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{{Short description|Chinese-American singer (1975–2023)}} | {{Short description|Chinese-American singer (1975–2023)}} | ||
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| name = CoCo Lee | | name = CoCo Lee | ||
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| alt = Coco Lee wearing a dark sleeveless top with a dark-coloured sweater wrapped around her waist, with sunglasses and a gold watch, facing the camera from a car's seat, grinning and flashing a peace sign with left hand. | | alt = Coco Lee wearing a dark sleeveless top with a dark-coloured sweater wrapped around her waist, with sunglasses and a gold watch, facing the camera from a car's seat, grinning and flashing a peace sign with left hand. | ||
| caption = Lee in 2013 | | caption = Lee in 2013 | ||
| birth_name = Ferren Lee<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web | title=Coco Lee: The pioneering singer who charmed the world{{pipe}}BBC News | website=BBC News | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66117306 | | birth_name = Ferren Lee<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web | title=Coco Lee: The pioneering singer who charmed the world{{pipe}}BBC News | website=BBC News | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66117306 | access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref> | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1975|01|17}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1975|01|17}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Hong Kong]] or [[Wuhan]] | | birth_place = [[Hong Kong]] or [[Wuhan]] | ||
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| resting_place = Shimenfeng Memorial Park, [[Wuchang District]], Wuhan, China<ref name="YouTube f543">{{cite web | title=李玟21日安葬長眠武漢 現場粉紫色紀念{{pipe}}TVBS新聞 @TVBSNEWS01 | website=YouTube | date=20 October 2023 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG7enAANOlo | access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="NOWnews今日新聞 2023 e635">{{cite web | title=永別天后李玟!天使紀念雕像曝光 86歲高齡母無法參與安葬儀式 | website=NOWnews今日新聞 | date=21 October 2023 | url=https://www.nownews.com/news/6285294 | language=zh-hant | access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> | | resting_place = Shimenfeng Memorial Park, [[Wuchang District]], Wuhan, China<ref name="YouTube f543">{{cite web | title=李玟21日安葬長眠武漢 現場粉紫色紀念{{pipe}}TVBS新聞 @TVBSNEWS01 | website=YouTube | date=20 October 2023 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG7enAANOlo | access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="NOWnews今日新聞 2023 e635">{{cite web | title=永別天后李玟!天使紀念雕像曝光 86歲高齡母無法參與安葬儀式 | website=NOWnews今日新聞 | date=21 October 2023 | url=https://www.nownews.com/news/6285294 | language=zh-hant | access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> | ||
| citizenship = {{hlist|United States|China}} | | citizenship = {{hlist|United States|China}} | ||
| education = [[University of California, Irvine]] ( | | education = [[University of California, Irvine]] (dropped out) | ||
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|dancer|actress|director|record producer|businesswoman }} | | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|dancer|actress|director|record producer|businesswoman }} | ||
| years_active = 1993–2023 | | years_active = 1993–2023 | ||
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'''CoCo Lee''' ({{lang-zh|c=李玟}}; 17 January 1975 – 5 July 2023) was a [[Chinese-American]] singer, songwriter, and actress.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]]. Chinese-American was mentioned in the sources, please don't change it.--><ref name="Sun 2005 u621">{{cite web | last=Sun | first=Celine | title=Coco Lee exposed to US market | website=South China Morning Post | date=2 April 2005 | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/495032/coco-lee-exposed-us-market | access-date=4 September 2023 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20231017075507/https://www.scmp.com/article/495032/coco-lee-exposed-us-market | archive-date=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Peoples Daily Online 2017 q386">{{cite web | title=Pop diva Coco Lee savors new tour in China | website=People's Daily Online | date=1 July 2017 | url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0701/c90000-9235785.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007134816/http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0701/c90000-9235785.html | access-date=4 September 2023| archive-date=7 October 2021 }}</ref> She | '''CoCo Lee''' ({{lang-zh|c=李玟}}; 17 January 1975 – 5 July 2023) was a [[Chinese-American]] singer, songwriter, and actress.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]]. Chinese-American was mentioned in the sources, please don't change it.--><ref name="Sun 2005 u621">{{cite web | last=Sun | first=Celine | title=Coco Lee exposed to US market | website=South China Morning Post | date=2 April 2005 | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/495032/coco-lee-exposed-us-market | access-date=4 September 2023 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20231017075507/https://www.scmp.com/article/495032/coco-lee-exposed-us-market | archive-date=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Peoples Daily Online 2017 q386">{{cite web | title=Pop diva Coco Lee savors new tour in China | website=People's Daily Online | date=1 July 2017 | url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0701/c90000-9235785.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007134816/http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0701/c90000-9235785.html | access-date=4 September 2023| archive-date=7 October 2021 }}</ref> She was one of the best-selling artists in Asia and is widely regarded as a significant figure and a [[diva]]. Her career began in 1993 in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums, establishing herself as an icon. She released 18 studio albums, 2 live records, and 5 compilations.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong-Born Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 48 |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-1235661920/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705221122/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-1235661920/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Hong Kong-American Pop Singer Coco Lee Dies Aged 48 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/hong-kong-american-pop-singer-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-9c59eb8c |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=barrons.com |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705221120/https://www.barrons.com/news/hong-kong-american-pop-singer-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-9c59eb8c |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Lee, who was described as the "Asian [[Mariah Carey]]",<ref name="Bashforth 2023 v490" /><ref name="Berry Wang 2023 k939">{{cite web |last=Berry Wang |first=Nectar Gan |date=25 August 2023 |title=Coco Lee: 'Sing! China' suspended after uproar over treatment of late pop star |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/china/coco-lee-sing-china-backlash-suspension-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005111443/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/25/china/coco-lee-sing-china-backlash-suspension-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref> was noted for her Americanized dance routines.<ref name="Borelli 2014 p. 271">{{cite book |last=Borelli |first=M.B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlrBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA271 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-989783-4 |series=Oxford Handbooks |page=271 |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref> She voiced the lead character of [[Fa Mulan]] in the Mandarin version of the 1998 [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] film ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' and sang its theme song, "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]". | Lee, who was described as the "Asian [[Mariah Carey]]",<ref name="Bashforth 2023 v490">{{cite web |last=Bashforth |first=Emily |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee dead: Singer-songwriter dies by suicide aged 48 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/05/coco-lee-dead-singer-songwriter-dies-by-suicide-aged-48-19075111/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=Metro |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022112807/https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/05/coco-lee-dead-singer-songwriter-dies-by-suicide-aged-48-19075111/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Berry Wang 2023 k939">{{cite web |last=Berry Wang |first=Nectar Gan |date=25 August 2023 |title=Coco Lee: 'Sing! China' suspended after uproar over treatment of late pop star |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/china/coco-lee-sing-china-backlash-suspension-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005111443/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/25/china/coco-lee-sing-china-backlash-suspension-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref> was noted for her Americanized dance routines.<ref name="Borelli 2014 p. 271">{{cite book |last=Borelli |first=M.B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlrBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA271 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-989783-4 |series=Oxford Handbooks |page=271 |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref> She voiced the lead character of [[Fa Mulan]] in the Mandarin version of the 1998 [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] film ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' and sang its theme song, "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]". | ||
Lee was the first | Lee was the first Chinese singer to have music released globally, making her the first Chinese singer to break into the western market.<ref>{{Citation |title=CoCo Lee – Just No Other Way Released Countries |date=2000 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/202354-CoCo-Lee-Just-No-Other-Way |access-date=28 May 2025 }}</ref> Her 1999 album ''[[Just No Other Way]]'' was the first ever English-language album recorded by a Chinese singer.<ref name="scmp20230723">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3228432/how-late-singer-coco-lee-crossed-cultural-divides-bring-together-chinese-communities-around-world |title=How late singer Coco Lee crossed cultural divides to bring together Chinese communities around the world |author-last1=Ip|author-first1=Cyril| date=23 July 2023 | website=South China Morning Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230723110244/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3228432/how-late-singer-coco-lee-crossed-cultural-divides-bring-together-chinese-communities-around-world | archive-date=23 July 2023 |accessdate=}}</ref> Her 2000 single "[[Do You Want My Love]]" achieved international success, appearing on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Dance Breakouts Chart at No. 4 and entering the top 50 of the US [[Billboard Dance/Club Play|Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart]] while also peaking at No. 14 on the [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]] and No. 20 on the [[Recorded Music NZ|Official Chart in New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=CoCo Lee {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/coco-lee/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=australian-charts.com , CoCo Lee – Do You Want My Love |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=CoCo+Lee&titel=Do+You+Want+My+Love&cat=s |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=australian-charts.com |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012015/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=CoCo+Lee&titel=Do+You+Want+My+Love&cat=s |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Her 2000 song "[[A Love Before Time]]", from the film ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', was nominated for the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Best Original Song]], and she performed it at the [[73rd Academy Awards]], becoming the first, and so far only, Chinese artist to perform at the Oscars.