Johanne Morissette Daug Amon ( MORR-ih-SET; born June 2, 1996) is a Filipino singer and songwriter nicknamed in the press "Asia's Phoenix". She gained notice as a runner-up in TV5's Star Factor at age 14 and made her theatrical debut in 2012 as Mitchie Torres in Repertory Philippines' adaptation of Disney's Camp Rock. She received wider notice as a semi-finalist in the first season of ABS-CBN's The Voice of the Philippines (2013). She has a wide vocal range and has used the whistle register in some songs.
In 2015, Morissette released her self-titled debut album. It was certified Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. In 2016, she staged her first major solo concert Morissette at the Music Museum in Manila. In 2017, she co-hosted Bolt of Talent with American singer Michael Bolton, which aired on Star World and Fox TV. She represented the Philippines in 2017 and 2018 at Asia Song Festival in South Korea. In 2018, she headlined her first concert tour titled Morissette Is Made, which made its first stop at the Araneta Coliseum. In 2019, for Disney, she and Darren Espanto sang "A Whole New World" for the Philippine release of the live-action film Aladdin.
In 2020, she and Bolton were co-mentors for AXN Asia's reality singing competition, Asian Dream. In 2021, Morissette performed the Philippine national anthem at the Batasang Pambansa during the State of the Nation Address. The same year, she released an EP of her own songs, Signature. Among her tours, in 2022, she toured with Christian Bautista and Erik Santos in the US as "Threelogy". In 2025, she starred in Song of the Fireflies, a musical film, and the following year she starred in the Philippine production of The Notebook.
Her accolades have included two Awit Awards, an Aliw Award, six PMPC Star Awards for Music, and 38 Wish 107.5 Music Awards, the most such awards of any artist.
Johanne Morissette Daug Amon, also known as Morissette, was born on June 2, 1996, in Cebu, Philippines, to her mother Analie Daug and rock musician Amay Amon. She is the oldest child and has one sibling, Jeremy Mattheu Amon. She studied at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy in Minglanilla, Cebu. Her name, "Johanne", which is pronounced as "Yohan", was chosen by her father from German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, while "Morissette" was taken from her father's favorite singer, Alanis Morissette. When she was 3 years old, her family discovered her singing the Regine Velasquez song "You Are My Song" with a karaoke machine.
In her first singing contest held by a radio station in Cebu, she sang Christina Aguilera's version of "Reflection". Thereafter she became a frequent singing contestant in Cebu, joining competitions such as Young Star Singing Idol. At 9 years of age, she was a finalist in the Little Division of Little Big Star Cebu and won a contest at the DYKC Awit sa Kabataan 2007 in Gaisano Country Mall at the age of 11. The same year she had a submandibular tumor removed from her neck. She also did front acts in mall tours for Sarah Geronimo and Kim Chiu, among others, in Cebu. Morissette sings in the whistle register in some of her songs and has said that she got this inspiration from the singers Nina Girado and Mariah Carey. Growing up, her other musical influences included Regine Velasquez and Sarah Geronimo.
At the age of 14, Morissette competed on TV5's Talentadong Pinoy. In 2011, she recorded 14 songs by producers Jaye Muller and Ben Patton. These songs were not officially released at the time, but a decade later they were released in two volumes, titled Morissette at 14, on November 20, 2020, and March 21, 2021. Following Talentadong Pinoy, Morissette joined the new Artista Search of TV5, Star Factor, progressing to the finals in Manila. She finished as the first runner-up to Eula Caballero. She subsequently appeared in several TV5 shows, such as Pidol's Wonderland and Kapitan Awesome. Her last project was Cassandra: Warrior Angel.
In 2012, Morissette played the lead role of Mitchie Torres in the Repertory Philippines stage adaptation of Disney's Camp Rock. The production ran at Onstage, Greenbelt 1, Makati City, from November 16 until December 16, 2012. Rehearsing and performing in the musical took its toll on Morissette's voice, and she was diagnosed with vocal cord nodules.
