Priscilla Chan

Not to be confused with Priscelia Chan.

Priscilla Chan
Chan performing at the "Priscilla Chan Live in Concert 2004" on May 25 of 2004.
Chinese name	陳慧嫻 (Traditional)
Chinese name	陈慧娴 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Huìxián (Mandarin)
Jyutping	can4 wai3 haan4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Priscilla Chan Wai-han (陳慧嫻)
Ancestry	Panyu, Guangdong
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	July 28, 1965 (1965-07-28) (age 46) Hong Kong
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Instrument(s)	Singing
Label(s)	Polygram Records Ltd. (1986-1997) Cinepoly Records Ltd. (1998-2001) Universal Music Group (2003-2004) International Entertainment Corporation (2007-present)
Years active	1984-1989 1990-2003 2007-present
Official Website	Official blog (traditional Chinese (HK))

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chan.

Priscilla Chan Wai-han is a female Cantopop singer in Hong Kong.

Background

Chan has a younger brother and sister. Her father is a retired senior officer of Hong Kong Immigration Service. She attended Marymount Secondary School in Happy Valley, Hong Kong (formerly known as Maryknoll Sisters School). Active in extracurricular activities and pastimes, as a teenager she would often enter singing contests, and eventually got discovered by a recording company. She currently lives in Happy Valley, Hong Kong, with eight cats;^{[citation needed]} she is known for expressing great passion and emotion in her love songs, in which many of them are cantopop classics.

Career

Chan started her life as a professional singer when she was 18 in 1983. Her first song was titled "Forgotten Promise" (逝去的諾言), which is recorded in an album "Girl Magazine" (少女雜誌) that also featuring two other newcomers. The song propelled Chan's career; thus, she released her own first album "The Feelings of a Story" (故事的感覺) in 1984. The next year, she released "Priscilla," which included the hit "Flower Shop" (花店). In 1986, the album "Revolt" (反叛) had several classics and push Chan to new heights. Song included "Dancing Street" (跳舞街) (a version of Angie Gold's "Eat You Up" but based production wise, on Yōko Oginome's version, titled "Dancing Hero" (ダンシング・ヒーロー)), "Loving Accident" (痴情意外), "Love Me Once Again," "Revolt" (反叛), and "Hugging with Tears" (與淚抱擁). Chan had a rough 1987, but she rebounded nicely in 1988 with the album 嫻情 1988, and the song "Silly Girl" (傻女, a Cantonese rework version of the Spanish song "La Loca" by Maria Conchita Alonso) that first confirmed her status as a serious contender in the golden age of Cantopop. "Silly Girl" was re-made into a disco-version by a newcomer in Hong Kong in 2007.

Chan chose to retire in 1989 in order to pursue her degree in psychology at the Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, a promise to her parents that she kept. In her supposed-to-be last album, (永遠是你的朋友) "Always Be Your Friend," the everlasting hit "Thousands of Songs" (千千闕歌) elevated her status in the legendary mega pop stars heavy industry including Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Alan Tam, and Sally Yeh. This best-selling album of 1989 also recorded hits like "Night Flight" (夜機) and "Dancing Boy."

During her academic career, she returned to Hong Kong and recorded three albums from 1992-1994 during the summer vacations. The song "Snowfall" (飄雪) was very popular for karaoke at the time; other hits included "Red Tea Shop" (紅茶館), which was voted among the Top 10 song of the Year in 1992, "Come Back!" (歸來吧!), and "Jealousy." The album sales were surprisingly good despite the fact that she spent most of the time in the U.S. with minimum publicity.

By 1995, Chan has returned to the music industry in full force. Her initial return brought her back to the top of the pop chart with two albums: "Welcome Back" and "I'm Not Lonely" (我不寂寞). In fact, "Welcome Back" topped the sales chart for a modern record of six weeks! Songs like "It's Always Raining Tonight" (今天夜裡總下雨), "Missing You" (留戀), "Missing Love and Dust" (戀戀風塵), "I'm Lonely" (我寂寞), and "Flow" (飄) became instant classic. Her 10-night series of concerts in 1996 reaffirmed her popularity with the public. Another concert in 1997 with Hong Kong Philharmonic Symphony (HKPS) in Hong Kong made her the second pop artist ever to work with the HKPS.

