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Origin
  
General Santos

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Zendee Tenerefe


Years active
  
2011-present

Instruments
  
Vocals

Record label
  
Warner Music Group

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Birth name
  
Zendee Rose Japitana Tenerefe

Also known as
  
Random Girl of SM Megamall Supermarket Superstar or simply called "Random Girl"

Born
  
June 21, 1991 (age 32) General Santos (
1991-06-21
)

Labels
  
Warner Music Philippines

Genres
  
Pop music, Music of the Philippines, Rhythm and blues

Similar People
  
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Zendee Rose Tenerefe (Zendee Rose Japitana Tenerefe born on June 21, 1991) is a Filipina singer, who rose to prominence after a video of her singing a karaoke version of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was put on YouTube. Known on YouTube as the 'random girl of SM Megamall' she gained a following and went on to sign with the record label Warner Music Philippines. Prior to her discovery, she had already participated in numerous singing competitions in the Philippines.

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Personal life

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Tenerefe lived in General Santos City until she moved to Manila to audition for the ABS-CBN talent search “X Factor Philippines.” She failed to go far in the local version of "X Factor" but still made efforts to continue singing. Tenerefe also won as the Gensan Pop Idol last 2011 an annual competition every Tuna Festival.

Discovery and viral video

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On July 28, 2012 a video called "Random Girl" was uploaded to the video site YouTube. The video showed Tenerefe performing karaoke at the SM Megamall, Philippines. Her singing brought attention from viewers around the world and immediately became a viral video. The original video got over 2 million views in three months. The video prompted the GMA Network magazine show, Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho to look for her and when she was found they featured her in one of their episodes. She admitted later that she sang in public to try and gain people's attention.

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Another video of her singing at the same event was uploaded to YouTube where she sings "And I Am Telling You" from the musical Dreamgirls.

Musical career

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After Tenerefe was identified she began to be invited to TV shows. Her most "global" exposure was her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after being invited by Ellen DeGeneres herself. Tenerefe is the fifth Philippine-raised singer to be invited after global superstar Charice, Ramiele Malubay, Rhap Salazar and Journey frontman Arnel Pineda. She also met singer Jason Mraz and was the opening act in one of his concerts.

Album

Zendee came out with her debut album, "I Believe", in 2013. It has 10 songs and an acoustic version of her song "Runaway". The album features original compositions of hers and some pop influenced covers. She has said, "It's important to have original songs, in order to leave your mark in the music industry." Her first single released was titled "Runaway". Finally in 2015, Zendee sang her own theme song "Habang Kayakap Ka" from the Philippine original soundtrack of Stairway to Heaven in her album "Z" as a rerun of this Korean drama series.

References

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