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Archive for July 1st, 2009
Charice Pempengco
Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), best known mononymously as Charice (a portmanteau of her first two names), is an international Filipina singer who rose to popularity through YouTube. She is reportedly recording her U.S. debut album in the fall of 2009. It will be released under Warner Bros. Records and will be produced by her mentor, David Foster.
Pempengco was born in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines. She and her younger brother, Carl, were raised single-handedly by their mother, Raquel, after they left their father due to domestic violence when Pempengco was only three years old.
To help support the family, she began competing in amateur singing contests at age seven, from town fiestas in their province of Laguna to several vocal competitions on TV. She is said to have joined over 80 singing contests.
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