Unique (musician)


Unique Torralba Salonga is a Filipino musician and singer-songwriter. He began his career as vocalist and original frontman of IV of Spades and later pursued a solo career.

Career

Band frontman

2014–2018: ''IV of Spades''

In June 2014, Allan Silonga decided to form IV of Spades for his son Blaster, who would become the band's lead guitarist. The Silongas were able to recruit drummer Badjao de Castro and bassist Zild Benitez, who are the sons of Allan's friends. Unique Salonga, who was already writing his own music, was later recruited to become the band's lead singer.
IV of Spades signed to a record label and released their first single "Ilaw sa Daan" under Warner Music Philippines.
The group's second single, "Hey Barbara" was released on July 9, 2017 and followed up by their third single "Where Have You Been My Disco?", released on December 9, 2017 via YouTube.
In 2018, the band released their fourth single called "Mundo". It became the group's highest viewed single on YouTube. The band's videos have over 100 million views on YouTube.
IV of Spades won the New Artist of the Year and the MYX Bandarito Performance of the Year and Nominated as Group of the Year at the annual Myx Music Awards. The band also won the Dreams Come True with Air Asia, the airline's search for the most promising acts in the region. The band performed with David Foster as part of their prize. They also won the Favorite New Group award at the 30th annual Awit Awards.
On May 4, 2018, Unique Salonga left IV of Spades in order to pursue a solo career.

Solo career

2018–present

In 2018, Salonga released his debut single, Midnight Sky, under the label of O/C Records of VIVA. In the same year, Salonga released his debut album, Grandma, and his first solo concert, slated for September 29, 2018.
He released his sophomore album, PANGALAN: in 2020.

Discography

with IV of Spades
YearAwardCategoryNotable WorksResult
201932nd Awit AwardBest Cover Art"Grandma"
20205th Wish Music AwardsWish Rock/Alternative Song of the Year"Bukod-Tangi"