Vincy Chan Explained

Vincy Chan
Birth Name:Chan Ka-Yan (陳家欣)
Birth Date:16 October 1982
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Nationality:Singaporean
Occupation:Singer
Education:DUNMAN HIGH School (Singapore), Nanyang Technological University[1]
Years Active:2006 - Present
Website:Vincy Chan's Official Website
Module:
Child:yes
T:泳兒
S:泳儿
P:Yǒng'ér
Y:Wihng Yì
J:Wing6 Ji4
Also Known As:Chan Ka-yan
T2:陳家欣
S2:陈家欣
P2:Chén Jiāxīn
Module2:
Embed:yes
Background:temporary
Origin:Hong Kong
Genre:Cantopop
Instrument:Vocals
Label:Emperor Entertainment Group

Vincy Chan (born 16 October 1982) is a Hong Kong-Singaporean Cantopop singer. She began her singing career after winning 1st runner up at the 2005 New Talent Singing Awards and has since been signed with Emperor Entertainment Group. Her best known songs include "Feeling" (感應) and "My Memories are Not My Own" (我的回憶不是我的).

Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Chan immigrated with her family to Singapore in 1990. She attended Dunman High School in her teens and graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a degree in accounting in 2005. Upon graduating, Chan entered Project Superstar, a singing competition in Singapore and was placed among the top 24 contestants. More substantially, she returned to Hong Kong and won first runner-up and the award for "Best Style" at the 2005 New Talent Singing Awards which led to her being signed by Emperor Entertainment Group.

Career

Chan launched her solo career in 2006 with the debut single, "Feeling" (感應), for which she quickly gained popularity. She was promoted by her record company early on as a "successor to Joey Yung"[2] and her vocals often drew her comparisons to early R&B era Faye Wong.[3] She was widely successful as a newcomer, sweeping awards at all 4 major year-end music award shows. This included a Top 10 Gold Song Award at RTHK for "Feeling," which remains one of her signature tunes to this day.

In 2012-13, Chan released a couple of electronic albums collaborating with People Mountain Sea, the music production company founded by Anthony Wong, who was among her earliest champions. "Electrify" (通電), the lead single to the album I am Free (我自在), was widely praised by DJs at Commercial Radio Hong Kong at the time, and reached number 2 on their singles chart.

In 2015, it was the 10th debut anniversary for Vincy Chan, her popularity had rebounded again. On February 14, her first ticket-purchasing concert "Love. Love Song Swimming Er Concert" was held at the Opera House of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. A large number of friends in entertainment industry are sincerely invited to participate. In the same year, the second solo cover HI-FI audiophile disc "Feng·Love Song" was released, enabling Vincy Chan to win the "IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award" and "Top Ten Selling Mandarin Records" for the second time. In the end, she won the "Best Performing Female Singer" and "New Town Madden Awards Ceremony" and "New Town Madden Asian Singer" for the first time with many years of beautiful sound performance.

Vincy Chan released a new Cantonese song at the end of 2015. She sang OST for "Wu Shuangpu" named "Unique", Youtube views up to more than 1 million, extremely Word-of-mouth recognition has enabled Vincy Chan to win the "Jing Ge Golden Melody Award" for the third time.

In 2016, Vincy Chan finally released the new title song "Four Not Like" in February, becoming Vincy Chan's third "Three Channel Champion Song". The number of Youtube views reached more than 2 million and the response was satisfactory. The new album "Mirror Image" included new songs. And cover singing, the new song part will still be recorded with the equipment used to make the cover album. In the end, Yong Er won the "Best Performing Female Singer" in the "Golden Song Awards Ceremony".

In 2017, Vincy Chan launched her first solo EP "Short Stories" since she joined the industry for 12 years. The first title "A Little Pig" and the second title "Lullaby" (sung with Li Ruien) were both composed by Christopher Chak. The third major hit "Habits to Love You" made Wing Er win the "Golden Song Award" for the fourth time in the "Golden Song Award Ceremony". The English song "You Are My Sunshine" launched at the end of the year has over 1 million Youtube views.

In 2018, Vincy Chan released her third solo cover HI-FI fever disc "Fever". In April, she released the new title song "Riding a Horse", winning the eighth time of "New Town Madden Awards Ceremony" and "New Town Madden Songs" and the fifth time "Arena Golden Melody Awards Ceremony" ". In the end, she won the "Fifth Cantonese Song Ranking Award Ceremony" "Most Popular Female Singer".

In 2019, Vincy Chan launched 3 new Guangdong title songs with the theme of "Flower Series",[4] among which, "Wild Mulan" won Yong Er the "Jing Ge Golden Melody Award" for the sixth time in the "Jing Ge Golden Melody Award". In addition to holding his first mainland solo concert "Re-sensing Vincy Chan Concert" in Dongguan on June 22, Vincy Chan also held "Renewal" on October 16 at KITEC StarHall, Kowloon Bay International Exhibition and Trade Center, Hong Kong. Induction Swimming's Concert. Finally, with the excellent reputation of the concert, she won the "New Town Madden Awards Ceremony" for the first time and "The Madden I Support Singer".[5] In the same year, she invested in a six-figure small business and cooperated with a Swedish brand to launch her own brand of earrings.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilations

Live albums

Concerts

Concerts Date Venue & Location No. of Shows Notes
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Charity Gala 25 February 2007 Vancouver, BC 1
Vincy Close to You Live Concert (泳兒 Close To You Live 音樂會) 27 November 2007 Star Hall, Hong Kong 1
New Talent Singing Awards Auditions 21–22 June 2008 Toronto, ON & Calgary, AB 2
Neway Music Live x Vincy (Neway Music Live X 泳兒) 30 October 2011 KITEC, Hong Kong 1
Vincy Live 2015 (愛.情歌 泳兒音樂會) 14 February 2015 HKAPA Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong 1
Love Chapter Concert (泳兒10周年LOVE CHAPTER演唱會) 27 October 2016 KITEC, Hong Kong 1 10th Anniversary Concert
VINCY CHAN BREAKING LIVE 2022 02 October 2022 STAR HALL @ KITEC 1

Filmography

Films

Television series

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 泳兒狀元歌手攞埋榮譽學位. April 10, 2011.
  2. Web site: YESASIA : 感應 (Version 2) (CD + DVD + Bonus CD) 鐳射唱片 - 泳兒, 英皇娛樂集團 (HK) - 粵語音樂 - 郵費全免 - 北美網站. www.yesasia.com. 2017-07-20.
  3. Web site: 泳兒恃王菲靚聲爭新人王 蘋果日報. 2017-07-20.
  4. Web site: 2019-10-10. 【花心】新歌MV下海玩濕身 泳兒:浸到皺晒皮. 2021-05-05. 明周娛樂. en-US.
  5. Web site: 插花悟出大道理!泳兒突然攞獎勁驚喜. 2021-05-05. on.cc東網. 26 December 2019 . zh-hk.
  6. Web site: 2019-09-26. 【泳兒專訪】泳兒生日開騷跳辣身舞 做老闆推個人品牌. 2021-05-05. 明周娛樂. en-US.
  7. Web site: 【ViuTV頒獎禮】完整得獎名單 柳應廷大熱奪新人獎. Singtao. 2021-04-18