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    1) Charice Pempengco, now known as Jake Zyrus, originated from Cabuyao, Laguna Province in the Philippines. 2) Charice became famous in the Philippines and many Asian countries, as well as parts of the United States through television appearances. 3) Charice was discovered at age 4 and gained recognition through over 80 singing competitions, appearances on shows like The Oprah Show and The Ellen Show, and releasing an album in 2010 that reached number eight on the Billboard charts, making her the first Asian artist to enter the top 10.

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    Asian Musical Artist

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    1) Charice Pempengco, now known as Jake Zyrus, originated from Cabuyao, Laguna Province in the Philippines. 2) Charice became famous in the Philippines and many Asian countries, as well as parts of the United States through television appearances. 3) Charice was discovered at age 4 and gained recognition through over 80 singing competitions, appearances on shows like The Oprah Show and The Ellen Show, and releasing an album in 2010 that reached number eight on the Billboard charts, making her the first Asian artist to enter the top 10.

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    1) Charice Pempengco, now known as Jake Zyrus, originated from Cabuyao, Laguna Province in the Philippines. 2) Charice became famous in the Philippines and many Asian countries, as well as parts of the United States through television appearances. 3) Charice was discovered at age 4 and gained recognition through over 80 singing competitions, appearances on shows like The Oprah Show and The Ellen Show, and releasing an album in 2010 that reached number eight on the Billboard charts, making her the first Asian artist to enter the top 10.

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    Asian Musical Artist

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    Jemilie Genetializa
    1) Charice Pempengco, now known as Jake Zyrus, originated from Cabuyao, Laguna Province in the Philippines. 2) Charice became famous in the Philippines and many Asian countries, as well as parts of the United States through television appearances. 3) Charice was discovered at age 4 and gained recognition through over 80 singing competitions, appearances on shows like The Oprah Show and The Ellen Show, and releasing an album in 2010 that reached number eight on the Billboard charts, making her the first Asian artist to enter the top 10.

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    Pick an Asian musical act that became internationally famous.

    Take note: NO DUPLICATION OF ASIAN MUSICAL ACT AMONG YOUR


    CLASSMATES. Your Asian Musical act must be different.

    Once done, answer the following questions:


    1.    Where did the musical act/artist originate?
    2.    In which countries did the artist became famous?
    3.    How did the artist become famous?
    4.    Why do you think the artist became famous?

    Charice Pempengco

    1. Where did the musical act/artist originate?


    Charice Pempengco now known as Jake Zyrus was born in Cabuyao, Laguna Province
    and was raised by her single mother Racquel. She spent her early childhood in a poor
    community and her father was violent forcing them to move out from their home
    leaving her father.

    2. In which countries did the artist became famous?


    Charice started her career and became famous in her home country Philippines. She is a
    well-known performer and she was famous in most every country in Asia and even some
    parts of other countries around the world including United States since her various
    appearance in the country’s television shows.

    3. How did the artist become famous?


    Charice was discovered by her mom at the age of four. Few years later, she started
    entering into a singer competition and people are throwing her bad things saying she
    was not good and pretty enough. But Charice wanted to prove to them that what
    people say to her are wrong and enter more competitions and even sign up for more
    than 80 contests. Through singing competitions, she also wanted to help her mom in
    their finances then Charice’s dream started to come true, she was recognized by Oprah
    after appearing on The Oprah Show and introduces her to David Foster and was invited
    to join him in Las Vegas for a PBS special called “Hit Man: David Foster and Friends”.
    After PBS Charice received an unexpected call from Celine Dion who admires her so
    much after watching her sing and invited her for a duet at Madison Square Garden. Back
    on 2005, she landed a spot on the Filipino American Idol-style show Little Big Star and
    gained popularity posting performances on YouTube. She also made an appearance on
    The Ellen Show in year 2007 and raised her profile in U.S. She released an album in year
    2010 which entered the billboard at number eight making her the first ever Asian artist
    in history to enter the Billboard Top 10.

    4. Why do you think the artist became famous?


    Charice has a very powerful voice and her passion of singing was extraordinary that she
    made her way through the top and hailed as the “Most Talented Girl in the World”. Her
    singing abilities has rose her not only locally but also internationally that caught millions
    of people around the globe. In spite her successful singer career she has gone through
    different challenges such as the death of her father but Charice remain tough and
    determined to overcome the challenges. Everything she earned are the price of her
    exceptional talent and hard work.

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