Charice lahir di Cabuyao, Laguna, Filipina. Bersama adik laki-lakinya, Carl, ia dibesarkan sendiri oleh ibunya, Raquel, setelah berpisah dengan ayahnya karena kekerasan dalam rumah tangga ketika Charice berumur tiga tahun.
Untuk membantu keuangan keluarganya, ia mulai ikut kontes menyanyi amatir saat umurnya tujuh tahun, dari pertunjukan di Provinsi Laguna, tempat mereka tinggal, sampai ke beberapa kompetisi menyanyi di televisi. Kabarnya, ia telah mengikuti lebih dari 80 kontes menyanyi.
Pada tahun 2005, Charice mengikuti ABS-CBN's Little Big Star, sebuah pertunjukan bakat di Filipina yang mirip dengan American Idol. Tereliminasi setelah penampilan pertamanya, ia kemudian dipanggil kembali sebagai pesaing wildcard dan berhasil menjadi finalis. Meskipun ia selalu mendapatkan nilai yang tinggi di final, ia hanya menjadi juara 3.
Charice tampil beberapa kali di televisi lokal, tetapi ketenarannya mulai merosot setelah Little Big Star. Sampai tahun 2007 ia menarik perhatian dunia karena seseorang dengan nama samaran "FalseVoice" memunggah videonya di YouTube. Video itu menjadikannya fenomena di dunia maya.
Bulan Juni 2007, Charice diundang ke demo rekaman untuk Ten Songs/Productions, perusahaan musik di Stockholm, Swedia. Ia merekam tujuh lagu - enam lagu lama dan satu lagu baru berjudul "Amazing". Beberapa dari lagu-lagu ini juga direkam untuk albumnya di Filipina yang judulnya diambil dari namanya sendiri, Charice.
Setelah videonya ketika ia menyanyikan lagu dari Dreamgirls "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" menjadi hit di situs web Korea untuk berbagi video, Charice diundang ke pertunjukan bakat di Korea Selatan, Star King. Pada episodenya tanggal 13 Oktober 2007, ia menyanyikan "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" dan "A Whole New World" bersama Kyuhyun dari Super Junior.
Setelah melihat penampilannya di Star King melalui YouTube, Ellen Degeneres mengundang Charice sebagai tamu di The Ellen Degeneres Show. Untuk pertama kalinya Charice terbang k Amerika Serikat dan menampilkan dua lagu pada episode 19 Desember 2007 dalam acara tersebut - "I Will Always Love You" dan "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".
Setelah kemunculannya di Ellen, Charice tampil kedua kalinya di Star King di Korea Selatan sebagai "Penyanyi Asing Favorit" pada episode 28 Desember. Dia menyanyikan lagu dari Gloria Gaynor, "I Will Survive" dan berduet dengan penyanyi Lena Park.
Charice pernah diundang ke Malacañang Palace pada bulan Januari 2008 di mana ia bertemu dan tampil di hadapan Presiden Filipina Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Ia kembali ke dunia internasional tahun 2008 ketika ia menjadi tamu di acara The Paul O'Grady Show episode 8 April di London, Inggris.
Lagunya yang paling kusuka judulnya PYRAMID, di lagu ini Charice duet sama Iyaz. keren deh lagunya.
nih liriknya :
shawty’s love is like a pyramid
we stand together till the very end
there’ll never be another love for sure
iyaz and charice here we go
stones heavy like the love you’ve shown
solid as the ground we’ve known
and i just wanna carry on
we took it from the bottom up
and even in a desert storm
sturdy as a rock we hold
wishing every moment froze
now i just wanna let you know
earthquakes can’t shake us
cyclones can’t break us
hurricanes can’t take away our love
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep on goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
cold never ever when you’re close
we will never let it fall
a story that was never told
something like a mystery
and every step we’ve took we grown
look how fast the time has flown
the journey to the place unknown
we’re going down in history
earthquakes can’t shake us
cyclones can’t break us
hurricanes can’t take away our love
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep it goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
like a pyramid girl i’ma show you
that i love you so much that we’re gonna get through
even when it storms i will never go
i’ma be the one to keep you safe
before was a love i care more than enough
holding on to one another be the cover when it’s rough
mother nature, or disaster won’t stop our happy ever after
pyramid…keep it going
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep on goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
pyramid..
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep it goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
we stand together till the very end
there’ll never be another love for sure
iyaz and charice here we go
stones heavy like the love you’ve shown
solid as the ground we’ve known
and i just wanna carry on
we took it from the bottom up
and even in a desert storm
sturdy as a rock we hold
wishing every moment froze
now i just wanna let you know
earthquakes can’t shake us
cyclones can’t break us
hurricanes can’t take away our love
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep on goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
cold never ever when you’re close
we will never let it fall
a story that was never told
something like a mystery
and every step we’ve took we grown
look how fast the time has flown
the journey to the place unknown
we’re going down in history
earthquakes can’t shake us
cyclones can’t break us
hurricanes can’t take away our love
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep it goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
like a pyramid girl i’ma show you
that i love you so much that we’re gonna get through
even when it storms i will never go
i’ma be the one to keep you safe
before was a love i care more than enough
holding on to one another be the cover when it’s rough
mother nature, or disaster won’t stop our happy ever after
pyramid…keep it going
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep on goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
pyramid..
pyramid, we’ve built this on a solid rock
it feels just like it’s heaven’s touch
together at the top (at the top baby) like a pyramid
and even when the wind is blowin
we’ll never fall just keep it goin
forever we will stay like a pyramid
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
like a pyramid, like a pyramid hey
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