Xiaohan (lyricist)
Xiaohan (Chinese: 小寒; pinyin: Xiăo Hán) is a female Chinese Pop Music lyricist based in Singapore.
Biography
She published her first lyrical work ('義無反顧' performed by 阮丹青) in 1998.[1][2] Ever since 2000, where she earned a nomination spot in the Singapore Hit Awards with '你抽的煙', Xiaohan has been a consistent nominee in the annual event.[3][4] She became the first female to be crowned Best Local Lyricist at the Singapore Hit Awards 2002 with '紙飛機'.[5] Xiaohan reclaimed the title again in 2004, with '無底洞'.[5] She held on to the title in 2007, 2008 and 2010 with '雨天' (Performed by Stefanie Sun), '達爾文' and '抛物綫' (Both performed by Tanya Chua) respectively.[5][6][7] In addition to the Singapore Hit Awards, Xiaohan's lyrical works were also recognised in Singapore Compass Awards as well as Singapore eAwards.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] '達爾文' garnered Xiaohan her first regional Best Lyricist nomination in Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards in 2008.[15]
From the Chinese pop music scene, Xiaohan expanded her scope to penning lyrics for musicals.[16][17][18] She was also involved in the Speak Mandarin Campaign 2006, a fund-raising album "Hands United" for the 2004 tsunami victims and being a judge in various competitions.[19][20][21]
She is currently the co-director of Funkie Monkies Productions with Eric Ng.[22][23][24]
With the collaboration of Funkie Monkies Productions with Royston Tan, Xiaohan participated in the making of the soundtracks for Royston Tan's blockbusters, "881" and "12蓮花"[25][26] In 2008 and 2009, Xiaohan had the honour of penning the mandarin version of the Singapore National Day theme song, titled '晴空萬里' (performed by Joi Chua) and '就在這裡'(performed by Kelvin Tan) respectively.[27]
Her first book, <<眼淚是膠囊>>, is available in Singapore from 7 January 2011.[28]
Awards and nominations
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Representative Lyrical Works
- 紙飛機 (林憶蓮)
- 詞不達意 (林憶蓮)
- 為我好 (梁靜茹)
- 無底洞 (蔡健雅)
- 雙棲動物(蔡健雅)
- 障眼法 (蔡健雅)
- 夜盲症 (蔡健雅)
- 我的愛(孫燕姿)
- 雨天 (孫燕姿)
- 平常心 (張惠妹)
- 一下下 (同恩)
- 保管 (阿桑)
- 摩天輪 (SHE)
- 一人一半 (伍家輝)
- 雖然我願意 (伍家輝)
- 寂寞先生 (曹格)
- 在我左右 (龔芝怡)
- 淚若雨下 (喬毓明)
Musicals Involved
- 老九 (2005 & 2012), music by Jonathan Price
- 快樂 (2005)
- 聊斋 (2010)
Movie Soundtracks
- 881 OST 1 & 2
- 12蓮花 OST
- 小字條
References
- ↑ Xiaohan, "Xiaohan Lyrics Website Song List", 7 June 2012
- ↑ Lyrics Extracted from 阮丹青 – 忠告[義無反顧] album, September 1998, "阮丹青 – '義無反顧'", 8 June 2012
- ↑ OMY.SG, "Introduction to Judges for OMY Blog Awards", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報副刊, Published on 21 September 2005, "新加坡金曲獎2005入圍名單 孫燕姿入圍7項 林俊傑入圍6項", 8 June 2012
- 1 2 3 Xin Msn Yes 93.3FM, "Past Winners of Singapore Hit Awards", 7 June 2012
- ↑ The Straits Times, Published on 29 October 2007 "Winner's roll", 8 June 2012
- ↑ Xin Msn, Published on 29 October 2010 "Singapore Hit Awards 2010 Winners List unveiled!", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 23 May 2006, "新加坡词曲版权协会颁奖 他们得奖", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 21 May 2007, "第12届新加坡词曲版权协会颁奖礼 最佳歌曲《双栖动物》出自“吵架与高烧”", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 19 May 2009, "词曲版权协会增设“本地音乐推动奖” 本报记者为首届得主", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 12 July 2011, "小寒：改编歌词应确认获得改编权", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 中國報, Published on 11 July 2011, "林俊傑否認愛上女主播 Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine.", 8 June 2012
- ↑ COMPASS, Published on 17 May 2009, "Compass Annual Awards Presentation", 8 June 2012
- ↑ COMPASS, Published on 10 July 2011, "16TH COMPASS AWARDS PRESENTATION – LIST OF RECIPIENTS", 8 June 2012
- ↑ The Straits Times, Published on 24 May 2008, "Trio vying for Taiwan awards", 8 June 2012
- ↑ The Theatre Practice, "Creators of Liao Zhai Rocks Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.", 8 June 2012
- ↑ The Straits Times/聯合早報/我報/聯合晚報/U周刊， "Various Media Coverage on Liao Zhai Rocks Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.", 7 June 2012
- ↑ The Straits Times， Published on 17 March 2011, "Take a Bow, Musicals",8 June 2012
- ↑ Promote Mandarin Council, Published on 30 October 2006, "Speak Mandarin Campaign Celebrates with Movies, Music and Metaphors", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 18 March 2009, "讲华语运动30年：当年戏谑讲zua ji 今天经商靠华语 Archived 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine.", 8 June 2012
- ↑ The Straits Times, Published on 14 April 2009, "Jarod's a star", 8 June 2012
- ↑ Funkie Monkies, "About Funkie Monkies Archived 18 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine., 7 June 2012
- ↑ The New Paper, Published on 26 November 2010"He spends $6,000 a year on insurance Archived 30 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine., 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 5 February 2011, “小飞侠” 小寒欢迎黄韵仁回到地球, 8 June 2012
- ↑ Sinema, Published on 20 October 2007, "Eric Ng on 881 Soundtrack 2", 7 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 4 September 2008, "《12莲花》电影原声带", 8 June 2012
- ↑ People's Association-Culture Shiok, Published in September 2010, "Sep 2010 Feature – Xiao Han’s lyrical `World of Words’!", 8 June 2012
- ↑ 聯合早報, Published on 16 January 2011, "推出第一本书《眼泪是胶囊》 小寒在文章里大哭", 8 June 2012