China is a huge market for Charice to conquer with 1/4 of the world’s population and Charice is slowly but surely making her way in with this brief interview at Estar TV (and Sisy’s World News a couple of weeks ago). Estar TV is a very popular show in Taiwan and Hong Kong Continue Reading

Charice, by any other name, sounds just as sweet.

Do you know how “Charice” is written in another language?  For example, in Japan, she is known as “シャリース” or Sharisu.  Do you know how her name is written in Russian or Arabic or Hebrew or any other language other than English?  If you do, help us in compiling a list of her name in different languages! Continue Reading

LOS ANGELES — When we interviewed director Ryan Murphy in Cancun, Mexico about “Eat Pray Love,” his film with Julia Roberts, we grabbed the chance to ask him how he came to cast Charice Pempengco in his hit TV show “Glee.”

“I knew of Charice because she was on ‘Oprah,’” began Ryan, casual in an all-white outfit in a Ritz Carlton meeting room with a stunning view of the Yucatan Peninsula coastline. Continue Reading

JULY 29 UPDATE: Not Most People Series: Interview With Charice added.

David Foster, the man behind voices like Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Michael Buble, says “it cannot NOT happen for her”. Dubbed as “The Voice” in the music industry, she has been featured at least five times in Oprah, and has traveled to Korea, to Italy, to Sweden, and more, just so those who are into music can have the opportunity to hear her sing live. Continue Reading

Young starlet Charice set to take on the world after being noticed on Youtube.

Charice Pempengco is every bit a songstress diva. She hummed a few melodies here and there to fill the void during our interview, and upon request to sing a Happy Birthday tune for a local magazine, Pempengco, better known as Charice, had no qualms. She immediately stood up and rendered a most beautiful version of a frequently heard song with wild hand gestures and strong facial expressions. Continue Reading

Japan has an affluent and modern society with a population of about 127 million people.  Many Westerners do not realize it, but Japan boasts the world’s second-largest pop music market–right after the United States, representing almost 20% of total worldwide sales. A full priced new CD album costs between JPyen 2,500 (US$23) and 3,000 (US$28). A total of 461.9 million song downloads were sold in Japan in 2009. So if you are in the business of selling music then Japan is one of your major markets and should not be overlooked. Continue Reading

BGM (Boys & Girls love Music) meets Philippine Star girl Charice

SBS’s show Star King has featured the surprising explosive singing of a young Filipino girl. Don’t you remember? The girl’s name is Charice Pempengco (Sharice Pempingko). After the market success of her debut album in the U.S. Billboard charts, she is now becoming a star and is back in Korea. Continue Reading

AUGUST 30 – FULL VIDEO SET LIST & BACKSTAGE PHOTOS NOW ADDED. CBS Radio Las Vegas’ 98.5 KLUC and 1140AM KYDZ Radio presents the End of Summer Block Party at the Henderson Pavilion featuring CHARICE and other performers. This end of the summer concert is for all ages and will feature Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush and will be hosted by Meaghan Martin from Disney’s “Camp Rock” movie and include other performances by H*Wood, The Stunners, The Fulco Family and Charice sponsored by Robert Wayne Footwear and City of Henderson (Nevada).  Continue Reading

August 02 UPDATE ENDLESS LOVE, PYRAMID & LISTEN VIDEOS ADDED
Charice who was in South Korea last week, tweeted about recording “Endless Love” with K.Will for a new music show program called “The MUZIT.” Kim Hyung-Soo, better known by his stage name K.Will is a popular South Korean ballad singer who was recently cast as the main emcee for the music show. Charice also performed two other songs including “Listen” as well as her hit single “Pyramid.” Continue Reading

July 31 – Charice performed on a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, California, at the Grammy Block Party fundraiser to benefit the MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief fund. Charice performed three songs: Pyramid, In This Song and Reset. Continue Reading

Album Review from South Africa, Tonight Entertainment Guide.

Currently riding high on world charts with her first single, the anthemic love song Pyramid, 18-year-old Charice, originally from the Philippines and now based in the US, is officially the first Asian in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart. Continue Reading

August 1 UPDATE: WOODYTALK VIDEOS ADDED

Charice was warmly welcomed upon her arrival at the airport. Thai Fans were there to show support for Charice who sang a bit of Happy Birthday song. She headed to a Press Interview at Pullman Hotel and recorded for a Thai TV Program: Woodytalk.

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JULY 30 UPDATE: Pocketbook edition is now available for download.

We would like to show our love and support for our dear Princess Charice. Team Charicemania would like to start by dedicating this page just to give her one message: We Love You Charice!

Chasters, you are all welcome to comment, please limit your message to only one sentence. Charice is so busy but we would try to reach out to her to read all our messages. Please understand that long comments or messages are subject to editing or will be deleted or the off-topic ones. Continue Reading