Charice is no. 4 in Billboard's 'Top Stars Under 21'

MANILA, Philippines - It's nonstop blessings for international singing sensation Charice as she ranked number 4 in US Billboard's Top Stars Under 21.

On Friday, almost two days after her successful debut on the pilot episode of "Glee"'s second season, Charice personally informed her fans and supporters through her Twitter page account that she's part of Billlboard.com's "21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors."

According to the music site, the 21 young artists who are below 21 years old were chosen for "their potential to rule the pop culture zeitgeist over the next 12 months."

"yey! no.4 baby! Billboard's Top Stars Under 21 Years Old!...," Charice tweeted.

Billboard explained that the help of Oprah Winfrey and the US hit musical series "Glee" season 2 make Charice "hot."

"Why She's Hot: Oprah and "Glee": They're two of TV's most powerful zeitgeist-definers, and both have fallen head over heels for Charice Pempengco. Credit the Queen of All Media for plucking the Filipina sensation from obscurity two years ago and introducing her to Celine Dion.

"The hype finally paid off this spring, when Charice debuted in the Billboard 200 top 10 with her first US album. But it's Fox's high school musical hit, in which she now plays a foreign exchange student with killer pipes to match Rachel Berry's, where Charice will show millions of Gleeks that she can out-sing the best of them," the article said.

Below is the complete list of Billboard.com's Music's Hottest Minors

21. Sean Kingston
20. Cody Simpson
19. Nikki Yanofsky
18. New Boyz
17. Never Shout Never
16. Wonder Girls
15. Diggy Simmons
14. Miranda Cosgrove
13. Chris Colfer
12. Taylor Momsen
11. Lex Luger
10. Miley Cyrus
9. Greyson Chance
8. Demi Lovato
7. Willow Smith
6. Nick Jonas
5. Soulja Boy
4. Charice
3. Selena Gomez
2. Justin Bieber
1. Taylor Swift

Update: Charice's 'Glee' songs enter iTunes Top 10

On Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) Charice was in cloud 9 as two of her songs on the hit musical series "Glee" entered iTunes' Top 10 list in the US.

As of posting time, five songs from "Glee" Season 2's pilot episode titled "Audition" registered in the Top 10 of iTunes' music chart.

“Empire State of Mind (Alicia Keys)” performed by the "Glee" cast for its opening production is now at no. 1.

Following at no. 2 is “Telephone (Lady Gaga and Beyonce)" performed by "Glee"'s Lea Michele and Charice.

"Billionaire" performed by the "Glee" guys and its newest member Chord Overstreet is now at no. 5.

Charice‘s solo performance “Listen” (Beyonce) is now at no. 8 while Lea Michele's solo performance "What I Did For Love" is now at no. 10.

In a message also posted in her Twitter page, Charice expressed her happiness and appreciation to all who downloaded the tracks.

"Wow! just checked iTunes right now. Telephone is no. 2 & Listen is no. 7!! COOL! Thank you all! at the top baby!," Charice tweeted.


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