- XiaoHan
Xiaohan (zh-sp|s=小寒|p=Xiăo Hán) is a leading female lyricist in the Chinese Pop Music scene. Based in Singapore, her lyrics are sought after by many top-selling artistes such as Sandy Lam, Stefanie Sun, Tanya Chua, etc.
Biography
Breaking into the industry in 1998, Xiaohan has since established her name with her lyrics that focuses on the inner-most feelings of modern city dwellers, especially those of women.
Since 2000 when she earned a nomination spot in the Singapore Hit Awards with ‘你抽的煙’, Xiaohan has been a consistent nominee at the yearly affair. She became the first female to be crowned the Best Local Lyricist at the Singapore Hit Awards 2002 with ‘紙飛機’, after the title was dominated by various talented Singapore male lyricists from the establishment of the awards in 1994. Xiaohan reclaimed the title again in 2004, with ‘無底洞’, the song that propelled her lyricist career to greater heights.
Currently the Co-director of Funkie Monkies Productions with Eric Ng, Xiaohan is also a key personnel in the publishing arm of the indie label and a lecturer at Funkie Monkies School of Pop, which aims to groom and introduce more talents into the music industry. Occasionally, she writes columns for various magazines and conducts music composing seminars with Eric.
From the commercial pop music arena, Xiaohan extended her scope to writing lyrics for musicals. She was also involved in the Speak Mandarin Campaign 2006 and a fund-raising album “Hands United” for the 2004 Tsunami victims.
Awards & Nominations
Representative Lyrical Works
*紙飛機 (林憶蓮)
*站在第一排 (林憶蓮)
*詞不達意 (林憶蓮)
*為我好 (梁靜茹)
*惡性循環 (梁靜茹)
*無底洞 (蔡健雅)
*雙棲動物(蔡健雅)
*障眼法 (蔡健雅)
*二手煙 (蔡健雅)
*失樂園 (蔡健雅)
*夜盲症 (蔡健雅)
*一分鐘追悔(蔡健雅)
*過動兒(蔡健雅)
*假想敵(蔡健雅)
*我的愛(孫燕姿)
*雨天 (孫燕姿)
*第六感 (孫燕姿)
*隱形人(孫燕姿)
*平常心 (張惠妹)
*所以我願意 (張惠妹)
*一下下 (同恩)
*皮外傷 (阿桑)
*保管 (阿桑)
*愛情華爾茲 (蘇慧倫)
*緊箍咒 (SOLER)
*歸屬感 (梁詠琪)
*摩天輪 (SHE)Musicals Involved
*老九 (2005)
*快樂 (2005)External links
* [http://www.fmmusic.com.sg Funkie Monkies Productions]
* [http://school.fmmusic.com.sg Funkie Monkies School of Pop]
* [http://xiaohanlyrics.blogspot.com Xiaohan’s Lyrics Blog]
* [http://tw.club.yahoo.com/clubs/han-deep 小寒*夜盲症*=世界]
* [http://www.laojiuthemusical.com 老九]
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