Sandy Lam Profile
Chinese Name : 林憶蓮
Name (E) : Sandy Yik-lin LAM
Birth Date : 1966 April 26
Birth Place : Hong Kong
Horoscope : Taurus
Chinese Horoscope : Horse
Height : 1.59m
Weight : 48kg
Eye Sight : 300 degree short sighted on left eye
Label : Typhoon Group formerly known as Gold Label
Past Labels : CBS/SONY, WEA, Capital Artist, Rock Records, Virgin Records, EMI/Capitol
Management Company : Lead Talent
Past management company : Music & Movement Pte. Ltd., Creative Artists Management & Productions Ltd. formerly known as Stardust Factory
Status : Married to Jonathon Lee (李宗盛), famous Taiwan producer a.k.a. the godfather of Chinese music in Taiwan, on Feb 23, 1998. Separated in 2004. Sandy was in a relationship with Chan Fai Hung, ex-903 DJ and currently managing various departments in EMI and Gold Label (EMI 亞太區新媒體總裁，金牌娛樂藝人部總經理) afterwards, yet broke up in summer 2006. Now single.
Family Members : Two younger brothers; mother and father passed away in 2001 and 2004 respectively; One daughter named Lee Hsi-Erh (李喜兒) was born in 1998 (with Jonathon Lee 李宗盛)
Education : Secondary – Form 5 graduate with a Business Diploma, Marymount Sisters’ School (瑪利曼書院), Happy Valley, HK (Photos); Primary – North Point K.F. Assn. Madam Chan Wai Chow Mem. School, Hong Kong, 北角街坊會陳維周夫人紀念學校
Who is Sandy Lam?
Sandy Live 2007
In the Chinese pop music scene in Asia, especially to those who used to listening to radio from mid-80s and on in Hong Kong, SANDY LAM is a name equivalent to perfection, hard working, feminine, talent, and a gay icon.
Her career began as a part-time DJ at Commercial Radio Hong Kong in 1982, in which she got an unique nick name 611 (6+1+1=8, in Cantonese ‘8′ means being talkative and always questioning about gossips and other topics). yet “talkative” has never been the right word to describe Sandy; in fact, she is more a quiet person. Sandy became a full-time DJ not long afterwards, and joined SONY in 1983. Her Cantonese debut “林憶蓮 Lin Yik Lin” (her Chinese name) was released in 1984. She rapidly became one of the most popular up-and-raising star. “憶蓮 Yik Lin“, her third album released in 1987, reached double platinum and that was when her music career truly kicked off. Sandy received her first award at year, her first taste of success.
Many can recalled Sandy’s cheesy Japanese teen pop image from her first two albums, but with heavy influences from Western music, Sandy, be true to herself, quickly re-established her styles into R&B, Soul, and Light Jazz. In fact, she was and still is the only Hong Kong female singer with the best ad-libs. Her fifth studio album “Ready” (1988) was one of the very first Cantonese release with light Jazz and Blues materials. This was her last album from SONY and signed another international label WEA (Warner Music). Under WEA, Sandy released her mega hot “City Rhythm” trilogy, marked the first and last successful trilogy in Cantonese music history. “都市觸覺 City Rhythm I” (1988), “逃離鋼筋森林 City Rhythm II: Fuir La Cite” (1989), and “City Rhythm III: Faces & Places” (1990) pushed Sandy’s career into another level, which also created her classic “city girl” image along with the ever blooming Hong Kong back in the 80s. She was considered the representation the woman of the time – strong, independent and modern.
Sandy continued to explore her music with no boundary, working musicians from Taiwan and Singapore. She was the first Hong Kong singer successfully make a huge impact in Taiwan by her first Mandarin release, “愛上一個不回家的人 Home Without You” (1990) selling a record of 600,000 copies back then. Soon afterwards Sandy released two new Cantonese album “夢了瘋了倦了 Drifting” (1991) and “野花 Wildflower” (1991), both were co-operations with Singapore singer/producer Dick Lee. As Sandy mentioned “夢了瘋了倦了 Drifting” (1991) was her most personal album to date, while “野花 Wildflower” (1991) was her most aggressive album ever with heavy East meets West music style throughout. Although “野花 Wildflower” (1991) was criticized as too deep and too difficult to digest for the mass market, but it received high praise from critics and become one of the top 10 best Cantonese album of the 90s. Critics said it was a great original concept album that we can put it on the international CD shelves overseas and we can be proud of it.
