Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), popularly known によって the mononym Charice, is a Filipina recording artist and actress who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed によって Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she released her first international studio album, Charice in 2010. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number-eight, making Charice the first Asian singer in history to land in the 上, ページのトップへ 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart.
She released the single, "Pyramid", which featured singer, Iyaz. It became her most successful single to-date, charting within the 上, ページのトップへ 40 in a number of countries, and debuting on The Oprah Winfrey 表示する where she sang live vocals. Crossing over to 芝居 on television, she joined the cast of TV series glee/グリー as Sunshine Corazon. She has released a new lead single, "Before It Explodes", written によって Bruno Mars, from her upcoming yet-to-be-titled international sophomore studio album.
Early life
Pempengco was born in Laguna, Philippines.After barely escaping her violent father, Charice was raised によって her single mother, Raquel. To help support her family she began to enter 歌う contests at age seven, from town fiestas in various provinces to 歌う competitions on TV. She is 発言しました to have competed in almost a hundred such contests.
In 2005, Charice joined Little Big Star, a talent 表示する in the Philippines loosely patterned after American Idol. Eliminated after her first performance, she was called back as a wildcard contender and eventually became one of the finalists. Although she was a consistent 上, ページのトップへ scorer in the final rounds, she did not win the タイトル in the finale and only placed third.
Charice made minor appearances on local テレビ shows and commercials, but essentially fell off the radar after her stint at Little Big Star. It was not until 2007 that she gained worldwide recognition after an avid supporter under the ユーザー名 FalseVoice, started posting a series of her performance 動画 on YouTube. These 動画 received over 15 million hits.
Career
Discovery (2007–2008)
In June 2007, Ten Songs/Productions, a 音楽 publishing company in Sweden, invited Pempengco to a demo-recording after producers saw her videos. She recorded seven songs – six covers and an original song entitled "Amazing". She was then invited to the South Korean talent 表示する 星, つ星 King on its October 13, 2007 edition, she sang "And I Am Telling You" and a duet of "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun, from Super Junior.
After watching her 星, つ星 King performance on YouTube, Ellen DeGeneres extended an on-air invitation to Pempengco to guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She flew to the United States for the first time and performed two songs on the December 19, 2007 episode of the 表示する – "I Will Always 愛 You" and "And I Am Telling You". Following her American debut on Ellen, she made a 秒 appearance on 星, つ星 King as the "Most Requested Foreign Act" of the show. On its December 28 edition, she performed Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and sang a duet with singer Lena Park. In January 2008, she was invited to the Malacañang Palace where she performed for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
She returned to the international scene when she guested on the April 8 episode of The Paul O'Grady 表示する in London, England. Her self-titled Philippine debut album Charice was released in May 2008. The mini album, consisting of six songs and six backing tracks, was awarded ゴールド certification in the Philippines in October 2008. The album eventually achieved platinum status in 2009. Pempengco appeared on the May 12 edition of The Oprah Winfrey 表示する in an episode entitled the "World's Smartest Kids", where she performed Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing. After the show, Oprah Winfrey contacted David Foster to see what the legendary 音楽 producer could do for Pempengco.
She performed with Foster for the first time as one of the entertainers on the May 17 opening of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. She made her debut on the international コンサート stage in Foster's May 23 tribute concert, Hitman: David Foster and Friends, at the Mandalay ベイ, 湾 Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She performed a medley of songs from The Bodyguard as well as her standard, "And I Am Telling You".
A CD/DVD of the concert, including Pempengco's The Bodyguard medley, was released on November 11, 2008. The 表示する was aired several times on PBS and other public テレビ networks starting in December 2008 under the Great Performances banner. One of the singers at the コンサート was Pempengco's idol, Andrea Bocelli. Bocelli subsequently expressed interest in performing a duet with her[23] and personally invited her to be a guest on his birthday コンサート "The Cinema Tribute" held on July 20 at the Teatro del Silenzio in his hometown of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy. Aside from her solo performance, she sang a duet of "The Prayer" with the famous tenor in front of もっと見る than 8,000 people.
She was invited to perform for the Feyenoord's Centennial Anniversary in the Netherlands held on September 26. Before a crowd of about 50,000 football (soccer) fans, she sang the team's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone." When she guested on the "Dreams Come True" episode of The Oprah Winfrey 表示する on September 9, Oprah referred to her as "The Most Talented Girl in the World." She sang Celine Dion's "My ハート, 心 Will Go On" with David Foster on piano, after which Oprah surprised her with an appearance によって Celine Dion via satellite, who invited her to sing a special duet at New York City's Madison Square Garden as part of Dion's Taking Chances Tour.
