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CoCo Lee 李玟
Coco Lee at the STAR Oscar Spokesperson Event (Press Conference)
Background information
Birth name	Ferren Lee (李美林)
Born	January 17, 1975 (1975-01-17) (age 32) Hong Kong
Origin	Hong Kong, China
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Years active	1993–present
Label(s)	Fancy Pie Records (1993—1995); Sony Music (1996—present);
Website	CoCo Lee Official site

CoCo Lee is the stage name of Ferren Lee-Kelly (李美林 Pinyin: Lǐ Měilín; also 李玟 Lǐ wen) (born January 17, 1975). She is a Chinese pop singer, Urban contemporary and Dance-pop star, popular in the 1990s, who has also recorded albums in English, contributed to several movies and represented internationally-known products to the Asian market. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:CSD Current list: Category:Candidates for speedy deletion There are a few, limited, cases where admins can delete Wikipedia pages on sight. Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete such a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding either a {{delete}} or... Image File history File links Coco_Lee. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Cantopop (Chinese: 粵語流行曲) is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese popular music. It is also referred to as HK-pop, short for Hong Kong popular music. It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese pop. ... The term urban contemporary was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. ... Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa the early 1980s, that combines dance beats with a pop song structure. ...

Biography

CoCo Lee was born in Hong Kong with ancestry from Harbin, China. Her father died when she was young, and CoCo moved at age 10 with her mother, step-father and sisters to California. She went through school while experimenting with her singing voice, and followed her older sisters in entering several local singing contests.CoCo Lee attended Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School in San Francisco. Coco later had a brief enrollment at the University of California at Irvine. CoCo is close to her mother, who has at times managed her career. Harbin on a map of China For other meanings of Harbin, see Harbin (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School is a high school in San Francisco, California. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

After Lee's high school graduation in 1993, she took a holiday in Hong Kong, probably seeing her two sisters' (Carol Lee and Nancy Lee) participation of Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and while there she came runner-up in the 12th Annual New Talent Singing Awards. The following day, she was approached by local record label Fancy Pie Records. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The Miss Hong Kong Pageant (香港小姐競選 or simply 港姐), or simply MHK, is a beauty pageant organised by the leading Hong Kong television station, Television Broadcasts (TVB). ... Current logo of NTSA International Finals, in use since 2005. ...

Record Companies

CoCo Lee was represented by Fancy Pie Records from 1994 to 1995, recording four albums with them. She later signed with another record company in 1996 by Sony Music, who has continued to represent her ever since. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... ...

Worldwide Recognition

CoCo sang the song "A Love Before Time" for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. She received worldwide exposure when she performed the song live at the 2001 Academy Awards ceremony. Critics commented that she hit the high C6s right on, and delivered solid vocals. A Love Before Time was the end-credit title song of the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ... For other uses, see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (disambiguation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

In 2002, CoCo was the featured performer at a Houston Rockets NBA game. She became the first Chinese singer to ever perform the US National Anthem at a major global sporting event. Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. ... NBA redirects here. ...

In addition to her status in the Mandarin music market, Lee's English-language performance has also received recognition. Her love song Before I Fall In Love was included in the soundtrack of the movie Runaway Bride. This article is on all of the Northern Chinese dialects. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... A runaway bride is a bride who runs away from the wedding chapel, usually shortly before the ceremony. ...

She was invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform Phantom of the Opera in China. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. ... The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ...

Also, Walt Disney Pictures hired her to sing the title song and be the voice of the heroine Fa Mulan in the Mandarin Chinese version of Mulan. She recorded the song "Reflections", which she also sang at the 2005 opening of the Hong Kong Disneyland A "Reflections" Chinese music video was also filmed. While the Lea Salonga version of the English version is more widely known, CoCo did also sing the English version, including one which she sang together with Lea. Old logo from 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the... This article is about the film Mulan. For the legendary person, see Hua Mulan. ... For other uses, see Disneyland (disambiguation). ... Lea Salonga-Chien (born Maria Ligaya Carmen Imutan Salonga on February 22, 1971 in Angeles City, Philippines) is a Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and Theatre World award-winning Filipino singer and actress who is best known for her portrayal of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon. ...