Facing hard criticism from Hong Kong, Sandy moved on to a bigger market – Taiwan. Sandy signed the biggest Taiwan label, Rock Records, back in the time, and from there she further captured many people’s hearts with her music. Both of her Mandarin release “Love, Sandy” (1995) and “夜太黑 Night Is Too Dark” (1996) sold over million copies Asia wide, these albums also helped her to open new markets in Singapore, Malaysia and China. While her peers were busy or stuck in Hong Kong market, Sandy traveled all over Asia, and most importantly she lived in Japan and released two Japanese record “Simple” (1994) and “Open Up” (1995). Sandy released another Cantonese album “感覺完美 Feeling Perfect” in 1996 and left the Cantonese music scene since then until 2005. To date, Sandy has 29 full studio albums in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Japanese, adding other EPs, live recordings, compilations and co-operations, there would be 80 plus recordings on the list.
Unlike many other singers in Hong Kong, audience recognizes Sandy as a true musician/performer, rather then an entertainer. You don’t find shocking make-up or extreme outfits from her; it is her pure voice which captured everyone’s heart. She rather spends her time work producing an album instead of attending meaningless shows. Her fans admire her as who she is and the willingness to improve herself vocally, and such improvement is well-know in the industry like a miracle. In recent years, she is transforming herself, not only a singer, but singer songwriter. To put it in a simple way, Sandy is serious about music, music is her life.
2005 marks the 20th Anniversary of her music career. Sandy came back to Hong Kong, and hosted a brand new concert along with a brand new Cantonese album “本色 S/L” (2005), which was her first Cantonese release in 9 years. Being able to survive this long in Hong Kong entertainment scene is not an easy task, because of the high competition and people are being so forgetful. Looking back, it shouldn’t be a surprise after all, Sandy is the very first singer to blend in R&B & Jazz elements into Chinese music; she is one of the pioneers who marches into the Japanese music scene and the first singer to have two Chinese songs (from album “野花 Wildflower”) entering the Japan J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 Music Chart.
Moreover, Sandy also participated in Asia’s first sold out Chinese musical “Snow Wolf Lake” for a record 47 days; she was hand picked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform in The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Elaine Paige in Shanghai in 2001, and she was also picked to sing the Chinese version of Les Miserables’s theme song On My Own. A new kind of flower in Singapore is named after her name called Dendrobium Sandy. The list goes on and on, but most of her, it is her music that put us together. Let’s hope Sandy is going to continue to sing for the years to come.
In 2007, Sandy held a ground breaking concert in Hong Kong, a concert that contained mostly side tracks from her albums. This concert asked for a record high ticket price at HK$680, a record for a Hong Kong artist. Sandy’s goal was to bring back real music to Hong Kong audiences, no invited guest, no firework display, no dancers, but Sandy and her band on stage. Sandy invited Japanese technicians, who worked with Japanese musician Utada Hikaru, to set up the stage, lightings, and sound. Famous Japanese visual artist Takagi Masakatsu 高木正勝 also created a visual effects for Sandy. Sandy is scheduled to release a brand new Mandarin record in year 2008.
