On first glance, Charice (Pempengco) looks like any other teenager:
pretty, petite, filled with energy and a wide and engaging smile. But
when the sweet-faced 17-year old opens her mouth to sing – with a
profound, rich and soaring 10 decibel voice from every inch of her 5
feet 1 inch body – the audience quite literally gasps. And as 13
million hits on YouTube tell us, that audience is growing at a
staggering pace. As Oprah Winfrey said during a recent Charice
performance on her show, “You are a force to be reckoned with. That
voice comes from something bigger than yourself. You’re pulling it up
out of some place deeper than your little body.” Producer David Foster
concurred and instantly signed Charice to his 143/Reprise Records.
Born
and raised in the Philippines, Charice is no newcomer to the stage. Her
talent was discovered at age 4 when her mother, a singer herself,
noticed her daughter’s loud, rather enthusiastic version of “Happy
Birthday” and decided to teach her proper vocal technique. By age 7,
Charice was competing in local contests and belting out songs by
Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.
In 2007, a
web-savvy fan began posting a series of Charice’s performances on
YouTube. These included her performances of “I Will Always Love You”
and “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” from the “Dreamgirls”
soundtrack – both of which were broadcast on the Filipino talent show
Little Big Star. That led to a performance on the popular South Korean
talent show Star King. Once that appeared on YouTube, she became an
authentic internet sensation. Charice soon attracted the attention of
American TV shows and appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Several
months later, she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show bringing Oprah and
the audience to tears when she sang.
Enter 15-time Grammy
winning producer David Foster who invited Charice to perform on his
David Foster and Friends PBS Show at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
alongside such star studded names as Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Andrea
Bocelli, Katharine McPhee and Josh Groban. When the David Foster and
Friends show returned to the Mandalay Bay this spring, Charice received
no less than six standing ovations. In between the two Vegas
appearances, Charice went on to perform with Andrea Bocelli (“The
Prayer”) in Tuscany and Celine Dion at her Madison Square Garden show
in New York City. “It was a dream come true. She’s my idol. I felt like
the luckiest kid in the world,” confessed Charice in People Magazine on
her experience performing on Celine Dion’s stage.
Charice also
made two subsequent appearances on Oprah Winfrey. Her most recent one
included a heart stopping song by multi-Grammy winning songwriter Diane
Warren which became an instant Top 10 hit on iTunes. Charice also has a
featured role in the new “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie.
Currently
recording her debut CD in Los Angeles which is scheduled for a late
fall release, Charice is also joining the David Foster & Friends
national tour which begins in Chicago on October 21st. Next stop for
Charice? “I want to sing AND dance with Justin Timberlake,” she
laughed. Her 13 million fans would certainly look forward to seeing
that.
For more information on Charice, go to her official website www.charicesings.com
To contact Charice's Management/ Booking please email:
marc@aligneg.com