Darren Espanto is A Filipino-Canadian who was born as Darren Lyndon Gonzales Espanto on May 24, 2001 in Calgary, Canada to parents who were working as registered nurses in the country at the time.

Darren’s family discovered his talents at a young age and encouraged him to pursue a career in music. Thus, at the age of 10, he won the Main Edition Finals of the Pinoy Singing Sensation which was held in Edmonton on August 20, 2011, by singing “Alone” by fellow Canadian singer Céline Dion. The Pinoy Singing Sensation would not be Darren’s last stint on competition programs as he would also go on to compete on The Next Star in 2012, as well as on The Voice Kids Philippines in 2014, placing second both times.

On December 10, 2014, after announcing he would not return home to Canada and signing a contract with an agency in the Philippines, Darren would release his first studio album (apart from The Voice Kids Philippines), which was appropriately titled as simply Darren. The album includes eight tracks, including the hit “Stuck”; it would go on to win double platinum and was later re-released as a deluxe album.