• Media related to Kris Lawrence at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Kris Lawrence performs his version of "Careless Whisper"