OPM
OPM stands for Original Pilipino Music and means popular music made by Filipino artists, in Tagalog, English or other Philippine languages.
The term was coined by Danny Javier of the APO Hiking Society and at first meant the pop ballads and novelty songs that followed the Manila sound of the 1970s. It has since widened to cover almost any popular music written and recorded by Filipinos, including rock bands, R&B, hip hop and folk pop. P-pop, the newer idol group scene, grew out of it.
Artists it is known for: Eraserheads, Regine Velasquez, Ben&Ben, APO Hiking Society.
- Family
- Pop
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- Philippines, 1970s
- Also called
- original pilipino music, original pinoy music
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 3%
About 2,500 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have opm among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
OPM artists
Cup of Joe
Hev Abi
IV OF SPADES
Ben&Ben
Arthur Nery
Up Dharma Down
HELLMERRY
December Avenue
Adie
Earl Agustin
The opm artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.