CoCo has been getting into acting part-time. She co-starred in the Chinese movie comedy Master of Everything (aka Bamboo Shoot) with John Lone, which won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival. While in character within the movie, she sings one of her own songs, "Di-Da-Di", which was a cover of Maria Montell's "And So The Story Goes." John Lone (尊龍, pinyin: Zūn Lóng), (born October 13, 1952 as 吳國良) is an Asian American actor. ... The Beverly Hills Film Festival is a film festival in the United States. ...

In the world of fashion and commerce, CoCo was an Omega Global Ambassador in 2004, and fashion house Chanel named CoCo its first "Asian-Pacific Celebrity Ambassadress". This brought Ferren's story full circle somewhat, as she got her nickname CoCo from being an admirer of the firm's products. CoCo, as the YouthAIDS ambassador had been to Bangkok, Thailand for the global AIDS conference in 2004. She attended the conference as the representative of the Asian artists to meet various youth groups discussing what she can do to educate them about AIDS. Omega SA is a watch company based in Biel/Bienne Switzerland and is one of the more prestigious brands in timepieces. ... Not to be confused with Channel. ... Gabrielle Bonheur Coco Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)[1] was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. ...

In early 2005,CoCo visited countries all over Asia to promote her latest album "Exposed".During her visit in the Philippines,she guested in SOP and performed the songs Do you want my love and I will survive with Asia's Songbird,Regine Velasquez.It was remembered that CoCo Lee introduced Velasquez as the "Diva of all Divas" during the MTV Asia Awards back in 2003.CoCo together with pop singer Shaggy hosted the show while Velasquez won the trophy for the second time in a row as the Philippine's favorite artist. I Will Survive is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. ... Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (born April 22, 1970), nicknamed Asias Songbird, is a Filipino singer, actress, and TV host. ... The annual MTV Asia Awards is the Asian equivalent of the United States MTV Video Music Awards and Europes MTV Europe Music Awards. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Shaggy (artist). ...

In June 2005 CoCo's engagement to millionaire Canadian businessman Bruce Rockowitz was made public, apparently having taken place some months earlier. Despite Rockowitz being 18 years her senior, CoCo's mother approved the marriage.

Before her relationship with Bruce Rockowitz, Coco has been rumored with the Taiwanese singer Wang Leehom. Alexander Lee-Hom Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born May 17, 1976; also known as Leehom Wang or Wang Leehom) is a Golden Melody Award winning Taiwanese American singer-songwriter who has achieved highly recognized success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. ...

CoCo has been called "beautiful" and "gorgeous" [1]

Current career

Coco Lee, September 16, 2006.

Coco Lee (third from left) performs "Hip Hop Tonight" at a street concert in Taipei, Taiwan, September 16, 2006.

