Jade Kwan

Jade Kwan
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Chinese name	關心妍 (traditional)
Chinese name	关心妍 (simplified)
Pinyin	guan1 xin1 yan2 (Mandarin)
Jyutping	gwaan1 sam1 jin4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Kwan Wai-man (關惠文)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 Hong Kong
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Instrument(s)	Piano, Guitar, Saxophone
Voice type(s)	Mezzo-Soprano
Label(s)	Stars Shine International (2010–2012) BMA Records (1999–2009)
Years active	2002–Present
Spouse(s)	Jonas Yeung 楊長智 (2009–Present)
Ancestry	Jiujiang, Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong
Official website	Jade Online

Jade Kwan (born 31 July 1979) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer.

About Jade

Kwan attended Burnaby North Secondary. After graduating, she entered the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1999 (新秀歌唱大賽溫哥華選拔賽) with the song "Face" (臉, originally sung by Chinese diva Faye Wong) and was awarded first runner-up. As such, she represented Vancouver in the New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals 1999 (新秀歌唱大賽加拿大總決賽) and won. She then competed in the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals 1999 (1999 年全球華人新秀歌唱大賽, also representing Vancouver) and won the "Best Potential Newcomer Award" (最具潛質獎) at the International Finals held in Shanghai, China.

She was first known to the public as "Kwan Sum-yin" in 2002. Her singing was greatly admired as were her albums. Her first two albums, "Jade-1" and "Jade-2", won her gold records. Over the years, she has won many music industry awards in Hong Kong and China.

She also plays a few musical instruments including piano, guitar and saxophone. Jade received a minor degree in Music Composition while attending University of British Columbia in Canada.

Jade Kwan is a practising Christian, and has been active recently in the Christian community in Hong Kong. She recorded a few Christian songs in 2008 and some of them became popular in the Japanese Christian music scene. Those songs also met with success in the mainstream music market, despite their religious overtones.

Discography

Studio 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)
• "秘密花園 (Secret Garden)" Mandarin new songs & hits (2003-10-31)
• "Jade Forward" (2003-11-26)
• "Jade Birthday Kit" new songs & hits (2004-8-18)
• "The 5th Element" (2005-1-7)
• "Jade Loves..." (2006-5-3)
• "Lost & Found" (2007-7-20)
• "最愛 Jade.i" (2008-5-28)
• "妍亮 SHINE" (2009-9-10)
• "A New Beginning" (2010-10-11)
• "仍然" (2012-01-20)
• "Pause" (2012-10-12)

Live & MV Albums

• "心愛、心妍 (Love Jade) Karaoke" VCD & DVD (2003-8-29)
• "Jade I Am Ready Concert 2004" CD (2004-3-19)
• "Jade I Am Ready Concert 2004" VCD & DVD (2004-4-17)

External links

• Jade Kwan's Official site - Jade Online
• Jade Kwan's Jacso Blog
• Jade Kwan's Yahoo! Blog
• Jade Kwan's Xanga Site