Kary Ng
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Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
singer in Hong Kong. She studied at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong
Canadian International School of Hong Kong
Canadian International School of Hong Kong is a leading international school in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, CDNIS ranks as one of the city’s most esteemed and well-respected international schools, and is recognized as one of the leading schools in Asia...
. She had made references to her nickname "Lady K" in the album titles "Lady K Live" and "Lady K: Transformation".
At age 15, year 2002, she was one of the nine members and also youngest of the girl band Cookies, signed under record giant Gold Label of EMI Hong Kong.
Later at 2004 she joined another rock band - Ping Pung
Ping Pung
Ping Pung is a Hong Kong-based Cantonese pop-rock group. Gathered by Gold Label in Summer of 2003, the group consists of four members: Kary Ng as the lead singer, Jan and Jerry Lee and DJ Tin "Tim" Ho...
and released the album "Love & Hate".
In 2006, She released her solo debut "With A Boy like You". Her song "My Love has turn to Hate" won her first Commercial Radio Hong Kong
Commercial Radio Hong Kong
Commercial Radio Hong Kong , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of only two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. It contains a balanced array of entertainment including informative, educational, arts and cultural programmes...
Top Ten Gold Songs award.
In March
March
March is in present time held to be the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long....
2007, she performed at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. , founded in 1973, is a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-religious Canadian organization, located in British Columbia, Canada. Its main goals are to provide settlement and health services, job skills development, and counselling for immigrants and citizens.-Organizational...
Charity Gala at Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
with many other artists. She released her second album "In Control" one day before her 21st birthday in June
June
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti...
2007. In October
October
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the...
, the exclusive Asian Bonus Track of the song "Everyday" (in Cantonese) was out, with singer Justin Lo
Justin Lo
Justin Lo is a singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong and China.-Biography:Lo was born in Syracuse, New York, and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was two years old. He studied at St Paul's Co-educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational College....
for the smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
High School Musical 2 is the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name. It is the third best selling album of 2007, behind Josh Groban's Noël and Daughtry's Daughtry in the U.S....
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In January
January
January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day...
2008, Kary has her first concert "Kary Lady K live 08". On 30 May 2008, Kary Ng appeared as the special guest for Leo Ku
Leo Ku
Leo Ku Kui Kei is a famous China and Hong Kong artist, Cantonese and Mandarin pop singer, actor, host, cartoonist, MV Director and Producer, and designer; he is one of the highest visibility and Greater China Pop Male Artist, a major figure in popular music culture. Leo had earned the "Ten...
's North American The Magic Moments Concert in Toronto, Canada in front of a crowd of 10,000 people. In July
July
July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere...
, her 3rd album "Lady K: Transformation" was out. Kary began experimenting with various styles of pop while keeping her trademark rock sound, as there are notable synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
, R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
and dance-pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
undertones on several tracks of the album. In December
December
December is the 12th and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.December starts on the same day as September every year and ends on the same day as April every year.-Etymology:...
, her first "Kary 18 CUTS"" was out with three new songs.
On 24 April 2009, Kary Ng and Alex Fong
Alex Fong
Alex Fong may refer to:*Alex Fong , Hong Kong TV and film actor*Alex Fong , professional swimmer-turned-actor and singer based in Hong Kong...
appeared at the Melbourne Arts Center
The Arts Centre (Melbourne)
The Victorian Arts Centre is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the inner Melbourne suburb of Southbank in Victoria, Australia....
for their Melbourne '09 Show. In the same year, her new EP "Keep Breathing" was out. The promotion for the EP included "Neway Music Live 09 x Kary".
In 2010, Kary Ng cooperated with Hong Kong underground rock band Hardpack and released an EP "合+歡" and announced to have her first concert in Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....
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On 30 January 2011, Kary Ng had her first concert in Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....
. Her EP, Carry On, was out before concert and it was the last record with her previous record company Gold Label Records
Gold Label Records
Gold Label is an independent, Hong Kong-based entertainment company launched with the support of EMI, and acquired EMI Music Taiwan / EMI Music China in 2008, reforming to Gold Typhoon....
. In the same year, she signed Cinepoly Records
Cinepoly Records
Cinepoly Records is a Hong Kong-based record label founded in 1985. It was a subsidiary of PolyGram Records and the film company Cinema City. Ownership of Cinepoly Records switched to Universal Music Group after Universal acquired PolyGram Records in 1998 and albums are now distributed by...
. In October
October
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the...
