Charice Pempengco in 2011.
Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, now known by his stage name of Jake Zyrus
(and before that, Charice), is a Filipino singer, who rose to fame through YouTube. He started his career as a singer when he joined Little Big Star where he became a wildcard finalist and placed third overall. He also starred in Season 2 of Glee as a foreign exchange student, Sunshine Corazon.
He is known within the Final Fantasy series as the singer of "New World," the vocal theme of the Japanese Xbox 360 and Western releases of Final Fantasy XIII-2, which featured on her second studio album, released exclusively in Japan, Infinity.
Trivia
- Jade Villalon, singing voice of Yuna and Lenne from Final Fantasy X-2, being of Filipino descent makes Charice the second Filipino to have ever provided vocals for a Final Fantasy theme song.
See also
- Mai Fukui - singer of "Yakusoku no Basho", the Japanese version of "New World" for Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII-2.
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