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Charice Pempengco Rocks in New York K Festival

International singing sensation Charice continued to capture the hearts of Americans as she joined the 14th K Festival for the first time last Sunday.

She performed her hit single “Pyramid” for the annual KFest. She also performed a pop medley – Just Dance by Lady Gaga, Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus and Rock With You by Michael Jackson – and a remix of Pyramid and I Love You which is included in her debut self-titled album.

“Nakakatuwa po kasi ang mga Americans dahil kumakanta din po sila, sumasabay sa akin sa pagkanta ng Pyramid and I Love You. Sobra po yung pagtanggap nila sa akin. Nakakatuwa po, talagang ginawa nila ung PYRAMID sign,” Charice told abs-cbnNEWS.com. (more…)

Lady Gaga Is Taylor Swift’s Latest Admirer

I know it’s a shocker but it’s true. In a recent interview, Lady  Gaga started dissing Taylor Swift but ended up heaping a genuine praise instead.

Gaga was asked to name a song she is embarrassed to like, her answer was, “That Taylor Swift song? ‘You Belong With Me’? Oh my God! When it comes on the radio, I sing it so loud.” But she clarified that she’s not slamming Taylor’s tune.

Gaga explained that her embarrassment comes mostly from singing it “so freely” and “so loud” whenever she hears it. “It’s very whimsical in a way that I’m not necessarily whimsical every day,” she noted.

Also, she doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with the song at all. “It’s a great song!” she insists. Her final words are, “I didn’t mean that in a bad way, Taylor. I think you’re lovely and beautiful, and I think you’re a great songwriter.”

Greyson Michael Chance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The 12-year old Greyson Michael Chance were surprised by a phone call from Lady Gaga on Thursday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

Lady Gaga said to the Oklahoma-based 6th-grader ( who has gotten more than 8.6 million YouTube hits singing the “Paparazzi” song ), “You’re so sweet and so talented. I was so excited that you covered ‘Paparazzi’. Everyone loves you so much”.

She also give the boy a piece of advice, “Just keep following your dreams and work really hard and stay away from girls and be focused”. She also said that he should not be nervous about singing the song on the said talk show. “You already won over everyone’s heart. Just enjoy yourself,” she says. “Just have fun and give a performance of a lifetime”, she added. (more…)

“Paparazzi” By Greyson Michael Chance A New Web Sensation

Move over Justin Bieber because there’s a new boy wonder in town and he’s name is Greyson Michael Chance. This 6th grader kid performed his own parody of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi”, at Edmond’s Sixth Grade Festival. The teacher who hosted the said event said at the end of Greyson’s stunning piano performance, “This mega-talented kid could even teach Lady Gaga a lesson.”

Greyson is a bonafide prodigy and his talents are being celebrated now that his “Paparazzi” video gone viral. He said on his YouTube profile, he is very inspired by Lady Gaga and Augustana”. He also added that, “Lady Gaga is a freak but she has so much talent and her style of music is what I would like mine to be when I’m older. Augustana is one of the most underrated bands I think ever to step on the planet. They have so much talent it is not funny. They have such a good concept with folk and rock. It is very sad that they are so unknown.” (more…)

Charice Debuts Her Global CD on Oprah

The international teen singing sensation Charice Pempengco had returned on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on May 11 to formally launch her first international self-titled album.

Charice returned to the Oprah show for the 4th time and featured Charice’s life story from the day she started singing until she reached her dream to perform abroad together with the popular artists like Andrea Boccelli and Celine Dion.

After looking back at Charice’s life, Oprah welcomed her on the stage. (more…)

Justin Bieber Throwing Out the First Pitch in Chicago

Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber was invited to throw the first pitch at the White Sox-Royals game last Monday night. However, this one-kid boy band caught a foul ball off the bat of Chicago slugger Paul Konerko in the third inning.

Here’s what Bieber said on his Facebook:

“Today was epic…I love Chicago. Went to the White Sox game and got to throw out the first pitch…but the cool part was I caught a foul ball. NO LIE. gave it to a fan. Had a lot of fun. OPRAH TOMORROW!!” (more…)

Justin Bieber Is Back To Top Billboard Spot

Justin Bieber’s My World 2.0 returns to No.1 on the Billboard 200 kicking off Usher’s Raymond V Raymond. Bieber is the youngest male solo artist to top the chart for 2 or more weeks. The album has sold  676,000 copies in its 3 weeks and has sold more copies than Jonas Brothers’ Lines, Vines and Trying Times.

The biggest hit from Bieber’s new album is “Baby” which sold 1,525,000 digital copies second to “One Time” with 1,815,000 copies sold in the past 40 weeks. Though Justin Bieber has many “haters”, still, he turned people (mostly girls) on to popular music.

Below are the list of this week’s TOP 10 albums: (more…)

Lin Yu Chun Is The New Susan Boyle

After his video became a huge hit in YouTube, Lin Yu Chun from Taiwan is already being called “The Chinese Susan Boyle”. The reason behind this is that, this young boy’s song is a near-perfect sound-alike of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” with barely a hint of an accent. Like Susan Boyle, Chun has come seemingly out of nowhere.

The video already has over 150,000 views and searches for “Lin Yu Chun” have gone up over 200% in the past 24 hours. Expect to see him become an international sensation just like Charice Pempengco and Justin Bieber.

Watch his video and be amazed.

Justin Bieber Prank it Up for April Fools’ Day

The teen superstar, Justin Bieber took over the comedy site Funny or Die with a video from Bieber himself, bearing the announcement “Now it’s Bieber or Die. Anything that’s not Bieber dies.” His fans (have some trickery up their sleeves as well) discussed a collective Twitter move to unfollow Justin for the day. But it seems they lack resolve because so far his follower count has only gone up having a total of 1.6 million. Watch the video (more…)

Justin Bieber New Album “My World 2.0″

justin -bieberJustin Bieber had released his second album My World 2.0 and had a bowling-themed release party at Lucky Strike Lanes in Manhattan where he beat Nick Cannon in bowling.

Before Cannon played bowling he mentioned,  “I’m going to! I’m about to show Justin that he has no skills,” he said. “He can’t bowl. We privately had this conversation and he said that his game is only decent. My game is ill. I’m next-level — I’m like the Tiger Woods of bowling, but without all the drama.”

But Cannon was taken down by Bieber and lost in their big match. Despite of what happened, Cannon still like Bieber. According to him, That kid is definitely busy … he’s got a lot of hot stuff going on. He’s about to take over the world. We’re gonna see him live and in person.” (more…)