<ref name="EFE 2023 b473">{{cite web | last=EFE | first=Agencia | title=Coco Lee, China's only Oscars performer, dies at 48 | website=EFE Noticias | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-07-06/coco-lee-chinas-only-oscars-performer-dies-at-48/ | access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=5 July 2023 |title=Hong Kong-born singer Coco Lee dies by suicide aged 48, siblings confirm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/05/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-mulan-singer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705223442/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/05/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-mulan-singer |archive-date=5 July 2023 |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=kr7C8TDb-NQ |title=登奧斯卡首位華人歌手 李玟獻唱英版月光愛人{{pipe}}三立娛樂星聞 – YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709125746/https://youtube.com/watch?v=kr7C8TDb-NQ |archive-date=9 July 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Lee was also the first Asian-American singer to sing the [[US National Anthem]] at an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] game, the first Asian singer to hold a concert at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles, the first non-mainland Chinese singer to win the Chinese singing reality show ''[[Singer (TV series)|I Am a Singer]]'', and the first Asian brand ambassador for [[Chanel]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Emlyn |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, beloved Hong Kong singer-songwriter, dies at 48 |url=https://ew.com/music/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-mulan-soundtrack-was-48/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=EW.com |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705230038/https://ew.com/music/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-mulan-soundtrack-was-48/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | Her 2000 song "[[A Love Before Time]]", from the film ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', was nominated for the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Best Original Song]], and she performed it at the [[73rd Academy Awards]], becoming the first, and so far only, Chinese artist to perform at the Oscars.<ref name="EFE 2023 b473">{{cite web | last=EFE | first=Agencia | title=Coco Lee, China's only Oscars performer, dies at 48 | website=EFE Noticias | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-07-06/coco-lee-chinas-only-oscars-performer-dies-at-48/ | access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=5 July 2023 |title=Hong Kong-born singer Coco Lee dies by suicide aged 48, siblings confirm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/05/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-mulan-singer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705223442/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/05/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-mulan-singer |archive-date=5 July 2023 |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=kr7C8TDb-NQ |title=登奧斯卡首位華人歌手 李玟獻唱英版月光愛人{{pipe}}三立娛樂星聞 – YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709125746/https://youtube.com/watch?v=kr7C8TDb-NQ |archive-date=9 July 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Lee was also the first Asian-American singer to sing the [[US National Anthem]] at an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] game, the first Asian singer to hold a concert at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles, the first non-mainland Chinese singer to win the Chinese singing reality show ''[[Singer (TV series)|I Am a Singer]]'', and the first Asian brand ambassador for [[Chanel]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Emlyn |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, beloved Hong Kong singer-songwriter, dies at 48 |url=https://ew.com/music/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-mulan-soundtrack-was-48/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=EW.com |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705230038/https://ew.com/music/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-mulan-soundtrack-was-48/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Ferren Lee was born on 17 January 1975<ref name="hkapple-2009">{{cite news |url= http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/columnist/art/20090621/12901804 |title= 為 Coco者 |publisher= [[Apple Daily]] |author1= 軻貴妃 |work= 副刊 |date= 21 June 2009 |access-date= 13 April 2016 |quote= (Coco──原本叫李美琳的李玟) |language= zh |archive-date= 25 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160425140437/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/columnist/art/20090621/12901804 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, Disney 'Mulan' Star, Dies at 48 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705210716/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> or [[Wuhan]].<ref name="香港01 2023 a295">{{cite web |date=21 October 2023 |title=樂壇天后李玟今午正式長眠武漢 現場率先曝光遍佈粉紫色海報 |url=https://www.hk01.com/article/953592 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=香港01 |language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref name="三立娛樂星聞 2023 z049">{{cite web |date=25 October 2023 |title=李玟生前想葬馬爾地夫!媽超心疼反對...改長眠武漢「原因藏洋蔥」|url=https://star.setn.com/news/1372393 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=三立娛樂星聞 |language=zh-hant}}</ref> She was a [[posthumous child]], as her father had died | Ferren Lee was born on 17 January 1975<ref name="hkapple-2009">{{cite news |url= http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/columnist/art/20090621/12901804 |title= 為 Coco者 |publisher= [[Apple Daily]] |author1= 軻貴妃 |work= 副刊 |date= 21 June 2009 |access-date= 13 April 2016 |quote= (Coco──原本叫李美琳的李玟) |language= zh |archive-date= 25 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160425140437/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/columnist/art/20090621/12901804 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, Disney 'Mulan' Star, Dies at 48 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705210716/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> or [[Wuhan]].<ref name="香港01 2023 a295">{{cite web |date=21 October 2023 |title=樂壇天后李玟今午正式長眠武漢 現場率先曝光遍佈粉紫色海報 |url=https://www.hk01.com/article/953592 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=香港01 |language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref name="三立娛樂星聞 2023 z049">{{cite web |date=25 October 2023 |title=李玟生前想葬馬爾地夫!媽超心疼反對...改長眠武漢「原因藏洋蔥」 |url=https://star.setn.com/news/1372393 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=三立娛樂星聞 |language=zh-hant |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030204143/https://star.setn.com/news/1372393 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was a [[posthumous child]], as her father had died before her birth due to an illness. Lee had physical defects in her left leg, causing lifelong challenges.<ref name="nexttv20230706">{{cite web | title=母含淚帶大! 李玟是遺腹子「沒見過爸爸」 | website=壹電視 | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://www.nexttv.com.tw/NextTV/News/Home/Entertainment/m/2023-07-06/1229873.html | language=zh | access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> After her husband's death, Lee's mother moved the family to Hong Kong to seek support from relatives. They faced difficult times there before emigrating to the US when Lee was nine years old.<ref name="Magazine 2016 l605">{{cite web | last=Magazine | first=HK | title=Coco Lee | website=South China Morning Post | date=19 October 2016 | url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2036279/coco-lee | access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong-born singer-songwriter, dead at 48 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/coco-lee-obit-1.6897893 |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=CBC |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705213637/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/coco-lee-obit-1.6897893 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lee had two elder sisters, Carol and Nancy, the latter of whom would become Lee's manager early in her career.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |last2=Wong |first2=Tessa |date=6 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee: The pioneering singer who charmed the world |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66117306 |url-status=live |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706151311/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66117306 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |quote=Nancy served as Lee's wardrobe consultant, public relations officer and makeup artist – including on Oscar night. In fact it was Nancy who suggested the moniker Coco.}}</ref> Growing up in San Francisco, Lee attended Redding Elementary School, [[Presidio Middle School]], and [[Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |title=CoCo Lee, the Hong Kong-born singer famous for 'Crouching Tiger' song, dies at 48 |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/coco-lee-singer-dead-mulan-crouching-tiger-18185911 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705212621/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/coco-lee-singer-dead-mulan-crouching-tiger-18185911 |url-status=live }}</ref> She won Miss Teen Chinatown San Francisco in 1991.<ref name="sanfran">{{cite web |url=https://today.line.me/tw/v2/article/9m8ooRV |title=天后李玟享年 48 歲 舊金山華人追憶親民暖舉}}</ref><ref name="nyt1">{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Lauren |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Mulan' Singer, Dies at 48 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/arts/music/coco-lee-dead.html |access-date=6 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706100151/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/arts/music/coco-lee-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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At age 17, Lee | At the age of 17, Lee won a local singing contest twice.<ref name="YouTube2006settv">{{cite web | title=CoCo李玟 – 三立 封面人物 (2006) |website=YouTube |date=4 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHPUiNjzrw |language=zh |access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="lat2000">{{cite news|title=Coco Lee Hits the Ground Running|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=17 February 2000|access-date=13 April 2017|archive-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114062121/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/17/entertainment/ca-65094|url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating from high school in 1993,<ref name="sanfran"/> she entered a [[TVB]] competition in Hong Kong<ref name=":16" /> and was offered a recording contract. She attempted to juggle her singing career in Hong Kong with her [[pre-medical]] studies at the [[University of California, Irvine]],<ref name="lat2000"/> but she eventually left school after one year.<ref name=":16">{{cite news|title=Loco for Coco: Singer reveals the rocker inside|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1313879/loco-coco-singer-reveals-rocker-inside|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=26 September 2013|first=Vanessa|last=Yung|access-date=13 April 2017|archive-date=13 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413160802/http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1313879/loco-coco-singer-reveals-rocker-inside|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> During an interview in 1997, Lee said she had never intended to become a star. Her goal in life had been to become a surgeon, following in her mother's footsteps.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee never wanted to be a star, 'I was shy' — from the archive |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3226848/coco-lee-hong-kong-pop-singer-never-wanted-be-star-i-was-shy-scmp-archive |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> | ||
