Biography
Arthur Bernard Dolino Lui Pio (born February 8, 1982 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipino musician, songwriter, and vocalist for the band Hale. The nickname of Arthur Bernard, which is Champ, came from his father's sheer delight of a local group called CHAMPOY, who won in a local singing competition the day before Champ was born. He studied elementary and highschool at Marymount School in Parañaque City and took up Human Resource Management in De La Salle University - College of Saint Benilde. He and his bandmates began their career on July 2004, signed up with EMI Records in November 2004, and released their self-titled debut album in May 2005. They currently have six hit singles under their belt: Broken Sonnet, The Day You Said Goodnight, Kahit Pa, Kung Wala Ka, Toll Gate, Blue Sky, and Waltz. The said debut album got a triple platinum award.

Trivia
• Champ has said in Myx Magazine that he and Hale would like to take a break after they release all the singles from Twilight.
• Champ sticks a sticker stating "FATE" on his guitar. This sticker was visible in the video of "Hide and Seek".
• Champ has the sticker of the "Iglesia Ni Cristo" flag on his guitar. This was visible in the video, "Broken Sonnet".
• Champ had a beard in the video "Hide and Seek" but it disappeared in the next Hale video, "Shooting Star".
• Champ is the son of multi-awarded composer Nonoy Tan.
• Hale is sponsored by Pony and they have made commercials for Smart and Nescafe.
• Hale was featured in the second issue of Myx Magazine alongside Kamikazee. The issue was fittingly titled "Band Love" because of the ending statement, "If there is a rivalry between us, trust us, it's all for show."
• Hale fans call themselves "Halers". They are widely known for their loyalty to the band. One fan even wrote an essay entitled "The Magnetism of Hale", excerpts of which were added into Hale's article in the second issue of Myx Magazine.
• Twilight turned gold a week after it was launched.
• While the second issue of Myx Magazine was entitled "Band Love", the main article where Hale and Kamikazee were featured was tentatively titled "The Day You Said Narda". It was a combination of Hale's "The Day You Said Goodnight" and Kamikazee's "Narda", both of which became the number one song in the Myx Yearend Countdown. Hale took the honor in 2005 while Kamikazee ruled the charts the next year.

From the Editor’s Desk
Wikipedia forgot to write in the trivia that I am a big fan of Hale and Champ. By the way, the first time I noticed Hale was when I heard their song The Day You Said Goodnight. Their theme suggests melancholiness which is evident in their songs and maybe this is one of the reasons why their songs attract teenagers and those who are young at heart. I never get tired of playing their songs over and over again and personally, one of my favorites is their song “Blue Sky.” The lines “Don’t you wash away that smile, just look at the window and see the light. It’s beautiful to be alive; it’s wonderful to live a life” are indeed inspiring. Anybody please give me a copy of their latest single, Twilight.