Fish Leong (traditional Chinese: 梁靜茹; simplified Chinese: 梁静茹; pinyin: Liáng Jìngrú; born June 16, 1978 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China) is the stage name of Jasmine Leong, a Malaysian Chinese singer in the Mandarin pop scene who has had much success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. Leong, known as "the Queen of Love Songs", is famous for her love-themed ballads, many of which have become popular KTV hits.Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 3 Awards 3.1 2000 3.2 2001 3.3 2002 3.4 2003 3.5 2004 3.6 2005 3.7 2006 3.8 2007 3.9 2008 4 References 5 External links
[edit] Biography
Leong was born in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia and she grew up in Bahau, a small town where is half an hour driving time away from Kuala Pilah. Her real name is "Leong Chui Peng" (Chinese: 梁翠萍; pinyin: Liáng Cùipíng). She started her career as a cover version singer at Hai Luo Music Cafe. Z-Chen is her cousin.
In her youth, Leong had participated in many local singing competitions and emerged as the winner in a few of them. Veteran singer Jonathan Lee discovered her during a singing competition at Hai Luo. She was then singing a song called Qī Dài (期待) which was composed by her friend. She started her career in Taiwan, in October 1997, after joining Rock Records of Taiwan. It was then that she adopted the name "Fish", because the last character of her name "茹" sounds like "fish" (魚) in Cantonese. Her debut album Yí Yè Zhǎng Dà (一夜長大) was released after two years, only to encounter an earthquake on the day of the album launch promotion (21 September 1999). Her career only managed to take off after the successful launch of her second album Yǒng Qì (勇氣), which means courage. The hit song "Courage" about courage in love and especially in forbidden relationships.[1] From then on, Leong has continued to sing love songs about the different stages of relationships, from first love in "Quiet Summer" to life after a breakup in "Happy Breakup."
Leong has enjoyed collaborations with prominent Chinese songwriters and producers, such as Lee-Hom Wang and Ashin of Mayday, the latter being her fellow labelmate. She has also sung duets with fellow Malaysians and labelmates, Guang Liang, Pin Guan and Yu Heng. Her albums have been best-sellers in the East Asia region, including Singapore and Taiwan, where she is based. Since making her debut in 1999, Leong has released ten solo albums. Her best-selling album The Power of Love had sold in excess of 1.5 million copies in Asia, including more than 300,000, 35,000 and 40,000 copies in Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore respectively. Wings Of Love, her seventh and double-platinum album, topped Singapore’s RIAS sales chart for two weeks and remained within the top 15 positions for more than two months. Her Silk Road album in 2005 had sold 1 million copies in Asia. At the Singapore Hits Awards 2003, she was crowned the Best Female Vocalist. In 2004, she was presented with the Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer prize at the same event. In 2005, she won the Most Popular Female Singer and Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer awards. Her 2006 album "Kissing The Future Of Love" was a hit and topped the Mandarin charts for weeks. A year later, the same feat would be achieved with her 2007 album "j'Adore."
After the success of the Love Parade World Tour 2004/2005, she had performed for another series of world tour concerts (including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore) which took place starting from February 2007. Starting from December 2007, she has a new series of "Today is Our Valentine's Day concerts". The name of the concert came about from Leong's desire to tell her fans that "Although the concert won't be on the Valentine's Day this year, I want to tell my fans that everyday could be Valentine's, when you have the right person next to you,". [2]
Fish Leong recently collaborated with Hong Kong singer/actor Leo Ku in the duet "還是好朋友" for Leo's new mandarin album.[when?]
[edit] Discography
The names are given in romanized pinyin in the absence of an official English title.
[edit] AlbumsEnglish/Pinyin title Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Simplified) Release date Yí Yè Zhǎng Dà (Grown Up Overnight) 一夜長大 一夜长大 September 17, 1999 Yǒng Qì (Courage) 勇氣 勇气 August 2, 2000 Shining Star 閃亮的星 闪亮的星 June 26, 2001 Sunrise 我喜歡 我喜欢 February 7, 2002 Beautiful 美麗人生 美丽人生 February 12, 2003 The Power of Love 戀愛的力量 恋爱的力量 November 25, 2003 Wings of Love 燕尾蝶 燕尾蝶 September 9, 2004 Silk Road of Love 絲路 丝路 September 16, 2005 Kissing The Future of Love 親親 亲亲 October 6, 2006 j'Adore 崇拜 崇拜 November 9, 2007 Today is Our Valentine's Day 今天情人節 今天情人节 August 28, 2008 Fall in Love & Songs 靜茹&情歌-別再為他流淚 静茹&情歌-别再为他流泪 January 16, 2009
[edit] Awards
[edit] 2000 Most Popular KTV "Courage"
[edit] 2001 Regional (Taiwan) Best Song of the Year "Unconditionally For You"
[edit] 2002 MTV Top 20 Favourite Female Vocalists HIT FM Listeners' Favourite "Happy Break-Up" HIT FM Top Ten Singles "Happy Break-Up" HIT FM Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer HIT FM Most Popular KTV "Happy Break-Up" Entertainment Association of Malaysia Awards Top Ten Singles "Courage" Hong Kong TVB8 Best Composition "Happy Break-Up" Taiwan Channel V Top Ten Singles "Happy Break-Up" Singapore Golden Hits Awards Best Female Vocalist Global Chinese Music Awards Top Ten Singles "For My Own Good" Global Chinese Music Awards Malaysia Outstanding Vocalist"
[edit] 2003 Singapore Golden Hits Awards Best Female Vocalist HIT FM Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer HIT FM Top Ten Singles "For My Own Good" HIT FM Favourite Karaoke "For My Own Good" China Eastern Television Top 5 Vocalists"
[edit] 2004 Singapore Golden Hits Awards Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer
[edit] 2005 Singapore Golden Hits Awards Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer Singapore Golden Hits Awards Most Popular Female Singer HIT FM Top Ten Singles HIT FM Awards :Singer with the most singles in the chart HIT FM Awards :Best Regional Singer HIT FM Awards:Singles with the most time in no.1 position 5th Global Chinese Music Awards Top Ten Singles 5th Global Chinese Music Awards Top 5 Female Vocalist
[edit] 2006 TVBS Chinese Golden Chart Awards : Best Regional Female Singer TVBS Chinese Golden Chart Awards : Most Recommended Album <Silk Road> 【V】Chinese Chart Awards :Best Female Singer Malaysia Book Of Records :Malaysian Chinese Singer Who Won The Most Awards
[edit] 2007 Music Radio Chinese TOP Charts Awards : Best Female Singer HIT FM HITO Awards : Best Regional Singer ( Malaysia) Malaysia Outstanding Youth Awards
[edit] 2008 Music Radio Chinese TOP Charts Awards : The Most Popular Female Singer Music Radio Chinese TOP Charts Awards : Top Single <j'Adore> 2008 HIT FM HITO Music Awards : Top 10 singles <j'Adore> 2008 HIT FM HITO Music Awards : Best Regional Singer (Malaysia) Nomination: 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards : Best Female Singer-Fish Leong <j'Adore> Singapore Hit Awards:Best Female vocalist Singapore Hit Awards:Regional(Malaysia)Most Outstanding Singer 8th Global Chinese Music Awards Top 5 Female Vocalist 8th Global Chinese Music Awards Top Ten Singles
