Charice (album)

Charice
Studio album by Charice
Released	May 7, 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Length	46:03
Label	Reprise 143 Warner Bros.
Producer	David Foster (also exec.) Emanuel Kiriakou Twin Alke DEEKAY Josh Alexander Billy Steinberg Claude Kelly Brian Kennedy Klaus D Oak Papa Justifi Scott Cutler Anne Preven Jochen van der Saag Sebastian Thott Steve Diamond Chris Judge Ty Knox
Charice chronology
My Inspiration (2009) Charice (2010) Grown-Up Christmas List (2010)
Japan edition cover
Singles from Charice
"Note to God" Released: May 15, 2009 "Pyramid" Released: March 2, 2010 "Crescent Moon" Released: June 23, 2010 (Japan)

Charice is the debut international studio album and third overall release by Filipino pop singer Jake Zyrus under his pre-transition name Charice. It was released on May 11, 2010, under Reprise Records, making him the third Filipino singer to be signed on an international record label,^{[citation needed]} the first being Lea Salonga (on Atlantic Records in 1993) and Regine Velasquez (on Mercury Records in 1994). It was released prior to Zyrus' gender transition thus the eponymous album is credited under his former name, Charice.

It was launched on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the World's Most Talented Kids episode with Iyaz on the same day. The album, immediately upon release in the United States, debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200, making Zyrus the first Asian artist to reach the top 10 on the chart solo.^[1]

The lead single, "Pyramid", featuring Iyaz, was released as the second and last single from the album on March 2, 2010. The single reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, making Zyrus the first Filipino singer to have a top 20 single in the UK.^[2] In Japan, the album was the 81st best selling album of 2010 according to Oricon, selling over 98,000 copies.^{[citation needed]}