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In 1993, Lee returned to Hong Kong to visit her sisters.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=St. Martin |first=Emily |date=6 July 2023 |title=CoCo Lee, Hong Kong-born 'Mulan' singer, dies at 48 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-05/coco-lee-hong-kong-mulan-singer-dies-at-48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706232858/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-05/coco-lee-hong-kong-mulan-singer-dies-at-48 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |quote=The next Ricky Martin sings in Cantonese and Mandarin and English, and she's definitely not a dude. Her name is Coco Lee. ... [L]ike Martin, she's a multilingual, bicultural American}}</ref><ref name="香港01 2023 i188">{{cite web | title=李玟家姐李思林念悼詞哽咽失聲 讚CoCo如天使: 望不再有人傷害你 | website=香港01 | date=21 October 2023 | url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/953738/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E5%AE%B6%E5%A7%90%E6%9D%8E%E6%80%9D%E6%9E%97%E5%BF%B5%E6%82%BC%E8%A9%9E%E5%93%BD%E5%92%BD%E5%A4%B1%E8%81%B2-%E8%AE%9Acoco%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF-%E6%9C%9B%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%82%B7%E5%AE%B3%E4%BD%A0 | language=zh-hant | access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> While there, she took part in the 12th annual [[New Talent Singing Awards]] and was the first runner-up,<ref name="sanfran"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2023 |title=Beloved singer's final post before tragic death |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/coco-lee-hong-kong-born-singer-known-for-her-powerful-voice-dies-aged-48-c-11192255 |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=7NEWS |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705225436/https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/coco-lee-hong-kong-born-singer-known-for-her-powerful-voice-dies-aged-48-c-11192255 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Everington |first=Keoni |date=5 July 2023 |title=Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee dies from suicide at 48 {{!}} Taiwan News {{!}} 5 July 2023 23:23:00 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4936990 |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=Taiwan News |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705225435/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4936990 |url-status=live}}</ref> singing [[Whitney Houston]]'s ''[[Run to You (Whitney Houston song)|Run to You]]''.<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=16sD18_pJlE |title=致永遠的月光愛人{{pipe}}樂壇巨星 李玟CoCo{{pipe}}出道至今經典舞台合集 通過歌聲懷念一代唱跳天后{{pipe}}Run to You{{pipe}}月光愛人{{pipe}}Fly Me to the Moon{{pipe}}刀馬旦{{pipe}}明星 – YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |date=6 July 2023 |accessdate=11 July 2023 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711082548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sD18_pJlE |url-status=live}}</ref> The following day, [[Capital Artists]] offered her a recording contract.<ref name=":11" /> | In 1993, Lee returned to Hong Kong to visit her sisters.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=St. Martin |first=Emily |date=6 July 2023 |title=CoCo Lee, Hong Kong-born 'Mulan' singer, dies at 48 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-05/coco-lee-hong-kong-mulan-singer-dies-at-48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706232858/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-05/coco-lee-hong-kong-mulan-singer-dies-at-48 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |quote=The next Ricky Martin sings in Cantonese and Mandarin and English, and she's definitely not a dude. Her name is Coco Lee. ... [L]ike Martin, she's a multilingual, bicultural American}}</ref><ref name="香港01 2023 i188">{{cite web | title=李玟家姐李思林念悼詞哽咽失聲 讚CoCo如天使: 望不再有人傷害你 | website=香港01 | date=21 October 2023 | url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/953738/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E5%AE%B6%E5%A7%90%E6%9D%8E%E6%80%9D%E6%9E%97%E5%BF%B5%E6%82%BC%E8%A9%9E%E5%93%BD%E5%92%BD%E5%A4%B1%E8%81%B2-%E8%AE%9Acoco%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF-%E6%9C%9B%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%82%B7%E5%AE%B3%E4%BD%A0 | language=zh-hant | access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> While there, she took part in the 12th annual [[New Talent Singing Awards]] and was the first runner-up,<ref name="sanfran"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2023 |title=Beloved singer's final post before tragic death |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/coco-lee-hong-kong-born-singer-known-for-her-powerful-voice-dies-aged-48-c-11192255 |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=7NEWS |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705225436/https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/coco-lee-hong-kong-born-singer-known-for-her-powerful-voice-dies-aged-48-c-11192255 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Everington |first=Keoni |date=5 July 2023 |title=Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee dies from suicide at 48 {{!}} Taiwan News {{!}} 5 July 2023 23:23:00 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4936990 |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=Taiwan News |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705225435/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4936990 |url-status=live}}</ref> singing [[Whitney Houston]]'s ''[[Run to You (Whitney Houston song)|Run to You]]''.<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=16sD18_pJlE |title=致永遠的月光愛人{{pipe}}樂壇巨星 李玟CoCo{{pipe}}出道至今經典舞台合集 通過歌聲懷念一代唱跳天后{{pipe}}Run to You{{pipe}}月光愛人{{pipe}}Fly Me to the Moon{{pipe}}刀馬旦{{pipe}}明星 – YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |date=6 July 2023 |accessdate=11 July 2023 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711082548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sD18_pJlE |url-status=live}}</ref> The following day, [[Capital Artists]] offered her a recording contract.<ref name=":11" /> | ||
When she was 18, Lee came to Taiwan to start her music career. Advised by her sister, Lee chose "Coco" as her English stage name and "Li Wen" (李玟) as her Chinese stage name.<ref>{{cite news |title=【李玟骤逝】李玟原英文名不叫CoCo!艺名竟是这样来的 {{!}} 娱乐 |url=https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/entertainment/2023/07/12/579427 |work=東方網 馬來西亞東方日報 |date=12 July 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=原本不叫CoCo! 李玟艺名乱取一炮而红 – 娱乐 – 国外娱乐 – 中港台 |url=https://www.sinchew.com.my/news/20230712/entertainment/4820627#:~:text=李玟本名李美林 |work=星洲网 Sin Chew Daily Malaysia Latest News and Headlines |date=12 July 2023 |language=zh-CN}}</ref> | When she was 18, Lee came to Taiwan to start her music career. Advised by her sister, Lee chose "Coco" as her English stage name and "Li Wen" (李玟) as her Chinese stage name.<ref>{{cite news |title=【李玟骤逝】李玟原英文名不叫CoCo!艺名竟是这样来的 {{!}} 娱乐 |url=https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/entertainment/2023/07/12/579427 |work=東方網 馬來西亞東方日報 |date=12 July 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=原本不叫CoCo! 李玟艺名乱取一炮而红 – 娱乐 – 国外娱乐 – 中港台 |url=https://www.sinchew.com.my/news/20230712/entertainment/4820627#:~:text=李玟本名李美林 |work=星洲网 Sin Chew Daily Malaysia Latest News and Headlines |date=12 July 2023 |language=zh-CN |archive-date=28 June 2025 |access-date=27 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628034422/https://www.sinchew.com.my/news/20230712/entertainment/4820627#:~:text=李玟本名李美林 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
She made her debut on compilation albums such as ''Red Hot Hits '93 Autumn Edition'' ([[:zh:火熱動感93勁秋版|zh]]).<ref name=":9" /> In 1994, she released her first solo albums in [[Mandarin (language)|Mandarin]] in Taiwan, ''{{ill|愛就要趁現在|zh|愛就要趁現在|lt=Love from Now On}}'' and ''{{ill|答應我 (李玟專輯)|zh|答應我 (李玟專輯)|lt=Promise Me}}'', through Fancy Pie Records.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=The sudden death of Chinese-American singer Coco Lee at 48 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-sudden-death-of-chinese-american-singer-coco-lee-at-48/ss-AA1dvtDy |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=MSN |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708065814/https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-sudden-death-of-chinese-american-singer-coco-lee-at-48/ss-AA1dvtDy |url-status=live}}</ref> Her English-language cover album ''{{ill|勇敢去愛 (專輯)|zh|勇敢去愛 (專輯)|lt=Brave Enough to Love}}'' and her third Mandarin album, ''{{ill|被愛的女人|zh|被愛的女人|lt=Woman in Love}}'', came out the following year.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9" /> | She made her debut on compilation albums such as ''Red Hot Hits '93 Autumn Edition'' ([[:zh:火熱動感93勁秋版|zh]]).<ref name=":9" /> In 1994, she released her first solo albums in [[Mandarin (language)|Mandarin]] in Taiwan, ''{{ill|愛就要趁現在|zh|愛就要趁現在|lt=Love from Now On}}'' and ''{{ill|答應我 (李玟專輯)|zh|答應我 (李玟專輯)|lt=Promise Me}}'', through Fancy Pie Records.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=The sudden death of Chinese-American singer Coco Lee at 48 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-sudden-death-of-chinese-american-singer-coco-lee-at-48/ss-AA1dvtDy |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=MSN |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708065814/https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-sudden-death-of-chinese-american-singer-coco-lee-at-48/ss-AA1dvtDy |url-status=live}}</ref> Her English-language cover album ''{{ill|勇敢去愛 (專輯)|zh|勇敢去愛 (專輯)|lt=Brave Enough to Love}}'' and her third Mandarin album, ''{{ill|被愛的女人|zh|被愛的女人|lt=Woman in Love}}'', came out the following year.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9" /> | ||
In 1996, Lee signed with [[Sony Music Entertainment]].<ref name=":13" /> Her next Mandarin album, ''{{ill|往日情·愛我久一點|zh|往日情·愛我久一點|lt=CoCo Lee}}'', became the best-selling record in Asia that year.<ref name=":0" /> She subsequently released another English cover album, ''{{ill|CoCo's Party|zh|CoCo's Party|lt=CoCo's Party}}'', also in 1996. The following year, she issued the Mandarin album ''{{ill|每一次想你|zh|每一次想你|lt= | In 1996, Lee signed with [[Sony Music Entertainment]].<ref name=":13" /> Her next Mandarin album, ''{{ill|往日情·愛我久一點|zh|往日情·愛我久一點|lt=CoCo Lee}}'', became the best-selling record in Asia that year.<ref name=":0" /> She subsequently released another English cover album, ''{{ill|CoCo's Party|zh|CoCo's Party|lt=CoCo's Party}}'', also in 1996. The following year, she issued the Mandarin album ''{{ill|每一次想你|zh|每一次想你|lt=Each Time I Think of You}}'' as well as a [[Cantonese (language)|Cantonese]] record, ''{{ill|COCO (1997年專輯)|zh|COCO (1997年專輯)|lt=COCO}}'',<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |date=7 February 2017 |title=Coco Lee to sing greatest hits |work=Shenzhen Daily |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1865387834 |access-date=6 July 2023 |id={{ProQuest|1865387834}} |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718000838/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1865387834 |url-status=live}}</ref> the only one she ever recorded in that language. In 1998, her Mandarin album ''{{ill|Di Da Di·暗示|zh|Di Da Di·暗示|lt=Di Da Di}}'' came out, selling one million copies in less than three months.<ref name=":13" /> | ||
