Sandy Lam
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Background information | |
Chinese name | 林憶蓮 (traditional) |
Chinese name | 林忆莲 (simplified) |
Pinyin | Lín Yìlián (Mandarin) |
Jyutping | lam4 jik1 lin4 (Cantonese) |
Origin | Hong Kong |
Born |
Hong Kong | 26 April 1966
Occupation | Singer, dancer, actress |
Genre(s) | Cantopop, Mandopop |
Voice type(s) | Lyric Mezzo-soprano |
Label(s) | CBS/Sony Records, Warner Music, Capital Artists, Capitol Records EMI, Gold Label Records, Virgin Records, Rock Records, Universal Music Hong Kong(2012-) |
Years active | 1984-present |
Spouse(s) | Jonathan Lee (1998–2004) |
Partner(s) | Joventino Couto Remotigue |
Children | Renee Lee (李喜兒), born | 17 May 1998
Ancestry | Ningbo, Zhejiang |
Sandy Lam Yik-lin[1] (林憶蓮; born 26 April 1966) is a Hong Kong singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese.
Career
Sandy Lam, whose parents are migrants from Shanghai, 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 Records.[2] Her first single was I Don't Know About Love. Sandy Lam has recorded not only with CBS Sony Records in the 1980s, but also with Warner Music, Rock Records (Taiwan's largest independent label), Virgin Records, Capitol Records, EMI Music, and now Universal Music.
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.[3]
Lam gained popularity in Taiwan with her debut Mandarin release "Home Again Without You" ("愛上一個不回家的人") in 1991. In 1995 she teamed up with Jonathan Lee, Taiwanese music producer, and released her fourth Mandarin album Love, Sandy featuring a hit single "Scars" ("傷痕"), which became one of the all-time best selling Chinese language albums. Since then Lam 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 South Korea, Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong.
Lam returned to the music scene with a hit single "At Least I Still Have You" ("至少還有你") 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 Dangsinigie (당신이기에) 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 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.
Lam won a total of four awards at the 24th Golden Melody Awards in 2013. These include "Best Female Singer" as well as "Best Mandarin Album", "Best Album Producer" & "Best Musical Arranger" for her album "Gaia".[4]
Personal life
Lam married Taiwanese singer-songwriter and producer Jonathan Lee in 1998, but the pair divorced in 2004. Together, they have a daughter Renee (李喜兒),[5] born 17 May 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.
Lam has been in a relationship with drummer and music producer Joventino Couto Remotigue since 2011.[6]
Discography
Cantonese albums
- Lam Yik Lin (林憶蓮) - Released April 1985
- Let Alone (放縱) - Released March 1986
- Yik Lin (憶蓮) - Released February 1987
- Grey (灰色) - Released August 1987
- Ready - Released June 1988
- City Project Part I - City Rhythm (都市觸覺Part I City Rhythm) - Released December 1988
- City Project Part I - City Rhythm Take Two (都市觸覺Part I City Rhythm Take Two) EP - Released April 1989
- City Project Part II - Fuir La Cite (都市觸覺Part II 逃離鋼筋森林) - Released October 1989
- City Project - Dynamic Reaction (都市觸覺之推搪) EP - Released April 1990
- City Project Part III - Faces And Places (都市觸覺Part III Faces And Places) - Released August 1990
- Dance Mega Mix (傾斜都市燒燒燒) EP - Released December 1990
- Drifting (夢了、瘋了、倦了) - Released February 1991
- Wildflower (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
- Sandy '94 - Released June 1994
- Feeling Perfect (感覺完美) - Released January 1996
- Love Returns (回歸) EP - Released October 1996
- Encore EP - Released June 2002
- True Colour (本色) - Released 10 November 2005
- Re: Workz - Released 17 January 2014
- In Search of Lost Time (陪著我走) - Released 16 May 2016
Mandarin albums
