Kelly Chen [陈慧琳]

Kelly Chen / 陳慧琳 is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She is also credited as Chen Huilin, Wai-Lam Chan, Kelly Chan and Wai Lun Chen.

After graduating from Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, USA, she returned to her homeland in Hong Kong to be with her family. Kelly's talent caught the attention of an agent and soon got her first big break in the film Whatever Will Be, Will Be (仙樂飄飄) in 1995, and was featured as a singer for the soundtrack of the film. Later that year, Kelly released her first Cantonese album, "Dedicated Lover" (醉迷情人). The album was a success in Hong Kong and furthered her acting and musical career. In September 1995, she performed the song "Mou Tian" composed by world renowned composer Steve Barakatt.

In May of 1996, Kelly released her first Mandarin language album, "I Don't Think So" (我不以為), in mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Following the album's success, she produced another Cantonese CD in October of 1996, "Wind, Flower, Snow" (風花雪).

She starred in two feature films in 1996 with budding actors Takeshi Kaneshiro and Michael Wong. 1996 also saw Kelly's first stint as a Japanese singer when she released two Japanese singles.

In 1997, Kelly performed her first ever concert, "Starry Dream of Love" (星夢情真) and released the partner CD in June. In July, she released "Morning", another Japanese single and her first Japan-based hit. Kelly also provided the voice of Madame Trunk in the animated movie "A Chinese Ghost Story". In the course of five months Kelly would release four albums. With the releases of her 2nd Mandarin album, "Insight" (體會), the compilation "Kelly's Best Collection 97", the live CD "Starring Dream of Love Live in Concert", and her next Cantonese CD "A Movie" (一齣戲), Kelly had established herself as a popular singer and actor.

In 1998, Kelly embarked on a World Tour, starting in Australia. Besides the world tour, Kelly also performed 10 concerts for school children in Taiwan. In September of 1998, Kelly filmed her first music video for the song "Love Me Or Not" in Taiwan which soon aired on televisions around the world.

Starring in the television drama "Don't be a Cry Baby" with Japanese star Kyoko Fukada and performing two concerts in Fukuoka, Japan in 1999, Kelly increased her Japanese fanbase.

After the release of her remix album "Kelly BPM Collection" in March of 2001, Kelly embarked on yet another world tour, the "Paisley Galaxy World Tour", which started out in Singapore. In May, Kelly came to North America where she performed concerts in Chicago, Atlantic City, Los Angeles and Toronto all as a part of her world tour. She later returns to China for her tour where she performed in Guangzhou, Huizhou and Zhongshan.

In 2005, her song "Hope" from the Korean TV series Dae Jang Geum earned Kelly boosted her status in the Cantopop industry as it was a popular song in both Hong Kong and mainland China. This song also improved her earnings as well as the company promoting her at the time. At the TVB 8 Awards Presentation 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. "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 Group'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.

Kelly has also wrapped up her tour, "Lost in Paradise" in 2005 in Asia and 2006 in the United States. "Lost in Paradise" lasted three hours and contained 35 songs from Kelly's lengthy 10-year music career. Such popular hits included "Phone Kill Order", "Shake Shake", and "Care About You Too Much". Vanness Wu was a guest to her concert in Las Vegas.

Kelly Chen has released many albums, singing in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese and English.

Studio albums
Kellylicious (May 16, 2008)
Happy Girl (Aug. 25, 2006)
Eternal Sunshine 我是陽光的 (Sept. 16, 2005)
GRACE AND CHARM (Dec. 22, 2004)
Stylish Index (Jul. 23, 2004)
Love 愛 (Aug. 22, 2003)
You Don't Mean It 心口不一 (Aug. 1, 2003)
Baby Cat (Dec. 13, 2002)
Dynacarnival 飛天舞會 (Jul. 12, 2002)
Love Is Here 愛情來了 (May 10, 2002)
ASK KELLY (Feb. 1, 2002)
GRACE (Jan. 29, 2002)
ASK (Dec. 19, 2001)
Fly 飛吧 (Aug. 2001)
In The Party (July 2001)
The Big Day 大日子 (Nov. 2000)
Paisley Galaxy 花花宇宙 (May 2000)
Love You So Much 愛你愛的 (Apr 2000)
Don't Stop Loving Me 繼續愛我 (Aug. 1999)
True Feeling 真感覺 (Feb. 1999)
Love Me Or Not 愛我不愛 (Dec 1998)
Da De Dum I Am Falling Out of Love Da De Dum（我失戀）(July 1998)
You're Not The Same 你不一樣 (Mar. 1998)
A Movie 一齣戲 (Dec. 1997)
Insight 體會 (Aug. 1997)
Starry Dreams of Love 星夢情真 (June 1997)
Wind, Flower, Snow 風花雪 (Oct. 1996)
I Don't Think So 我不以為 (May 1996)
True Love Special Edition 真情細說 (1996)
Dedicated Lover 醉迷情人 (Dec. 1995)