ONE CHARICE! How to push the album to the top

MANILA - Something happened between yesterday and today: I reinvented CHARICE. Almost 24 hours after I uploaded my latest essay on Charice - see "The Charice Advantage. Pop Princess? Not quite" (21 May, American Chronicle) - I have had a flash of insight into how to boost the sales of the album CHARICE to pile up as high as the Pyramid of Cheops. This is not a Note to God but to Charice or her team. This will I believe Reset some packaging plans. But first, I must warn you that only those who are In Love So Deep will understand what I am about to propose. What do I expect in return for this suggestion? Nothing. The Truth Is I can truly say to Charice, I Love You. As a father to a daughter, I Did It For You. At least, I hope Charice will not say to me, "A bad suggestion is All That I Need To Survive." In the end, I hope Charice herself will happily say, "Thank you" and kiss me on the cheek. If my plan fails? I will learn to warble Nobody's Singin' To Me. But may I remind you that I am an incorrigible romantic?

To proceed with my thesis, I will not assume that you have read my previous essay, so I will summarize it for you here:

Being "Pop Princess" is not enough.
Being "The Voice of a New Generation" is not enough.
Being "The Next Great Pop Diva" is not enough.
Being "Standing-Ovation Queen" is not enough.
Being "Queen of Goose Bumps" is not enough.
Being "The Best Live Singer" is not enough.

Listen to what the folks of Miami, Florida call Charice as reported by HoIyweIIs, a YouTube Charice viewer:

The Best Live Performer of Her Generation.

Only that is enough! That is what I call The Charice Advantage.

So, if I give my suggestion, can I guarantee that Charice comes up on top, #1, and not only #3? It would be a cruel repeat of her Little Big Star experience of 2005, wouldn't it? Still, if an album by an Asian makes it #3 on the Billboard 200, that's not so bad.

Will I, Frank H, suggest that I upload a music video like FalseVoice did for Charice in August 2006 and made her known to the world of music? None of that sort. Why not? I have yet to learn how to upload a video, and I don't want to.

Will I suggest that Ten Songs finally release those 7 demo songs that Charice recorded in Sweden for the world to know that this little girl was clearly tops as early as January 2007, if you didn't believe the Little Big Star stories? Not so. That would be taking attention off the album CHARICE.

Will I suggest that Ellen DeGeneres, the first American TV show host to discover Charice, now member of the panel, invite her to American Idol? A good idea, but what I'm thinking is a lot simpler and repeatable anywhere in the world. Guaranteed.

Will I suggest that Celine Dion invite Charice on a 10-Country Tour? No, silly. Too much trouble.

Will I suggest that thousands of Chasters study Internet Marketing (my son Jomar can teach them if they are in the Philippines) and sell the album CHARICE online? It crossed my mind, but I'm thinking of something more mechanical, with minimal expense, and with quality guaranteed. I give you my word.

Will I suggest that Charice reconcile with her father so that they will live happily ever after? That would be a big media event, wouldn't it? That would attract attention worldwide to Charice and her album. But I'm not a media event organizer. I think simpler.

Give up? You can get a clue from this conversation, and what David Foster said of Charice:

Jim Farber (18 May, New York Daily News): "If your album does become a big seller in the US, you'll become the first Asian ever to become a major pop singer here. There hasn't even been one who was born here, let alone from another country."

Charice: "It's really hard to go international, so that's why I'm not expecting it right now. I love the record, but I don't know if it will go far."

Jim Farber: "Should it do so, what would that mean for you?"

Charice: "It's a really big privilege for me, and a big responsibility. It would show that Asians are really talented and can make it everywhere."

If it were only a question of talent, I will agree. But it is not. David Foster himself says, "Being a great singer is not enough, and she has the entire package" (Nekesa Mumbi Moody, 14 May, Canadian Press).

"She has the entire package" - that's a clue to what I'm thinking of. That is to say, the album CHARICE should represent the entire package called Charice. The album right now has these 12 songs and 1 bonus track:

CHARICE
01 Pyramid (featuring Iyaz)
02 Reset
03 In This Song
04 Nobody´s Singin´ To Me
05 Thank You
06 I Love You
07 In Love So Deep
08 All That I Need To Survive
09 Nothing
10 The Truth Is
11 Did It For You
12 Note To God
13 Did It For You
(with Drew Ryan Scott),
bonus track

Now, I'm going to point out to you that the above album of 13 songs does not represent the entire package called Charice.

Now, I'm going to show you what does represent the entire package called Charice, and I wish to call it

ONE CHARICE!
01 Pyramid (featuring Iyaz)
02 Reset
03 In This Song
04 Nobody´s Singin´ To Me
05 Thank You
06 I Love You
07 In Love So Deep
08 All That I Need To Survive
09 Nothing
10 The Truth Is
11 Did It For You
12 Note To God
13 Did It For You
(with Drew Ryan Scott),
bonus track
14 Pyramid Studio Version
15 Pyramid Official Music Video

Do you see what I mean? Now I can truly say that in my 3-in-1 Pyramid, In This Song, music lovers will find what they didn't know enough to ask!

So, ONE CHARICE! can be offered as the complete 15-track new album I describe above, and the old album CHARICE can be offered as an option. I leave the details to Warner Bros (Reprise).

ONE CHARICE! is truly the entire package called Charice, as it shows the singer as well as the performer. Charice is a good singer; Charice is better heard and seen; Charice is the best live performer of her generation.

THERE IS ONLY ONE CHARICE!