Kimberley Chen

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Kimberley Chen
Born	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 27) Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Singer actress model
Years active	2012–present
Musical career
Labels	JYP (2005–2009) Sony Music Entertainment (Taiwan) (2012–2014) B.ANGEL (2014–2016) Sharp Music (2017–2019) (2020–)
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳芳語
Simplified Chinese	陈芳语
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Kimberley Chen Fang-yu (born 23 May 1994)^[1] is an Australian singer, actress, and model based in Taiwan. She attended Tintern Grammar and Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia. She was the youngest and only child model on Nine Network's The Price Is Right and later appeared as Young Nala in the Broadway production of Disney's The Lion King at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne and the Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai.

In 2012 she became a professional singer in Taiwan, singing in both English and Mandarin. Her debut album was a commercial success and her debut song "愛你" (Love You) has reached 100,000,028 views on YouTube as of 27 August 2019, 2.28pm (National Standard Time). Chen briefly worked with the B.ANGEL production house in 2014 before signing with Hong Kong-based company Sharp Music, eventually appearing the Chinese version of Produce 101 in 2018. She was appointed A+, the highest ranking in the show, and received over 4.3 billion views for each of her performances. In 2019, Chen left Sharp Music due to Sharp Music’s breach of contract. She dropped all charges in hope for peace but they continued to defame her using the media. She then filed for defamation and they were forced to stop harassing her. According to sources they unrightfully took a lot of her money.

In 2020 she signed to her longtime mentor, , his company Chynahouse, belonging to the first streaming platform and largest digital conglomerate in Taiwan. She says this is the first time in life that she is truly happy and is not working amongst evil people.

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Early and personal life[]

Chen's parents emigrated to Australia from Malaysia. Chen was first coached in singing by her father. Later, she was trained by Vladimir Vasilev, the conductor and musical director of the Russian Bolshoi Ballet for over 5 years.

From a young age, Chen was active on media 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. During the East Timor Crisis, she donated to Caritas Australia to directly aid East Timor. At the age of 8, she sang and danced a rendition of Jennifer Lopez's song, Let's Get Loud, with back-up dancers on the Royal Children's Hospital's 2003 Good Friday Appeal fundraiser on the Seven Network.

Discovered by Grundy Television executive director Michael Whyte, Chen was offered an 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 over 2½ years.

In July 2005, Chen was cast in the role of Young Nala in Disney's The Lion King musical at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne. Shanghai Grand Theatre offered Chen this same role for the season from June 2006 through October 2006. Afterwards, she gained popularity during a stay in Shanghai where she performed on a 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, airing nationally on Seven.

Later in 2005 Chen was selected by JYP Entertainment in New York as a trainee to debut in America. Yolanda Wyns trained her in singing, dancing, and acting. Chen recorded with Grammy-award winners Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond. She was also trained by

Chen’s whole family relocated to taiwan in 2009 to pursue her professional singing career. In March 2010, she was invited to compete in the Taiwanese televised singing competition One Million Star. She was then asked to be the guest singer for Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted World Tour in Taipei. Chen has released four studio albums and is currently signed to

Chen is a vegetarian and supports animal rights.

Music career[]

2012: Debut with Kimberley[]

After nearly 3 years of preparation, Chen's debut album was released on 27 April 2012, featuring 6 Mandarin songs and 5 English songs. Two of her songs were featured 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 103 million views and generally positive comments as of October 2020.

Chen's second single, "Never Change," co-written with Australian artist Don Bianco, was the first for which she contributed music and lyrics. Chen has released music videos of her two singles: 愛你 (Love You), also starring JPM, and "廖允傑" (LilJay). They have been a success on YouTube, gaining over 15 million views. In Taiwan, she has come first in KKBOX charts with her debut album , 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 would be releasing her second studio album, Kimbonomics.^[3] The album was released on 25 December 2013 and contained 10 tracks.^[4] It placed 4th on the weekly music charts of KKBOX in Taiwan on 25 January 2014.^[5]

2017–2018: #Tag Me and Produce 101 China[]

In late 2017, Chen released her third studio album, #Tag Me. She was one of the participants in Produce 101^[6] and finished No. 26.^[7]

Discography[]

• Kimberley (2012)
• Kimbonomics (2013)
• #Tag Me (2017)

• (2020)

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year	Title	Network	Ref.
2003	Good Friday Appeal	Seven Network
2003–05	The Price Is Right	Nine Network
2007	2007 NAB Cup	Seven Network
2010	One Million Star	China Television

Music video appearances[]

• 2012 - "Internet", from Kimberley with JPM

Awards and nominations[]

2012 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Presentation[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Metro Best Overseas Rookie	Herself	Won	[8]

Global Chinese Pop Chart[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Most Promising Rookie	Herself	Won	[9]

2012 Metro Hit Awards[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Metro Best New Media Song	Love You	Won	[10]
	Best Overseas Rookie	Herself

2012 Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Top 10 Songs	Love You	Won	[11]
	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	[12]
	Most Promising New Artist	Herself	Merit

Canadian Chinese Music Pop Chart[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Top 10 Songs	Love You	Won	[13]

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	[14]

Neway Karaoke Songs Chart[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Top 5 Overseas Songs	Love You	Won	[15]

2015 Music King Awards[]

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best New Artist in Taiwan	Herself	Won

References[]