Mavis Hee
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Mavis Hee is a Singapore
an singer.
She was the second runner-up and also Miss Photogenic and Miss Amity for Singapore's Miss Chinatown Pageant 1992.
Mavis went on to release other chart topping albums. Her debut album in Taiwan, Regret, propelled her to regional stardom. She was labelled "Heavenly Queen Killer" (or 天后杀手) for having beaten Faye Wong and the 4 Heavenly Kings in sales charts. Her best-selling album to date, Living By Night 都是夜归人, chalked an impressive 300,000 copies in Taiwan. Following the success, Mavis broke into the competitive Cantonese market with the release of Listen Quietly 静听精彩13首. The album topped the Hong Kong IFPI sales chart for 3 consecutive weeks, beating other Hong Kong singer, Andy Lau
, Leon Lai
and Sammi Cheng
. She became the first Singaporean to win the Most Popular Female Singer award in HK Metro Hit awards, beating Faye Wong
.
She also released a compilations album, Review 1996-1999, which sold more than 250,000 copies in Taiwan. Her last album released was the electronic infused Heelectronic 静电. She is famous for her ballads such as "Regret" 遗憾, "Iron Window" 铁窗, "Living By Night" 都是夜归人, "Sunshine After the Rain" 阳光总在风雨后 and "Moonlight in the City" 城里的月光.
In 1998, Mavis was handpicked by famous cinematographer Christopher Doyle
to star in his directorial debut film, Away With Words
. Lending her star support, she was the ambassador of Singapore's National Kidney Foudation in 1999 and also a volunteer in Youth Challenge in the same year.
Mavis was the singer for Singapore's National Day Parade
2000 theme song, "Shine On Me", together with fellow Singaporean Jai. She was also appointed a cultural ambassador for China in 2001.
Mavis made a conscious decision to fade out from the music scene after 2001, when her record company, What's Music, was absorbed into Universal Music Taiwan, and the company could not accommodate her artistic integrity within commercial considerations. Some of her last public appearances were for MediaCorp
, a Singapore television and broadcast station, where she recorded the hit single Watch TV with fellow Singaporean singers Tanya Chua
and Stefanie Sun
, and as a guest presenter at the Star Awards 2002
(her last public appearance).
From 2003 to 2004, she traveled around Italy.
In June 2006, Mavis hit the headlines in Singapore when she was arrested after harassing two hotel guests at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. She was warded at Singapore's Institute of Mental Health
, and was diagnosed with clinical depression after a stay of four weeks. She was not charged by the police. In October 2006, she came out to explain her actions in a series of interviews with the Singapore media, explaining that she was on the road to recovery. She also thanked her fans for their immense support all these years.
On 10 Dec 2006, Mavis was invited as a guest presenter for Singapore's Star Awards 2006, presumably to mark her official comeback to the music industry. She also apologized for the hotel incident as she was sick.
On 13 February 2007, Mavis returned to the stage for the first time after the incident as a special guest at a Charity Concert for Silver Ribbon (Singapore) and sang Cheng Li De Yue Guang. She was well supported by her family and friends who attended with her.
In 27 September 2007, Mavis' 33rd birthday, she released 2 new singles after a hiatus of 7 years. They were the theme songs of the movie, Anna & Anna, 《留下》Liu Xia and 《不知处》Bu Zhi Chu.
In June 2008, Mavis finally returned to the stage to perform the opening act for a charity concert with other Singaporean singers to raise funds to help the Sichuan earthquake victims. Mavis sang her classics, Cheng Li De Yue Guang and Yang Guang Zong Zai Feng Yu Hou，much to the applause of the audience who missed her sweet and dulcet voice.
Mavis' latest performance include attending CCTV's annual mega Mid-Autumn Show 2008 where big Chinese stars are invited to perform. This had raised Mavis' profile tremendously especially since it is transmitted live to millions of audience throughout China and Asia. This show also serve as the first step to Mavis slow but steady comeback.
More performances and meet-the-fans sessions are expected in December. Rumour has it that Mavis will release her 3rd single in December 2008 too.
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Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
an singer.
She was the second runner-up and also Miss Photogenic and Miss Amity for Singapore's Miss Chinatown Pageant 1992.
Her work
Her first album Knowingly 明知道 was released in August 1994. After the release, famed Taiwanese singer-composer Jonathan Lee 李宗盛 invited her to join his production company. However, Mavis rejected the offer so that she could continue working with her mentor, Chen Jia Ming 陈佳明.Mavis went on to release other chart topping albums. Her debut album in Taiwan, Regret, propelled her to regional stardom. She was labelled "Heavenly Queen Killer" (or 天后杀手) for having beaten Faye Wong and the 4 Heavenly Kings in sales charts. Her best-selling album to date, Living By Night 都是夜归人, chalked an impressive 300,000 copies in Taiwan. Following the success, Mavis broke into the competitive Cantonese market with the release of Listen Quietly 静听精彩13首. The album topped the Hong Kong IFPI sales chart for 3 consecutive weeks, beating other Hong Kong singer, Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
, Leon Lai
Leon Lai
Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...
and Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng Sau-Man is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Having enjoyed much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi has been known as a diva and has been one of the most successful female singer in Hong Kong since the 1990s. Her albums have sold more than 25 million copies through...
