Coco Lee

ABOUT

Coco Lee, li wen, Ferren Lee-Kelly (李玟) is a Hong Kong-born American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. She started her career in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US music charts. 

PROFILE

• Birth Name: Ferren Lee (李美琳)
• Birthday: 17 January 1975 
• Death: July 5, 2023
• Birthplace:  Hong Kong
• Education: Alma mater- Presidio Middle School
• Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School
• University of California, Irvine
• Occupation: singer, songwriter, actress, dancer
• Years active: 1993–present
• Spouse(s): Bruce Rockowitz (m. 2011)
• Agency:
  Capital Artists (1993–1994)
  Fancy Pie (1994–1996)
  550 Music/Epic/Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG (1996–2008)
  Warner Music/MusicNation (2009–present)
   

TRIVIA

-Her first full-length English album  "Just No Other Way". 
-She is the first and only person of Chinese ethnicity to perform at the Oscars; she performed the Best Original Song nominated, "A Love Before Time" from the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 
-Lee married Bruce Rockowitz (born 24 October 1958),  a Jewish-Canadian businessman and former CEO of Li & Fung
-2011 (October 27th) She had a lavish Jewish wedding ceremony in Hong Kong.
-Her wedding song "I just wanna marry u" (Chinese and English version), which was released on 24 October 2011. In 2016, she revealed that she has two adult step-daughters from his previous marriage.

-Lee's parents are Chinese Malaysian
-Coco speaks Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and English fluently.
-Nicknamed the "Princess of Asian Pop" or the "Asian Pop Diva" by the media and due to her worldwide success, critics refer to Coco as the "Best-selling Female Artist" in the World.
-She is the youngest of three children (has two older sisters)
-Her dad died when she was young so her mom took them all to San Francisco, California when she was only nine years old.
-Coco went to Presidio Middle School
-1991, she represented her high school for Miss Teen Chinatown Pageant winning first place, then she won first place in a local karaoke contest. 
-Coco wanted to follow her mother and started medical (biology) studies at the University of California Irvine.
-She was first runner-up in the 12th Annual New Talent Singing Awards by singing Whitney Houston's Run to you. 
-She made her debut on June 15, 1993, with her compilation album Red hot hits 93' Autumn edition (火熱動感93勁秋版).

Discography

 Main article: Coco Lee's discography 

Studio albums:

Fancy Pie Records releases

    June 1994: Love from Now On
    December 1994: Promise Me
    June 1995: Brave Enough to Love
    September 1995: Woman in Love
    December 1995 : You are in my heart concert
    August 1996 : Beloved Collection
    May 1997: Dance with the wind 

Sony Music releases

    March 1996: CoCo Lee (Love me longer)
    November 1996: CoCo's Party
    June 1997: Sincere (Everytime I think of you)
    November 1997: CoCo Lee (Be careful next time)
    January 1998: DiDaDi (HMV Music Chart: #1)
    July 1998: Sunny Day
    December 1998 : Million fans concert
    May 1999: Today Until Forever 

550 Music release

    November 1999: Just No Other Way (HMV Music Chart: #1) 

Sony Music releases

    January 2000 : The Best of My Love
    August 2000: You and Me
    October 2001: Promise Coco
    June 2002 : D. IS CoCo 

Sony BMG releases

    March 2005: Exposed (HMV Music Chart: #1)
    September 2006: Just Want You (HMV Music Chart: #1)
    May 2008 : 1994–2008 Best Collection 

Warner Music releases

    August 2009: East To West 

Maxi single:

Sony Music releases

    April 1998 : Di da di color remix
    August 1998 : Take a chance on love 

550 Music releases

    1999 : Do you want my love
    2000 : Wherever you go 

Compilations:

Capital Artists releases

    June 1993 : Red hot hits 93' Autumn edition[16] (火熱動感93'勁秋版) 

Capital Artists and Fancy Pie releases

    September 1994 : Red hot hits 94' Love Party[17] (火熱動感94'戀愛Party)
    November 1994 : Statement of love, duet songs (愛情宣言, 情歌對唱)
    December 1994 : Merry Christmas (聖誕禮讚) 

    1995 : I'm still your lover (best of Love from now on and Promise me)[18] 

Videography:
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Fancy Pie releases

    1995 : Foot print
    1995 : You're in my heart concert 

Sony Music releases

    1996 : Coco's workout camp
    1998 : Coco in Italy
    1998 : Di da di
    1998 : Sunny day
    1999 : Million fans concert 

550 Music releases

    2000 : Just no other way, The Video Collection 

Sony Music releases

    2002 : Coco so crazy
    2002 : All my Coco
    2004 : Master of everything 

Products and endorsements

Since her career debuts, Coco has been one of Asia’s most sought-after celebrities for product endorsements and commercial appearances.

1995 :

    The beauty products Elizabeth Arden
    The hair products Wella 

1996 :

    The yoghurts Yogo
    The beauty products Nivea Soft
    The Barbie dolls by Mattel
    The sanitary napkins 好自在 Procter & Gamble 

1997 :

    The jewels brand De Beers 

2000 :

    The fragrance Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger
    The jewels brand Cartier
    The cell phones Bird 

2001 :

    The brand Chanel 

Fashion house Chanel named Coco its first "Asian-Pacific Celebrity Ambassadress".
This brought Ferren's story full circle somewhat, as she got her nickname Coco
from being an admirer of the firm's products.

2002 :

    The ready-to-wear clothes Fransition
    The panty hoses Bonas
    The motorcycles 康超集团 Health Exceed China Kangchao Group
    The hair products 好迪 

2003 :

    The pies and beverages Fujian Fuma Food Group 

2004 :

    The watches and jewels brand Omega 

2005 :

    The yoga and fitness group Pure 

2006 :

    The cell phones Sony Ericsson K618i 

2009 :

    The beers LIQ
    The beauty products La Mer
    The Wahaha fruits juices Hello C and 山里红
    The beauty products Pat's 

2010 :

    The ready-to-wear clothes Hang Ten