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In August 1998, Lee performed in Taiwan to an audience of more than 50,000 fans.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taib |first=Shuib |date=5 December 2000 |title=Coco Lee to perform here |work=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/266565958 |access-date=7 July 2023 |id={{ProQuest|266565958}} |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718000859/https://www.proquest.com/docview/266565958 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nast 2019 n202">{{cite web |title=「當年進軍歐美, 我只是想證明華人也是很會唱歌的!」出道25週年始終正面陽光女神Coco李玟歌單大回顧 |website=Vogue Taiwan |date=11 April 2019 |url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/culture/content-46740 |language=zh |access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref> The next year, she performed in a "[[MJ & Friends|Michael Jackson and friends]]" charity concert<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last= |date=5 July 2023 |title="Michael Jackson & Friends"'s Hong Kong Singer Coco Lee died |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-friendss-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-died/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=MJVibe |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162513/https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-friendss-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-died/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and later released the Mandarin album ''{{ill|今天到永遠|zh|今天到永遠|lt=From Today Till Forever}}''.<ref name="五大唱片 e974">{{cite web | title=今天到永遠(平裝)From Today Till Forever | website=五大唱片 | url=https://www.5music.com.tw/Cdlist-C.asp?cdno=425425740940 | language=zh | access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> Later that year, under [[550 Music]], she released her first English album of original songs, titled ''[[Just No Other Way]]'', which included the hit "[[Do You Want My Love]]".<ref name="nyt1" /> The song reached No. 4 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Dance Breakouts chart in December,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|title=Hot Dance Breakouts: Club Play|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=51|page=53|date=18 December 1999}}</ref> making Lee the first Chinese singer to break into the American market.<ref name="ap2023">{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/coco-lee-death-suicide-hong-kong-singer-c007785b3944087f428cf5d07d23fb97 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong singer and songwriter who had international success, dies at 48}}</ref> Her love song "[[Before I Fall in Love]]" was included in the soundtrack to the movie ''[[Runaway Bride (1999 film)|Runaway Bride]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |last2=Youngs |first2=Ian |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee: Disney star and pop singer dies at 48 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66111919 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705213636/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66111919 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also recorded the duet "Can't Get Over" with [[Kelly Price]]. Lee recorded the charity singles "We Meet the Future" and "Hand in Hand" for [[SARS]] with other artists, including [[Wang Leehom]], [[Stefanie Sun]], [[Elva Hsiao]], and [[Jolin Tsai]].<ref name=":9" /> In Asia, she released the Mandarin album ''{{ill|真情人·You & Me|zh|真情人·You & Me|lt=True Lover You & Me}}''. By 2000, she had released 20 albums in Asia and sold 7.5 million copies of her records on that continent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|title=Coco Lee Hits the Ground Running|first=Alisa|last=Valdes-Rodriguez|date=17 February 2000|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=22 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222223240/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | In August 1998, Lee performed in Taiwan to an audience of more than 50,000 fans.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taib |first=Shuib |date=5 December 2000 |title=Coco Lee to perform here |work=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/266565958 |access-date=7 July 2023 |id={{ProQuest|266565958}} |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718000859/https://www.proquest.com/docview/266565958 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nast 2019 n202">{{cite web |title=「當年進軍歐美, 我只是想證明華人也是很會唱歌的!」出道25週年始終正面陽光女神Coco李玟歌單大回顧 |website=Vogue Taiwan |date=11 April 2019 |url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/culture/content-46740 |language=zh |access-date=26 August 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723192749/https://www.vogue.com.tw/culture/content-46740 |url-status=live }}</ref> The next year, she performed in a "[[MJ & Friends|Michael Jackson and friends]]" charity concert<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last= |date=5 July 2023 |title="Michael Jackson & Friends"'s Hong Kong Singer Coco Lee died |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-friendss-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-died/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=MJVibe |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162513/https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-friendss-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-died/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and later released the Mandarin album ''{{ill|今天到永遠|zh|今天到永遠|lt=From Today Till Forever}}''.<ref name="五大唱片 e974">{{cite web | title=今天到永遠(平裝)From Today Till Forever | website=五大唱片 | url=https://www.5music.com.tw/Cdlist-C.asp?cdno=425425740940 | language=zh | access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> Later that year, under [[550 Music]], she released her first English album of original songs, titled ''[[Just No Other Way]]'', which included the hit "[[Do You Want My Love]]".<ref name="nyt1" /> The song reached No. 4 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Dance Breakouts chart in December,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|title=Hot Dance Breakouts: Club Play|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=51|page=53|date=18 December 1999}}</ref> making Lee the first Chinese singer to break into the American market.<ref name="ap2023">{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/coco-lee-death-suicide-hong-kong-singer-c007785b3944087f428cf5d07d23fb97 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong singer and songwriter who had international success, dies at 48}}</ref> Her love song "[[Before I Fall in Love]]" was included in the soundtrack to the movie ''[[Runaway Bride (1999 film)|Runaway Bride]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |last2=Youngs |first2=Ian |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee: Disney star and pop singer dies at 48 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66111919 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705213636/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66111919 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also recorded the duet "Can't Get Over" with [[Kelly Price]]. Lee recorded the charity singles "We Meet the Future" and "Hand in Hand" for [[SARS]] with other artists, including [[Wang Leehom]], [[Stefanie Sun]], [[Elva Hsiao]], and [[Jolin Tsai]].<ref name=":9" /> In Asia, she released the Mandarin album ''{{ill|真情人·You & Me|zh|真情人·You & Me|lt=True Lover You & Me}}''. By 2000, she had released 20 albums in Asia and sold 7.5 million copies of her records on that continent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|title=Coco Lee Hits the Ground Running|first=Alisa|last=Valdes-Rodriguez|date=17 February 2000|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=22 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222223240/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In 2001, Lee sang the song "[[A Love Before Time]]" for the movie ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', which she performed at [[73rd Academy Awards|the Oscars]].<ref name=":1" /> The track was introduced by the actress [[Julia Stiles]] as an "evocative love ballad" that combined "the flavor and texture of Eastern music with the orchestral color and sensitive lyrics of Western culture".<ref name="nyt1" /> Lee's next album, ''{{ill|Promise (李玟專輯)|zh|Promise (李玟專輯)|lt=Promise Coco}}'', was released in October 2001 and included a Mandarin cover song titled "[[A Puro Dolor#Other recordings|Baby, I'm Sorry]]" (Baby 對不起).<ref> | In 2001, Lee sang the song "[[A Love Before Time]]" for the movie ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', which she performed at [[73rd Academy Awards|the Oscars]].<ref name=":1" /> The track was introduced by the actress [[Julia Stiles]] as an "evocative love ballad" that combined "the flavor and texture of Eastern music with the orchestral color and sensitive lyrics of Western culture".<ref name="nyt1" /> Lee's next album, ''{{ill|Promise (李玟專輯)|zh|Promise (李玟專輯)|lt=Promise Coco}}'', was released in October 2001 and included a Mandarin cover song titled "[[A Puro Dolor#Other recordings|Baby, I'm Sorry]]" (Baby 對不起).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtvasia.com/music/videos/gqm8kg/Bao-Bei-Dui-Bu-Qi-Baby-I-m-Sorry |title=CoCo Lee Bao Bei Dui Bu Qi (Baby I'm Sorry) |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019194812/http://www.mtvasia.com/music/videos/gqm8kg/Bao-Bei-Dui-Bu-Qi-Baby-I-m-Sorry |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/CoCo-Lee-Promise/master/1256825 Discogs: Coco* – Promise]</ref><ref>[https://mojim.com/twy100042x29x4.htm 魔鏡歌詞網 > 女生歌手 > 李玟 > So Crazy[影音光碟] > BABY對不起]</ref> The track placed at No. 35 on the Taiwan Yearly Singles Top 100 chart that year.<ref name=Taiwan>{{cite web|title=台灣年度百大歌曲|url=http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2001&pageNum_rsList=0|publisher=HitFM|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> In 2002, Lee released the remix album ''D. Is Coco'' (''Dance Is Coco''). She also sang an anti-tobacco song called "From the Beginning 'til the End" (煙絲萬縷) with singer [[Jacky Cheung]].<ref name=":9" /> The same year, at the [[NBA]] debut of [[Yao Ming]], Lee performed the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|US national anthem]] and became the first Chinese-American singer to sing at an NBA game.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3226720/coco-lees-star-moments-singing-oscars-us20-million-wedding-following-pop-singers-death-age-48 | title=Coco Lee: Hong Kong pop singer's star moments, from singing at the Oscars to US$20 million wedding, as fans mourn her death at age 48| date=6 July 2023}}</ref> She also sang the anti-racism song "A Dream of One" with Korean singer [[Park Jin-young]]. In 2003, she performed with [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] at the [[MTV Asia]] Awards in Singapore and also hosted the show with him.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McClure |first=Steve |date=24 May 2003 |title=MTV Asia Taps Multiple Media to Connect with Its Audiences |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48-IA1 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=115 |issue=21 |page=APQ-1 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
