Jay Legaspi (Photo by Michael Violago)

NEW YORK– —Jay Legaspi, the New Jersey/New York-based singer-songwriter behind who fans have rallied in the past week and a half has broken into the coveted Top 25 in YouTube’s Top Musician contest, which has been running throughout this month of January.
 
In the span of 11 days, Legaspi voters carried the Fil-Am musician from a #48 spot to #21, his current ranking as of January 20. And the votes don’t seem to be stopping. With just 11 days left till the online poll closes on January 31, there is strong potential that Legaspi can make it into the Top 10, or maybe even better.
 
Currently dominating the Top YouTube Musician contest is Charise Pempengco, the powerhouse singer from Manila, Philippines, who holds the #1 spot with over 22,300 votes at this time.
 
The contest administrators have also changed the rules for voting. Voters must now sign in with a Twitter account and click a button labeled “I am Human”, and follow instructions from there, before any vote can be cast. It is believed that the rules were changed to prevent cheating from robot sites that were automatically casting votes.
 
To vote in the contest, please go to http://tweeter.faxo.com/Top_YouTube_Musician/2010/01 . You can cast a vote every 20 minutes per musician.