Singer, actress and producer Sandy Lam, was born in Hong Kong on April 26, 1966. A highly celebrated performer of Chinese-language music, Lam is known for her vast Cantonese and Mandarin discography. Lam began her career as a disc jockey at Commercial Radio in Hong Kong and was scouted by CBS/Sony Music in 1985, which saw her release her self-titled debut studio album the following year. After two unsuccessful follow up albums, Lam rose to prominence with her fourth album Grey after a cover of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” topped the charts, however it was her 1988-1989 Cantopop trilogy City Rhythm I, City Rhythm Take Two and City Rhythm II, with its feminist lyrics and popular covers that gained her a considerable following, soon earning her the title of Hong Kong’s dancing queen. In 1991, Lam took a different approach to her music, recording the unplugged album Wildflower, which has been identified as a defining moment in Cantopop history. Diving into the Taiwanese market, she released her debut Mandopop album Home Again Without You, which sold over 600,000 copies in Taiwan, paving the way for other Cantopop singers to expand their horizons, collectively putting Mandopop on the map. Continuing to release albums in Mandarin, Lam collaborated with Taiwanese music producer Jonathan Lee on Love, Sandy, achieving staggering commercial success and becoming one of the best-selling albums in the history of the genre. Lam’s career continued to soar into the next decade with hit single “At Least I Still Have You” covered by K-Pop band Super Junior-M, followed by albums True Colour and Breathe Me, released in 2005 and 2006 respectively. After a brief hiatus, Lam returned in 2012 with Gaia; an experimental Mandopop album that broke new ground and earned her four awards at the 24th Golden Melody Awards, the following year. Moving in a different direction once again, Lam returned two cover albums: Re: Workz (2014) and In Search of Lost Time (陪著我走) (2016), notably including the track "Need You Every Minute (分分钟需要你)", recorded originally by Cantopop singer George Lam. Participating as a contestant on Chinese reality television series Singer 2017, Lam won the series in April, which introduced her music to a new generation of fans and in 2022, featured on a compilation album commemorating the late Cantopop singer Anita Mui, re-releasing their 1990 duo "兩個女人".
