MANILA – Charice continues to make waves in the international music scene and inevitably, she is now being regarded as one who brings world-class honor to our country.

Recently, she also appeared in the Hollywood flick “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel,” where she appeared as herself and sang Alicia Keys’ “No One” Read the full story

MANILA – Terrific! And I say that after watching the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel this afternoon, 12 January 2010, at Walter Mart in the City of Calamba, birthplace of the National Hero of the Philippines, international genius Jose Rizal, the same town where quite a few years ago Charice won some cash Read the full story

The accolades grow as Charice once again makes the list of Top 10 Biggest Entertainment Events in 2009 according to abs-cbnnews.com, recognizing her accomplishments in the international music scene along with Arnel Pineda and Rhap Salazar.

A summary of recent announcements in just the past few days include: Philnews.com Person of the Year Read the full story

MANILA, Philippines—It’s the year of Charice Pempengco.

Early this week, the 17-year-old Filipino singing sensation learned that she topped an online poll of thousands of followers of TV host/entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey, via the website oprah.com. Read the full story

A whopping 70 percent of you voted for the 17-year-old singing sensation’s performance of her first single, “Note to God.” The Black Eyed Peas kickoff party performance came in second with only 9 percent of the vote. Charice had a big year in 2009, recording her first album, performing on tour with David Foster & Friends and appearing in her first film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Read the full story

David Archuleta recalls when his parents called him to tell him to watch a story on Oprah about this girl named Charice. He said, “it was amazing to hear her story and her voice! She seriously has one of the best voices I’ve heard in a long time, and I had chills Read the full story

At the Fish & Co. restaurant at Shangri-La Plaza last Thursday, November 26, a video was shown of renowned musicians performing in jampacked venues. Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne, Rihanna and Celine Dion were all shown using Sennheiser microphones—the same brand that Filipina singer Charice is now endorsing. Read the full story

Charice is competing with Whitney Houston, The Black Eyed Peas, Michael Buble. Journey, James Taylor and others for Best Show Musical Performance 2009 in the Oprah Winfrey show.  Oprah nominated Charice on the strength of her performance of Note to God,which reached the top 10 and raced to the top 10 downloadable songs on iTunes and amazon.com after the song debuted on the show. Read the full story

Charice seems to be everywhere these days.  Here she is appearing on the UKG Morning Show being interviewed and singing “Note to God” to a very receptive audience.  Charice continues to be ever so humble and giving credit to those responsible for her United States success – David Foster, Warner Bros. and of course, Oprah Winfrey. Read the full story

Charice debuted her song “Note to God” on the Oprah Show last May.  To say it was an impressive debut would be an under statement.  After the show, “Note to God” raced into the top ten downloadable songs on both iTunes.com and Amazon.com.  Oprah was so impressed she included it in her “Best of 2009″ poll.  There have been so many memorable shows, performances, surprises and more this year, take this poll to vote for the best of the best in 2009! Check back in December for all the results.

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As I sat at my computer watching the videos from last night’s performance of Charice at the WAMU Madison Square Garden concert, I could only imagine what it must be like to watch this young musical prodigy live.  I will be unable to attend any of the “David Foster and Friends” concerts.  So I would love to read from fans that went to any of the concerts their stories about the experience.  Read the full story

Sorry, chasters, no video for this event apparently. But here’s a review which has a brief, but glowing, comment about Charice’s performance (which probably doesn’t surprise any of us, right).  Click on the link for pictures of the event. Read the full story

We Chasters all have a story of how Charice has touched our lives.   I myself have been touched in so many ways.  Please tell us how she touched yours.  Charicemania received this testimonial from Jomz that I want to share with you: Read the full story

MANILA – International singing sensation Charice is keeping mum on her love life. The 17-year-old singer, who is now sporting a new sexy look, shyly admitted that she has an American suitor when prodded by “The Buzz” host Kris Aquino about her love life. Read the full story