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Teen singing sensation Charice beat Whitney Houston, James Taylor, Michael Bublé, Journey and the Black Eyed Peas to cop the “Best Oprah Show Musical Performance” honor.

The 17-year-old was the runaway winner in the online poll on Oprah.com as she received 70% of the votes for her “Note to God” performance.

“Note to God” is her debut international single which she launched on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on May 18. The song, written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, peaked at No. 35 in the Canadian Hot 100 and No. 44 in the US Billboard Hot 100.

The Black Eyed Peas, meantime, got 9% of the votes for their “I Gotta Feelin’” kickoff party performance.

According to a Charice fan site, the other nominated performances are Taylor’s “How Sweet it is to Be Loved by You” and Houston’s “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength.”

Journey, fronted by Filipino Arnel Pineda, was nominated for “Don’t Stop Believin’” while Bublé was nominated for his performance of “Haven’t Met You Yet.”

American Idol finalist and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson was also in the nominations list for “You’ve Got The Best of My Love/I’m Every Woman.” The country group Rascal Flatts were also nominate d for “Summer Nights.”

Meanwhile, Oprah.com also cited Charice’s other achievements in 2009, including recording her first international album and going on tour with “David Foster & Friends” in the United States and Canada.

She is also included in the live action-animation movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel” slated for release next year.


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Our very own Arnel Pineda and American pop singer Katy Perry known for her hit singles “I Kissed A Girl,” “Ur So Gay,” and “Hot N Cold.” are all set to do a concert at the SM Mall of Asia open grounds in Pasay City next month, November 14 to be exact.

Perry will fly to the Philippines for the benefit show.

Pineda told “The Buzz” Sunday that, aside from them, fellow “Journey” member Neal Schon (guitarist) will also perform in the concert. “Lahat ng kikitain mapupunta sa victims ng Ondoy at Pepeng,” Pineda said.






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Full coverage of Journey, Arnel Pineda's guesting on Oprah Show, 5 October 2009. Part 1 of 2: Oprah provided a brief history of the Journey band and the inspiring story of Arnel Pineda's life in Manila, Philippines before he was discovered through YouTube. Then, Journey performed "Don't Stop Believing" live in front of the enthusiastic audience on the show...

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The band Journey along with their vocalist Arnel Pineda was performed in the Pre-Game Superbowl XLIII at the Robert James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Watch the full video of their performance after the jump...






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Yes, he does.

That's the short answer to the question that every Journey fan wants to know: Does new lead singer Arnel Pineda really sound just like the band's former frontman, Steve Perry?

Ever since Perry made his final exit from the group a decade ago, the other members have tried and failed to find a suitable replacement. Judging by Pineda's spirited performance Tuesday night at a packed Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, they may have finally found their guy.

As soon as Pineda let loose with his first Perry-esque wail, it was obvious that his voice has both the power and nuance to deliver faithful versions of all those Journey anthems that dominated rock radio in the late 1970s and 1980s.

What remains to be seen is how well fans take to his hyper stage style, filled with leaps, spins and tosses of the mike. His bio says he's 40, but he looks and moves much younger.

Perhaps he's just happy to have this job. After all, a year ago he was performing in a cover band and making YouTube videos of his best Perry-style vocals. He was found one day during an Internet search by Journey's lead guitarist, Neal Schon.

Still, after a few songs filled with stage antics, it was a relief to see him calm down a bit and just deliver simple, heartfelt vocals on "After All These Years," one of several tracks from Journey's new CD "Revelation" featured in the concert's opening minutes.


Source: NewsOk.com
As Journey started its set at dusk, local fans got the chance to see if new front man Arnel Pineda could match the vocal prowess former vocalist Steve Perry. From the opening lines of “Only the Young,” the Filipino singer, whom the band discovered on YouTube, proved not only a worthy successor but a virtual vocal doppelganger.

Most fans seemed to welcome Pineda with open arms, and his wide smile, indefatigable stage presence and passionate performances seemed to win over any detractors. One female fan even snuck onto the stage to steal a quick embrace before security guards hauled her away, leaving the grinning Pineda to quip, “Anyone else?”

By the time the band played favorites such as Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Lights” and “Anyway You Want It,” most everyone was singing along, with Pineda’s voice soaring above all others and original guitarist Neal Schon burning up the solos.

The highlights of the set — apart from Pineda’s continual leaping, spinning and microphone flipping — were an extended version of “Wheel in the Sky” and the new and appropriate track “A Change for the Better.”



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After the Arnel Pineda's featured as frontman of Journey in GQ Magazine, once again, another writer narrated the life of the Journey's lead singer in Time Online Edition last June 17, 2008. The article titled "Journey's Filipino Frontman Welcomed with Open Arms".

In the Time article, Ling Woo Liu described Pineda's story as a Cinderella tale that all happened through the help of Internet.

"How Journey found Pineda is a Cinderella tale of the Internet era. After the band dismissed Soto last June for unspecified reasons, guitarist Neal Schon turned to the Web in search of talent. After two days of surfing on YouTube, he came upon clips of Pineda singing with his band, The Zoo, and nailing all the right notes in the toughest Survivor, Queen and Journey power ballads."

It added: "I heard his voice and my eyes got big," says Schon, who has been with Journey since its inception in 1975. "I thought, he can't be that good." Schon left his house, took a spin on his motorcycle to clear his head, and then contacted Pineda. At first, the singer thought the email was a hoax. "I didn't think the real Neal Schon would call a guy like me," says Pineda. "I'm just a guy from the Philippines." Four months later, Pineda signed on as Journey's new lead singer. "I've been waiting for this moment to come for 25 years," he says. "It's like shooting to the moon."

Now, after six months, Pineda with the rest of band, has kicked off a tour of Europe and the US and released the album "Revelation."
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“Revelation” is Pineda’s first CD since taking on the duty of frontman for the legendary rock band.

In www.billboard.com Chart Display for this week Billboard Top 200 in Album, it shows that the Journey's album is on the Top 5 spot.

See the Top Ten List Album in Billboard Top 200:

1. Disturbed - Indestructable
2. Various Artists - NOW 28
3. Usher - Here I Stand
4. Weezer - Weezer
5. Journey - Revelation
6. Ashanti - The Declaration
7. Soundtrack - Sex And The City
8. Jewel - Perfectly Clear
9. 3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down
10. Chris Brown - Exclusive
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The new lead singer of band "Journey" and our very own kababayan, Arnel Pineda featured on the month of June issue of GQ Magazine.





Here are some lines of how the writer introduce Arnel:


HE DIDN’T STOP BELIEVIN’
When the legendary rock band Journey needed to replace their lead singer, they turned to the Internet, where they found clips of an unknown 40-year-old singer from the Philippines. Arnel Pineda was just a small-town boy, living in a lonely world, covering Journey songs in no-name bar bands, but he had the voice—and the hair—of a natural-born rock star. Now he’s living a dream that goes on, and on, and on, and on…
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Last Wednesday, May 28 (U.S. Time), Arnel Pineda and the band he belonged "Journey" performed in the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Watch the video as they performed at the Ellen DeGeneres Show:

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