What is "salamat"

Salamat is the word for "Thank You" in many Filipino languages, including Tagalog, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon. It most likely comes from the triliteral Semitic root S-L-M, due to Arabs who roamed the area. In its Arabic form سلامات, it is also used as a greeting in many Arabic cultures.

Salamat is the debut album of the Filipina singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino. It was released on January 6, 2007 through Dream Big Productions and Star Records. It reached its Gold status in February of the same year and reached 3x Platinum. It remains Constantino's best-selling album to date, with sales of (over 90,000 copies sold) in the Philippines, as of June 2013. This album have five number ones, the only female artist in the Philippines with the most number one hits in 2007. And the album produce six top ten hits.

The album has 10 tracks. 7 were originally composed by Yeng, 2 were written by her co-scholars in Pinoy Dream Academy and one is a rendition of Freddie Aguilar's OPM classic, "Bulag, Pipi at Bingi". It was followed by her second album titled "Journey".

Four songs from this album was used as the title for Your Song episodes it was Cool Off, Pangarap Lang, Salamat, If We Fall In Love featuring Rj Jeminez.

"Salamat" ("Thank you") is a song released by the Filipino rock band The Dawn in 1989. It was the lead single on their third album Beyond the Bend. It was written by Teddy Diaz, JB Leonor, Jett Pangan and Carlos Balcells. On its instrumental break, the guitar solo was played by Teddy Diaz.

The song had SMB running in its veins from conception: Erwin Castillo calls it "an inspired collaboration among The Dawn, our writer Bonnie Melocoton, and our producers." The song's chords were D, G, B minor and A except for its refrain and instrumental break. The song's original music video features their new Japanese guitarist Atsushi Matsuura.

David Gonzales of Allmusic commented: "It starts with a mysterious-sounding chord progression played on keyboards; a fiery guitar line explodes and the song becomes a fast-paced, tuneful outing, punctuated by spirited keyboard and guitar lines. The song also contains an interlude where a searing guitar solo is played over hard-edged guitar chords."

It was re-recorded by the Dawn in 2001 for their first album since 1994, Prodigal Sun.