. She became the first Singaporean to win the Most Popular Female Singer award in HK Metro Hit awards, beating Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
.
She also released a compilations album, Review 1996-1999, which sold more than 250,000 copies in Taiwan. Her last album released was the electronic infused Heelectronic 静电. She is famous for her ballads such as "Regret" 遗憾, "Iron Window" 铁窗, "Living By Night" 都是夜归人, "Sunshine After the Rain" 阳光总在风雨后 and "Moonlight in the City" 城里的月光.
In 1998, Mavis was handpicked by famous cinematographer Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle is a cinematographer. He has won the AFI Award for cinematography, the Cannes Technical Grand Prize, Golden Osella, the Golden Horse awards , and Hong Kong Film Award . Doyle is an affiliate of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers.-Biography:Doyle was born in Sydney,...
to star in his directorial debut film, Away With Words
Away with words
Away with Words is a 1999 auteur trilingual film by Christopher Doyle co-scripted by Doyle and Tony Rayns and starring Tadanobu Asano and Mavis Xu...
. Lending her star support, she was the ambassador of Singapore's National Kidney Foudation in 1999 and also a volunteer in Youth Challenge in the same year.
Mavis was the singer for Singapore's National Day Parade
National Day Parade
The Singapore National Day Parade is a national ceremony in Singapore that, as its name implies, includes a parade on Singapore's National Day on August 9, in commemoration of Singapore's independence that is usually held at the Padang , the National Stadium, various decentalized venues all over...
2000 theme song, "Shine On Me", together with fellow Singaporean Jai. She was also appointed a cultural ambassador for China in 2001.
Mavis made a conscious decision to fade out from the music scene after 2001, when her record company, What's Music, was absorbed into Universal Music Taiwan, and the company could not accommodate her artistic integrity within commercial considerations. Some of her last public appearances were for MediaCorp
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
, a Singapore television and broadcast station, where she recorded the hit single Watch TV with fellow Singaporean singers Tanya Chua
Tanya Chua
Tanya Chua is a Golden Melody Award-winning Singaporean singer and songwriter.-Music career:A former business administration student at Singapore Polytechnic, Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, Bored, in 1997...
and Stefanie Sun
Stefanie Sun
Stefanie Sun was born Sng Ee Tze on 23 July 1978, and known to fans as 13姐 , is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has sold over 30 million copies of her albums during the span of her career thus far. She does the majority of her recording, and conducts most of her publicity events, in Taiwan,...
, and as a guest presenter at the Star Awards 2002
Star Awards 2002
Star Awards 2002 is a television award telecast in 2002 as part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for MediaCorp TV Channel 8.-Nominees and winners:Winners are highlighted in bold.Best Actor 最佳男主角...
(her last public appearance).
From 2003 to 2004, she traveled around Italy.
In June 2006, Mavis hit the headlines in Singapore when she was arrested after harassing two hotel guests at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. She was warded at Singapore's Institute of Mental Health
Institute of Mental Health
The Institute of Mental Health is a medical complex in Singapore specialising in the treatment of patients with mental illnesses. The Institute was also popularly known by its former name as the Woodbridge Hospital...
, and was diagnosed with clinical depression after a stay of four weeks. She was not charged by the police. In October 2006, she came out to explain her actions in a series of interviews with the Singapore media, explaining that she was on the road to recovery. She also thanked her fans for their immense support all these years.
On 10 Dec 2006, Mavis was invited as a guest presenter for Singapore's Star Awards 2006, presumably to mark her official comeback to the music industry. She also apologized for the hotel incident as she was sick.
On 13 February 2007, Mavis returned to the stage for the first time after the incident as a special guest at a Charity Concert for Silver Ribbon (Singapore) and sang Cheng Li De Yue Guang. She was well supported by her family and friends who attended with her.
In 27 September 2007, Mavis' 33rd birthday, she released 2 new singles after a hiatus of 7 years. They were the theme songs of the movie, Anna & Anna, 《留下》Liu Xia and 《不知处》Bu Zhi Chu.
In June 2008, Mavis finally returned to the stage to perform the opening act for a charity concert with other Singaporean singers to raise funds to help the Sichuan earthquake victims. Mavis sang her classics, Cheng Li De Yue Guang and Yang Guang Zong Zai Feng Yu Hou，much to the applause of the audience who missed her sweet and dulcet voice.
Mavis' latest performance include attending CCTV's annual mega Mid-Autumn Show 2008 where big Chinese stars are invited to perform. This had raised Mavis' profile tremendously especially since it is transmitted live to millions of audience throughout China and Asia. This show also serve as the first step to Mavis slow but steady comeback.
More performances and meet-the-fans sessions are expected in December. Rumour has it that Mavis will release her 3rd single in December 2008 too.
Discography
| Date of release | Title |
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| August 1994 |
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| December 1995 |
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| February 1996 |
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| December 1996 |
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| April 1997 |
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Related Websites
Fan Club: http://www.mavishee.comFan Club: http://www.mavishee.net
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