Karen Kong is a Malaysian singer.

Biography

Karen Kong (or Karen K to her fans) is from Labuan Island, Malaysia. She was a student of S.M St Anne, Labuan, S.M.K Labuan, Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Tunku Abdul Rahman College, often known as TARC or KTAR, is a public institution of higher learning in Malaysia. It has six campuses located in six states across Malaysia. While having close links to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman , the college and the university are separate entities...

 and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. She was a participant in Malaysian Idol

Malaysian Idol

Malaysian Idol is the Malaysian version of the Idol Series that started in UK, similar to shows such as UK's Pop Idol and American Idol in the franchise. This show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Malaysia, with the winner receiving a major record deal, although some runners-up...

in 2004, but she was eliminated in the first round.

Kong's debut single was launched in January 2007. She immediately garnered attention due to her entire album being written in Malay

Malay language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...

. Her debut EP also includes her singles Cinta Hello Kitty and Ku Tak Upaya, both penned by fellow Malaysian songwriter Asmin Mudin (writer of Malaysian Idol Jaclyn Victor

Jaclyn Victor

Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented...

's Gemilang). Both were featured on several radio station top charts including ERA, Xfresh and others.

On 15 January 2007, Kong released her full Malay album, Mulakan, which not only featured the debut single, but also nine other tracks including Na Na Na Nada Cinta, a remake of the Japan

Japan

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ese song La La La Love Song by Toshinobu Kubota.

On 17 July 2007, she made a first in the Malaysian music scene by being the first artiste to hold a web concert. In September, she announced her plan to produce a Mandarin album (and her Chinese stage name

Stage name

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, as stated above). The album, titled Showtime, which has since been finished and scheduled for release on 27 October, however, hit a snag when it was found that retail stores refuse to distribute or sell the album. This lead her company to only sell her album in a 50-leg promotional tour around the country.

In year 2009, Universal Music decided to bring her international recognition by re-launching her career 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...

. The new album I'm Karen released on 10 July 2009 to serves as an introduction of the rising star to the Chinese music fans. It comes with songs from her first Chinese album Showtime plus four new songs, including the first plug AEIOU (a remake of The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford...

' Great DJ

Great DJ

"Great DJ" is the second single by English Indie pop band The Ting Tings. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written by "playing a D chord on the guitar for hours, because that's all I could play. And then I put my finger on the wrong string, and got what I discovered was an augmented...

, famously featured in the trailer for Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...

).

Albums and EPs

• Mulakan (2007)

1. "Prelude (Mulakan)"
2. "Mulakan"
3. "Oh Kekasih!" ft. Shazzy
4. "Cinta Hello Kitty"
5. "Juli DoReMi"
6. "Ku Tak Upaya"
7. "Na Na Na Nada Cinta" ft. 3 flow (remake of La La La Love Song)
8. "Bintang"
9. "Dalam Bahasa Sayu"
10. "Sama-sama Menjulang" ft. Ferhad
11. "Na Na Na Nada Cinta - piano version"
12. "Cinta Hello Kitty - Karaoke ver."
13. "Ku Tak Upaya - Karaoke ver."

• 表演 Showtime (2007)

1. "离岛 li dao"
2. "表演 Showtime (biao yan)" ft. Namewee
3. "阵阵跳 zhen zhen tiao" (remake of Akan)
4. "居家旅行 ju jia lv xing"
5. "沉默•秘密 chen mo mi mi" (remake of Dalam Bahasa Sayu)
6. "你在哪里？ ni zai na li"
7. "你笨啊你！ni ben a ni"
8. "爱情 ai qing" (remake of Ku Tak Upaya)
9. "天堂 tian tang"

Bonus Tracks

1. In Love Again
2. "离岛 li dao acoustic ver."

• I'm Karen (2009)

1. "ㄚ一ㄨㄟㄛ AEIOU"
2. "粉红电光 fen hong dian guang (Pink Electric Lights)"
3. "邻居 lin jv (Neighbours)"
4. "舔伤 tian shang (Lick The Wounds)"
5. "不要放晴 bu yao fang qing (Don't Cleared)"
6. "阵阵跳 zhen zhen tiao (Flying Jump)"
7. "离岛 li dao (Leaving The Island)"
8. "爱情 ai qing (Love)"
9. "你笨阿你! ni ben a ni (Ah, Are You Stupid!)"
10. "你在哪裡? ni zai na li (Where Are You?)"
11. "邻居 lin jv acoustic ver. (Neighbours)"
12. In Love Again

External links

• Karen Kong's interview on Kochipan(in French)