Welcome once again to ‘Charice Music Industry 101: Music Charts Explained’, and many thanks again for the comments and opinions that you’ve posted to date. This week’s installment, ‘What a Top 40 Hit Actually Means,’ looks at the consequences of actually achieving the goal of getting a single into the Top 40. Read the full story

Charice’s mesmeric rise in the international music world threatens to see the teenager surpass the Philippine’s musical queen, Lea Salonga, as the nation’s most significant international female artist.

The success that the Laguna-born 18-year-old has enjoyed over the past two years is the source of an immense sense of pride for Filpinos, so much so that Salonga’s 22-year reign as the Philippine’s biggest international music icon seems to be coming to an end. Read the full story

Billboard.com put Charice, GLEE’s Sunshine Corazon, on the hot seat as she answered viewer questions LIVE. Here are some of the highlights of the 30-minute affair, which tackled her career plans, her personal life,  her rumored romance with American Idol runner-up David Archuleta, and her new chic hairstyle! Read the full story

Charice’s Week in Review is a Weekly Series on CM to help you follow Charice’s hectic schedule. Each Monday, we will post a concise review of the past week’s events. We realize many Chasters: have limited time, or may miss something good with so many Charice events to follow. Think of this as medicine for Chadiction. Read the full story

You can easily be forgiven. It’s not exactly the first topic to come up at dinner and let’s face it, most of us haven’t given it a second thought. But for those in the music industry it is an important aspect to their careers. What am I talking about? Well, the music charts! Read the full story

Charice’s Week in Review is a Weekly Series on CM to help you follow Charice’s hectic schedule. Each Monday, we will post a concise review of the past week’s events. We realize many Chasters: have limited time, or may miss something good with so many Charice events to follow. Think of this as medicine for Chadiction. Read the full story

Three weeks ago, Charice outdid Beyonce’s original version of “Listen” when her cover of the same song charted higher in the Billboard Hot 100. It’s a good thing Glee decided to release her amazing performance as a single immediately after the episode’s airing since this is actually Charice’s highest charting solo entry to the Billboard Hot 100 chart at no. 38 (her hit, “Pyramid” peaked at no.1 in the Billboard Dance chart); while her “Telephone” duet with Glee co-star, Lea Michele, charted at no. 23. Read the full story

Charice’s Week in Review is a Weekly Series on CM to help you follow Charice’s hectic schedule. Each Monday, we will post a concise review of the past week’s events. We realize many Chasters: have limited time, or may miss something good with so many Charice events to follow. Think of this as medicine for Chadiction. Read the full story

Charice’s Week in Review is a Weekly Series on CM to help you follow Charice’s hectic schedule. Each Monday, we will post a concise review of the past week’s events. We realize many Chasters: have limited time, or may miss something good with so many Charice events to follow. Think of this as medicine for Chadiction. Read the full story

Music’s Hottest Minors Under 21 – They’re young, they’re on a white-hot winning streak, and most importantly, they’re just getting started: These are Billboard.com’s “21 Under 21,” selected not only for their tender age but also for their potential to rule the pop culture zeitgeist over the next 12 months. Read the full story

Charice soared – then shot up like a rocket – and with Glee will go into “hyperdrive.” So, lets get our bearings as we approach 21 September. We will start by reviewing Billboard and other major sales Charts. In addition to her #1 dance hit, Pyramid, Charice made Billboard history as the first Asian to have a Top10 album on the prestigious US Billboard200 Chart. Read the full story

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Filipina singing prodigy Charice Pempengco has a long-term plan that involves a different stage than the ones she has occupied since Oprah Winfrey dubbed her the “most talented girl in the world.”

Since Oprah featured Pempengco, known simply as Charice, on her talk show in 2008, the pop singer’s profile has grown Read the full story

Charice’s Pyramid Music Video debuted at #1 on Billboard Yahoo Music Videos this week ahead of Miley Cyrus’ Can’t be tamed and Lady Gaga’s Alejandro. Her album also climbed from 173rd  to 139th spot, 34 spots rise from previous weeks. Read the full story

Pop sensation Charice knows a good song when she hears it and for this week’s Mashup Monday, the 18-year-old Filipina goes Country with a heartfelt vocals-and-acoustic-guitar cover of Shania Twain’s 1997 song “You’re Still The One.”

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18 year old Filipina singer, Charice Pempengco enters the Billboard 200 Albums at No. 8, after selling 43,000 copies of her self titled US debut album. The 18 year old vocal powerhouse visited both “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and QVC last week. Read the full story

Few people ever get the rare chance of launching an international album on The Oprah Winfrey Show. But then Charice is a rare artist gifted with an unbelievable voice. Last May 11, a day after her birthday, Charice debuted her first self-titled international album at Oprah’s show. Performing the Billboard chart-topping dance single Pyramid with singer/rapper Iyaz and the legendary David Foster on piano, Charice’s command of the stage and her stunning delivery shows that she has turned into one of the music industry’s outstanding performers. As proof, more than 3 million fans have watched her videos on You Tube and her single Pyramid and album Charice are quickly taking the world by storm. Read the full story