Lee co-starred in the Chinese comedy movie ''Master of Everything'' (自娱自乐) with [[John Lone]], which won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2005 [[Beverly Hills Film Festival]].<ref name="biowhartonhongkong">{{Cite web |title=Biography of CoCo Lee: The Wharton Global Alumni Forum-Hong Kong |url=http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-coco.html |access-date=5 July 2023 |publisher=whartonhongkong07.com |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708114534/http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-coco.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | Lee co-starred in the Chinese comedy movie ''Master of Everything'' (自娱自乐) with [[John Lone]], which won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2005 [[Beverly Hills Film Festival]].<ref name="biowhartonhongkong">{{Cite web |title=Biography of CoCo Lee: The Wharton Global Alumni Forum-Hong Kong |url=http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-coco.html |access-date=5 July 2023 |publisher=whartonhongkong07.com |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708114534/http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-coco.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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As the first Asian singer to perform at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles, Lee had a solo concert there in July 2009, singing some of Michael Jackson's songs in homage to her idol.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/685464/coco-lee-fondly-recalls-meeting-jacko-and-family-and-touring-neverland | title=Coco Lee fondly recalls meeting Jacko and family and touring Neverland| date=July 2009}}</ref> On 14 August 2009, she released a new Mandarin album, ''{{ill|CoCo的東西|zh|CoCo的東西|lt=East to West}}'', with [[Warner Music Group]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} It includes the song "Turn" (流轉), which was on the soundtrack to the film ''[[The Legend of Silk Boy]]''. Lee also recorded the song "Smile Shanghai" (微笑上海), with artists including [[JJ Lin]], [[Andy Lau]], [[Jam Hsiao]], and [[Jane Zhang]], for the [[Expo 2010|Shanghai World Expo 2010]]. On 27 March 2010, she began her East2West World Tour at [[Taipei Arena]], in Taiwan. She performed at the Encore Theatre in [[Wynn Casino]] in Las Vegas on 3 and 4 July, then at the [[Singapore Indoor Stadium]] on 2 October<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportshub.com.sg/eventsCalender.asp?filter=10,2010&event_id=378 |title=CoCo Lee East2West World Tour Live in Singapore 2010 |publisher=[[Singapore Indoor Stadium]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326001709/http://www.sportshub.com.sg/eventsCalender.asp?filter=10%2C2010&event_id=378 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in [[Nanning]] on 16 December. In March 2011, Lee was one of many artists who participated in the recording of the ''[[Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders]]'' official theme song, "Succumb Not to Sorrow" ([[:zh:不要輸給心痛|不要輸給心痛]]), on the Cantonese version. On 7 April 2011, her song "Dreams on Oriental Seas" (梦在东方的海上), featuring Sun Nan, was broadcast. It was named as the theme for the 14th [[FINA]] World Championships, which took place in Shanghai on 16 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/13/2011/0413/161.html |title=The theme song for the 14th FINA world championship |publisher=FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 Organising Committee |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511011135/http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/13/2011/0413/161.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898:14th-fina-world-championships-shanghai-2011-medical-and-doping-control-programmes&catid=300:articles&Itemid=974 |title=14th FINA World Championships – Shanghai 2011 |publisher=[[FINA]] |date=1 August 2011 |access-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802072524/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898%3A14th-fina-world-championships-shanghai-2011-medical-and-doping-control-programmes&catid=300%3Aarticles&Itemid=974 |archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref> | As the first Asian singer to perform at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles, Lee had a solo concert there in July 2009, singing some of Michael Jackson's songs in homage to her idol.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/685464/coco-lee-fondly-recalls-meeting-jacko-and-family-and-touring-neverland | title=Coco Lee fondly recalls meeting Jacko and family and touring Neverland| date=July 2009}}</ref> On 14 August 2009, she released a new Mandarin album, ''{{ill|CoCo的東西|zh|CoCo的東西|lt=East to West}}'', with [[Warner Music Group]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} It includes the song "Turn" (流轉), which was on the soundtrack to the film ''[[The Legend of Silk Boy]]''. Lee also recorded the song "Smile Shanghai" (微笑上海), with artists including [[JJ Lin]], [[Andy Lau]], [[Jam Hsiao]], and [[Jane Zhang]], for the [[Expo 2010|Shanghai World Expo 2010]]. On 27 March 2010, she began her East2West World Tour at [[Taipei Arena]], in Taiwan. She performed at the Encore Theatre in [[Wynn Casino]] in Las Vegas on 3 and 4 July, then at the [[Singapore Indoor Stadium]] on 2 October<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportshub.com.sg/eventsCalender.asp?filter=10,2010&event_id=378 |title=CoCo Lee East2West World Tour Live in Singapore 2010 |publisher=[[Singapore Indoor Stadium]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326001709/http://www.sportshub.com.sg/eventsCalender.asp?filter=10%2C2010&event_id=378 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in [[Nanning]] on 16 December. In March 2011, Lee was one of many artists who participated in the recording of the ''[[Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders]]'' official theme song, "Succumb Not to Sorrow" ([[:zh:不要輸給心痛|不要輸給心痛]]), on the Cantonese version. On 7 April 2011, her song "Dreams on Oriental Seas" (梦在东方的海上), featuring Sun Nan, was broadcast. It was named as the theme for the 14th [[FINA]] World Championships, which took place in Shanghai on 16 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/13/2011/0413/161.html |title=The theme song for the 14th FINA world championship |publisher=FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 Organising Committee |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511011135/http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/13/2011/0413/161.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898:14th-fina-world-championships-shanghai-2011-medical-and-doping-control-programmes&catid=300:articles&Itemid=974 |title=14th FINA World Championships – Shanghai 2011 |publisher=[[FINA]] |date=1 August 2011 |access-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802072524/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898%3A14th-fina-world-championships-shanghai-2011-medical-and-doping-control-programmes&catid=300%3Aarticles&Itemid=974 |archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:076 Coco street concert mod.jpg|thumb|right|Lee (third from left), performing "Hip Hop Tonight"]] | [[File:076 Coco street concert mod.jpg|thumb|right|Lee (third from left), performing "Hip Hop Tonight"]]{{See also|Sing! China season 7#Coco Lee's alleged mistreatment}} | ||
On 8 June 2011, Lee announced that she had set up her own recording studio. On 25 June, her song "[[All Men Are Brothers (TV series)#Soundtrack|Four Seas Alliance]]" (四海盟約), the theme for the 2011 China television drama ''[[All Men Are Brothers (TV series)|All Men are Brothers]]'', was broadcast. On 17 December, she performed at the Booey Lehoo Concert in Beijing with [[will.i.am]] and [[apl.de.ap]] from [[the Black Eyed Peas]] as well as with [[John Legend]] and [[Shunza]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coco Lee performs on stage during Booey Lehoo Beijing Concert at... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/coco-lee-performs-on-stage-during-booey-lehoo-beijing-news-photo/136061666 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Getty Images |date=18 December 2011 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162522/https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/coco-lee-performs-on-stage-during-booey-lehoo-beijing-news-photo/136061666 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> On 9 February 2012, she performed at the TRANS4M Boyle Heights benefit at [[Hollywood Palladium]] in Los Angeles, with will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and [[Taboo (rapper)|Taboo]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-stevie-wonder-brings-the-house-1006161952.story |title=Backbeat: Stevie Wonder Brings the House Down @ Will.I.Am's Grammy Charity Concert |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|BillboardBiz]] |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719082427/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-stevie-wonder-brings-the-house-1006161952.story |url-status=dead}}</ref> | On 8 June 2011, Lee announced that she had set up her own recording studio. On 25 June, her song "[[All Men Are Brothers (TV series)#Soundtrack|Four Seas Alliance]]" (四海盟約), the theme for the 2011 China television drama ''[[All Men Are Brothers (TV series)|All Men are Brothers]]'', was broadcast. On 17 December, she performed at the Booey Lehoo Concert in Beijing with [[will.i.am]] and [[apl.de.ap]] from [[the Black Eyed Peas]] as well as with [[John Legend]] and [[Shunza]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coco Lee performs on stage during Booey Lehoo Beijing Concert at... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/coco-lee-performs-on-stage-during-booey-lehoo-beijing-news-photo/136061666 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Getty Images |date=18 December 2011 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162522/https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/coco-lee-performs-on-stage-during-booey-lehoo-beijing-news-photo/136061666 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> On 9 February 2012, she performed at the TRANS4M Boyle Heights benefit at [[Hollywood Palladium]] in Los Angeles, with will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and [[Taboo (rapper)|Taboo]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-stevie-wonder-brings-the-house-1006161952.story |title=Backbeat: Stevie Wonder Brings the House Down @ Will.I.Am's Grammy Charity Concert |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|BillboardBiz]] |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719082427/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-stevie-wonder-brings-the-house-1006161952.story |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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Her next album, ''{{ill|盛開|zh|盛開|lt=Illuminate}}'', was released on 31 May 2013 by [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]].<ref name=":6" /> She was a judge on the 2015 version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' in China.<ref name=":2" /> | Her next album, ''{{ill|盛開|zh|盛開|lt=Illuminate}}'', was released on 31 May 2013 by [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]].<ref name=":6" /> She was a judge on the 2015 version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' in China.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