2013: The Voice of the Philippines
Morissette's work at TV5 supported her family financially, but she wanted to pursue a singing career. She decided to join ABS-CBN's new singing competition, The Voice of the Philippines. During the blind auditions aired in June 2013, Morissette sang "Love On Top", and Sarah Geronimo selected her to be part of her team. Morissette progressed into the live shows, as Geronimo chose her over teammate Lecelle Trinidad when they both sang "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" during the show's Battle Rounds.
During the first live show, Morissette sang "Jar of Hearts". She received the highest percentage of votes in Geronimo's team, with 57.16%, and advanced to the next level of the competition. In the second live show, Morissette sang "What About Love", and Geronimo scored her 60% for her performance. Added to her public vote of 50.41%, her total score of 110.41 points advanced her to the semifinals. On the first night of the semifinals in September 2013, Morissette and teammate Klarisse de Guzman both sang "The Voice Within" as a battle song. Morissette sang "Who You Are" on the second night, and at the end of the show, she was eliminated after losing to de Guzman.
In 2014, Morissette started recurring appearances on ABS-CBN's ASAP. For the drama series Moon of Desire, she recorded the self-titled theme song by Trina Belamide. This was followed by more theme songs on ABS-CBN's "teleseryes". Together with her former teammate from The Voice of the Philippines, de Guzman, and Angeline Quinto, she was given a segment on ASAP called "HD" or "Homegrown Divas". She also started performing in It's Showtime, ABS-CBN's noontime variety show, where she was allowed to sing solo numbers. This show provided Morissette an opportunity to demonstrate both her singing and dancing skills. She was accused of lip-syncing Ariana Grande's "Break Free" after the hosts of the show praised her for keeping her voice steady while dancing across the stage. Morissette denied the accusation.
In May 2014, Morissette gave her first solo concert entitled This Is Me, which doubled as her 18th birthday celebration. Her repertoire included international pop hits as well as those from Philippine singers such as Regine Velasquez. She even paid homage to her namesake by singing her own versions of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" and "You Learn". During this concert, she announced that she had joined Star Records, with which she signed a one-year contract in August 2014. Morissette performed with Jessie J at her concert on July 14, 2014, at Smart Araneta Coliseum. She was interviewing Jessie J for the music channel Myx and mentioned that she sang one of her songs on The Voice of the Philippines. Jessie J then requested Morissette to sing for her, and Morissette sang part of "Who You Are". Jessie J immediately invited Morissette to join her onstage during her concert.
In September 2014, Morissette performed in the 2014 finals of Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs, the country's most popular songwriting and music video competition. She interpreted "Akin Ka Na Lang", an original song written by Francis Louis "Kiko" Salazar which was chosen as one of the 15 finalists out of more than 6,000 entries submitted since November 2013. In November 2014, Morissette sang several Disney songs in a two-day concert entitled Disney in Concert: A Tale as Old as Time, along with Sam Concepcion and Karylle, accompanied by the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Gerard Salonga.
In 2015, Filipino Star Magazine called her "The Next Big Diva". In March 2015, Star Records released her first studio album, self-titled Morissette. The carrier single "'Di Mapaliwanag" was used as a theme song for the Koreanovela My Lovely Girl on Kapamilya ABS CBN and won as Asianovela Themesong of the Year (2015). The album was launched at Shangri-La Plaza EDSA in April 2015 and eventually reached platinum certification in the Philippines. Morissette won "Best New Artist" at the MOR Pinoy Music Awards. Morissette sang theme songs for Star Cinema movies, including a cover of Starship's hit song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" with Daniel Padilla for the film Crazy Beautiful You and "Someone's Always Saying Goodbye" for the film You're Still the One. In 2016, she performed a duet with Piolo Pascual entitled "Something I Need" for the movie Everything About Her.