XiaoHan
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Xiaohan is a leading female lyricist in the Chinese Pop Music scene. Based in Singapore
, her lyrics are sought after by many top-selling artistes such as Sandy Lam
, Stefanie Sun, Tanya Chua
, etc.
Since 2000 when she earned a nomination spot in the Singapore Hit Awards with ‘你抽的煙’, Xiaohan has been a consistent nominee at the yearly affair. She became the first female to be crowned the Best Local Lyricist at the Singapore Hit Awards 2002 with ‘紙飛機’, after the title was dominated by various talented Singapore male lyricists from the establishment of the awards in 1994. Xiaohan reclaimed the title again in 2004, with ‘無底洞’, the song that propelled her lyricist career to greater heights. She held on to the title in 2007 and 2008 with ‘雨天’ and ‘達爾文’ respectively.
Xiaohan was nominated for the Best Lyricist in the 19th Golden Melody Award with ‘達爾文I’, her first nomination for this prestigious award in 2008. (The award was won by Fang Wen Shan with his lyrics for ‘青花瓷’.)
From the commercial pop music arena, Xiaohan extended her scope to writing lyrics for musicals. She was also involved in the Speak Mandarin Campaign
2006 and a fund-raising album “Hands United” for the 2004 Tsunami victims.
Currently the Co-director of Funkie Monkies Productions with Eric Ng, Xiaohan is also a key personnel in the publishing arm of the indie label and a lecturer at Funkie Monkies School of Pop, which aims to groom and introduce more talents into the music industry. Occasionally, she writes columns for various magazines and conducts music composing seminars with Eric.
With the collaboration of Funkie Monkies Productions with Royston Tan, Xiaohan participated in the making of the soundtracks for Royston Tan's blockbusters, "881
" and "12蓮花"
In 2008 and 2009, Xiaohan had the honour of penning the mandarin version of the Singapore National Day theme song, titled ‘晴空萬里’ performed by Singapore song bird, 蔡淳佳
and ‘就在這裡’ by 《Project SuperStar
》winner 陳偉聯.
Performed by Funkie Monkies artistes and various Y.E.S 93.3FM DJs, ‘你還有個我’ was specially written by Eric and Xiaohan for the Down Syndrome Association (DSA). Royalties from the sales of this particular song, found in the compilation album with the same title, will be donated to DSA.
Her first book, <<眼淚是膠囊>> , is available in Singapore from 7 January 2011.
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...
, her lyrics are sought after by many top-selling artistes such as Sandy Lam
Sandy Lam
Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin, is a Cantopop singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese.-Career:...
, Stefanie Sun, 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...
, etc.
Biography
Breaking into the industry in 1998, Xiaohan has since established her name with her lyrics that focuses on the inner-most feelings of modern city dwellers, especially those of women.Since 2000 when she earned a nomination spot in the Singapore Hit Awards with ‘你抽的煙’, Xiaohan has been a consistent nominee at the yearly affair. She became the first female to be crowned the Best Local Lyricist at the Singapore Hit Awards 2002 with ‘紙飛機’, after the title was dominated by various talented Singapore male lyricists from the establishment of the awards in 1994. Xiaohan reclaimed the title again in 2004, with ‘無底洞’, the song that propelled her lyricist career to greater heights. She held on to the title in 2007 and 2008 with ‘雨天’ and ‘達爾文’ respectively.
Xiaohan was nominated for the Best Lyricist in the 19th Golden Melody Award with ‘達爾文I’, her first nomination for this prestigious award in 2008. (The award was won by Fang Wen Shan with his lyrics for ‘青花瓷’.)
From the commercial pop music arena, Xiaohan extended her scope to writing lyrics for musicals. She was also involved in the Speak Mandarin Campaign
Speak Mandarin Campaign
The Speak Mandarin Campaign is an initiative by the government of Singapore to encourage the Singaporean Chinese population to speak Mandarin, one of the four official languages of Singapore...
2006 and a fund-raising album “Hands United” for the 2004 Tsunami victims.
Currently the Co-director of Funkie Monkies Productions with Eric Ng, Xiaohan is also a key personnel in the publishing arm of the indie label and a lecturer at Funkie Monkies School of Pop, which aims to groom and introduce more talents into the music industry. Occasionally, she writes columns for various magazines and conducts music composing seminars with Eric.
With the collaboration of Funkie Monkies Productions with Royston Tan, Xiaohan participated in the making of the soundtracks for Royston Tan's blockbusters, "881
881
Year 881 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Charles the Fat is crowned Western Emperor.* Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France routs Norman pirates....
" and "12蓮花"
In 2008 and 2009, Xiaohan had the honour of penning the mandarin version of the Singapore National Day theme song, titled ‘晴空萬里’ performed by Singapore song bird, 蔡淳佳
Joi Chua
Joi Chua or Joi Tsai is a Singaporean female singer signed under Play Music.Joi was educated at Raffles Girls' Primary School, Clementi Town Secondary School, and Singapore Polytechnic in Optometry....
and ‘就在這裡’ by 《Project SuperStar
Project SuperStar
Project SuperStar is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on Channel U in Singapore. Project SuperStar was organised to uncover and develop young talent in Mandarin pop in Singapore. Closely modelled after the Pop Idol, 24...
》winner 陳偉聯.
Performed by Funkie Monkies artistes and various Y.E.S 93.3FM DJs, ‘你還有個我’ was specially written by Eric and Xiaohan for the Down Syndrome Association (DSA). Royalties from the sales of this particular song, found in the compilation album with the same title, will be donated to DSA.
Her first book, <<眼淚是膠囊>> , is available in Singapore from 7 January 2011.
Awards and nominations
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Singapore Hit Awards 2005 The Singapore Hit Awards 2005 is a music award held on 4 November 2005 as part of the annual Singapore Hit Awards organised by the top Mandarin radio station in Singapore, Y.E.S... , Best Local Lyricist Nomination (保管, 我的爱, 双栖动物) |
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Singapore Hit Awards 2007 The Singapore Hit Awards 2007 is a music award organised by Y.E.S. 93.3FM in association with the Recording Industry Association Singapore.The award ceremony was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 27 October 2007.... , Best Local Lyricist Winner (雨天) Best Local Lyricist Nomination (障眼法, 一下下) |
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Representative Lyrical Works
- 紙飛機 (林憶蓮)
- 詞不達意 (林憶蓮)
- 為我好 (梁靜茹)
- 無底洞 (蔡健雅)
- 雙棲動物(蔡健雅)
- 障眼法 (蔡健雅)
- 二手煙 (蔡健雅)
- 夜盲症 (蔡健雅)
- 假想敵(蔡健雅)
- 我的愛(孫燕姿)
- 雨天 (孫燕姿)
- 隱形人(孫燕姿)
- 平常心 (張惠妹)
- 一下下 (同恩)
- 保管 (阿桑)
- 緊箍咒 (SOLER)
- 歸屬感 (梁詠琪)
- 摩天輪 (SHE)
- 一人一半 (伍家輝)
- 雖然我願意 (伍家輝)