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Anthony David Lim Chua (born March 12, 1994 in Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines) known professionally as Dave Vasquez, is a Chinese-Filipino pop rock singer-songwriter, musician, composer, model and actor who can seem to look a like International musician rock iconic from the lead singer of American rock band Hoobastank, Doug Robb. He is referred to as the Philippines' King of OST (King of Original SoundTrack) and is regarded as one of the biggest hitmakers in Philippine music industry. In 2016, he won the title "Grand Champion" in the inaugural with the second season of Asia's Got Talent on Malaysian musical talent variety show on TV1 (Malaysian TV Network) in Malaysia.

Early life
Vasquez was born in Barangay Pilit Cabancalan, Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines to his Chinese name of the birth "蔡氏" (Pinyin: Càishì) which his American-Chinese father side is a singer-songwriter, Edward Chua and his Filipina-Chinese mother side Yvonne "Popsicle" Lim are married in Beijing, China. His seventh cousins are Janielle Chua, Denise Chua, Peter Chua, Jr., Helen Lim-Chen, Warren Chua, Maricel Chua-Peng and Robert Chua and also, he loving his siblings are Karen Chua, Chef Christian Chua, Brandon Chua, Charlene Chua-Zhao and his sister Ashley Chua from her lead singer of Chinese rock band Red Blood Swan.

Personal life
Vasquez is the seventh of twelft children to Edward Chua, an American-Chinese singer from Shanghai, China and Popsicle (née Lim; 1935–2020), a Philippine Sangley native who migrated from Manila to Cagayan De Oro, Philippines. He is fluent in Cebuano, Tagalog, and English, with his Korean and Mandarin Chinese at a beginner level only. He is in a relationship with his girlfriend Francesca Bathan since in 2018.

Early career
In 1997, Vasquez was a talented like singing at 3 years old. Late in 2009, he was a young teenage man at 15 years old. He was a lead members of Filipino pop vocals group High 5 Club as they were contract on Sony Music Entertainment Philippines and also, he left their group in 2013. In 2016, he was a singing talent in audition from Malaysian musical talent variety television show on TV1 (Malaysian TV Network)'s "Asia's Got Talent Season 2" which he's a performance of his renditions of Hoobastank's "The Reason".

Influences
His early influences include American singers Clay Aiken, Josh Groban, Doug Robb of Hoobastank and Adam Lambert; Chinese singers Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and Zhao Shen; American pop punk/rock bands Hoobastank, The All-American Rejects, Linkin Park, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Yellowcard, Blink-182, Incubus and The Rasmus; Filipino rock band Cueshé, Bamboo, Parokya Ni Edgar, Slapshock, Sponge Cola, Chicosci and December Avenue; Filipino singers Christian Bautista, Kean Cipriano, Jed Madela, Reiven Umali and Martin Nievera; South Korean singers Baekhyun, Moon MyungJin, Chen, Kyuhyun and Lee Hyeon.

Discography
"Anthony Chua" (2001)

"Dave Vasquez" (2017)

"Afternoon Sunset" (2018)

"Tower Lights" (2022)

"Commotion" (2023)

"The Reason (New Album Version)" (2025)

Soundtrack Albums
"Prism: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (2018)

"How Did I Love You" (2019)

"Starlight Express: The Philippines Musical Movie Soundtrack Album" (2021)

"Francesca: The Queen of Emerald Voice" (2023)

"Francesca Meets Iñigo Soundtrack Album" (2025)

Characters role
Paul Cañete/Christian Sy - "Prism" (2018)

Sean Mendel - "How Did I Love You" (2019)

Patrick Chiu - "Starlight Express" (2021)

Dave Wong - "Francesca: The Queen of Emerald Voice (First Movie)" (2023)

Inigo Chiu and Psalms Chiu - "Francesca Meets Iñigo" (2025)