Clarita Crisostomo Dela Fuente-De Guzman (born December 28, 1958),
better known as Claire de la Fuente, is a Filipino singer who achieved
celebrity status in the late 1970s with the jukebox hit "Sayang". She
was given the title "Asia's Sweetest Voice" because of her sweet
voice. She was dubbed "the Karen Carpenter of the Philippines" as her
voice has a striking resemblance to that of the late singer. Her first
album in 1977 was then the Philippines' biggest ever seller. She went
on to record seven more albums. Besides "Sayang", she is also known
for hits like "Minsan-Minsan" and "Nakaw Na Pag-ibig".She was given
the title "Queen of Tagalog Songs" alongside Rico J. Puno as her
counterpart. She was also named "Jukebox Queen" together with her
contemporaries Imelda Papin, Eva Eugenio and the late Didith Reyes,
and was also dubbed as "Asia's Sweetest Voice".She is also a
successful businesswoman. She is the president of the Integrated
Metropolitan Bus Operators Association (IMBOA), though her bus
franchise was cancelled in 2011 for joining a nationwide transport
strike.[citation needed]De la Fuente was 15 when she won the grand
prize in the first singing contest she joined, singing The Carpenters'
"Love Me for What I Am". By that time, the Accounting freshman at the
University of the East knew she loved singing and was aware that she
sounded like Karen Carpenter after a high school classmate had pointed
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