With the signing of a new recording company, Cinepoly, her fame started to decline. The death of her beloved cat, Remington, in 1998 marked the start of three year period when she found life difficult as the new recording company wasn't working well for her. In 2000, after the last album with Cinepoly named "Good For You" (為你好), she retreated from the music scene until 2003 when she made a come-back with an album named "Loving Knot" (情意結) and a series of concerts in Hong Kong. However, due to album sales that fell below her expectations, mostly because of illegal online downloading and piracy, she decided to retreat once more. She criticized the trend of Cantopop audiences, whom she believed was only interested in admiring the entertainers' images and not appreciating their music. However, she has reiterated her desire to continue singing, as many loyal fans still remain around the world.

In 2007, Chan signed to IEC - EC Music and the following year released a new live album recorded at a series of concerts in Hong Kong.

Concert tours

Priscilla Chan in Concert (1989) 

1. Opening
2. 地球大追蹤
3. 憂鬱，你好
4. 夜機
5. 癡情意外
6. 不羈戀人
7. 與淚抱擁
8. 反叛
9. 花店
10. 玻璃窗的愛
11. 跳舞街
12. Yesterday Once More
13. Dancing Boy
14. 逝去的諾言
15. 變、變、變變變
16. 貪貪貪
17. Medley:
    1. 為何仍是你
    2. 夜半歌聲
    3. 秋色
    4. 冰點
18. 夜半驚魂
19. 傻女
20. Love Me Once Again
21. 去吧
22. 千千闋歌
23. 人生何處不相逢 (encore)
24. 忘記悲傷
25. 幾時再見?!

Priscilla Chan in Concert '96 (1996) 

1. Opening
2. 人生何處不相逢
3. 玻璃窗的愛
4. Love Me Once Again 　
5. 花店 　
6. 我寂寞 　
7. 不清晰的戀愛 　
8. 愛是空氣 　
9. 今天夜裡總下雨 　
10. 夜機 　
11. 去吧 　
12. 紅茶館 　
13. 今天的愛人是誰 　
14. 從來是一對 　
15. 逝去的諾言 　
16. 月亮 　
17. 飄 　
18. 銷魂夜 　
19. Jealousy 　
20. 月夜的隨想 　
21. 拋拋 　
22. 傻女 　
23. 我心不死 　
24. 與淚擁抱 　
25. 飄雪 　
26. 千千闕歌 　
27. 痴情意外 (encore) 　
28. 戀戀風塵 　
29. 心滿意足

Musical Encounters with Priscilla and the Philharmonic (1997) 

1. Jealousy
2. 奇妙旅程
3. 心就要飛了
4. 飄雪
5. Medley:
   1. 每當變幻時
   2. 明日話今天
   3. 仙花滿月樓
6. Don't Cry for Me Argentina
7. 二人時間
8. Medley:
   1. 夜機
   2. 傻女
9. 戀戀風塵
10. 緣了, 就是完

Priscilla Chan Live (2003) 

1. 千千闕歌 (instrumental)
2. 這一天
3. 花店
4. Joe Le Taxi
5. Dancing Boy
6. 明日有明天
7. Love Me Once Again
8. Interlude
9. 梁祝
10. 碎花
11. 人生何處不相逢
12. 逝去的諾言
13. 紅茶館
14. 戀戀風塵
15. 地球大追蹤
16. 今天夜裡總下雨
17. 月亮的隨想
18. 秋色
19. 玻璃窗的愛
20. 夜半輕私語
21. 痴情意外
22. 夜機
23. 與淚抱擁
24. 距離
25. Medley: (encore)
    1. 變、變、變變變
    2. 貪貪貪
    3. 不住怨婦街
    4. 跳舞街
26. "I Will Always Love You"
27. 愛你
28. 傻女
29. 飄雪
30. 千千闕歌

Priscilla Chan Live 2008 (2008) 

1. My Love Will Get You Home
2. 明日有明天
3. 花火
4. 喝采
5. 最愛是誰
6. 愛在深秋
7. 左右手
8. "Close to You"
9. 相識非偶然
10. 默契
11. 月半小夜曲
12. 等了又等
13. 原來只要共你活一天
14. 一對寂寞的心
15. 傻女
16. 花店
17. Joe Le Taxi
18. 今天的愛人是誰
19. 玻璃窗的愛
20. 人生何處不相逢
21. 痴情意外
22. 情意結
23. 飄雪
24. 夜機
25. 無名指
26. Love Me Once Again
27. 幾時再見?!
28. 逝去的諾言 (encore)
29. 紅茶館
30. 千千闕歌

Personal life

Her personal life was closely scrutinized by the Hong Kong press. She was not the press' favorite as the Hong Kong tabloids often reported negative news of her. Since 2003, she has not been particularly active, preferring to appear on TVB or Mainland television programmes and singing in overseas concerts; sometimes she'd attend some private events in Hong Kong as well. But in 2007, she started to be active again as she prepared for a new album and new concert.

