Path to Success
1989 | Jun | Enters the Inter-College Songwriting Competition finals & is talent-scouted by Mr Ng Guan Seng, Director of local music company, Ocean Butterflies Production Pte Ltd (OBP) |
Dec | Lead vocalist for "Count On Me, Singapore", produced by OBP & showcased in the "Sing Singapore 1990" album | |
1990 | Begins recording commercial jingles & voice-overs, mainly produced by OBP | |
1991 | Jul | Enrolls in LaSalle School of Drama as its pioneer batch - undergoes 2 years of intensive training in the performing arts, laying the foundation for her singing career |
1992 | Feb | Signs on as a Singer with OBP as her management company |
Mar | Performs an excerpt from "Miss Saigon" for His Royal Highness Prince Edward at arts venue, the Substation, in Singapore | |
1993 | May | Plays Sally Brown in musical "Snoopy" at the Raffles Hotel's Jubilee Hall |
Sep | Releases debut Mandarin album, "Do Not Destroy the Harmony" in Singapore & Malaysia | |
1994 | Mar | Plays Rapunzel in musical "Into The Woods" at Victoria Theatre |
Aug | Records station theme song for Singapore's highest-rated Chinese radio station, FM 93.3 | |
Sep | Receives "Media Recommendation - Best Newcomer" at the 933 Hit Awards '94 in Singapore | |
Nov | Releases second album "Heartache" in Taiwan, Singapore & Malaysia - title track "Heartache" stays on the Taiwan pop charts for 20 weeks & sells 200,000 copies within 2 months - Kit is crowned by the Taiwan media as the new Queen of Chinese pop & a worthy successor to Faye Wong & Sandy Lam | |
1995 | Jan | Holiday in the west-coast of America |
Apr | Releases "Heartache" album in Hong Kong & breaks into a market dominated by Cantopop - once again, the title track tops many TV & radio pop charts | |
May | Performs a series of Mandarin pop concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, wooing critics & audiences with her powerful "live" singing | |
Jun | Releases third album "Cornered" in Taiwan, Hong Kong , Singapore & Malaysia - it remains her best-selling Mandarin album in Hong Kong & further seals her position as a leading Chinese pop artiste | |
Aug | Records theme song for the Chinese-speaking Channel 8 of the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) | |
Sep | Receives "Best Local
Artiste" at the 933 Hit Awards '95 - one of her title tracks, "Worried",
also wins "Best Lyrics"
Receives "Best Chinese Song - Silver Award for 'Heartache' " at the Hit Radio FM 99.7 Pop Music Awards '95 in Hong Kong |
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Dec | Short holiday in Vietnam | |
1996 | Jan | Receives "Best Vocalist - Best Newcomer" at the RTHK 18th Top 10 Chinese Hit Awards in Hong Kong |
Feb | Receives Min-Sheng Bao "Top
10 Hit Awards '95" in Taiwan for the song "Heartache"
Receives Channel [V] Chinese Top 20 Annual Awards in Taiwan for the song "Worried" |
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Mar | Invited by the Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS) to record its corporate theme song | |
Jun | Releases fourth album "Sadness" in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia | |
Aug | Stages mini-concert at alma-mater, Raffles Girls' Secondary School | |
Nov | Signs on to endorse regional
electronics brand, Pioneer, in Singapore - only other celebrity is Fandi
Ahmad
TV commercial filming for "Royal Umbrella Fragrant Rice" in Singapore |
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Dec | Releases fifth album "Don't
Make Me Hate You" in Taiwan & Hong Kong
Plays an undergraduate in TCS Channel 8 drama series, "Tales of the Third Kind" |
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1997 | Mar-May | Plays principal role Phoenix in Asia's first Cantonese musical "Snow.Wolf.Lake" to critical acclaim - runs for 43 nights in Hong Kong - main cast also includes superstars Jacky Cheung & Sandy Lam |
Apr | Receives "World Best Chinese Female Artiste" at the 8th Gold Hit Awards '97 in Taiwan | |
Jun | Comic book "Kitstuff" is launched by Comix Factory, the people behind local comic icon, Mr Kiasu - the main character is inspired by Kit, making her the first local artiste to endorse a comic character | |
