Kimberley Chen

Kimberley Chen Fang-yu (born 23 May 1994)[1] is an Australian singer, actress and model based in Taiwan. She attended Tintern Grammar in Melbourne, Australia. She was the youngest and only child model on the Channel 9's The Price Is Right and later appeared as Young Nala in Disney's Lion King at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne as well as the Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai. She is now a professional singer in Taiwan, singing both English and Mandarin songs. Her debut album has been a commercial success and her debut song "愛你" (Love You) has reached 100,000,028 views on YouTube on 27 August 2019 2.28pm Taiwan Time.[2]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.
Kimberley Chen
Born
Kimberley Chen

(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationSinger
Years active2012-present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳芳語
Simplified Chinese陈芳语
Musical career
Also known asKimbo
小金 (Xiao Jin/Little Kim) kimble
LabelsSony Music Entertainment (Taiwan) (2012-2014)
B.ANGEL (2014-2016)
Sharp Music (2017-present)

Biography

Chen's parents immigrated to Australia from Malaysia. Chen was first coached in singing by her father and then by Vladimir Vais, a world-famous conductor and musical director for the Russian Bolshoi Ballet for over 10 years.

At a young age, Chen did photographic work and appeared in a McDonald's commercial that aired throughout Asia.

Chen began singing for charities at the age of four with the help of her father. She performed regularly at charity concerts and clubs and donated to Australian Community Aid Abroad. When the East Timor Crisis came, she felt strongly for the Timorese and her donation went to Caritas Australia for direct aid to East Timor. In the 2003 Royal Children Hospital Good Friday Appeal on the Seven Network, at the age of 8, she sang and danced "Let's Get Loud" with back-up dancers.

Discovered by Grundy Television executive director Michael Whyte, Chen was offered the ongoing role as the featured child model on The Price Is Right for its 2003 revival. She performed in over 400 episodes on the Nine Network for 2 ½ years.

In July 2005, Chen started playing the role of Young Nala in Disney's The Lion King at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne. In June 2006, Chen was offered the same role to perform in Shanghai's Grand Theatre for the season, through October 2006.

While she was in Shanghai, Chen attracted quite a lot of interest from the local media. After The Lion King, Chen stayed on to perform on a Shanghai television show.

In March 2007, Chen was selected to sing the national anthem at the Australian Football League NAB Cup Grand Final in front of an audience of 40,000, which aired nationally on Seven.

From April to November 2008, Chen was on the roster of artists at JYP Entertainment in New York. From November 2008 to June 2009, she was training independently in singing, dancing and acting in New York under the guidance of Yolanda Wyns, and recording with Grammy-award winners Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond.

In March 2010, she was invited to compete in the Taiwanese televised singing competition One Million Star. As she got good results on the programme, she was asked to be the guest singer for Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted World Tour in Taipei. She was signed with Sony BMG Taiwan, but in 2014, Blackie Chen and his wife, Christine Fan signed her for one year as a talent under their new talent agency, B.ANGEL. Her current label has not been revealed yet. Chen is a vegetarian and supports animals rights, and she hopes to create a foundation to create awareness of the care of animals.

Music career

2012: Debut with Kimberley

After nearly 3 years of preparation Chen's debut album was released on 27 April 2012, with 6 Chinese songs and 5 English songs. Two of her songs have been played on the Taiwanese series Fondant Garden starring Park Jung Min. Her debut single "愛你 (Love You)" has been a success on YouTube, with over 102,000,000 views and generally positive comments.

Chen's second single "Never Change" was the first for which she wrote the music and lyrics. Chen has released two music videos for her two singles and both have been a success on YouTube with 愛你 (Love You), also starring JPM and "廖允傑" (LilJay) having over 15,000,000 views. In Taiwan she has come first in KKBOX charts with her first single and debut album ezPeer, 台灣大哥大, 中華電信 and 遠傳電信 topping ringtone download charts.

2013: Kimbonomics

Sony Music announced on 16 December 2013, that Chen will be releasing her second studio album.[3] The new album contains 10 tracks and will be released on 25 December 2013[4] The album placed 4th on the weekly music charts of KKBOX in Taiwan on 25 January 2014.[5]

2017-2018: #TagMe, Produce 101 China

In late 2017, she released her third studio album, #TagMe. She was one of the participants in Produce 101[6] and concluded with No. 26.[7]

Produce 101 China
  • Produce 101 China aired on 21 April 2018.
  • For voting rules, please refer to Produce 101 China.
  • red arrow "↑" denotes to progress; blue arrow "↓" denotes to retrogress,"=" denotes to unchanging.