She performed her promised duet with Celine Dion on September 15. They sang "Because あなた Loved Me," dedicated to Pempengco's mother. The performance received rave reviews in The New York Post and The New York Times. The duet was eventually featured on the September 19 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She would then perform at the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit コンサート at the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort. In November, she and David Foster guested on Good Morning America to promote Foster's tribute album, Hitman: David Foster and Friends. She performed The Bodyguard medley and "I Will Survive."
移動する to the United States (2009–2010)
In January 2009, Pempengco performed at two US presidential pre-inaugural events in Washington, D.C., namely the Martin Luther King Jr "Realizing The Dream" gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and at the "Pearl Presidential Inaugural Gala" at the Mandarin Hotel. In February, she performed at two post-Oscar award events: Oscar Night at Mr. Chow's and Oprah's Oscar After Party held in Kodak Theatre. She debuted a new original song entitled "Fingerprint" composed によって Robbie Nevil and produced によって David Foster. In April, she appeared in the season premiere of Ti lascio una canzone, an Italian musical variety 表示する televised from Teatro Ariston in the city of Sanremo. She performed "I Will Always 愛 You", "I Have Nothing", "The Prayer", and "Listen". Later that same month, she would go on to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of 57,000 baseball ファン during the Los Angeles Dodgers 52nd season ホーム opener at Dodger Stadium.
In May, she released her Philippine 秒 album entitled My Inspiration. The album consisted of 12 tracks, including "Always You" and a cover of Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World" performed as a duet with her mother. The album was certified ゴールド in the Philippines within two months after release, and then platinum in December 2009. Also in May, she would again perform at a David Foster and フレンズ コンサート held at the Mandalay ベイ, 湾 Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the May 18 episode "Finale: Oprah's 検索 for the World's Most Talented Kids" of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she debuted her first internationally released single "Note to God", written によって Diane Warren and produced によって David Foster. The single was made available for digital download on the same 日 and debuted at #24 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, #44 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, #9 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart and #35 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. Later that same month, she was again invited to sing at the Ti lascio una canzone 表示する as a special guest.
She staged her first major コンサート called: Charice: The Journey Begins on June 27 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Philippines to a sold-out crowd. Her guests included Christian Bautista, Kuh Ledesma and Little Big 星, つ星 finalists. On June 28, 2009, during her concert, Charice let the news slip about her planned duet with the legendary pop king, Michael Jackson. She explained that Michael's lawyer approached her and 発言しました Michael chose her to be his special guest on his tour. Michael had seen 動画 of Charice dancing to his songs and 発言しました right away, "I want this kid". When announcing this news, Charice 発言しました "Yesterday morning, we were all shocked によって the very sad news, the legendary pop singer Michael Jackson has gone away. Only two もっと見る weeks I was supposed to be with him on stage. We were going to perform Billie Jean." Pempengco contributed to two クリスマス albums in 2009. The first as David Archuleta's duet partner for the song "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in his クリスマス album entitled クリスマス from the Heart. The 秒 is a compilation クリスマス album entitled A Very Special クリスマス Volume 7 in which she contributed her own rendition of "The クリスマス Song". She was one of the headlining acts in the David Foster and フレンズ 10-City North American Tour that ran during the fall of 2009. She made a cameo appearance in her first feature film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, released in North America on December 23. She is also part of the official movie soundtrack with her rendition of "No One" によって Alicia Keys accompanied によって The Chipettes. Later in the month, she appeared on Singapore Idol's grand finale episode as a guest performer, where she performed two of her signature songs, The Bodyguard medley and "Note to God".
