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Kelly Chen (陳慧琳, Cantonese: Chan4 Wai6 Lam4, pinyin: Chén Hùi Lín; born Vivian Chen Wai Man 陳慧汶 on September 13, 1973) is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is also credited as Chen Huilin, Wai-Lam Chan, Kelly Chan and Wai Lun Chen.

A former advertisement model for TV, Chen is 173 cm tall and weighs 53kg.

Kelly Chen went to primary school in Hong Kong, and high school called Kobe Canadian Academy in Japan. She graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York City, specializing in Graphic Design.

Most famous in Hong Kong and the rest of China, she is also quite popular in Taiwan, Japan, and in North America.

Besides Cantonese she is also quite fluent in Japanese, English, and Mandarin.

In 2005, her song "Hope" from the Korean TV serial Dae Jang Geum has earned Kelly a high place in the Cantopop music industry. "Hope" is very popular in both Hong Kong and Mainland China. This song had also improved her earnings and also that of her record company. At the TVB 8 Awards Presentation held Kelly took home 3 awards for the song "Hope" including the Song Award, World's Most Popular Cantonese Song, and Most Well-Liked Female Singer in Mainland China. She was also the local female singer who won the most number of awards for the night. The song "Hope" had made Kelly extremely popular in China and because of this Kelly had many opportunities for performances in various parts of China including Hunan, Shanxi, Hebei. "Hope" was also the top song of charts for 20 radio stations in China and had even set a high record for ringtone downloads. A month after the initial launch, there were a total of over 3 million downloads and to date, the accumulated figure is over 6 million. As such, her record company had earned $5 million after deductions.

Universal Music's managing director had called Kelly to inform her of the good news. Kelly had promised that if the number of downloads were to go over 10 million, she will distribute the earnings to the staff.

Filmography

Her film debut was in 1995, in Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Xian Yue Piao Piao, literally Heavenly Music Floating in the Air). Kelly has then starred and made cameos in quite a number of films. Her filmography includes:

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (仙樂飄飄, 1995)
Lost and Found (天涯海角, 1996)
Anna Magdalena (安娜瑪德蓮娜, 1998)
Hot War (幻影特攻, 1998)
Metade Fumaca (半支煙, 1999) - Cameo
Tokyo Raiders
(東京攻略, 2000)
And I Hate You So (小親親, 2000)
Lavender (薰衣草, 2000)
Calmi Couri Appassionati (冷靜與熱情之間, 2001)
Merry Go Round (初戀拿喳麵, 2001) - Cameo
Infernal Affairs
(無間道, 2002)
Infernal Affairs III
(無間道 III, 2003)
Breaking News (大事件, 2004)
Super Model (我要做Model, 2004) - Cameo

Discography

During her lengthy career, she has released many albums, singing in both Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and English. Please take note that if two versions were released, only version two is shown. However, the dates below are first releases. Titles in italic are officially in English. For a complete track listing of each album, click one of the article links below.

Studio albums

Eternal Sunshine 我是陽光的 (09/16/05)
Grace & Charm (12/22/04)
Stylish Index (07/23/04)
Love 愛 (08/22/03)
Don't You Mean It 心口不一(08/01/03)

Compilations

Red (12/19/03)

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