Competition Details of Produce 101 China
Team Performance
Ep. Date Song Artist Collaborate with Vote [upper-alpha 1] Ranking
3 5/5/2018 That Kind of Girl Mavis Fan
  • Chen Yu Yan
  • Lin His An
  • Liu Yu Shan
  • Wu Yun Ting
  • Qiu Lo Qing
 N/A N/A
4 13/5/2018 [upper-alpha 2] N/A N/A N/A
5 19/5/2018 [upper-alpha 3]
6 26/5/2018 Against The Light Stefanie Sun
  • Mimi Lee
  • Wu Yingxiang
  • Chen Yu Yan
  • Liu Dexi
 326 3 [upper-alpha 4]
8 9/6/2018 Children from the Next Door N/A [upper-alpha 5]
  • Yamy
  • Li Zixuan
  • Wu Yingxiang
  • Angela Hui
  • Lu Xiaocao
 69 4 [upper-alpha 6]
Note
  1. Live Audience's Vote
  2. Since 12/5/2018 is the 10th anniversary of 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the episode postpone to 13/5/2018
  3. She was assigned as one of the leaders of Vocal Team
  4. Team Ranking
  5. Original Song written by Master key and Ear attack
  6. Team Ranking
  7. Have not announced
  8. Have not announced
  9. Have not announced
  10. First Eliminated Round
  11. Clear the previous accumulated vote

Discography
Main article: Kimberley Chen discography

Filmography

Music Video Appearances
  • 2012 – "Internet" – from Kimberley Chen (album) with JPM

Endorsements

Awards

2012 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Presentation
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Metro Best Overseas Rookie Herself Won [10]

Global Chinese Pop Chart
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Most Promising Rookie Herself Won [11]

2012 Metro Hit Awards
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Metro Best New Media Song Love You Won [12]
Best Overseas Rookie Herself

2012 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Top 10 Songs Love You Won [13]
Best New Artist Herself
Gold Award

2012 Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award Concert
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Mandarin Song Love You
Gold Award
 [14]
Most Promising New Artist Herself Merit

Canadian Chinese Music Pop Chart
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Top 10 Songs Love You Won [15]

KKBOX Music Awards
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Top 100 Songs Love You 2nd place
Top 100 albums Kimberley
Best New Artist Herself Won

Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best New Artist Herself
Silver Award

2013 HITO Music Awards
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Most Popular New Artist Herself Won [16]

Neway Karaoke Songs Chart
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Top 5 Overseas Songs Love You Won [17]

2015 Music King Awards
Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Best New Artist in Taiwan Herself Won
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References
  1. "Kimberley Chen (kimberleychen) on Myspace". Myspace.
  2. Kimberley Chen (18 December 2013), 全民寶貝Kimberley陳芳語《Good Girl趕快愛》 Official MV (HD), retrieved 21 November 2016
  3. "Hitoradio‧Hit Fm --華人音樂入口指標". Hit FM. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. "iTunes - Music - Kimbonomics 金式代 by Kimberley Chen". iTunes. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. "陳芳語 (Kimberley) - Kimbonomics金式代 專輯 - KKBOX". KKBOX. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. "【創造101】陸版101陳芳語熱舞上鏡，還有這些女團成員搶二次出道". KKBOX (in Chinese). 13 April 2018.
  7. "陳芳語遭101淘汰鏡頭慘被剪光光" (in Chinese). 17 June 2018.
  8. "Kimberley Chen - Neutrogena Beach Defense". YouTube.
  9. "Amber An, MC Jin and Kimberley featured in SK-II advertisement" (in Chinese).
  10. "2012 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Presentation Winner List". Metro Radio (in Chinese).
  11. "12th Global Chinese Pop Chart Winners List". MeRadio (in Chinese).
  12. "Metro Music Awards 2012 Winners List". MetroRadio (in Chinese).
  13. "2012 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation Winners List". my903.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  14. "2012 UTop Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award Concert Winners List". RTHK (in Chinese).
  15. "2012 Canadian Chinese Music Pop Chart Winner List" (in Chinese).
  16. "2013 HITO Music Awards Winners List" (in Chinese).
  17. "2013 Neway Karaoke Songs Chart Winners List" (in Chinese).
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