Charice Pempengco
Charice Pempengco
Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, popularly known by the mononym Charice, is a Filipina singer who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as "the most talented girl in the world", she released her first international studio album Charice in 2010. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number eight, making Charice the first Asian solo singer in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth10 May 1992
CityCabuyao, Philippines
CountryUnited States of America
I dont want to stay a singer forever. I want to fulfill my dream career as a lawyer!
When I'm alone in my apartment, I open my Garage Band and just, you know, record these weird imitations of celebrities - Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Michael Jackson; everybody!
I wanted to be a doctor, but my mom was like "It's really hard and it's going to take 10 years, so I was like "OK, I'll just be a lawyer."
I want to be an entertainment lawyer so I'll be in the business still.
I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce. She's like number 1 right now because I love everything about her. Her fashion, her style, her attitude when it comes to singing. She's perfect.
Celine Dion is one of my heroes. The first song I learned was "My Heart Will Go On." And we sang "Because You Loved Me" for my mom which was a huge deal for me.
I sang my song called "In This Song." David Foster wrote the song for me. I thought that I should sing a ballad song.
Being a famous singer or an international singer - that's my dream, too, but my main goal is to be a real student and be able to graduate and be a lawyer and have my own business.
I am more into things like CSI, but then Glee started and I was like, "Oh this is different."
I'm in love with my work
It's a crazy busy schedule, but I still have two hours a day for school because it's a priority.
I'm really proud to be Filipino. Filipinos are really supportive, and I want to thank all of them. I love them!
I’m able to express myself better now. I have come to accept the real me. I have come to love the real me. I now celebrate the real me,
I was on Twitter and I saw that I had over 1,000 responses and I was like "OK, something happened," so I opened it and it was like "Charice on Glee!" I didn't get an e-mail from the show so I wasn't tweeting at that time. I just watched my fans tweet. And then after about 30 minutes the show e-mailed me and said congratulations.