1966年4月26日出生於香港的林憶蓮，於1982年就讀高中時，在香港商業電台擔任兼職唱片DJ。1983年轉任全職DJ並加盟新力唱片有限公司，成為旗下合約歌手。1984年她放棄播音工作，專心唱歌，發行了她的第一張專輯「愛情 I don’t know」，迅速成為香港新生代最受囑目的歌手。
1985年，林憶蓮任無線電視台音樂節目「新地任你點」主持人，兼主持「東京音樂節」及全日本紅白歌唱大賽」等音樂節目。同年五月推出第二張個人專輯「放縱」，總銷售量超過白金數字，自此奠定她的銷售佳績。1987年第三張個人專輯「憶蓮」總銷售量超過雙白金數字，同時她形象上的改變，與創新音樂路線均廣被歌迷喜愛，更蔚為一股”憶蓮”式的風潮。同年所發行的第四張個人專輯「灰色」，一發行便火速登上流行榜首位，10月再推出第二張混音碟PROJECT GREY 12，其中「灰色」雙混音更成為廣東跳舞歌混音版的經典。
1988年為日本動畫電影「風之谷」演唱主題曲「緣水清風」，緊接著推出第五張專輯Ready，其輕爵士樂味道開創了廣東流行歌曲的先河，更使得爵士樂風從此在香港流行樂壇佔有相當重要地位。1989年開始美加巡迴演唱，包括芝加哥、洛杉磯、波士頓、大西洋城、多倫多、蒙特利爾等地，並推出第三張混音碟CITY RHYTHM TAKE 2。1990年與日本紅歌星五木宏同任「日本歌謠祭」表演佳賓，四月推出個人專輯「都市觸覺之推搪」，主題歌曲「推搪」成為第一歌曲，並是香港少數能躋身白金數量的跳舞大碟之一。8月，第八張個人大碟「都市觸覺PART 3 FACE & PLACES」推出，林憶蓮無懈可擊的舞台表演及歌曲詮釋，為淋漓盡致的「都市觸覺」概念畫下完美的句點。同年12月，林憶蓮在台灣推出第一張個人國語專輯「愛上一個不回家的人」，銷售量直達六十萬張，成為當年焦點話題。
1991年「夢了、瘋了、倦了」專輯在香港及日本隆重推出，同年7月舉行「林憶蓮意亂情迷演唱會」，首六場全部爆滿，另特別加開一場為華東水災震款， 反應熱烈，門票於兩小時內全部售完。12月日本巡迴演唱會四場全部爆滿，遍及東京、大阪、名古屋等地，成為第一位只灌錄中文歌的中國籍女歌手。1992年3月，林憶蓮舉行「野花深情歌友會」，與歌迷齊賀過去一年成功推出八張個人專輯，亞洲區總銷售量超過一百八十五萬張，飛越三十六白金傲人成績。
同年5月的三場廣州個人演唱會全部爆滿，門票被炒高至原價三倍之多，演唱會期間，憶蓮無論出入何地都有公安警車開路，是首位在中國大陸開演唱會享有如此待遇的香港歌手。五月十日，「沒有你還是愛我」榮登BILLBOARD日本雜誌的J-WAVE TOP 100大碟第45位，十七日躍升第42位，同日「夜來香」榮登第49位，成為第一位中文歌打入BILLBOARD和日本流行榜。1993年加盟滾石唱片，發行「不必在乎我是誰」個人專輯；1995年推出首度參與製作過程的Love Sandy；1997年推出個人英文專輯What a Wonderful World。
1999下半年加盟維京唱片，新作品「林憶蓮’S」在市場上及媒體之間迅速形成了一股討論的熱潮，主打歌曲「至少還有你」雄踞KTV點播排行榜長達8個月。林憶蓮的個人表演風格及音樂型態，向來是被消費市場所高度接受的，而電視、電台、平面等媒體對於這次林憶蓮的作品，不約而同的表示在音樂上的呈現又回到林憶蓮最吸引人的聲音表現-溫暖。對於林憶蓮的新造型，眾人也驚豔於一個在表演舞台屹立多年的女藝人，不論在甚麼樣的階段出現，總是能夠以最符合時下流行時尚的風潮，做個人獨特風格的呈現；無論是直髮、捲髮、粉嫩或是立體彩妝、俐落帥氣的褲裝或是民族風味的長裙打扮，都不失一個受人注目的巨星風采。對於林憶蓮這樣一位具有舞台生命無限擴展、延伸的藝人來說，不論她的音樂或舞台表演，相信都將一直會是各界注目與討論的焦點。
English written by Webmaster ; Chinese source: MTV Chinese
Dendrobium Sandy
Dendrobium Sandy was successfully hybridised in 2nd quarter of 1993, having the 1st flower cuts available in early 1995. Aspiring to penetrate into the vast overseas market, a suitable name for the flower was then deemed to be highly crucial.
The dendrobium is much more than just a flower. It symbolizes love, tenderness, joy and friendship. In short, Dendrobium Sandy, is a most elegant tribute to Ms Sandy Lam.
Main Characteristics of Dendrobium Sandy :
- Sweet purplish pink blushing on the petals, with deeper tone lip.
- Produce multiple spikes with an abundance of flowers.
- Color of petals’ll change slightly to a deeper tone at night under lamp lights.
- Flower cuts has a life span of 2.5 weeks.
- A frequent bloomer.
Text by Gobigobi. For more details please visit the site.
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