18-year old Filipino Youtube internet singing sensation, Charice Pemengco, is a rags to riches story similar to fellow Filipino singer Arnel Pineda who was discovered by the group Journey on Youtube, when the group was searching for a new lead signer.
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Charice officially launched her very 1st international album on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on May 11, where she also sang a duet with Justin Bieber. Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres discovered Charice after seeing her singing clips on Youtube, Oprah sky rocketed her career and hooked her up with legendary music producer David Foster. Oprah fulfilled one of Charice’s dreams and that was to meet Celine Dion, Charice got to do more than that and sung a duet at one of Celine’s concerts.
Even through all of this hectic scheduling and constant American and international touring, Charice still remains humble.
“It’s really hard to go international, so that’s why I’m not expecting it right now. I love the record, but I don’t know if it will go far,” A humble Charice told the New York Daily News.
Charice tells the Daily News how she was discovered and how everything started:
A guy named David in the Philippines — who I didn’t know at the time — posted one of my performances from the show on YouTube. I was singing “I Will Always Love You.” It got like a million hits. That’s why I got discovered for a Korean talent show. Then I was performing in Korea and David posted one of those on YouTube, and Ellen DeGeneres saw that and after a week I made it on her show. Then friends posted the show from Ellen, and I got on “Oprah.”
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