Sandy Lam
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Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin, is a Cantopop
singer who sings in Cantonese
, Mandarin
, English
, and Japanese
.
, was born in Hong Kong
and began her career at the age of sixteen, getting a job as a D.J.
for Commercial Radio Hong Kong
. She began her singing career in 1984 when she was signed to CBS Sony. Her first single
was I Don't Know About Love. Sandy Lam has recorded not only with CBS Sony in the 1980s, but also with Warner Music, Rock Records
(Taiwan
's largest independent label), Virgin Records
, and now Capitol Music.
Sandy Lam started her singing career in Hong Kong in the mid 80s with a string of up-tempo Japanese style songs. She then issued some "City-Rhythm" R&B tracks. In 1991 she released the ground breaking coming-of-age "Wildflower" album to rave reviews, part of the "unplugged" craze in the Cantopop scene.
Lam gained popularity in Taiwan
with her debut Mandarin release "愛上一個不回家的人" (Home Again Without You) in 1991. In 1995, she teamed up with Jonathan Lee, Taiwanese music producer, and released her 4th Mandarin album Love, Sandy featuring a hit single "傷痕" (Scars), which became one of the all time best selling Chinese language albums. Since then Sandy has moved beyond the Hong Kong music scene and spent most of her time in Taiwan, China, and Japan. Her 2006 Mandarin language album "Breathe Me" was recorded in Korea, Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong.
Lam returned to the music scene with a hit single "至少還有你" (At Least I Still Have You) from her first album
with Virgin in 2000. A Korean remake of the song, sung by Super Junior-M
, a sub-group of the K-Pop band Super Junior
, was released in their Me
album titled 당신이기에 (Tangshiniki-e) in 2008. In December 2001 she released a Mandarin-language album entitled "Truly Sandy", on which she co-wrote four songs. In the same year, Lam appeared as cast member of an Andrew Lloyd Webber
concert Masterpiece, which also featured West End and Broadway star Elaine Paige
and China's all-time best-selling recording artist, American-Chinese Kris Phillips. This concert was sold out with an audience of over 17,700 people.
Lam has won many awards in the course of her career, including Best Regional Performing Female Artist, Best Album, Best Female Vocalist, the Asia Pacific Most Outstanding Female Artist, and an honorary Music Award for her contributions to the music industry.
Sandy is now working on her 16th Cantonese
album.
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Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
singer who sings in Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....
, Mandarin
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
.
Career
Sandy Lam, whose ancestral hometown is NingboNingbo
Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...
, was born in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and began her career at the age of sixteen, getting a job as a D.J.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
for 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...
. She began her singing career in 1984 when she was signed to CBS Sony. Her first single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
was I Don't Know About Love. Sandy Lam has recorded not only with CBS Sony in the 1980s, but also with Warner Music, Rock Records
Rock Records
Rock Records is a Taiwanese record label founded in 1980 by Sam and Johnny Duan . The record label had their first multiseller in 1989 with Sarah Chen.It is now Asia's largest independent record label....
(Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
's largest independent label), Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
, and now Capitol Music.
Sandy Lam started her singing career in Hong Kong in the mid 80s with a string of up-tempo Japanese style songs. She then issued some "City-Rhythm" R&B tracks. In 1991 she released the ground breaking coming-of-age "Wildflower" album to rave reviews, part of the "unplugged" craze in the Cantopop scene.
Lam gained popularity in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
with her debut Mandarin release "愛上一個不回家的人" (Home Again Without You) in 1991. In 1995, she teamed up with Jonathan Lee, Taiwanese music producer, and released her 4th Mandarin album Love, Sandy featuring a hit single "傷痕" (Scars), which became one of the all time best selling Chinese language albums. Since then Sandy has moved beyond the Hong Kong music scene and spent most of her time in Taiwan, China, and Japan. Her 2006 Mandarin language album "Breathe Me" was recorded in Korea, Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong.
Lam returned to the music scene with a hit single "至少還有你" (At Least I Still Have You) from her first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
with Virgin in 2000. A Korean remake of the song, sung by Super Junior-M
Super Junior-M
Super Junior-M, often referred to as SJ-M or SJM, is the third official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. They are the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent, and is also the first group produced by Korea's CT ...
, a sub-group of the K-Pop band Super Junior
Super Junior
Super Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...
