Jess Lee (Malaysian singer)

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Jess Lee Kar Wei
Born (1988-06-01) June 1, 1988 (age 35)
OccupationSinger
Years active2010–present
Musical career
Also known asJess Lee
OriginMalaysia (Hakka) [1]
GenresMandarin pop
LabelsWarner Music Taiwan (2011–present)
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/iijesslee/

Jess Lee Kar Wei (Chinese: 李佳薇; pinyin: Lǐ Jiāwēi; Jyutping: Lei5 Gaai1 Mei4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Ka-bî; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lí Kâi-vì, born June 1, 1988, in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), is a Chinese Malaysian singer.

Biography[edit]

She was the finalist and grand winner of the popular televised singing competition One Million Star (7th Season) in Taiwan, and is the first Malaysian to win in the competition, breaking the record of scoring the highest mark (30) four times consecutively in the final round.[2] She currently resides in Taiwan and has attended the National Taiwan University as an exchange student. In September 2011, Lee's first album, Thank You My Love (感謝愛人), was debuted under the label Warner Music Taiwan.[3]

She is a contestant on the second season of AHTV's Mad for Music (我为歌狂), as a part of their Hurricane Team.

In 2015, she appeared in the 3rd season of I Am a Singer on China's Hunan Television.

On June 8, 2018, Lee Chia-Wei released her solo fourth album "The Opposite of Yes",[4] featuring the official Chinese theme song "HEY BABY You're Mine", which she previously sang for the movie "Dear First Love", with the first wave of the hit song "The Opposite of Yes".[5] In June 2019, Lee Chia-Wei was awarded with the HITO Good Sound Award at the 2019 HITO Pop Music Awards organized by HitFm.[6]

Discography[edit]

  • Thank You My Love (2011, Warner Music Taiwan)
  • Heaven/Cliff (2014, Warner Music Taiwan)
  • Love Storm (2016)
  • About Jess (2018)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "新年特輯‧李佳薇洗手做羹湯". Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  2. ^ "Malaysia Boleh! 李佳薇4满分创记录". Kwong Wah e-Newspaper (in Chinese). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Jess Lee - Thank You My Love Album" (in Chinese). KKBox Taiwan. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ^ "李佳薇記者會三喜臨門!準金曲歌王小宇現身注入《反派情人》 - KKBOX 娛樂新聞". KKBOX (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  5. ^ 聯合新聞網. "李佳薇挺身同志電影 高唱「你是我的」". 噓!星聞 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  6. ^ 吳雨婕 (2019-06-02). "2019 hito流行音樂獎得獎名單完整公開 | 2019 hito音樂獎". NOWnews 今日新聞 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-06-16.

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