Salamat is the debut studio album of the Filipina singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino. It was released on January 19, 2007, through Dream Big Productions and Star Music. It reached its Gold status in February of the same year and reached 3× Platinum with sales of 90,000 copies.[1] The album has five number ones, the only female artist in the Philippines with the most number one hits in 2007. And the album produce six top ten hits.[2]
The album has 10 tracks. 7 were originally composed by Yeng, 2 were written by her co-scholars in Pinoy Dream Academy and one is a rendition of Freddie Aguilar's OPM classic, "Bulag, Pipi at Bingi".[3] It was followed by her second album titled "Journey".
"Hawak Kamay" was used as the Official Theme Song for the 2006 blockbuster Movie: Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo starring Judy Ann Santos & Ryan Agoncillo, where it won the Best Theme Song.[4] It was also used for DepEd's advocacy to improve teaching in public schools.[5][6]
"If We Fall In Love", features the vocals of Rj Jimenez . It was used as sub-theme for the Korean dramaPrincess Hours when it aired on ABS-CBN.[9]
"Pangarap Lang" was the fourth single from this album, which was composed by Alvin Gonzales.
"Cool Off" was released as the fifth single, the song is all about a couple who undergoes an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind. To date the music video of "Cool Off" reached 7,000,000 million views on YouTube with the official video and the other uploaded videos.[10]
"Time In" a pop rock song featuring the group Cebalo, composed of her fellow scholars in Pinoy Dream Academy. It was used as the official Theme Song for the Fantaserye Komiks Presents: Varga were parts of the lyrics are changed. The song also played inside Big Brother house in Finland during the time when a Filipina housemate Cathy Remperas swapped with Finn Kätlin Laas. In 2010 the song used in the movie Paano Na Kaya. The song was very popular on radios in the Philippines. To date the music video have 3,000,000 million views on YouTube with the official video and the non-official video.[11]
Commercial use
Four songs from this album was used as titles for Your Song episodes it was Cool Off, Pangarap Lang, Salamat, and If We Fall In Love featuring Rj Jeminez.
Four songs from this album was used for the 2021 iQiyi original series Saying Goodbye: "Time In," "Hawak Kamay," "Cool Off," and a rendition of "If We Fall In Love" performed by Angela Ken.
"Salamat" debuted at no. 2 and stayed at this position the following week and dropped at no. 3 the following next 2 weeks. then it climbed up at no. 1 on April 15, 2007.[13] It stayed the Top 10 Albums for almost 9 months.[14]
Certification
Salamat received its Gold Status 2 weeks after its release, followed by a Platinum Certification a few weeks after, until a Double Platinum later that year.