Charice (2010-2011)
Charice performing at the Toronto Eaton Centre in 2010
On January 23, 2010, she appeared on Io Canto, a renowned 歌う competition in Italy. She performed her standards plus an Italian お気に入り called "Adagio" (made 人気 によって Lara Fabian), in Italian. On January 31, she was featured as one of the musical acts on the NBC Sports program Silk Soy ミルク スケート for the Heart, a 表示する designed to raise awareness of ハート, 心 disease. She performed "Note to God" and debuted two new songs included in her debut album, "In This Song" and "Breathe Out" (later retitled as "Breathe あなた Out"). The album version and club remixes of her 秒 single, "Pyramid" (featuring Iyaz), from her international debut album were released on February 23, 2010 and March 2, 2010. Her self-titled international debut album with Reprise Records was released on May 11, 2010. On its first week, the album reached #8 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, making her the first Asian to enter the 上, ページのトップへ 10. On the same 日 as part of her album launching, she again made a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey 表示する along with another YouTube-discovered singer Justin Bieber. Pempengco's world-wide promotion of her album was shown in a 12-part mini-documentary entitled 30 Days with Charice, which was filmed によって Alloy TV and published at Teen.com. On June 22, Pempengco herself confirmed that she will 登録する the cast of the hit US テレビ series glee/グリー on its 秒 season. Later in the week, she released a promotional single entitled "Crescent Moon" in Japan. The single is an English rendition of the Japanese song "Mikazuki" によって Ayaka.
During the inauguration of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on June 30, 2010, she sang the Philippine national anthem in front of a crowd estimated at もっと見る than half a million. In July, she embarked on an album promotional tour of Asia covering Thailand, the Philippines, 日本 and South Korea. While in South Korea, she appeared on the 表示する 星, つ星 King for the third time. On September 7, the premiere of Glee's 秒 season was held in Hollywood with Pempengco in attendance. Cast in a recurring role, she plays an exchange student from the Philippines named Sunshine Corazon who presents serious competition against lead character Rachel Berry (played によって Lea Michele).[77] On November 30, she appeared on NBC's クリスマス in Rockefeller Center and performed two songs from her クリスマス EP, "Grown-Up クリスマス List" and "Jingle ベル Rock", with producer and mentor David Foster. In December, she became Operation Smile's official Smile Ambassador. She joins other celebrity Smile Ambassadors such as Jessica Simpson, Billy Bush, and Zachary Levi in the organization's global efforts of providing free surgeries to children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. On February 13, 2011, her very first テレビ musical special entitled Charice: ホーム for Valentine's was broadcasted on Philippine television's GMA 7 network. From February 21 to February 25, she embarked on her very first solo tour performing in four shows held at three different Zepp 音楽 halls in 日本 (Nagoya, two Tokyo dates, and Osaka).
Infinity (2011-present)
It was announced that she began to record new material for her upcoming sophomore international album. "Before It Explodes" was released as her comeback single, which was written によって Bruno Mars. The single was released on April 18, 2011. The following 日 after its release, another song, titled "One Day", was released on iTunes, which was co-written and co-produced によって Nick Jonas. "Louder", the 秒 single was released on May 20 which was bundled with another song, "Lost The Best Thing".
It was announced that her 秒 studio album, Infinity, will be released exclusively early in 日本 on October 5, 2011.
Musical influences
Charice has mentioned many times that she looks up to her mom as her 上, ページのトップへ musical influence. A former vocalist in a band, Charice's mom Raquel always practiced with her band and sung everywhere, throughout Charice's childhood. Jealous of her mother, Charice begged to be taught how to sing. Ever since then, at the tender age of 4, Charice began forming her voice to become the powerhouse it is today. Growing up, she listened to many types of 音楽 but mostly 音楽 from Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Destiny's Child. Aside from her mother, the two performers that Charice expresses much appreciation for are Lady Gaga and Beyonce. Charice has always 発言しました that she looks up to Lady Gaga and ビヨンセ for their attitude, fashion and their beautiful voices. One of her wishes is to work with both of them someday. Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion and Justin Timberlake are some other artists that Charice is a big ファン of. She has also mentioned that some artists she would 愛 to work with one 日 besides Lady Gaga and Beyonce, are Eminem, Dr. Dre, Chris Brown and NeYo. Charice has performed once with NeYo at the David Foster and フレンズ Special in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas back in October 2010. They performed "Earth Song" によって Michael Jackson.