- Home Again Without You (愛上一個不回家的人) - Released December 1990
- City Heart (都市心) - Released October 1991
- It Doesn't Matter Who I Am (不必在乎我是誰) - Released May 1993
- Love, Sandy - Released January 1995
- Night Too Dark (夜太黑) - Released July 1996
- 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
- Breathe Me (呼吸) - Released 26 August 2006
- Gaia (蓋亞) - Released 20 September 2012
Japanese albums
- Simple - Released March 1994
- Open Up - Released March 1995
English albums
- I Swear (愛是唯一) - Released February 1996
- Wonderful World (美妙世界) - Released January 1997
Concert setlists
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- Medley:
- 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 (featuring Dick Lee)
- 心野夜 ((featuring Dick Lee)
- 三更夜半
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- Interlude
- 破曉 (I)
- 前塵 (ends with a reprise of 《破曉 (I)》)
- 明天會更好
- Medley: (林憶蓮、倫永亮 合唱)
- "Yesterday Once More"
- "More Than I Can Say"
- 四朵金花
- 加價熱潮
- 今晚夜
- 夜來香
- 良夜不能留
- "Superstar"
- "Theme from Mahogany"
- "Unchained Melody"
- "Please Mr. Postman"
- "If You Leave Me Now"
- "How Deep Is Your Love"
- 此情只待成追憶 (林憶蓮、倫永亮 合唱)
- 燒
- 放縱
- 你是我的男人
- 瘋了 (featuring Dick Lee)
- 激情
- 依然
- 多謝 (ends with a reprise of 《依然》)
- 戲假情真 (ends with a reprise of 《依然》)
- 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)
- 破曉前塵夢
- 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 (I)
- 不如重新開始
- 沒結果
- 下雨天 (林憶蓮、風火海 合唱)
- 傾斜
- 始終一天
- 假如讓你吻下去
- 不必在乎我是誰
- 還有/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
- 紅顏未老 1
- 緣盡於此
- 前塵
- 「早晨...」 1
- Medley:
- 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)
- 沒有你還是愛你
- 依然
- 光輝歲月
- 不拾不棄 1
- 震撼 (林憶蓮、風火海 合唱)
- Medley:
- 醒醒
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 住家男人
- 推搪 (ends with a reprise of 《醒醒》)
- 野花
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- 風中的歌
- 天大地大
1performed on selected dates
- Overture (contains excerpts from 《激情》)
- 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 (I)
- 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 You"
- 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 (I)
- 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:
- Wildflower 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
- 聽說愛情回來過
- 痴纏
- 「早晨...」
- 沒有發生的愛情
- 無憾
- 願 1
- 一輩子心情 2
- 寂寞流星群 2
- 感情不老 2
- 自製空間 3
- 真想你知道 3
- 沒有你還是愛你 3
- 你是我的男人
- 依然
- 多謝
- 不不不
- 燒
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- 傾斜
1 performed on 4–6 May
2 only performed on 4 and 6 May
3 only performed on 5 May
- Medley:
- 愛的世界 (林憶蓮)
- 心田 (倫永亮)
- 一輩子心情 (林憶蓮)
- 每一個早上 (倫永亮)
- 感覺完美 (林憶蓮)
- 每次我展開翅膀 倫永亮)
- 你是我的男人 (林憶蓮)
- 情暖、情醉、情牽 (倫永亮)
- 依然 (林憶蓮)
- 沙沙的雨 (合唱)
- 歌詞 (倫永亮)
- 鋼琴後的人 (倫永亮)
- Medley:
- 妳知道我在等你嗎 (倫永亮)
- 我為你而生 (倫永亮)
- 總有你鼓勵 (倫永亮)
- 愛過就是完全 (倫永亮)
- 心仍是冷 (倫永亮)
- Tchaikovsky Scene No. 1 - Moderato from Art II of Swan Lake Suite, OP. 20
- 日與夜 (林憶蓮)
- Medley:
- 最佳男主角 (倫永亮)
- 微涼 (林憶蓮)
- 秋夜 (倫永亮)
- 不要重播 (倫永亮)1
- 寂寞 (林憶蓮) 2
- 給等最久的人 (林憶蓮) 3
- 靜夜的單簧管 (林憶蓮) 4
- 秋的懷念 (倫永亮)
- 好春宵 (倫永亮)
- 芝加哥的故事 (林憶蓮)
- 沒結果 (林憶蓮)
- The Way He Makes Me Feel (林憶蓮)
- 哭 (林憶蓮)
- 赤裸的秘密 (林憶蓮)
- 至少還有你 (林憶蓮)
- 梁祝
- 破曉 (I) (林憶蓮)
- Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
- 此情只待成追憶 (合唱)
- Come What May (合唱)
- Medley:
- 逃離鋼筋森林 (林憶蓮)
- Let Me Be The One (倫永亮)
- Medley:
- Lady Marmalade (林憶蓮)
- I Will Survive (倫永亮)
- We Are Family (合唱)
- I Love The Night Life (合唱)
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough (合唱)
- Medley:
- 瘋了 (林憶蓮)
- 給戀愛喝采 (倫永亮)
- How Could An Angel Break My Heart (倫永亮) 4
- Almost Over You (林憶蓮) 4
1 only performed on 7–8 March
2 only performed on 5 March
3 performed on 3 and 7 March, performed after 《最佳男主角》 on 8 March
4 only performed on 8 March
- 推搪
- 回家對著你媽媽
- 本色
- 下雨天 1
- 微涼 2
- 獨行少女 3
- 心野夜 4
- 點唱機
- 無情實驗
- 決心
- 沉淪
- 為何他會離開你
- 沒結果 4
- 住家男人 (林憶蓮、Soler 合唱)
- Family Man (Soler 主唱)