In 2016, Lee competed in the [[I Am a Singer (Chinese season 4)|fourth season]] of the Chinese reality show ''[[I Am a Singer (Chinese TV series)|I Am a Singer]]'', where she admitted that losing her voice to [[bronchitis]] in 2014 had affected her singing ability.<ref name=":8" /> Regardless, she went on to win the competition, making her the first non-mainland Chinese singer to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ycwb.com/2016-04/09/content_21775010.htm |title=《我是歌手4》李玟夺歌王 结束后李玟想吃冰淇淋(图) |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411231509/http://news.ycwb.com/2016-04/09/content_21775010.htm |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/coco-lee-wins-i-am-a-singer-4-joey-yung-is-booted-off-amid-cries-of-ballot |title=CoCo Lee wins I Am a Singer 4, Joey Yung is booted off amid cries of ballot rigging |newspaper=The Straits Times | date=10 April 2016 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412021327/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/coco-lee-wins-i-am-a-singer-4-joey-yung-is-booted-off-amid-cries-of-ballot |url-status=live}}</ref> She later returned as a guest singer for two more seasons: in the [[Singer 2017|fifth season]], during the biennial concert, and in the [[Singer 2018|sixth]] as a guest performer for [[Jessie J]], the eventual winner of that season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jessie J wins China's equivalent of The X Factor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jessie-j-wins-chinas-equivalent-x-factor/|access-date=17 April 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=17 April 2018|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125073214/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jessie-j-wins-chinas-equivalent-x-factor/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, she announced that she was going to re-record the Mandarin end-credits version of the song "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]" for [[Mulan (2020 film)|the live adaptation of ''Mulan'']], as she had already done in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last=迪士尼影業|date=20 August 2020|title=《花木蘭》經典主題曲〈自己〉配唱花絮|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoroqE_Kz9g&t=0s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/eoroqE_Kz9g |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=YESASIA: Mulan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (OST) (Taiwan Bonus Track Version) CD – Movie Soundtrack, Coco Lee, Universal Music Taiwan – Western / World Music – Free Shipping|url=https://www.yesasia.com/global/mulan-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ost-taiwan-bonus-track-version/1095888258-0-0-0-en/info.html|access-date=8 December 2020|website=yesasia.com}}</ref> | In 2016, Lee competed in the [[I Am a Singer (Chinese season 4)|fourth season]] of the Chinese reality show ''[[I Am a Singer (Chinese TV series)|I Am a Singer]]'', where she admitted that losing her voice to [[bronchitis]] in 2014 had affected her singing ability.<ref name=":8" /> Regardless, she went on to win the competition, making her the first non-mainland Chinese singer to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ycwb.com/2016-04/09/content_21775010.htm |title=《我是歌手4》李玟夺歌王 结束后李玟想吃冰淇淋(图) |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411231509/http://news.ycwb.com/2016-04/09/content_21775010.htm |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/coco-lee-wins-i-am-a-singer-4-joey-yung-is-booted-off-amid-cries-of-ballot |title=CoCo Lee wins I Am a Singer 4, Joey Yung is booted off amid cries of ballot rigging |newspaper=The Straits Times | date=10 April 2016 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412021327/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/coco-lee-wins-i-am-a-singer-4-joey-yung-is-booted-off-amid-cries-of-ballot |url-status=live}}</ref> She later returned as a guest singer for two more seasons: in the [[Singer 2017|fifth season]], during the biennial concert, and in the [[Singer 2018|sixth]] as a guest performer for [[Jessie J]], the eventual winner of that season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jessie J wins China's equivalent of The X Factor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jessie-j-wins-chinas-equivalent-x-factor/|access-date=17 April 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=17 April 2018|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125073214/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jessie-j-wins-chinas-equivalent-x-factor/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, she announced that she was going to re-record the Mandarin end-credits version of the song "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]" for [[Mulan (2020 film)|the live adaptation of ''Mulan'']], as she had already done in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last=迪士尼影業|date=20 August 2020|title=《花木蘭》經典主題曲〈自己〉配唱花絮|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoroqE_Kz9g&t=0s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/eoroqE_Kz9g |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=YESASIA: Mulan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (OST) (Taiwan Bonus Track Version) CD – Movie Soundtrack, Coco Lee, Universal Music Taiwan – Western / World Music – Free Shipping|url=https://www.yesasia.com/global/mulan-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ost-taiwan-bonus-track-version/1095888258-0-0-0-en/info.html|access-date=8 December 2020|website=yesasia.com|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613171907/https://www.yesasia.com/global/mulan-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ost-taiwan-bonus-track-version/1095888258-0-0-0-en/info.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In September 2022, Lee was a coach during season 7 of the show ''[[Sing! China]]''. She had a dispute with the management, questioning the fairness of the judges during the competition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Ruey Yan |date=18 August 2023 |title=Late singer Coco Lee claimed she was mistreated on Sing! China: New video |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/late-singer-coco-lee-claimed-she-was-mistreated-on-sing-china-new-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903184926/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/late-singer-coco-lee-claimed-she-was-mistreated-on-sing-china-new-video |archive-date=3 September 2023 |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=The Straits Times |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> In an audio recording that was leaked only after her death, she commented that the production team retaliated against her during the show's final episode. Lee, who was about to undergo surgery on her left leg, alleged that a sudden placement change caused her to stand alone in her heels and later fall during a duet. She described the experience as "humiliating", since her health issues had been largely concealed from the public.<ref name="Ip 2023 g984">{{cite web |last=Ip |first=Cyril |date=23 August 2023 |title='Humiliation' claims by late music icon Coco Lee rock top China TV talent show |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3232038/humiliation-claims-late-pop-diva-coco-lee-hit-top-china-tv-talent-show-sparking-probe-and-wave |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231006083239/https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3232038/humiliation-claims-late-pop-diva-coco-lee-hit-top-china-tv-talent-show-sparking-probe-and-wave |archive-date=6 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> She also said that the production team refused to give her mentee Feige a chance to return to the stage unless Lee wrote a [[Sina Weibo|Weibo]] post, to which she complied so that Feige could showcase his talent again.<ref name="AsiaOne 2023 r266">{{cite web |date=18 August 2023 |title='I was humiliated on stage': Late Coco Lee's rant about unfair treatment on Sing! China leaked, Entertainment News |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/i-was-humiliated-stage-late-coco-lees-rant-about-unfair-treatment-sing-china-leaked-audio-clip |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921035046/https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/i-was-humiliated-stage-late-coco-lees-rant-about-unfair-treatment-sing-china-leaked-audio-clip |archive-date=21 September 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=AsiaOne}}</ref> | |||
In 2023, Lee was digitally animated using [[motion capture]] for the [[virtual reality]] interactive concert Millennium Realm (千禧之境) on the [[Pico 4|Pico]] VR video platform.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.toutiao.com/article/7184354932609483324/ |title= 李玟PICO VR演唱会再唱《宝莲灯》主题曲, 重现千禧年"回忆杀"! |publisher= [[Toutiao]] |author1= 扬扬不吃香菜 |date=3 January 2023 |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123090026/https://www.toutiao.com/article/7184354932609483324/?wid=1700730026624 |url-status= live }}</ref> | In 2023, Lee was digitally animated using [[motion capture]] for the [[virtual reality]] interactive concert Millennium Realm (千禧之境) on the [[Pico 4|Pico]] VR video platform.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.toutiao.com/article/7184354932609483324/ |title= 李玟PICO VR演唱会再唱《宝莲灯》主题曲, 重现千禧年"回忆杀"! |publisher= [[Toutiao]] |author1= 扬扬不吃香菜 |date=3 January 2023 |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123090026/https://www.toutiao.com/article/7184354932609483324/?wid=1700730026624 |url-status= live }}</ref> | ||
==Philanthropy== | |||
Lee was actively involved in the work of [[UNICEF]] as a youth ambassador, promoting children's rights and their well-being. She supported the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]], which grants children with critical illness their wishes. She was also an ambassador for the Organisation for World Peace in China, [[Hong Kong Cancer Fund|Cancer Fund]]'s Pink Ambassador at Hong Kong's first breast cancer survivors' fashion show in 2016, and Youth AIDS ambassador at a global AIDS conference in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering Coco Lee: 5 reasons the Mandopop icon will never be forgotten – the Hong Kong-born star made history as the first Chinese singer to break the US, supported Unicef and voiced Disney's Mulan |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3226790/remembering-coco-lee-5-reasons-mandopop-icon-will-never-be-forgotten-hong-kong-born-star-made}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
[[File:2000s Coco Lee and Bruce Rockowitz.jpg|thumb|Coco Lee and Bruce Rockowitz]] | [[File:2000s Coco Lee and Bruce Rockowitz.jpg|thumb|Coco Lee and Bruce Rockowitz]] | ||
Lee married Hong Kong-based Canadian businessman [[Bruce Rockowitz]] on 27 October 2011 in a [[Jewish wedding|Jewish ceremony]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kiew |first=Chelsea |date=14 July 2020 |title=Singer Coco Lee's Weibo post talks about 'a broken heart' |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/singer-coco-lees-weibo-post-talks-about-a-broken-heart |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707065421/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/singer-coco-lees-weibo-post-talks-about-a-broken-heart |url-status=live}}</ref> The wedding included performances by [[Bruno Mars]], [[Alicia Keys]], and [[Ne-Yo]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1162654/1/.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729164429/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1162654/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=CoCo Lee weds wealthy Canadian fiance, throws glitzy wedding bash |work=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tan Kee |last=Yun |title=Coco, you deserve only the best |date=31 October 2011 |work=[[The New Paper]] |location=Singapore |url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20111030-307758.html |access-date=10 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223201/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20111030-307758.