Background
Lui Pio was born on February 8, 1982, in Quezon City, Philippines. Lui Pio is also the son of a widely-respected musician Arturo Lui-Pio also known as Nonoy Tan of the former band Wadab in the 1980s.
Lui Pio was born on February 8, 1982, in Quezon City, Philippines. Lui Pio is also the son of a widely-respected musician Arturo Lui-Pio also known as Nonoy Tan of the former band Wadab in the 1980s.
During his youth, he was enrolled in Marymount School and then took up Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Major).
He is publicly recognized by the name "Champ" or "Champ Lui-Pio". Early and personal life He also has two sisters: Cha Lui Pio and Cher Lui Pio. 2004-2010: Hale In 2004, Lui Pio joined Hale as guitarist and vocalist.
As a group, the band managed to spawn 4 mainstream albums and 18 mainstream singles, together with 2 jingles meant to promote Nescafé and Close-Up.
He also helped established the Treehouse Productions whose sole purpose is to help the needy children suffering from mental and physical illnesses through music On August 6, 2010, Lui Pio, together with the band, publicly announced that they had no more plans in producing more music as a band and therefore disband.
This development came after Arthur himself announced his intention to start a solo music career and as an actor. 2010-present: Synergy and Mecca Music Currently, he is now signed under local film conglomerate VIVA Films so he could push on with his embarkment as an actor.
, his debut album Synergy is expected to be released sometime in late 2010.
The song Hanging Habagat was released on October 19, 2010, and will serve as a physical carrier single of the album simultaneous to the release of its music video. Other singles that followed were Sa "Yo Language (feat Julianne Tarroja) and "Sari-Saring Kwento" (feat Gloc-9 and Noel Cabangon). Lui-Pio established an independent local music label Mecca Music in early 2011.
Somedaydream was the first to sign up to the label as mainstream contract artist.
He had also reunited with members from his former band and planned to release a debut single with them on early-2015.