Voice
In an ABC News interview, David Foster mentioned that she has the ability to mimic other people's voices, which, according to him, is a characteristic of good singers. In a separate interview, Josh Groban stated that Charice's voice is one of the most beautiful voices he has heard in a long time. The New York Post once called her a vocal prodigy for being able to sing 'big songs' even at her tender age. Ryan Murphy, the executive 音楽 producer of the hit US テレビ series Glee, said, "When that girl opens her mouth, 天使 fly out." Charice was recently featured in Oprah's bookazine, “Oprah’s Farewell Celebration: Inside 25 Extraordinary Years of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and is mentioned to have a "soaring soprano voice" and a "5-octave" voice. Charice released a new web series "30 Days With Charice", in early 2011 and on its 3rd episode, entitled "Charice On The Road : NYC" her manager Marc Johnston explained Charice's remarkable talent and extraordinary voice によって saying, "Vocally, she's probably the greatest female singer in the world right now...what other great vocalists are out there that can do what she's doing?". The highest note that Charice has sung in a live performance would be a G#5 in the song "One Moment In Time" in 2009, when Charice was only 17. The highest note in chest voice that she has hit would be a D6. Her vocal range would be generally classified as a mezzo soprano, but when in her upper register, her voice is classified as a "dramatic soprano". Her 動画 and songs on YouTube now have over 300 million 閲覧数 altogether.
Awards and recognition
Charice's 星, つ星 in the Eastwood City Walk of Fame, the Philippine equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
3rd Place – Little Big 星, つ星 Big Division, Season 1, Philippines
Most Requested Foreign Act of 2007 – StarKing, South Korea
Most Memorable Moment of 2007 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show, USA
Pinoy World Class Talent – 20th 年 Anniversary of the 音楽 Museum, 2008, Philippines
Key To The City of Rotterdam – Mayor Ivo Opstelten, 2008, The Netherlands
Best New Female Recording Artist – Aliw Awards, 2008, Philippines
First Standing Ovation on the Paul O Grady 表示する - Paul O' Grady 表示する 2008, England
Best New Female Artist 2008 - ALIW Awards : Philippines
Newsmaker of the 年 2008, 2009 and 2010 – Balitang America, USA
People of the 年 2008 – People Asia Magazine, 2009, Philippines
Plaque of Recognition – The Spirit of EDSA Foundation, 2009, Philippines
Special Citation Award – MYX 音楽 Awards 2009, Philippines
National Newsmaker of the 年 2008 – Ateneo de Davao 大学 TAO Awards, 2009, Philippines
Outstanding Global Achievement – 40th Box Office Entertainment Awards (Guillermo Awards), 2009, Philippines
Best Selling Album of the 年 - 22nd Awit Awards, 2009, Philippines
Best Musical Performance of 2009 – The Oprah Winfrey Show, USA
Person of the 年 for 2009 – Philnews.com, Philippines
MDWK Magazine's 上, ページのトップへ Newsmakers of 2009 – Asian Journal's MDWK Magazine, Philippines
Fun, Fearless Female Award – Cosmopolitan Magazine Philippines, 2010
21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors (Number 4) – Billboard, 2010 USA
アイコン of Tomorrow – J-14 Magazine, 2010 USA
BPInoy Award: Outstanding Filipino – Bank of the Philippine Islands, 2010 Philippines
Best Inspirational または Religious Song (for "Always You") - 23nd Awit Awards, 2010, Philippines
Number 4 in Yahoo!'s 2010 Most Irresistible Lyrics for 'Pyramid' – Yahoo!, 2010
Number 7 in Reader's Choice お気に入り Album of 2010: 'Charice' - Billboard
Number 17 in Best Dance Club Songs of 2010: 'Pyramid' – Billboard
Number 56 in Billboard's Hot 100 Songs of 2010 : 'Pyramid" - Billboard
Number 8 in Billboard's 上, ページのトップへ 200 Album Chart : 'Charice' - Billboard
Number 4 in Canadian Album Chart of 2010 : 'Charice'
Number 1 in Billboard's Dance/Club Songs of 2010 : 'Pyramid'
Number 32 in Billboard's Digital Songs : 'Pyramid'
Number 58 in European Hot 100 : 'Pyramid'
Number 4 in 日本 Hot 100 Songs : 'Pyramid'
Number 41 in Canadian Hot 100 : 'Pyramid'
Number 15 in AOL 音楽 Video : 'Pyramid'
Number 1 in Yahoo's 音楽 動画 : 'Pyramid'
Number 59 in 日本 Hot 100 Songs of 2010: 'Pyramid' – Billboard
J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 Award: Best New Artist - J-Wave Radio, 2011, Japan
Female コンサート Performer of the 年 - 42nd Box-Office Entertainment Awards, 2011, Philippines
Number 11 in US Weekly's Hottest glee/グリー Guests 一覧 : February 2011, [USA]
Number 7 in Entertainment Weekly - {USA, 2011
BPinoy Award - Philippines
Womanity Award Winner - Entertainment : Female Network's Womanity Awards
Number 2 in Hottest Girl Chart : August 2011 issue of J-14 Magazine
Coolest Female Singer Award : Yahoo OMG Awards Philippines
She released the single, "Pyramid", which featured singer, Iyaz. It became her most successful single to-date, charting within the 上, ページのトップへ 40 in a number of countries, and debuting on The Oprah Winfrey 表示する where she sang live vocals. Crossing over to 芝居 on television, she joined the cast of TV series glee/グリー as Sunshine Corazon. She has released a new lead single, "Before It Explodes", written によって Bruno Mars, from her upcoming yet-to-be-titled international sophomore studio album.