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> For her occasion, Lee recorded the song "I Just Wanna Marry U" (in both Chinese and English versions), which was released on 24 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=李玟掀胖妹心酸史 「還可以」拚自然生 | website=Yahoo News | date=16 June 2016 | url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E6%8E%80%E8%83%96%E5%A6%B9%E5%BF%83%E9%85%B8%E5%8F%B2-%E9%82%84%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5-%E6%8B%9A%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E7%94%9F-160908215.html | language=zh | access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> In March 2018, she mentioned in a brand event that she was undergoing [[IVF]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web | title=43歲李玟人工受孕 捱針抽卵子嗌好恐怖 | website=on.cc東網 | date=27 March 2018 | url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20180327/bkn-20180327232613287-0327_00862_001.html | language=zh | access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="YouTube f542">{{cite web | title=「我的妹妹李玟」: 得知老公出軌後馬上立遺囑, 二姐稱不善待李玟的人會有報應 | website=YouTube | date=3 November 2023 | publisher=[[Phoenix TV]] | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyc2Y2TuHYo | access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> She had no biological children but had two stepdaughters from her husband's previous marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUp8d0uWlDI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/WUp8d0uWlDI| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=我是歌手第4季抢鲜版 — 李玟金发碧眼俩女儿曝光 I AM A SINGER 4 【我是歌手官方频道】 | author=MGTV Music Channel | date=23 February 2016 | via=Youtube | access-date=14 July 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> Rockowitz is alleged to have cheated on Lee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=李玟離世{{pipe}}3度慘遭富商夫背叛 情人節曾暗示: 離開才是最好安排{{pipe}}壹蘋新聞網 |url=https://tw.nextapple.com/entertainment/20230706/C213FC136548A4F997AD6B78DF6FBC42 |website=Nextapple |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2023 |title=李玟11年婚姻觸礁胞姐不滿有人放料 拒公開有原因: 善良的人都容易受到欺負 |url=https://www.singtaousa.com/4378346 |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=www.singtaousa.com |language=zh}}</ref> Reports stated the couple had separated before Lee died<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/coco-lee-s-estranged-husband-bruce-rockowitz-breaks-his-silence-calls-her-his-beloved-wife | title=Coco Lee's estranged husband Bruce Rockowitz breaks his silence, calls her his 'beloved wife'| newspaper=The Straits Times| date=7 July 2023| last1=Sng| first1=Suzanne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Coco Lee's estranged husband faced insults from her fans at late singer's cremation service |url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/coco-lee-husband-bruce-rockowitz-insulted-cremation-service-367041 |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=CNA Lifestyle}}</ref> and were due to sign divorce papers in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=李玟老公偷腥!原定七月離婚 友人: 疑似愛到極點才選擇輕生 | website=Yahoo News | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E8%80%81%E5%85%AC%E5%81%B7%E8%85%A5-%E5%8E%9F%E5%AE%9A%E4%B8%83%E6%9C%88%E9%9B%A2%E5%A9%9A-%E5%8F%8B%E4%BA%BA-%E7%96%91%E4%BC%BC%E6%84%9B%E5%88%B0%E6%A5%B5%E9%BB%9E%E6%89%8D%E9%81%B8%E6%93%87%E8%BC%95%E7%94%9F-085900128.html | language=zh-hant | access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/coco-lees-estranged-husband-bruce-rockowitz-attends-memorial-service-daughters | title=Coco Lee's estranged husband Bruce Rockowitz attends memorial service with daughters}}</ref> | Lee married Hong Kong-based Canadian businessman [[Bruce Rockowitz]] on 27 October 2011 in a [[Jewish wedding|Jewish ceremony]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kiew |first=Chelsea |date=14 July 2020 |title=Singer Coco Lee's Weibo post talks about 'a broken heart' |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/singer-coco-lees-weibo-post-talks-about-a-broken-heart |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707065421/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/singer-coco-lees-weibo-post-talks-about-a-broken-heart |url-status=live}}</ref> The wedding included performances by [[Bruno Mars]], [[Alicia Keys]], and [[Ne-Yo]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1162654/1/.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729164429/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1162654/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=CoCo Lee weds wealthy Canadian fiance, throws glitzy wedding bash |work=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tan Kee |last=Yun |title=Coco, you deserve only the best |date=31 October 2011 |work=[[The New Paper]] |location=Singapore |url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20111030-307758.html |access-date=10 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223201/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20111030-307758.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> For her occasion, Lee recorded the song "I Just Wanna Marry U" (in both Chinese and English versions), which was released on 24 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=李玟掀胖妹心酸史 「還可以」拚自然生 | website=Yahoo News | date=16 June 2016 | url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E6%8E%80%E8%83%96%E5%A6%B9%E5%BF%83%E9%85%B8%E5%8F%B2-%E9%82%84%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5-%E6%8B%9A%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E7%94%9F-160908215.html | language=zh | access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> In March 2018, she mentioned in a brand event that she was undergoing [[IVF]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web | title=43歲李玟人工受孕 捱針抽卵子嗌好恐怖 | website=on.cc東網 | date=27 March 2018 | url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20180327/bkn-20180327232613287-0327_00862_001.html | language=zh | access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="YouTube f542">{{cite web | title=「我的妹妹李玟」: 得知老公出軌後馬上立遺囑, 二姐稱不善待李玟的人會有報應 | website=YouTube | date=3 November 2023 | publisher=[[Phoenix TV]] | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyc2Y2TuHYo | access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> She had no biological children but had two stepdaughters from her husband's previous marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUp8d0uWlDI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/WUp8d0uWlDI| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=我是歌手第4季抢鲜版 — 李玟金发碧眼俩女儿曝光 I AM A SINGER 4 【我是歌手官方频道】 | author=MGTV Music Channel | date=23 February 2016 | via=Youtube | access-date=14 July 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> Rockowitz is alleged to have cheated on Lee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=李玟離世{{pipe}}3度慘遭富商夫背叛 情人節曾暗示: 離開才是最好安排{{pipe}}壹蘋新聞網 |url=https://tw.nextapple.com/entertainment/20230706/C213FC136548A4F997AD6B78DF6FBC42 |website=Nextapple |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2023 |title=李玟11年婚姻觸礁胞姐不滿有人放料 拒公開有原因: 善良的人都容易受到欺負 |url=https://www.singtaousa.com/4378346 |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=www.singtaousa.com |language=zh}}</ref> Reports stated the couple had separated before Lee died<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/coco-lee-s-estranged-husband-bruce-rockowitz-breaks-his-silence-calls-her-his-beloved-wife| title=Coco Lee's estranged husband Bruce Rockowitz breaks his silence, calls her his 'beloved wife'| newspaper=The Straits Times| date=7 July 2023| last1=Sng| first1=Suzanne| archive-date=21 July 2023| access-date=21 July 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721103432/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/coco-lee-s-estranged-husband-bruce-rockowitz-breaks-his-silence-calls-her-his-beloved-wife| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Coco Lee's estranged husband faced insults from her fans at late singer's cremation service |url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/coco-lee-husband-bruce-rockowitz-insulted-cremation-service-367041 |access-date=27 September 2023 |website=CNA Lifestyle}}</ref> and were due to sign divorce papers in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=李玟老公偷腥!原定七月離婚 友人: 疑似愛到極點才選擇輕生 | website=Yahoo News | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E8%80%81%E5%85%AC%E5%81%B7%E8%85%A5-%E5%8E%9F%E5%AE%9A%E4%B8%83%E6%9C%88%E9%9B%A2%E5%A9%9A-%E5%8F%8B%E4%BA%BA-%E7%96%91%E4%BC%BC%E6%84%9B%E5%88%B0%E6%A5%B5%E9%BB%9E%E6%89%8D%E9%81%B8%E6%93%87%E8%BC%95%E7%94%9F-085900128.html | language=zh-hant | access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/coco-lees-estranged-husband-bruce-rockowitz-attends-memorial-service-daughters | title=Coco Lee's estranged husband Bruce Rockowitz attends memorial service with daughters}}</ref> | ||
==Health issues== | ===Health issues=== | ||
Lee was born with an abnormality in her left leg.<ref name=":1" /> At the age of two, she underwent surgery, which failed to correct the problem, causing her to rely more heavily on her right leg for most of her life.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Ruey Yan |date=9 March 2023 |title=Singer Coco Lee shares video of her learning to walk again after surgery |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/singer-coco-lee-shares-video-of-her-learning-to-walk-again-after-surgery |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162338/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/singer-coco-lee-shares-video-of-her-learning-to-walk-again-after-surgery |url-status=live }}</ref> | Lee was born with an abnormality in her left leg.<ref name=":1" /> At the age of two, she underwent surgery, which failed to correct the problem, causing her to rely more heavily on her right leg for most of her life.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Ruey Yan |date=9 March 2023 |title=Singer Coco Lee shares video of her learning to walk again after surgery |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/singer-coco-lee-shares-video-of-her-learning-to-walk-again-after-surgery |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162338/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/singer-coco-lee-shares-video-of-her-learning-to-walk-again-after-surgery |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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Lee [[attempted suicide]] on 29 June 2023.<ref name="ETtoday新聞雲 2023 w484">{{cite web | title=李玟生前「不只輕生過1次」 醒來第1句話嚇壞家人...Bruce沒探望 | website=ETtoday新聞雲 | date=3 November 2023 | url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/2615619 | language=zh | access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="YouTube f542" /><ref name="ltn 2023 c553">{{cite web | title= (獨家)李玟6月酒店輕生未遂 腥夫漠不關心「隔天飛夏威夷度假」 | website=ent.ltn.com.tw | date=9 August 2023 | url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4390548 | access-date=1 September 2023 | author1=自由時報電子報 }}</ref> She spent one night in a private hospital,<ref name="YouTube f542" /><ref name="hk01_09082023">{{cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=李玟6月曾在酒店輕生未遂 Bruce照赴夏威夷原來有重大苦衷 |url=https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/928005/李玟6月曾在酒店輕生未遂-bruce照赴夏威夷原來有重大苦衷 |access-date=9 August 2023 |website=香港01 |language=zh-hant}}</ref> before moving to her sisters' house at [[Victoria Peak|the Peak]].<ref name="hk01_09082023" /><ref name="jaynestars 2023 q445">{{cite web | title=Coco Lee Had Attempted Suicide More Than Once – JayneStars.com | website=jaynestars.com | date=31 August 2023 | url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/coco-lee-had-attempted-suicide-more-than-once/ | access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> She made another suicide attempt on 2 July and was taken to the hospital,<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Yeo |first=Shu Hui |date=6 July 2023 |title='Please give her a chance': Coco Lee's sister said mum refused to remove life support in hospital |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/please-give-her-chance-coco-lee-death-sister-said-mum-refused-remove-life-support-hospital |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=AsiaOne}}</ref><ref name="Guzman 2023 d349">{{cite magazine |last=Guzman |first=Chad de |date=6 July 2023 |title=CoCo Lee's Death Spotlights Mental Health Struggles in Hong Kong |url=https://time.com/6292440/coco-lee-death-suicide-hong-kong-mental-health/ |access-date=25 September 2023 |magazine=Time}}</ref> where she died three days later, on 5 July, at the age of 48.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/pop-diva-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-says-family|title=Pop diva Coco Lee, who has been battling depression, dies at age 48|date=5 July 2023|work=[[The Straits Times]]|location=[[Singapore]]|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707174037/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/pop-diva-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-says-family|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2171112|title=快訊/李玟驚傳過世!