Jade Kwan
Jade Kwan (Chinese Name:關心妍 Kwan Sum-yin, Originally 關惠文 Kwan Wai-man, born
31 July 1979) is a well-known
Cantopop singer in
Hong Kong.
Kwan entered the
New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1999 (新秀歌"大賽溫"華選"賽) with the song "Face" (臉) originally sung by singer
Faye Wong and was awarded first runner-up. As such, she represented
Vancouver in the New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals 1999 (新秀歌"大賽加拿大總決賽) and won. She then competed in the
New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 1999 (1999 年全球華人新秀歌"大賽) ( also representing Vancouver ) and won the "Best Potential Newcomer Award" (最具潛質獎) The International Finals was held in Shanghai, China. (source: http://www.jadekwan.net/profile)
She was first known to the public as "Kwan Sum-yin" in
2002. Unlike many 'singers' in Hong Kong in the past few years who started out in a modelling company, Kwan emerged as a new-age genius with a sure-to-impress voice. Her singing talents were greatly admired and her albums promisingly received. Her first two albums, "Jade-1" and "Jade-2", won her reassuring gold records. Over the years, she has won many music industry awards in Hong Kong and China.
Kwan is blessed with musical talents. Not only is she talented in singing, she also plays a few musical instruments including piano, guitar and saxophone. Jade minored in Music Composition while attending
University of British Columbia in Canada.
Jade's latest album, 'Jade Loves', was released in May 2006. (Note: As the market in the record industry in Hong Kong is relatively small in scale compared to that of the English-speaking world, most singers in Hong Kong need to produce about two albums a year in order to sustain his/her popularity.)
Kwan is a devoted Christian, and has been quite active recently in the Christian community in Hong Kong. She sang a few Christian songs earlier this year and some of them eventually became popular even in the mainstream music market despite the religious connotations of the songs. She has chosen to sing not only for her fans, but also for God.
After one year and four months since her last album "The 5th Element", Jade released her sixth
Cantonese album, "Jade Loves...". In the new album, she has a new image that is more cool, and the style of her songs are quite different from the ones of her previous albums. For the first time, she wore black on a CD cover. Although the news is not official, the sales of the album was surprising on the first day, as some stores have already run out of stock of her album.
Albums
*Jade-1 (2002-7-3)
*Jade-1 Special Edition (2002-9-13)
*Jade-2 (2002-12-20)
*Jade-2 Special Edition (2003-1-17)
*Jade-3 (2003-4-16)
*Jade-3 Powerful Pack (2003-6-20)
*Jade Forward (2003-11-26)
*The 5th Element (2005-1-7)
*"Jade Loves..." (2006-5-3)
Others
* "Love, Jade" Karaoke VCD + DVD (2003-8-29)
* "Secret Garden" new songs + hits (mandarin) (2003-10-31)
* "Jade "I Am Ready Concert 2004" CD (2004-3-19)
* "Jade "I Am Ready Concert 2004" VCD + DVD (2004-4-17)
* "Jade Birthday Kit" new songs + hits (2004-8-18)
*http://www.jadekwan.net - largest fan site
*http://www.bma.com.hk - official site for all the singers of BMA Entertainment Holdings limited
*http://www.jadekwan.hk/jade/ - a website made by one of her fans
*http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/bmajadekwan/ - Jade Kwan's online blog