Early life
Pempengco was born in Laguna, Philippines.After barely escaping her violent father, Charice was raised によって her single mother, Raquel. To help support her family she began to enter 歌う contests at age seven, from town fiestas in various provinces to 歌う competitions on TV. She is 発言しました to have competed in almost a hundred such contests.
In 2005, Charice joined Little Big Star, a talent 表示する in the Philippines loosely patterned after American Idol. Eliminated after her first performance, she was called back as a wildcard contender and eventually became one of the finalists. Although she was a consistent 上, ページのトップへ scorer in the final rounds, she did not win the タイトル in the finale and only placed third.
Charice made minor appearances on local テレビ shows and commercials, but essentially fell off the radar after her stint at Little Big Star. It was not until 2007 that she gained worldwide recognition after an avid supporter under the ユーザー名 FalseVoice, started posting a series of her performance 動画 on YouTube. These 動画 received over 15 million hits.
Career
Discovery (2007–2008)
In June 2007, Ten Songs/Productions, a 音楽 publishing company in Sweden, invited Pempengco to a demo-recording after producers saw her videos. She recorded seven songs – six covers and an original song entitled "Amazing". She was then invited to the South Korean talent 表示する 星, つ星 King on its October 13, 2007 edition, she sang "And I Am Telling You" and a duet of "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun, from Super Junior.
After watching her 星, つ星 King performance on YouTube, Ellen DeGeneres extended an on-air invitation to Pempengco to guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She flew to the United States for the first time and performed two songs on the December 19, 2007 episode of the 表示する – "I Will Always 愛 You" and "And I Am Telling You". Following her American debut on Ellen, she made a 秒 appearance on 星, つ星 King as the "Most Requested Foreign Act" of the show. On its December 28 edition, she performed Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and sang a duet with singer Lena Park. In January 2008, she was invited to the Malacañang Palace where she performed for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
She returned to the international scene when she guested on the April 8 episode of The Paul O'Grady 表示する in London, England. Her self-titled Philippine debut album Charice was released in May 2008. The mini album, consisting of six songs and six backing tracks, was awarded ゴールド certification in the Philippines in October 2008. The album eventually achieved platinum status in 2009. Pempengco appeared on the May 12 edition of The Oprah Winfrey 表示する in an episode entitled the "World's Smartest Kids", where she performed Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing. After the show, Oprah Winfrey contacted David Foster to see what the legendary 音楽 producer could do for Pempengco.
She performed with Foster for the first time as one of the entertainers on the May 17 opening of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. She made her debut on the international コンサート stage in Foster's May 23 tribute concert, Hitman: David Foster and Friends, at the Mandalay ベイ, 湾 Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She performed a medley of songs from The Bodyguard as well as her standard, "And I Am Telling You".
A CD/DVD of the concert, including Pempengco's The Bodyguard medley, was released on November 11, 2008. The 表示する was aired several times on PBS and other public テレビ networks starting in December 2008 under the Great Performances banner. One of the singers at the コンサート was Pempengco's idol, Andrea Bocelli. Bocelli subsequently expressed interest in performing a duet with her[23] and personally invited her to be a guest on his birthday コンサート "The Cinema Tribute" held on July 20 at the Teatro del Silenzio in his hometown of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy. Aside from her solo performance, she sang a duet of "The Prayer" with the famous tenor in front of もっと見る than 8,000 people.
She was invited to perform for the Feyenoord's Centennial Anniversary in the Netherlands held on September 26. Before a crowd of about 50,000 football (soccer) fans, she sang the team's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone." When she guested on the "Dreams Come True" episode of The Oprah Winfrey 表示する on September 9, Oprah referred to her as "The Most Talented Girl in the World." She sang Celine Dion's "My ハート, 心 Will Go On" with David Foster on piano, after which Oprah surprised her with an appearance によって Celine Dion via satellite, who invited her to sing a special duet at New York City's Madison Square Garden as part of Dion's Taking Chances Tour.
