"Nandito Akó" (Tagalog for "I am here") is a Filipino song written by Aaron Paul del Rosario and originally sung by Ogie Alcasid in 1989.
The song was recorded by Lea Salonga in 1993, Mexican diva Thalía in 1997, Jeffrey Hidalgo in 2000, Sharon Cuneta along with Alcasid in 2006, David Archuleta in 2012, Noel Cabangon in 2014, and Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger in 2021.
Like the original, the song is sung in Tagalog and was released as the lead single from her Philippine album, Nandito Ako.
Thalia's version subsequently became a huge hit in the Philippines, along with her previous album En éxtasis, and it sold over 40,000, after 10 months of its release.
[2] A movie with the same title starring Kris Aquino and Phillip Salvador, directed by Jose "Kaka" Balagtas opened in theaters on 12 May 1994.