IBU

IBU, or "Inspired By U" was voted by the music industry as the best R&B Group at the 2004 New York International Music Festival, and in 2005 was named as the R&B Group of the year by the same festival. Hailed as Chicago's most sought-after Asian-American Performing group, WGN Channel 9 called them Chicago's hottest new boy group, and Power 92.3 FM introduced them as "Asians with soul." They have been featured on "Stateside, "Balitang America," "Sing.Song" on ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel, as well as The International Channel, Hataw Pinoy Television, Cable Access Network, Pacific Fusion TV and Fox TV. They have performed from The Bay to the Big Apple. In 2003, they won the state-sponsored Chicago Music Opportunuity Project, with Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child among the judges, was inducted into the Chicago Filipino-American Hall of Fame, and was named the best performing group at the Fil-Am Music Entertainment Awards. IBU has performed 2 years in a row at Chicago's biggest festival, the Taste of Chicago, at the Illinois Lottery Stage in 2004 and at the FOX TV Bandstand in 2005. They sang the National Anthem at eight White Sox games in the 2005 winning season, including Game 2 of the American League Division series (playoffs). The group has completed four recording projects, including a single, and two compilation CDs, and their recently released their solo album, "Redefined." IBU have been listed as the number one signed band on soundclick.com several times, and their song "I Can't Get Over You" has been in the top on the website's R&B Charts for over three years now.