She performed her promised duet with Celine Dion on September 15. They sang "Because あなた Loved Me," dedicated to Pempengco's mother. The performance received rave reviews in The New York Post and The New York Times. The duet was eventually featured on the September 19 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She would then perform at the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit コンサート at the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort. In November, she and David Foster guested on Good Morning America to promote Foster's tribute album, Hitman: David Foster and Friends. She performed The Bodyguard medley and "I Will Survive."
移動する to the United States (2009–2010)
In January 2009, Pempengco performed at two US presidential pre-inaugural events in Washington, D.C., namely the Martin Luther King Jr "Realizing The Dream" gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and at the "Pearl Presidential Inaugural Gala" at the Mandarin Hotel. In February, she performed at two post-Oscar award events: Oscar Night at Mr. Chow's and Oprah's Oscar After Party held in Kodak Theatre. She debuted a new original song entitled "Fingerprint" composed によって Robbie Nevil and produced によって David Foster. In April, she appeared in the season premiere of Ti lascio una canzone, an Italian musical variety 表示する televised from Teatro Ariston in the city of Sanremo. She performed "I Will Always 愛 You", "I Have Nothing", "The Prayer", and "Listen". Later that same month, she would go on to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of 57,000 baseball ファン during the Los Angeles Dodgers 52nd season ホーム opener at Dodger Stadium.
In May, she released her Philippine 秒 album entitled My Inspiration. The album consisted of 12 tracks, including "Always You" and a cover of Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World" performed as a duet with her mother. The album was certified ゴールド in the Philippines within two months after release, and then platinum in December 2009. Also in May, she would again perform at a David Foster and フレンズ コンサート held at the Mandalay ベイ, 湾 Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the May 18 episode "Finale: Oprah's 検索 for the World's Most Talented Kids" of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she debuted her first internationally released single "Note to God", written によって Diane Warren and produced によって David Foster. The single was made available for digital download on the same 日 and debuted at #24 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, #44 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, #9 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart and #35 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. Later that same month, she was again invited to sing at the Ti lascio una canzone 表示する as a special guest.
She staged her first major コンサート called: Charice: The Journey Begins on June 27 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Philippines to a sold-out crowd. Her guests included Christian Bautista, Kuh Ledesma and Little Big 星, つ星 finalists. On June 28, 2009, during her concert, Charice let the news slip about her planned duet with the legendary pop king, Michael Jackson. She explained that Michael's lawyer approached her and 発言しました Michael chose her to be his special guest on his tour. Michael had seen 動画 of Charice dancing to his songs and 発言しました right away, "I want this kid". When announcing this news, Charice 発言しました "Yesterday morning, we were all shocked によって the very sad news, the legendary pop singer Michael Jackson has gone away. Only two もっと見る weeks I was supposed to be with him on stage. We were going to perform Billie Jean." Pempengco contributed to two クリスマス albums in 2009. The first as David Archuleta's duet partner for the song "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in his クリスマス album entitled クリスマス from the Heart. The 秒 is a compilation クリスマス album entitled A Very Special クリスマス Volume 7 in which she contributed her own rendition of "The クリスマス Song". She was one of the headlining acts in the David Foster and フレンズ 10-City North American Tour that ran during the fall of 2009. She made a cameo appearance in her first feature film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, released in North America on December 23. She is also part of the official movie soundtrack with her rendition of "No One" によって Alicia Keys accompanied によって The Chipettes. Later in the month, she appeared on Singapore Idol's grand finale episode as a guest performer, where she performed two of her signature songs, The Bodyguard medley and "Note to God".
Charice (2010-2011)
Charice performing at the Toronto Eaton Centre in 2010
On January 23, 2010, she appeared on Io Canto, a renowned 歌う competition in Italy. She performed her standards plus an Italian お気に入り called "Adagio" (made 人気 によって Lara Fabian), in Italian. On January 31, she was featured as one of the musical acts on the NBC Sports program Silk Soy ミルク スケート for the Heart, a 表示する designed to raise awareness of ハート, 心 disease. She performed "Note to God" and debuted two new songs included in her debut album, "In This Song" and "Breathe Out" (later retitled as "Breathe あなた Out"). The album version and club remixes of her 秒 single, "Pyramid" (featuring Iyaz), from her international debut album were released on February 23, 2010 and March 2, 2010. Her self-titled international debut album with Reprise Records was released on May 11, 2010. On its first week, the album reached #8 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, making her the first Asian to enter the 上, ページのトップへ 10. On the same 日 as part of her album launching, she again made a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey 表示する along with another YouTube-discovered singer Justin Bieber. Pempengco's world-wide promotion of her album was shown in a 12-part mini-documentary entitled 30 Days with Charice, which was filmed によって Alloy TV and published at Teen.com. On June 22, Pempengco herself confirmed that she will 登録する the cast of the hit US テレビ series glee/グリー on its 秒 season. Later in the week, she released a promotional single entitled "Crescent Moon" in Japan. The single is an English rendition of the Japanese song "Mikazuki" によって Ayaka.
