Lea Salonga's concert makes it to Billboard’s Classical Crossover Album chart

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<p>MANILA – Lea Salonga could not hide her excitement as she made it to Billboard’s Classical Crossover Album chart. </p><p>Salonga’s 2019 concert at the Sydney Opera House in Australia ranked seventh following &quot;10&quot; by Piano Guys, &quot;Picture This&quot; and &quot;Merry Little Christmas&quot; both by Mat &amp; Savanna Shaw, &quot;S&amp;M2&quot; by Metallica and San Francisco Symphony, &quot;Classic Diamonds&quot; by Neil Diamond and the London Symphone Orhestra at the 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd spots, respectively.</p><p>Topping the list is &quot;Believe&quot; by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.</p><p>“OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m on a Billboard chart,” exclaimed Salonga on Twitter after posting a screenshot of the list.</p><p>The same concert of Salonga was shown in the United States last month as part of the &quot;Broadway&#x27;s Best&quot; lineup of PBS.</p><p>The Tony Award winner performed her signature songs from &quot;Miss Saigon,&quot; &quot;Les Misérables,&quot; &quot;Aladdin,&quot; and &quot;Mulan&quot; in the Sydney concert.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here&#x27;s a less blurry pic! <a href="https://t.co/J5EigYcWc6">pic.twitter.com/J5EigYcWc6</a></p>— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) <a href="https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1336921190443569153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2020</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Salonga has rescheduled her North American tour to 2021.</p><p>Nonetheless, the &quot;Voice of the Philippines&quot; coach has been busy with virtual gigs during the quarantine, such as her Facebook live concert that raised P1 million in just one hour for vulnerable sectors amid the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>She also joined the likes of Meryl Streep, Neil Patrick Harris, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in an online concert and fundraiser last April.</p><p>The show honored Stephen Sondheim, considered one of the most important figures of 20th-century musical theater. His works as a composer and lyricist include &quot;Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,&quot; &quot;Into the Woods,&quot; and &quot;West Side Story.&quot; </p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f186_-zJn10?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Lea Salonga could not hide her excitement as she made it to Billboard’s Classical Crossover Album chart. <br /> </p>

Lea Salonga could not hide her excitement as she made it to Billboard’s Classical Crossover Album chart.

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Lea Salonga's concert makes it to Billboard’s Classical Crossover Album chart

Lea Salonga's concert makes it to Billboard’s Classical Crossover Album chart

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Published Dec 10, 2020 03:44 PM PHT

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