, was released in their Me
Me (Super Junior-M album)
-Chart performance:Me debuted in various Mainland Chinese music charts as soon as it was released on April 30, 2008. Pre-order sales immediately jumped to #1 on Amazon China and other electronic commerces. Me debuted in Taiwan music charts as #2 after its May 2, 2008 release, competing with...
album titled 당신이기에 (Tangshiniki-e) in 2008. In December 2001 she released a Mandarin-language album entitled "Truly Sandy", on which she co-wrote four songs. In the same year, Lam appeared as cast member of an Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
concert Masterpiece, which also featured West End and Broadway star Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige OBE is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16...
and China's all-time best-selling recording artist, American-Chinese Kris Phillips. This concert was sold out with an audience of over 17,700 people.
Lam has won many awards in the course of her career, including Best Regional Performing Female Artist, Best Album, Best Female Vocalist, the Asia Pacific Most Outstanding Female Artist, and an honorary Music Award for her contributions to the music industry.
Sandy is now working on her 16th Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....
album.
Private life
Lam married Taiwanese singer-songwriter and producer Jonathan Lee in 1998, but the pair divorced in 2004. Together, they have a daughter Li Xi Er (李喜兒), born May 17, 1998. The year after the divorce, she was in a relationship with Chan Fai Hung, an employee of Gold Label Records until July 2006, citing her demanding schedules after her return to the Hong Kong entertainment circle. She has reportedly been single since this time.LP
- Lam Yik LinSandy Lam (album)Sandy Lam is the debut album by the Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam. It was released under CBS Records in 1985.-Track listing:# I Don't Know About Love # First Date # Girlie Feelings # Summer's Umbrella...
(林憶蓮) - Released April 1985 - Let AloneAnger (album)Anger is the second album by Sandy Lam, released under CBS Records in 1986. This album performed poorly in terms of album sales and chart performance. Despite this, Sandy attracted a group of male teenager audiences.-Track listing:1. Anger...
(放縱) - Released March 1986 - Yik Lin (憶蓮) - Released February 1987
- GreyGrey (Sandy Lam album)"Grey" is the fourth studio album by Sandy Lam, released under CBS Records in 1987. To continue the success of her last album in February of the same year, Sandy and her producers focused on the successful elements of her last album and applied onto this album, which introduced Eurodance into Hong...
(灰色) - Released August 1987 - ReadyReady (Sandy Lam album)Ready is the fifth studio album by Sandy Lam, released under CBS Records in the summer of 1988. "Ready" would be a major milestone in Sandy's career because it would be her first album to be heavily influenced by R&B and Jazz which strongly affected her future...
- Released June 1988 - City Project Part I - City RhythmCity Rhythm (Sandy Lam album)City Rhythm is the sixth studio album by Sandy Lam, released under Warner Bros. Records in the winter of 1988. "City Rhythm" is a series of albums that launched Sandy's career into the ranks of Anita Mui, Sally Yeh, Priscilla Chan, etc. "City Rhythm" is also the beginning of Hong Kong mainstream...
(都市觸覺Part I City Rhythm) - Released December 1988 - City Project Part II - Fuir La Cite (都市觸覺Part II 逃離鋼筋森林) - Released October 1989
- City Project Part III - Faces And Places (都市觸覺Part III Faces And Places) - Released August 1990
- Home Again Without You (愛上一個不回家的人) - Released December 1990
- Drifting (夢了、瘋了、倦了) - Released February 1991
- City Heart (都市心) - Released October 1991
- WildflowerWildflower (Sandy Lam album)Wildflower, released in 1991, is the twelfth album from Hong Kong performer Sandy Lam. As part of the "unplugged" craze in the Cantopop scene, it is widely considered her signature album....
(野花) - Released December 1991 - Come Back To Love (回來愛的身邊) - Released October 1992
- Begin Again (不如重新開始) - Released April 1993
- It Doesn't Matter Who I Am (不必在乎我是誰) - Released May 1993
- Simple - Released March 1994
- Sandy '94 - Released June 1994
- Love, Sandy - Released January 1995
- Open Up - Released March 1995
- Feeling Perfect (感覺完美) - Released January 1996
- I Swear (愛是唯一) - Released February 1996
- Night Too Dark (夜太黑) - Released July 1996
- Wonderful World (美妙世界) - Released January 1997
- Clang Rose (鏗鏘玫瑰) - Released January 1999
- Lam Yik Lin's (林憶蓮's) - Released 18 January 2000
- 2001 Lian (2001蓮) - Released December 2000
- Truly (原來…林憶蓮) - Released December 2001
- S/L http://www.sandyandme.com/truecolour/truecolour.htm - Released 10 November 2005
- Breathe MeBreathe Me"Breathe Me" is a 2004 single by Australian singer Sia Furler featured on the album Colour the Small One.-Tracklistings:*Maxi CD Pt.1#"Breathe Me" - 4:32#"Sea Shells" - 4:52*Maxi CD Pt.2#"Breathe Me" - 4:34...
