Juris Fernandez

Julie Iris Fernandez-Lim (née Julie Iris Fernandez; March 18, 1978), also known by her stage name "Juris", is a Filipino singer and songwriter. She was the former lead singer of acoustic group MYMP from 2003 to 2009.

In late 2009, She left MYMP due to "irreconcilable differences" and signed with Star Records as a solo artist. Her solo debut album Now Playing was released in February 2010.

Fernandez was born on March 18, 1978 in Davao City, Philippines. She is the daughter of an engineer father, and an obstetrician-gynecologistmother. Her older sister is also an obstetrician-gynecologist. She went to high school at the Ateneo de Davao University. She studied college atMiriam College in Manila, finishing Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is presently taking up a Master's degree at the Ateneo de Manila University.^{[citation needed]} In Late 2011, She was married to Gavin Lim.
 

Fernandez started her recording career as the lead vocalist of the acoustic group MYMP in 2003. She was signed on Ivory Records together with her bandmates Chin Alcantara and Mike Manahan. It was the trio of Alcantara, Fernandez and percussionist Mike Manahan that established the beachhead for M.Y.M.P.’s frontal assault on the sales and radio charts.

Their recording career started when Raymond Ryan, the station manager of iFM, watched their gig. Ryan met with a producer to produce their debut album, Soulful Acoustic. Ivory Records then became their recording company. M.Y.M.P.'s debut album was released on Ivory Music and Video's 20th anniversary. The band became famous with their original hit song "A Little Bit" (which won the People's Choice "Favorite Song" Award in Awit Awards 2004) andcover versions of Sting's "Every Little Thing" and Bob Marley's "Waiting in Vain".

The trio did click but M.Y.M.P. became a duo when one of their members decided to leave the group. Manahan left the band in 2003 due to what called “professional differences”

Alcantara and Fernandez continued as a duo and emerged together with Andrew and John as bassist and kahonista, respectively, as two more albums were released in a year. Beyond Acoustic and Versions, both 12-track albums, were declared certified Gold after less than a month.Their original hit song "Get Me", and covers "Tell Me Where It Hurts", "Kailan", "Especially for You" and "Eternal Flame", were later used as theme songs for TV series and commercial ads.

In early 2009, MYMP were regularly seen every Sunday on ABS-CBN's variety show ASAP's "Sessionistas" segment together with Nina, Aiza Seguerra, Sitti, Richard Poon and Duncan Ramos. In November 2009, it was announced that she was no longer with MYMP due to "irreconcilable differences". It was also stated that she had signed a recording contract with Star Records.^[1]