Not too long ago, Zendee Rose Tenerefe was just the unassuming “Random Girl” with the red knapsack who stopped people in their tracks at SM Megamall’s supermarket by belting out in front of a videoke ...

If she had it her way, Zendee Rose Tenerefe would rather not include the power ballad “And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going)”—the song that propelled her to YouTube stardom—in her coming debut album.

Did the record company of YouTube sensation Zendee make a bad business move by delaying the release of her debut album nearly a year after she exploded onto the scene as "random girl"? The General ...