Jul | Performs at the Miss Hong
Kong '97 pageant - the first beauty pageant after the Hand-Over - Hong
Kong artistes Aaron Kwok & Kelly Chen also performed. Invited by Ministry of Information & The Arts (MITA) to sing the theme song for the nation-wide "Speak Mandarin Campaign '97 and '98" |
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Aug | Performs for the National Day Post-Parade Concert at National Stadium - broadcasted "live" on national TV | |
Sep | TV commercial appearance in the "Speak Mandarin Campaign '97" ad - other celebrities featured are local TV stars, James Lye & Wong Lilin | |
Oct | Trip to Melbourne | |
Nov | Reprises her role in musical
"Snow.Wolf.Lake" - runs from 21-27 Nov at the Singapore Indoor
Stadium - features original cast, but Sandy Lam is replaced by Hong
Kong TV actress-singer Chan Chung Ling - Kit impresses local media &
audiences with her charismatic "live" singing & stage
presence
A one-hour TV special "Kit Chan Mini-Concert" is broadcasted on TCS Channel 8 during primetime - Kit sings a selection of her Mandarin hits, plus unplugged renditions of three Jacky Cheung songs & the English musical number "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" "Kitstuff" autograph-signing on 29 Nov at the Singapore International Book Fair at the World Trade Centre |
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Dec | Releases first Cantonese album
"Revelation" in Hong Kong - embarks on an extensive publicity
drive spanning Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia - "Kitstuff"
is also launched in Hong Kong with a brand-new cover illustration
Performs "live" with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - the show is then released as a VCD & CD called "The Phil & 4 Stars - the Perfect Match" Hong Kong artistes Mark Lei, William So & Joyce Lee. Performs in a Hong Kong TV special on current singing sensations - also features Hong Kong's Ronald Cheng, Taiwan's Valen Hsu & Singapore's Mavis Hee. |
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1998 | Jan | Receives a Hit Radio pop music award & a TVB Top 10 Hit award in Hong Kong |
Feb | Kit goes to Canada (Vancouver
& Toronto) : - To perform in charity shows for the Chinese in Canada - For a HKTVB special featuring HK artiste Miriam Yang Qian Hua & herself, a kind of MTV travelogue shot entirely on-location in Canada |
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Mar | Back in Singapore for an open-air live concert at NUS - first-ever faculty band, the Medic Band, provides the music - up to 2,000 student fans cheer on | |
May | Becomes the first local celebrity
to endorse the prestigious Swiss-made Ebel timepieces Releases her second Cantonese album Dreams & Memories - this time, it features all new works including a rock ballad - a first for Kit Also releases a single Home in Singapore
she sings it in both Mandarin & English - composed by the talented
Dick Lee, the CD is in aid of the National Arts Council (NAC) fund
it is also heavy-publicised via radio air-play & its MTV seen
frequently on Channels 5 & 8 (there are two versions one in English,
one in Mandarin) |
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July | Press conference in Hong Kong
for Kits new musical The Legend it is inspired by the late Teresa Teng
- slated for a 12-night run starting 12 Nov 98 at the HK Coliseum,
Kit will perform in both Cantonese & Mandarin |
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Aug | Certainly
a career highlight, Kit performs a special bilingual version of Home
at the National Stadium during the National Day celebrations on 9 Aug
Releases her 6th Mandarin album Deeply Involved in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia to great media fanfare after all, its been almost 2 years since her previous Mandarin album. |
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Oct | Held mini-concert at Harbour Pavilion | |
2001 | June | First full-blown concert at the Indoor stadium with guests William So and Lam Bo Yi. |
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