Many in Hong Kong believed she made a wrong decision to leave the music industry at the peak of her career for college in 1989. In a radio interview, Chan disagreed. She considered singing was an important part of her, but she valued education more. Furthermore, she reiterated the reason for getting a college degree was to fulfill her promise to her parents.

Her love life is of great interest to the media as well. She has had three boyfriends during her adult life. First, was her music producer Michael Au in the 1980s, but they ended their relationship before her return to Hong Kong in 1995. (Au has since married). After Au, Chan dated an artist/designer Michael Cheung, and that relationship ended in 2001. Last, her latest boyfriend was Dr.Tony Tse; they mutually agreed to end the 5-year relationship in July 2007. The cause of the break-up, according to Chan, was personality differences. The break-up was a painful one and had imposed substantial impact on their personal lives. According to some of their close friends, both of them really cherished the relationship immensely. They would never part if it were not the enormous differences of their personalities and lifestyles. Nevertheless, Dr. Tse, as her family physician, is still taking good care of her health and their relationship remains close.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Native name	Language(s)	Publisher
1984	Girl's Magazine	少女雜誌	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1984	Thousand Years Lover EP	千年戀人	Japanese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1984	Thousand Years Lover	千年戀人	Japanese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1984	The Feelings of a Story	故事的感覺	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1985	Priscilla	-	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1986	Revolt	反叛	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1987	Transform	變、變、變	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1987	Remix + Best of	Remix + 精選	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1988	Priscilla's Love	嫻情	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1988	Silly Girl	傻女	Mandarin	Polygram Records Ltd.
1988	The Color of Autumn	秋色	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1988	Priscilla Chan Remix	-	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1989	Forever Friends	永遠是你的朋友	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1989	Priscilla Chan in Concert	陳慧嫻幾時再見演唱會	Cantonese/English	Polygram Records Ltd.
1990	Get Up and Dance	-	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1992	Come Back	歸來吧	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1993	I'm always on your side	你身邊永是我	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1994	Who is my lover today	今天的愛人是誰	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1995	Welcome Back	-	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1995	I am not lonely	我不寂寞	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1996	Satisfy	心滿意足	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1996	Priscilla Chan in Concert '96	雪映美白'96陳慧嫻演唱會	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1996	Priscilla Chan Polygram 88 Compilation	陳慧嫻寶麗金88極品音色系列	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1996	Problematic Woman	問題女人	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1997	Musical Encounters with Priscilla and the Philharmonic	慧嫻‧港樂奇妙旅程	Cantonese/Mandarin	Polygram Records Ltd.
1997	Priscilla Chan 2 Polygram 88 Compilation	陳慧嫻２寶麗金88極品音色系列	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1997	My heart is about to fly away	心就要飛了	Mandarin	Polygram Records Ltd.
1998	Priscilla Chan AVCD	-	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd.
1998	In love for 2000 hours	愛戀二千小時	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd./Cinepoly Records Co Ltd.
1998	Priscilla Chan and William So Music is Live	陳慧嫻+蘇永康拉闊音樂	Cantonese	Polygram Records Ltd./Cinepoly Records Co. Ltd.
1999	This is Love	正視愛	Cantonese	Universal Music Group/Cinepoly Records Co. Ltd.
2000	Good For You	為你好	Cantonese	Universal Music Group/Cinepoly Records Co Ltd.
2003	Loving Knot	情意結	Cantonese	Universal Music Group
2003	Priscilla Chan Live	陳慧嫻珍演唱會2003	Cantonese/English	Universal Music Group
2008	Priscilla Chan Concert Live 2008	陳慧嫻活出生命II演唱會2008	Cantonese	Universal Music Group

External links

• Priscilla chan SINA Microblog
• Priscilla chan Tencent Microblog
• Priscilla Chan's blog
• pco forum
• Priscilla Chan World
• 基拉陳blog

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Name	Chan, Priscilla
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Date of birth	July 28, 1965
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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