During the inauguration of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on June 30, 2010, she sang the Philippine national anthem in front of a crowd estimated at もっと見る than half a million. In July, she embarked on an album promotional tour of Asia covering Thailand, the Philippines, 日本 and South Korea. While in South Korea, she appeared on the 表示する 星, つ星 King for the third time. On September 7, the premiere of Glee's 秒 season was held in Hollywood with Pempengco in attendance. Cast in a recurring role, she plays an exchange student from the Philippines named Sunshine Corazon who presents serious competition against lead character Rachel Berry (played によって Lea Michele).[77] On November 30, she appeared on NBC's クリスマス in Rockefeller Center and performed two songs from her クリスマス EP, "Grown-Up クリスマス List" and "Jingle ベル Rock", with producer and mentor David Foster. In December, she became Operation Smile's official Smile Ambassador. She joins other celebrity Smile Ambassadors such as Jessica Simpson, Billy Bush, and Zachary Levi in the organization's global efforts of providing free surgeries to children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. On February 13, 2011, her very first テレビ musical special entitled Charice: ホーム for Valentine's was broadcasted on Philippine television's GMA 7 network. From February 21 to February 25, she embarked on her very first solo tour performing in four shows held at three different Zepp 音楽 halls in 日本 (Nagoya, two Tokyo dates, and Osaka).
Infinity (2011-present)
It was announced that she began to record new material for her upcoming sophomore international album. "Before It Explodes" was released as her comeback single, which was written によって Bruno Mars. The single was released on April 18, 2011. The following 日 after its release, another song, titled "One Day", was released on iTunes, which was co-written and co-produced によって Nick Jonas. "Louder", the 秒 single was released on May 20 which was bundled with another song, "Lost The Best Thing".
It was announced that her 秒 studio album, Infinity, will be released exclusively early in 日本 on October 5, 2011.
Musical influences
Charice has mentioned many times that she looks up to her mom as her 上, ページのトップへ musical influence. A former vocalist in a band, Charice's mom Raquel always practiced with her band and sung everywhere, throughout Charice's childhood. Jealous of her mother, Charice begged to be taught how to sing. Ever since then, at the tender age of 4, Charice began forming her voice to become the powerhouse it is today. Growing up, she listened to many types of 音楽 but mostly 音楽 from Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Destiny's Child. Aside from her mother, the two performers that Charice expresses much appreciation for are Lady Gaga and Beyonce. Charice has always 発言しました that she looks up to Lady Gaga and ビヨンセ for their attitude, fashion and their beautiful voices. One of her wishes is to work with both of them someday. Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion and Justin Timberlake are some other artists that Charice is a big ファン of. She has also mentioned that some artists she would 愛 to work with one 日 besides Lady Gaga and Beyonce, are Eminem, Dr. Dre, Chris Brown and NeYo. Charice has performed once with NeYo at the David Foster and フレンズ Special in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas back in October 2010. They performed "Earth Song" によって Michael Jackson.
Voice
In an ABC News interview, David Foster mentioned that she has the ability to mimic other people's voices, which, according to him, is a characteristic of good singers. In a separate interview, Josh Groban stated that Charice's voice is one of the most beautiful voices he has heard in a long time. The New York Post once called her a vocal prodigy for being able to sing 'big songs' even at her tender age. Ryan Murphy, the executive 音楽 producer of the hit US テレビ series Glee, said, "When that girl opens her mouth, 天使 fly out." Charice was recently featured in Oprah's bookazine, “Oprah’s Farewell Celebration: Inside 25 Extraordinary Years of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and is mentioned to have a "soaring soprano voice" and a "5-octave" voice. Charice released a new web series "30 Days With Charice", in early 2011 and on its 3rd episode, entitled "Charice On The Road : NYC" her manager Marc Johnston explained Charice's remarkable talent and extraordinary voice によって saying, "Vocally, she's probably the greatest female singer in the world right now...what other great vocalists are out there that can do what she's doing?". The highest note that Charice has sung in a live performance would be a G#5 in the song "One Moment In Time" in 2009, when Charice was only 17. The highest note in chest voice that she has hit would be a D6. Her vocal range would be generally classified as a mezzo soprano, but when in her upper register, her voice is classified as a "dramatic soprano". Her 動画 and songs on YouTube now have over 300 million 閲覧数 altogether.