(呼吸) http://www.sandyandme.com/breatheme/breatheme.htm - Released 26 August 2006
EP
- City Project Part I - City Rhythm Take Two (都市觸覺Part I City Rhythm Take Two) - Released April 1989
- City Project - Dynamic Reaction (都市觸覺之推搪) - Released April 1990
- Dance Mega Mix (傾斜都市燒燒燒) - Released December 1990
- Love Returns - Released October 1996
- Encore - Released June 2002
Tour Setlists
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- Medley: (contain elements from 《傾斜都市燒燒燒 Mega Mix》)
- 傾斜
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 推搪
- 不不不
- 哈囉感覺
- 最佳男主角
- 講多錯多
- 灰色
- 還有...
- 情人的眼淚 (林憶蓮、Dick Lee 合唱)
- 心野夜 (林憶蓮、Dick Lee 合唱)
- 三更夜半
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- Medley:
- 破曉
- 前塵
- 破曉 Reprise
- 明天會更好 (清唱)
- Medley: (林憶蓮、倫永亮 合唱)
- "Yesterday Once MoreYesterday Once More (song)"Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by The Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Composed in the key of E, "Yesterday Once More" preceded an "Oldies Medley" on the album, consisting of nine songs from the 1960s. At the end of the song a...
" - "More Than I Can SayMore Than I Can Say"More Than I Can Say" is a song written by Sonny Curtis and Jerry Allison, both former members of Buddy Holly's band The Crickets and was recorded by their band in 1959 soon after Holly's death and was released in 1960. Their original version hit #42 on British Record Retailer Chart on 5/12/60...
" - 四朵金花
- 加價熱潮
- 今晚夜
- 夜來香
- 良夜不能留
- "Yesterday Once More"
- "SuperstarSuperstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the best known version is by the Carpenters in 1971.-Original Delaney and Bonnie version:Accounts of the song's origin vary...
" - "Theme from MahoganyTheme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"Theme from Mahogany " is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin, and recorded by American singer Diana Ross as the theme to the 1975 Motown/Paramount film Mahogany...
" - "Unchained MelodyUnchained Melody"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....
" - "Please Mr. PostmanPlease Mr. Postman"Please Mr. Postman" is the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well. "Please Mr...
" - "If You Leave Me NowIf You Leave Me Now"If You Leave Me Now" is the title of a popular hit ballad by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass guitar player Peter Cetera and released as a single in July 1976....
" - "How Deep Is Your LoveHow Deep Is Your Love"How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop song recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single in September. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, it was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia...
" - "Yesterday Once More"
- "Yesterday Once More
- 此情只待成追憶 (林憶蓮、倫永亮 合唱)
- 燒
- 你是我的男人
- 瘋了 (林憶蓮、Dick Lee 合唱)
- 激情
- 依然
- 多謝
- 戲假情真
- 情人的眼淚
- 夜來香
- 哈囉感覺
- 鳳陽花鼓
- 採紅菱
- 高山青
- 康定情歌
- 蘇州夜曲
- Stars of the East (林憶蓮、Dick Lee 合唱)
- Medley:
- 破曉
- 前塵
- 破曉 Reprise
- 都市心
- 心野夜
- Summer Time
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- 你是我的男人
- 天涯歌女
- 三年
- 我要!
- 依然
- 前塵
- 點滴前塵 Overture
- 破曉 (清唱)
- 不如重新開始
- 沒結果 (contains excerpt from End of the RoadEnd of the Road"End of the Road" is a 1992 Grammy Award-winning, number-one song recorded in May 1992 by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Written and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid and Daryl Simmons. It is Boyz II Men's most successful single and replaced Diana Ross and Lionel...
) - 下雨天 (林憶蓮、風火海 合唱)
- 傾斜
- 始終一天
- Medley:
- 假如讓你吻下去
- 不必在乎我是誰
- 還有 (林憶蓮、李宗盛 合唱)
- 結束 (林憶蓮、李宗盛 合唱)
- 當愛已成往事 (林憶蓮、李宗盛 合唱)
- 前生夢
- 再生戀
- 生離死別曲
- 再生戀 Remix
- 緣盡於此
- 前塵
- 愛情 I Don't Know
- 搖擺口紅
- 沙沙的雨 (林憶蓮、倫永亮 合唱)
- 天大地大 Remix
- Medley:
- 沒有你還是愛你
- 依然
- 光輝歲月
- 不拾不棄
- 震撼
- Medley:
- 醒醒
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 住家男人
- 推搪
- 醒醒 Reprise
- 野花
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- 風中的歌
- 天大地大
- 激情 Introduction
- 滴汗
- 花之色
- 玫瑰香
- 芝加哥的故事
- 心野夜
- 瘋了
- 夜太黑
- 夢醒時分
- 領悟
- 傷痕
- 震撼
- Medley:
- 傾斜
- 天大地大
- 再生戀
- 匆匆
- 冬季來的女人
- 沒有你還是愛你
- 沒結果
- 依然
- Medley:
- 你是我的男人
- 破曉
- 赤裸的秘密
- 早晨
- 微涼
- 你令我性感
- 還有
- 野花
- 多謝
- 哭
- Whatever
- 轉身
- 世界快樂
- 感覺完美
- "I Will Always Love YouI Will Always Love You"I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973, who first released the song as a single in 1974.-Dolly Parton version:...
