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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.

PERSONAL:
Full Name: Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco
Screen Name: Charice Pempengco
Nickname: Ming
Date of Birth: May 10, 1992
Place of Birth: San Pedro, Laguna,
Height: 5' 1
Profession: Singer

FAVORITES
Type of Music: Pop, Ballad & R´nB
Artists: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey & Sarah Gernonimo
Album: All Singles Album of Whitney Houston
Love Song: One more time by Lani Misalucha

In June 2007, Pempengco was invited to do a demo-recording for Ten Songs/Productions, a music publishing company in Stockholm, Sweden. She recorded seven songs - six covers and an original song entitled "Amazing". A few of these songs were rerecorded for her self-titled Philippine album, Charice.

After a video of her performing the Dreamgirls anthem "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" became a hit on a Korean video sharing website, Pempengco was invited to the South Korean talent show Star King. On the October 13, 2007 edition of the show, she performed "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" and "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun from Super Junior.

After seeing her Star King performance on YouTube, Ellen Degeneres extended an on-air invitation for Pempengco be a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Pempengco flew to the United States for the first time and performed two songs on the December 19, 2007 episode of the show - "I Will Always Love You" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".