Freya Lim (; born 20 November 1979), also known as Freya Lin, is a Malaysian

Mandopop Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop ...

singer and radio deejay based in Taiwan. She is a Taiwanese PR. Her father is a

Chinese Malaysian Malaysian Chinese, Chinese Malaysians, or Sino-Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Chinese ethnicity. They form the second-largest ethnic group in Malaysia, after the Malay majority, and , constituted 23.2% of the country's citizens. In ...

and her mother is a Taiwanese. In 2002, Lim graduated from University of Washington Seattle majoring in Psychology. After the release of her third album ''Freya's Love Songs'' (非愛不可。心林凡) in 2007, Lim went to

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to pursue a master's degree in Applied Communication.

Career

In 1999, Lim's singing talent was discovered by Taiwan well-known music producer Benjamin Lin Ming Yang. She was singing acclaimed Mandopop singer

Sandy Lam Sandy Lam Yik-lin (; born 26 April 1966), is a Hong Kong singer, actress and producer. She rose to fame in the 1980s, before expanding her fan base significantly in Asia, releasing more than 30 stylistically diverse albums in Cantonese, Englis ...

's ''Night's Too Dark'' at a KTV with her friends when Benjamin Lin chanced upon her voice, and she was signed on to What's Music International Incorporated. In 2000, Lim released her debut music album titled ''Freya'' (林凡同名專輯). The first single from the album was a new rendition of

's classic hit ''Night's Too Dark''. Other singles from the album include ''Anything Can Be Forgotten'' (什麼都可以忘記) and ''Goodbye Seattle'' (再見西雅圖). However, ''Living Alone'' (一個人生活) was the more popular song from ''Freya'', as it was also the ending theme song of TV series ''The Beauty Mermaid'' (天地傳說之魚美人), the song has a Mandarin and Cantonese cover version ''My Feelings'' (感應) sung by Hong Kong singer

Vincy Chan Chan Ka Yan (born 16 October 1982), better known as Vincy Chan is a Hong Kong-Singaporean Cantopop singer. She began her singing career after winning 1st runner up at the 2005 New Talent Singing Awards and has since been signed with Emperor Ente ...

. The album ''Freya'' achieved an astounding sales record of 120,000 copies in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, and occupied Taiwan music charts for more than six months. Lim was nominated ''Best New Artist'' in 2001

Golden Melody Awards The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music ...

with ''Freya'' (林凡同名專輯) and won ''Best Newcomer (Bronze)'' in 2001 ''Singapore Hit Awards'' with the same album. She was involved in the musical play ''Love Mileage'' (愛情里程) which was staged at Taiwan Huashan Arts Centre between 10 and 13 September 2009. On top of being an actress and singer, she is also working as a Radio DJ in BCC. Lim held her first ticketed solo concert ''林凡 Freya&Friends 幸福零缺口犀利演唱會'' at ''Taipei International Convention Center (TICC)'' on 18 August 2012.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

Concerts

Solo Concerts

Joint Concerts

Radio

*Taiwan i-radio FM96 i-have fun (Weekdays UTC+08:00 16:00–18:00) Taiwan BC
i-radio FM96 Programme List
Retrieved 1 June 2012

Theatre

* Musical play ''Love Mileage'' (愛情里程) (staged at Taiwan Huashan Arts Centre from 10–13 September 2009)

References

External links

Freya Lim Sina WeiboFreya Lim Official Facebook PageFreya Lim Fan Club Facebook PageFreya Lim Google+ Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Freya 1979 births Living people Taiwanese emigrants to Malaysia Taiwanese people of Malaysian descent Malaysian expatriates in Taiwan Musicians from Taipei 21st-century Malaysian women singers Musicians from Penang 21st-century Taiwanese women singers 21st-century Taiwanese singers