Kyle Echarri

Kyle John Paradillo Echarri (born June 20, 2003) is a Filipino actor and singer.

He made his first television appearance at the age of eleven when he joined season 2 of The Voice Kids.

Echarri has appeared in various films and television shows such as On the Wings of Love, Seven Sundays, Maalaala Mo Kaya, Kadenang Ginto, Silly Red Shoes, Bawal Lumabas: The Series, Huwag Kang Mangamba, Click, Like, Share, Beach Bros, Lyric and Beat, The Iron Heart and Senior High.

Kyle John Paradillo Echarri was born in Orange County, California.

He has an older brother named Anthony (Nico) and a younger sister named Isabella Rae (Bella, born 2011 and died 2023 ).

Echarri rose to prominence and made his first television appearance at the age of eleven when he joined season 2 of The Voice Kids, where he landed Top 6 under Sarah Geronimo's team.

Just six seconds after he started singing One Direction's "Night Changes" during his blind audition, coaches Bamboo Mañalac and Sarah Geronimo turned for the then 11-year-old Cebuano footballer who chose to be part of Team Sarah.

The song won People's Choice Award for Dance Recording of the Year in the 13th PMPC Star Awards for Music.

His family moved to Cebu City, Philippines in June 2014.

He is the son of Jose "Joe" Echarri and Marie Paradillo-Echarri.

His father is of Spanish descent.

Echarri released his first full-length studio album, It's Me Kyle, on August 26, 2016, under MCA Music, a Universal Music Group company in the Philippines.

His carrier single, "Fall For Me" peaked at Number 4 on Myx's Pinoy MYX Countdown and was on the charts for more than 3 months and 2 weeks (14 weeks).

In 2016, Echarri opened the Manila Tour show for the American singer, songwriter, and YouTube viral-hit artist, Greyson Chance.

In January 2017, Echarri was part of the line-up for Fusion 2017, a Philippine Music Festival highlighting Original Pilipino Music, with other Filipino artists – Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo Mañalac, Aegis, 6cyclemind, Gabby Alipe, Autotelic, Yeng Constantino, Lyca Gairanod, Zendee, James Reid, and Nadine Lustre.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer compared his talents to those of Justin Bieber.

In 2018, Echarri joined Star Pop, Star Music's record sublabel for the younger market.

He released the single "Pangako" and it was soon followed by a music video.

He first performed the song live in the MYX Music Awards 2018 held at the Araneta Coliseum and launched it on radio through MOR 101.9.

The single immediately joined the daily top hits survey, MOR Pinoy Biga10, and has stayed in the charts for weeks.

After the success of “Pangako” he released his 2nd album EP called Kyle Echarri on Oct 13, 2018.

Echarri became a member of the teen pop group ASAP G!.

Other members of the group are Isabela Vinzon, Jayda Avanzado, Ylona Garcia, Jeremy Glinoga, and Darren Espanto.

The group formed on June 3, 2018, and disbanded in November 2018, when the show was reformatted into ASAP Natin 'To.

He was launched as a part of Star Magic Circle artist alongside Belle Mariano, Jeremiah Lisbo and among other new rising stars and had a collaboration with Singaporean artist Haven, breaking new ground as it is the first international collaboration between Star Pop Star Music Philippines, Academy of Rock Singapore, and Cornerstone Music.

They released the song called "Imagine".

Echarri also said on Instagram that he will be holding a free virtual concert which will be streamed live on his Kumu channel on his 18th birthday, where he will be performing songs from his new album New Views.

He also became a part the "Gold Squad”. The Gold Squad refers to the four teen stars of the top-rated series Kadenang Ginto namely Francine Diaz, Andrea Brillantes, and Seth Fedelin. In 2019, the Gold Squad members debuted their first album under Star Music titled "The Gold Squad - EP". This album consisted of five tracks including their dance craze song "Halo Halo". They also released four new music videos including a new music video for Echarri's reprise breakout hit song "Pangako" featuring his on-screen partner Francine Diaz.

Echarri continues making music, releasing multiple songs.

In 2020, he released his latest single titled "I'm Serious".

He wrote the words and music of the track and produced the song under Star POP with the guidance and supervision of label head, Rox Santos.

The release of his latest song marked his first successful solo project as singer-songwriter.

Echarri was also part of the 11th edition of Himig Handog 2020.

He was chosen to sing and interpret the song "Kahit Na Masungit" alongside singer Jeremy Glinoga; written and composed by John Francis and Jayson Franz Pasicolan.

The song was ranked second out of all the finalists.

In 2021, Echarri released his latest album, New Views which is his first self-produced album.

According to the artist, he did not approach the project with a certain theme or vibe in mind.

Instead, he wanted this album to show his versatility, as seen with a diverse slate of songs on the album, from R&B tracked styled to Latin-inspired trap sound.

The album consists of seven songs and includes collaborations with different artists such as longtime friend Darren Espanto who co-wrote "Fuego", Gold Squad members Seth Fedelin and Andrea Brillantes who co-wrote "Liligawan Na Kita", and rapper Arvey.

The album hit number 1 in Digital Sales for Original Pinoy Album (OPM) in the Philippines, a day after its release, and reached number 4 album on iTunes Philippines Top 100 Albums.