Kelly Chen is a platinum-selling Cantopop singer and film star from Hong Kong, where she was born as "Vivian Chen Wai-man" on September 13, 1972. She attended high school in Japan, returned to Hong Kong in 1994, and released the debut album Intoxicated Lover one year later. A mix of dance-pop, trip-hop, and acoustic songs, Intoxicated Lover climbed its way to gold status on the strength of hit singles like "It's None of Your Business" and the chart-topping "Whatever Will Be, Will Be." 1996 found Kelly Chen released new music to the Mandarin, Japanese, and Cantonese markets, and subsequent albums like 1997's A Movie, 2000's Paisley Galaxy (which featured the hit single "不如跳舞"), 2004's Grace & Charm established herself as one of the most popular singers in East Asian. A multi-time winner of "Asian Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Female Artist" at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards during the early 2000s, she earned a chart-topping hit throughout Hong Kong and mainland China with the 2005 single "Hope," which was named "World's Most Popular Cantonese Song" at the TVB 8 Awards Presentation. Meanwhile, she also starred in movies like 2008's An Empress and the Warriors, joining Jackie Chan as one of the highest-paid Chinese performers during the late 2000s. During the 2010s, she focused mostly on the Cantonese market with albums like 2013's Reflection, 2016's And Then, and 2018's Watch Me. In July 2025, she released a new album Gratitude, featuring hits like "看不下去" and "談情的價值".