, Kary Ng had become the only Asian female singer to perform in the Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
's annual summit in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
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Cookies
- Apr 2002 - Happy Birthday - Cookies
- 23 Dec, 2002 - Merry Christmas - Cookies
- 13 Aug, 2003 - All the Best (新曲 + 精選) - Cookies
- Jan 2004 - 4 Play - Cookies
- Jul 2004 - 大頭狗仔隊原聲大碟 - Cookies
- Oct 2004 - 11團火音樂會CD - Cookies
- 17 Dec, 2004 - 4 In Love - Cookies
- 7 Feb, 2005 - 4 In Love[2nd Limited Edition] - Cookies
Solo
- 26 Jan 2006 - With A Boy Like YouWith A Boy Like YouWith a Boy Like U is the official title of the debut solo album by Kary Ng, released on January 31, 2006. It is more commonly known among English speakers as With a Boy Like You.-Track listing:All songs are sung in Cantonese unless stated....
- 08 Jun 2007 - In ControlIn Control (Kary Ng album)In Control is Kary Ng's second solo album released on June 8, 2007 in CD+DVD and CD formats. It is the champion of the album award of the four channels in Hong Kong in 2007.-Track listing:...
- 16 Jul 2008 - Lady K: TRANSFORMATION
- 12 Dec 2008 - Kary 18 CUTS
- 16 Oct 2009 - Keep Breathing
- 28 Jan 2011 - Carry On
- 15 Nov 2011 - Wo Ben Ren (我本人)
- 18 Nov 2011 - Simpler than LOVE
Other
- 22 August 2005- 903 id club Sammy & Kitty Drama Show - Viva l'amour
- 17 May 2006 - All About Women (金牌女兒紅)- 偏愛(with Stephy TangStephy TangStephy Tang is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She was formerly the lead singer of the pop group Cookies.-Early life:...
(鄧麗欣)) - 15 August 2006 - Love @ First Note Original Movie Soundtrack (CD+DVD)
- 14 June 2007 - Another Chivas Music Experience Concert Live - 飛女正傳
- 26 July 2007 Chan Fai Yeung - 12 Faces Of Women (CD+DVD) Track 12- 想這樣得那樣
Concert Album
- 4 March 2008 - Kary Lady K live 08
- 23 May 2008 - MOOV Live 吳雨霏 (digital album)
- 13 April 2011 - Kary On Live 2011 (DVD)
- 20 May 2011 - Kary On Live 2011 (Blu-ray)
Filmography
- Nine Girls and One Ghost (九個女仔一隻鬼) (2002)
- Love Under the SunLove Under the SunLove Under the Sun is a 2003 musical short film directed by Andy Lau. It depicts an evening ball in which a rumor spreads among the guests that one among them has contracted AIDS. The film was meant to raise awareness about AIDS and dispel common misconceptions regarding its contagiousness. It...
(2003) - Feel 100% 2003 (百分百感覺 2003) (2003)
- My Sweetie (甜絲絲) (2004)
- Dragon Reloaded (龍咁威 2 之皇母娘娘呢?) (2005)
- McDull, The AlumniMcDull, The AlumniMcDull, the Alumni is a 2006 Hong Kong live action/animated film directed by Samson Chiu. It is the third film adaptation of the popular McDull comic book series, following My Life as McDull, and McDull, Prince de la Bun...
(春田花花同學會) (2006) - Love @ First NoteLove @ First NoteLove @ First Note is a 2006 Hong Kong teen romance film, written, produced and directed by Dennis Law, and starring Alex Fong, Justin Lo, and Kary Ng...
(戀愛初歌) (2006) - Nobody's Perfect (絕代雙嬌) (2008)
- ICAC Investigators 2011 (2011)
Concert
- 11, 13, 14 January 2008 - Kary Lady K live 08 in Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre Star Hall
- 24 April 2009 - Kary n Alex Concert in The Arts Centre (Melbourne)The Arts Centre (Melbourne)The Victorian Arts Centre is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the inner Melbourne suburb of Southbank in Victoria, Australia....
(with Alex FongAlex FongAlex Fong may refer to:*Alex Fong , Hong Kong TV and film actor*Alex Fong , professional swimmer-turned-actor and singer based in Hong Kong...
) - 16 October 2009 - Neway Music Live 09 x Kary in Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre Rotunda 3
- 30 January 2011 - Kary On Live 2011 in Hong Kong ColiseumHong Kong ColiseumHong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....
- 7 November 2011 - Metro Radio HD Digital Concert in AsiaWorld-ExpoAsiaWorld-ExpoThe AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It was opened on 21 December 2005 by Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and it is operated by AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited...
Arena with Eason ChanEason ChanEason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...
, Paul Wong & The Postman