Julie Anne San Jose's Album Debuts No.1 on iTunes Philippines And My Message to Critics

Julie Anne San Jose's self-titled first album debuts no.1 on iTunes Philippines. The remarkable thing is that it went no.1 just an hour after it was released. The grand launch of Julie Anne San Jose's album will have a grand launch on Party Pilipinas.

Julie Anne's 10 track album contains both original and revivals including the hit carrier single "I'll Be There" which was used as the soundtrack of GMA-7's Korean Drama "Lie to Me" which has been receiving massive air plays on radio stations and ABS-CBN's music channel MYX.

Of course there are some "Bitter Ocampo(s)" out there who belong to the other side seemingly not happy with Julie Anne San Jose's latest breakthrough. As I was browsing the web community to find updates, I've read some comments bashing Julie Anne saying that "only 30 people bought her album on iTunes", "Julie Anne's album went no.1 on the iTunes in her barangay" and a lot more. Some says that we have to wait and see how her album will perform as a physical CD.

I don't know what this guys are trying to point out but all I can say is that this people are bitter because Julie Anne San Jose a Kapuso is recently dominating the OPM charts. Before Julie Anne, it was Kapamilya recording stars who are making waves in the hit charts. But to be quite prank, we are already in the digital age, the era of CDs is almost nearing it's demise. Even in the U.S. record labels are now focusing on digital albums that can be downloaded on iPods and smart phones rather than selling a physical CD which can be played on bulky component systems.

Are there any dumb people during this days who would carry a CD player else where to listen to their favorite records? When Julie Anne San Jose's "Super Bass" video became viral on YouTube, this was also the same scenario, critics says that a hundred people repeatedly clicked her video to reach a million views. They also said that Julie's fans are just Jejemons, but topping the iTunes charts is a different level, people are gonna pay to have you're album unlike a YouTube video which can be viewed for free, and I don't think that those so called Jejemons can afford to buy a digital record from iTunes.

I've been an advocate of Julie Anne San Jose since day 1 when she was just a little girl on "Popstar Kids" and no doubt that she has the talent and the X Factor, compared to other singers from the Kapamilya Network, Julie Anne San Jose is the most unique. She is the only singer from this generation who doesn't act like a diva and doesn't imitate Mariah, Whitney or our very own Regine Velasquez. The Kapamilya's bet Angeline Quinto? Please! The last time I've heard about her was when she murdered Jennifer Holliday's song just to be a part of the Jessica Sanchez fever.

And a final word to Julie Ann San Jose's critics out there, today is the age of digital and whether we like it or not, we have to embrace this progress. Forget about hearing about your favorite recording stars topping the sales of a CD stores, those days are almost gone. iTunes Philippines is the new hope for OPM, it was a brilliant strategy for GMA Records to release Julie Anne's album for digital downloads rather than on record bars. No one knows how will the CDs perform on the actual release, but at least GMA Records drew the first blood, the CDs sales may go flop but they can now make money on digital downloads. GMA Records came up with a nice strategy and they are winning so far.