"
- 存在
- 我坐在這裡
- 盼你在此
- 傷痕
- Better Man
- 為你我受冷風吹
- 遠走高飛
- 至少還有你
- 等你說愛我
- 「早晨...」
- 赤裸的秘密
- 痴纏
- 哭
- 寂寞流星群
- 瘋了
- 破曉
- 依然
- 愛情 I Don't Know
- 搖擺口紅
- 太陽傘下
- 震憾
- 你令我性感
- 滴汗
- 激情
- 瘋了
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- Medley:
- WildflowerWildflower (Skylark song)"Wildflower" is a song written by Doug Edwards and Dave Richardson in 1972. First performed by the Canadian band Skylark, it has been covered by many artists and more recently has been sampled in a number of hip hop songs.-Skylark recording:...
Overture - 只要我活過哭過
- 花之色
- 夜來香
- 薔薇之戀
- 野花
- 只要我活過哭過 Reprise
- Wildflower
- 聽說愛情回來過
- 痴纏
- 「早晨...」
- 沒有發生的愛情
- 無憾
- 願
- 一輩子心情
- 寂寞流星群
- 感情不老
- 真想你知道
- 沒有你還是愛你
- 你是我的男人
- 依然
- 多謝
- Medley:
- 不不不
- 燒
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- 傾斜
- 此情只待成追憶 (林憶蓮、倫永亮 合唱)
- 龍捲風
- 破曉
- 紙飛機
- 至少還有你
- 推搪
- 回家對著你媽媽
- 本色
- 微涼
- 心野夜
- 點唱機
- 無情實驗
- 決心
- 沉淪
- 為何他會離開你
- 沒結果
- 住家男人 (林憶蓮、Soler 合唱)
- Family ManFamily Man (song)"Family Man" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 . It was released from the album Five Miles Out, with vocals performed by Maggie Reilly.- Lyrical content :...
(Soler 主唱) - Medley:
- 鷹與星
- 再生戀
- 沒有你還是愛你
- 為你我受冷風吹
- Interlude
- 至少還有你
- 感情不老
- 細水長流
- 多謝
- Diva Medley:
- Diva
- 不還你
- 天大地大
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 灰色
- 難忘您
- 微雨撲巴黎
- 因你瘋了
- 長街的一角
- 瘋了
- 傷痕
- 願
- 日與夜
- 春雨
- 無憾
- 「早晨...」
- 激情
- 前塵
- 再不在乎
- 自製空間
- 由你開始
- 匆匆
- 都市心
- 走在大街的女子
- 聆聽
- 哭
- 決絕
- 傾慕
- 滴汗
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- 芝加哥的故事
- 誰像你好
- 「早晨...」 Featuring Angelita Li
- 日子
- 寂寞流星群
- 玩伴
- 天衣無縫
- 夢了
- 願
- 再見悲哀
- 愛的世界
- 躲起來
- Incomplete
- Opening
- 枯榮
- 心野夜
- 埃及玫瑰
- 没结果之後
- 灰色
- 燒
- Interlude
- 心碎巷
- 愛的廢墟
- 温柔的你
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- 月球人 (國、粵語混合版本)
- 下雨天 (林憶蓮、 恭碩良 合唱)
- Video Interlude
- 柿子
- 詞不達意
- 戲假情真
- 愛笑了
- 微雨撲巴黎
- 没有你還是愛你
- 至少還有你
- 赤裸的秘密 (張國榮、 林憶蓮劇場版)
- 我和你
- 海闊天空
- 破曉
- All By Myself (倫永亮 主唱)
- 傾斜
- 講多錯多
- 醒醒
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 推搪
- 不不不
- 一接觸
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- 瘋了
External links
- http://www.oursandylam.com
- http://www.sandyandme.com
- Filmography
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Top Chinese Music Chart Awards
Top Chinese Music Awards established in 2001, the show gives recognition and awards to Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan artists.This is the main event of the music industry, also known as the Chinese Grammy Awards.-Edition:-Best Album:...
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