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Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), 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. She released the single "Pyramid" which featured singer Iyaz. It is her most successful single to-date, charting within the top 40 in a number of countries, and debuting on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' where she sang live vocals. Crossing over to acting on television, she joined the cast of TV series ''Glee'' as Sunshine Corazon. She has released a new lead single, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, from her international sophomore studio album, ''Infinity''. Her latest single "Louder" was written by Andy Thi Hy in 2011. In March 2012, she signed on to be one of the four judges of the Philippine version of ''The X Factor'', which began to air on ABS-CBN in June.

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