As of 2007, CoCo Lee has yet to break the U.S. market with a big smash hit single. Although both her English albums have sold modestly, regular airplay and recurrent airplay by radio programmers is still lacking. This is the main reason she has not been as successful with her English language output. Her moderate hit single, "Do You Want My Love", remains popular at discotheques and various internet radio stations. Her most recent English single aimed at the North American market is titled "No Doubt," the lead single from the album "Exposed." Once again because of lax programming on radio station playlists, this single was ignored by radio. The singles have become chart and video television hits in Hong Kong and Taiwan among other places. The second single from "Exposed" is the song "So Good" whose music video is increasingly run on Hong Kong and Taiwanese MTV. Coco's follow up album to her C-Pop hit album "Promise", titled "Just Want You," features the hit single "Hip-Hop Tonight" with Vanness Wu, which follows in the same vein as "No Doubt." The album "Just Want You" was released on September 22, 2006. The second single from the album was "The Ninth Night", followed by the third single "Love You At 85°C" and the final single, "Dangerous Lover". Image File history File links Coco_Lee. ... Image File history File links Coco_Lee. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2287x1409, 644 KB) Coco Lee (third from left) performs her new single, Hip Hop Tonight, at a street concert in Taipei, Taiwan, September 16, 2006. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2287x1409, 644 KB) Coco Lee (third from left) performs her new single, Hip Hop Tonight, at a street concert in Taipei, Taiwan, September 16, 2006. ... Exposure can be: A condition of poor health or death resulting from prolonged exposure to weather radiation poisoning Exposure of the skin to sunshine, etc. ... Exposure can be: A condition of poor health or death resulting from prolonged exposure to weather radiation poisoning Exposure of the skin to sunshine, etc. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese pop. ... Just Want You (sep 22 2006) is the 17th studio album by singer-songwriter, CoCo Lee. ... Vanness Wu (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is an American-born actor and singer in Asia. ...

Coco is currently working on a new album, which she plans to release in the autumn 2007. Coco Lee will return to the San Francisco bay area for a live concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre on September 22, 2007 with special guest Alex To. It will be her first live performance in her hometown in several years.

Discography

Albums

• [1994.06.xx] Love From Now On
• [1994.12.xx] Promise Me
• [1995.06.xx] Brave Enough To Love
• [1995.09.xx] Woman In Love
• [1996.06.xx] CoCo (Past Love)
• [1996.11.xx] CoCo's Party
• [1997.06.xx] Everytime I Think of You
• [1997.12.xx] CoCo Cantonese album
• [1998.01.xx] DiDaDi (HMV Music Chart: #1)
• [1998.06.25] Sunny Day
• [1999.05.25] Today Until Forever
• [1999.10.27] Just No Other Way English debut album (HMV Music Chart: #1)
• [2000.08.24] True Lover, You and Me
• [2001.10.12] Promise
• [2002.06.18] D.IS.CoCo
• [2005.03.25] Exposed English second album (HMV Music Chart: #1)
• [2006.09.22] Just Want You (HMV Music Chart: #1)

Promise Me is a novel by Harlan Coben. ... Cocos Party is Coco Lees unofficial first English language album. ... Sunny Day is an album by CoCo Lee. ... Just No Other Way is Coco Lees official English language debut. ... Exposed is Coco Lees sophomore English album, her third if you count her covers album Cocos Party. The album is praised as a huge improvement from her previous album Just No Other Way. ... Just Want You (sep 22 2006) is the 17th studio album by singer-songwriter, CoCo Lee. ...

Singles

• "Di Da Di"
• "Take A Chance On Love"
• "Do You Want My Love" Hot Dance Music/Club Play: #49
• "Before I Fall In Love"
• "Can't Get Over" feat. Kelly Price
• "Wherever You Go"
• "A Love Before Time"
• "Reflection"
• "No Doubt" feat. Blaaze
• "Love At 85°C"
• "All Around The World"
• "So Good"
• "Hip-Hop Tonight"
• "Brave Enough To Love"
• "Another Sad Love Song" (Dance Version)
• "The Ninth Night"
• "Dangerous Lover"
• "A Love Before Time" (English and Mandarin for the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

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Compilations

• The Best of My Love - 2001-01-01

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References

1. http://www.cocolee.com
2. http://www.cocofans.com
3. http://www.cocolee.net/profile/biography-e.html
4. http://www.cocolee.net/profile/achievement-e.html
5. http://www.allmusic.com

External links

• Official site
• CoCo Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• Miss Teen Chinatown 1991 profile at San Francisco Chinatown web site
• Coco Lee Interview
• Coco Lee's Lyrics and Pinyin Translation
• Coco Lee & Alex To live in Mountain View,CA September 23,2007