- 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
1 only performed on 10 November
2 performed on 11 November
3 performed on 10–12 November
4 only performed on 13 November
- 再不在乎
- 自製空間
- 由你開始 1
- 匆匆
- 都市心
- 走在大街的女子
- 聆聽
- 哭
- 決絕
- 傾慕 2
- 滴汗 2
- 逃離鋼筋森林 2
- 芝加哥的故事 3 2
- 誰像你好 4 2
- 「早晨...」 (featuring Angelita Li) 5
- 日子
- 寂寞流星群
- 玩伴 1
- 天衣無縫
- 夢了
- 願
- 傾斜 6
- 再見悲哀 7
- 愛的世界
- 你是我的男人 8
- 躲起來
- Incomplete 1
1 not performed on 16 and 17 November
2 performed after 《匆匆》 on 14–16 November
3 performed on 10–18 November
4 performed on 11–18 November
5 performed on 16–18 November
6 only performed on 16 November
7 performed on 17 and 18 November
8 performed after 《芝加哥的故事》 on 10 November, not performed on 11 November, performed after 《誰像你好》 on 16 November
- 枯榮 (contains excerpts of 《至少還有你》、《依然》、《傷痕》、《痴纏》、《没结果》)
- Medley:
- 三更夜半心歪心野夜
- 埃及玫瑰
- 没结果之後
- 灰色
- 燒
- 心碎巷 (contains elements from 《放縱》)
- 愛的廢墟
- 冬季來的女人
- 愛上一個不回家的人 1
- 蓋亞 (contains excerpts of 《月球人》)
- 下雨天 (featuring 恭碩良)
- 寂寞擁擠 2
- Earth Destruction
- 柿子
- 詞不達意
- 戲假情真
- 愛笑了 3
- 微雨撲巴黎 (featuring Angelita Li and Silver Ko)
- 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
- 蔓珠莎華 3
- 海闊天空
- 破曉 (I)
- All By Myself (倫永亮 主唱)
- 傾斜 (contains excerpts from "What Have You Done For Me Lately" and "Vogue")
- Don't Rush Me Mix:
- 講多錯多 (contains excerpts from "Don't Go")
- 醒醒 (contains excerpts from "Domino Dancing")
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛 (contains excerpts from "U Can't Touch This")
- 推搪 (contains excerpts from "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Smooth Criminal")
- Latin Mix:
- 不不不 3
- 一接觸
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- 瘋了 (featuring Chris Polanco)
1 only performed on 25 September
2 performed during encore on 24 September
3 only performed on 23 September
- 枯榮 (contains excerpts of 《至少還有你》、《依然》、《傷痕》、《痴纏》、《没结果》)
- Medley:
- 三更夜半心歪心野夜
- 埃及玫瑰
- 没结果之後
- 灰色
- 燒
- 心碎巷 (contains elements from 《放縱》)
- 愛的廢墟
- 冬季來的女人
- 愛上一個不回家的人
- 蓋亞 (contains excerpts of 《月球人》)
- 下雨天 (featuring 恭碩良)
- Earth Destruction
- 柿子
- 詞不達意
- 寂寞擁擠
- 沒有你 還是愛你
- 日與夜
- Seasons of Love (與和音團、樂手合唱)
- I Swear (與和音團合唱)
- Crying in the Rain
- 微涼
- 至少還有你
- 兩心花
- 傾斜 (contains excerpts from "What Have You Done For Me Lately" and "Vogue")
- Don't Rush Me Mix:
- 講多錯多 (contains excerpts from "Don't Go")
- 醒醒 (contains excerpts from "Domino Dancing")
- 一分鐘都市、一分鐘戀愛 (contains excerpts from "U Can't Touch This")
- 推搪 (contains excerpts from "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Smooth Criminal")
- Latin Mix:
- 一接觸
- 逃離鋼筋森林
- 瘋了 (featuring Chris Polanco)
- Stay
- 灰
- 枯榮
- Marinda (常石磊 主唱)
- 愛笑了
- 柿子
- 寂寞擁擠
- 蓋亞
- 紅眼眶
- 也許
- 無言歌
- I Still Believe (林憶蓮、常石磊 合唱)
- Stay
- 灰
- 蓋亞
- 愛笑了
- 寂寞擁擠
- 柿子
- 枯榮
- 紅眼眶
- 也許
- 春雨
- 小情歌
- 為你我受冷風吹
- 無言歌
- 鏗鏘玫瑰
- 走在大街的女子
- 不必在乎我是誰
References
- ↑ Chen, Vivian (30 August 2012). "Canto-pop diva Sandy Lam emerges with first album in six years". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sandy Lam". 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "Sandy Lam". 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "Sandy Lam reigns at 24th Golden Melody Awards". 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "盡得林憶蓮真傳 愛女喜兒索爆成熟時". Eastweek Magazine. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ 林憶蓮恭碩良情未變 高調公開「最親愛的關係」 (in Chinese). 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
External links
- http://www.sandyandme.com
- Filmography
- Sandy Lam at the Internet Movie Database
- Bitetone Presents 2012 Best 20 records from China, HK and Taiwan. 《蓋亞Gaia》
Awards and achievements | ||
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Top Chinese Music Chart Awards | ||
Preceded by First Year Awarded |
Best Female Artist, Hong Kong & Taiwan 2001 |
Succeeded by Stefanie Sun |