Awards and recognition
Charice's 星, つ星 in the Eastwood City Walk of Fame, the Philippine equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
3rd Place – Little Big 星, つ星 Big Division, Season 1, Philippines
Most Requested Foreign Act of 2007 – StarKing, South Korea
Most Memorable Moment of 2007 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show, USA
Pinoy World Class Talent – 20th 年 Anniversary of the 音楽 Museum, 2008, Philippines
Key To The City of Rotterdam – Mayor Ivo Opstelten, 2008, The Netherlands
Best New Female Recording Artist – Aliw Awards, 2008, Philippines
First Standing Ovation on the Paul O Grady 表示する - Paul O' Grady 表示する 2008, England
Best New Female Artist 2008 - ALIW Awards : Philippines
Newsmaker of the 年 2008, 2009 and 2010 – Balitang America, USA
People of the 年 2008 – People Asia Magazine, 2009, Philippines
Plaque of Recognition – The Spirit of EDSA Foundation, 2009, Philippines
Special Citation Award – MYX 音楽 Awards 2009, Philippines
National Newsmaker of the 年 2008 – Ateneo de Davao 大学 TAO Awards, 2009, Philippines
Outstanding Global Achievement – 40th Box Office Entertainment Awards (Guillermo Awards), 2009, Philippines
Best Selling Album of the 年 - 22nd Awit Awards, 2009, Philippines
Best Musical Performance of 2009 – The Oprah Winfrey Show, USA
Person of the 年 for 2009 – Philnews.com, Philippines
MDWK Magazine's 上, ページのトップへ Newsmakers of 2009 – Asian Journal's MDWK Magazine, Philippines
Fun, Fearless Female Award – Cosmopolitan Magazine Philippines, 2010
21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors (Number 4) – Billboard, 2010 USA
アイコン of Tomorrow – J-14 Magazine, 2010 USA
BPInoy Award: Outstanding Filipino – Bank of the Philippine Islands, 2010 Philippines
Best Inspirational または Religious Song (for "Always You") - 23nd Awit Awards, 2010, Philippines
Number 4 in Yahoo!'s 2010 Most Irresistible Lyrics for 'Pyramid' – Yahoo!, 2010
Number 7 in Reader's Choice お気に入り Album of 2010: 'Charice' - Billboard
Number 17 in Best Dance Club Songs of 2010: 'Pyramid' – Billboard
Number 56 in Billboard's Hot 100 Songs of 2010 : 'Pyramid" - Billboard
Number 8 in Billboard's 上, ページのトップへ 200 Album Chart : 'Charice' - Billboard
Number 4 in Canadian Album Chart of 2010 : 'Charice'
Number 1 in Billboard's Dance/Club Songs of 2010 : 'Pyramid'
Number 32 in Billboard's Digital Songs : 'Pyramid'
Number 58 in European Hot 100 : 'Pyramid'
Number 4 in 日本 Hot 100 Songs : 'Pyramid'
Number 41 in Canadian Hot 100 : 'Pyramid'
Number 15 in AOL 音楽 Video : 'Pyramid'
Number 1 in Yahoo's 音楽 動画 : 'Pyramid'
Number 59 in 日本 Hot 100 Songs of 2010: 'Pyramid' – Billboard
J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 Award: Best New Artist - J-Wave Radio, 2011, Japan
Female コンサート Performer of the 年 - 42nd Box-Office Entertainment Awards, 2011, Philippines
Number 11 in US Weekly's Hottest glee/グリー Guests 一覧 : February 2011, [USA]
Number 7 in Entertainment Weekly - {USA, 2011
BPinoy Award - Philippines
Womanity Award Winner - Entertainment : Female Network's Womanity Awards
Number 2 in Hottest Girl Chart : August 2011 issue of J-14 Magazine
Coolest Female Singer Award : Yahoo OMG Awards Philippines