享年48歲 親姊姊發文證實噩耗 TVBS新聞網 | language=zh-hant | website=News.tvbs.com.tw|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705132701/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2171112|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="香港經濟日報HKET 2023 e303">{{cite web | title=【李玟離世】李玟二姊親述妹妹生死一刻 李思林為年邁母親感心痛【有片】 — 香港經濟日報 — 娛樂 — D230706 | website=香港經濟日報HKET | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://topick.hket.com/article/3563691/ | language=zh-hant | access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> News of her death received significant attention in China, getting almost 1.4 billion views on [[Weibo]] in one day.<ref name="cnn20230705">{{Cite web |last1=Yeung |first1=Jennifer |last2=Hauser |first2=Jessie |date=5 July 2023 |title=CoCo Lee, iconic Hong Kong singer and 'Mulan' voice actress, dies at 48 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/entertainment/coco-lee-death/index.html |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=CNN |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708051707/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/entertainment/coco-lee-death/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | Lee [[attempted suicide]] on 29 June 2023.<ref name="ETtoday新聞雲 2023 w484">{{cite web | title=李玟生前「不只輕生過1次」 醒來第1句話嚇壞家人...Bruce沒探望 | website=ETtoday新聞雲 | date=3 November 2023 | url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/2615619 | language=zh | access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="YouTube f542" /><ref name="ltn 2023 c553">{{cite web | title= (獨家)李玟6月酒店輕生未遂 腥夫漠不關心「隔天飛夏威夷度假」 | website=ent.ltn.com.tw | date=9 August 2023 | url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4390548 | access-date=1 September 2023 | author1=自由時報電子報 }}</ref> She spent one night in a private hospital,<ref name="YouTube f542" /><ref name="hk01_09082023">{{cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=李玟6月曾在酒店輕生未遂 Bruce照赴夏威夷原來有重大苦衷 |url=https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/928005/李玟6月曾在酒店輕生未遂-bruce照赴夏威夷原來有重大苦衷 |access-date=9 August 2023 |website=香港01 |language=zh-hant}}</ref> before moving to her sisters' house at [[Victoria Peak|the Peak]].<ref name="hk01_09082023" /><ref name="jaynestars 2023 q445">{{cite web | title=Coco Lee Had Attempted Suicide More Than Once – JayneStars.com | website=jaynestars.com | date=31 August 2023 | url=https://www.jaynestars.com/news/coco-lee-had-attempted-suicide-more-than-once/ | access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref> She made another suicide attempt on 2 July and was taken to the hospital,<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Yeo |first=Shu Hui |date=6 July 2023 |title='Please give her a chance': Coco Lee's sister said mum refused to remove life support in hospital |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/please-give-her-chance-coco-lee-death-sister-said-mum-refused-remove-life-support-hospital |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=AsiaOne}}</ref><ref name="Guzman 2023 d349">{{cite magazine |last=Guzman |first=Chad de |date=6 July 2023 |title=CoCo Lee's Death Spotlights Mental Health Struggles in Hong Kong |url=https://time.com/6292440/coco-lee-death-suicide-hong-kong-mental-health/ |access-date=25 September 2023 |magazine=Time}}</ref> where she died three days later, on 5 July, at the age of 48.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/pop-diva-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-says-family|title=Pop diva Coco Lee, who has been battling depression, dies at age 48|date=5 July 2023|work=[[The Straits Times]]|location=[[Singapore]]|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=7 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707174037/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/pop-diva-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-says-family|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2171112|title=快訊/李玟驚傳過世!享年48歲 親姊姊發文證實噩耗 TVBS新聞網 | language=zh-hant | website=News.tvbs.com.tw|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=5 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705132701/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2171112|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="香港經濟日報HKET 2023 e303">{{cite web | title=【李玟離世】李玟二姊親述妹妹生死一刻 李思林為年邁母親感心痛【有片】 — 香港經濟日報 — 娛樂 — D230706 | website=香港經濟日報HKET | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://topick.hket.com/article/3563691/ | language=zh-hant | access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> News of her death received significant attention in China, getting almost 1.4 billion views on [[Weibo]] in one day.<ref name="cnn20230705">{{Cite web |last1=Yeung |first1=Jennifer |last2=Hauser |first2=Jessie |date=5 July 2023 |title=CoCo Lee, iconic Hong Kong singer and 'Mulan' voice actress, dies at 48 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/entertainment/coco-lee-death/index.html |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=CNN |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708051707/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/entertainment/coco-lee-death/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Lee's family asked Hong Kong authorities to investigate her death, and an autopsy was requested to determine the cause.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=李玟長眠武漢 天使雕像遺愛人間 李媽媽心如刀絞 指CoCo生前好痛苦 – 20231022 – 娛樂 |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%a8%9b%e6%a8%82/article/20231022/s00016/1697908124768/%e6%9d%8e%e7%8e%9f%e9%95%b7%e7%9c%a0%e6%ad%a6%e6%bc%a2-%e5%a4%a9%e4%bd%bf%e9%9b%95%e5%83%8f%e9%81%ba%e6%84%9b%e4%ba%ba%e9%96%93-%e6%9d%8e%e5%aa%bd%e5%aa%bd%e5%bf%83%e5%a6%82%e5%88%80%e7%b5%9e-%e6%8c%87coco%e7%94%9f%e5%89%8d%e5%a5%bd%e7%97%9b%e8%8b%a6 |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=明報新聞網 – 每日明報 daily news |language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=中時新聞網 |date=6 July 2023 |title=李玟追思會時間曝光 親姊: 要先等解剖官驗屍 – 娛樂 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230706002838-260404?chdtv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162127/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230706002838-260404?chdtv |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=中時新聞網 |language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=寧于晨 |date=7 July 2023 |title=不是輕生! 李玟被爆「嘔吐物嗆入肺」窒息身亡 二姊再次回應了 |trans-title=Not suicide! Coco Lee reportedly suffocated due to object entering the lungs, replied the second sister |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E8%BC%95%E7%94%9F-%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E8%A2%AB%E7%88%86-%E5%98%94%E5%90%90%E7%89%A9%E5%97%86%E5%85%A5%E8%82%BA-%E7%AA%92%E6%81%AF%E8%BA%AB%E4%BA%A1-%E4%BA%8C%E5%A7%8A%E5%86%8D%E6%AC%A1%E5%9B%9E%E6%87%89%E4%BA%86-064321090.html |website=Yahoo News |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=April 2024}} | Lee's family asked Hong Kong authorities to investigate her death, and an autopsy was requested to determine the cause.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=李玟長眠武漢 天使雕像遺愛人間 李媽媽心如刀絞 指CoCo生前好痛苦 – 20231022 – 娛樂 |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%a8%9b%e6%a8%82/article/20231022/s00016/1697908124768/%e6%9d%8e%e7%8e%9f%e9%95%b7%e7%9c%a0%e6%ad%a6%e6%bc%a2-%e5%a4%a9%e4%bd%bf%e9%9b%95%e5%83%8f%e9%81%ba%e6%84%9b%e4%ba%ba%e9%96%93-%e6%9d%8e%e5%aa%bd%e5%aa%bd%e5%bf%83%e5%a6%82%e5%88%80%e7%b5%9e-%e6%8c%87coco%e7%94%9f%e5%89%8d%e5%a5%bd%e7%97%9b%e8%8b%a6 |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=明報新聞網 – 每日明報 daily news |language=zh-hant |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023020856/https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/article/20231022/s00016/1697908124768/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E9%95%B7%E7%9C%A0%E6%AD%A6%E6%BC%A2-%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF%E9%9B%95%E5%83%8F%E9%81%BA%E6%84%9B%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93-%E6%9D%8E%E5%AA%BD%E5%AA%BD%E5%BF%83%E5%A6%82%E5%88%80%E7%B5%9E-%E6%8C%87coco%E7%94%9F%E5%89%8D%E5%A5%BD%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=中時新聞網 |date=6 July 2023 |title=李玟追思會時間曝光 親姊: 要先等解剖官驗屍 – 娛樂 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230706002838-260404?chdtv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162127/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230706002838-260404?chdtv |archive-date=7 July 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=中時新聞網 |language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=寧于晨 |date=7 July 2023 |title=不是輕生! 李玟被爆「嘔吐物嗆入肺」窒息身亡 二姊再次回應了 |trans-title=Not suicide! Coco Lee reportedly suffocated due to object entering the lungs, replied the second sister |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E8%BC%95%E7%94%9F-%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E8%A2%AB%E7%88%86-%E5%98%94%E5%90%90%E7%89%A9%E5%97%86%E5%85%A5%E8%82%BA-%E7%AA%92%E6%81%AF%E8%BA%AB%E4%BA%A1-%E4%BA%8C%E5%A7%8A%E5%86%8D%E6%AC%A1%E5%9B%9E%E6%87%89%E4%BA%86-064321090.html |website=Yahoo News |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=April 2024}} | ||
===Services and tributes=== | ===Services and tributes=== | ||
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[[File:Hearse of Coco Lee leaving Hong Kong Funeral Home 02.jpg|thumb|Hearse carrying Lee leaving Hong Kong Funeral Home, North Point, 1 August 2023]] | [[File:Hearse of Coco Lee leaving Hong Kong Funeral Home 02.jpg|thumb|Hearse carrying Lee leaving Hong Kong Funeral Home, North Point, 1 August 2023]] | ||
Lee's sister Nancy has urged the government of Hong Kong to officially recognize the star's contributions.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Hoi-ying |date=6 July 2023 |title=Singer Coco Lee deserves official recognition in Hong Kong, sister says |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226815/coco-lees-sister-calls-hong-kong-officially-recognise-singers-contributions-music-colleagues-and |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> A vigil for Lee was held on 31 July at Hong Kong Funeral Home in [[North Point]], with a public memorial service.<ref name="scmp 3228425">{{cite web | url= | Lee's sister Nancy has urged the government of Hong Kong to officially recognize the star's contributions.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Hoi-ying |date=6 July 2023 |title=Singer Coco Lee deserves official recognition in Hong Kong, sister says |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226815/coco-lees-sister-calls-hong-kong-officially-recognise-singers-contributions-music-colleagues-and |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=6 September 2023 |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906181724/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3226815/coco-lees-sister-calls-hong-kong-officially-recognise-singers-contributions-music-colleagues-and |url-status=live }}</ref> A vigil for Lee was held on 31 July at Hong Kong Funeral Home in [[North Point]], with a public memorial service.<ref name="scmp 3228425">{{cite web| url= https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3228425/family-late-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-appeals-fans-and-friends-donate-2-charities-instead-sending| title= Family of late Hong Kong singer Coco Lee appeals to fans and friends to donate to 2 charities instead of sending flowers to vigil| date= 21 July 2023| access-date= 6 February 2025| archive-date= 14 February 2025| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250214085219/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3228425/family-late-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-appeals-fans-and-friends-donate-2-charities-instead-sending| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.am730.com.hk/娛樂/李玟coco逝世-追思會7-31全球直播-李思林盼fans陪妹妹走最後一後路-有片-/389916 | title=李玟Coco逝世 追思會731全球直播 李思林盼fans陪妹妹走最後一後路 | language=zh-hant}}</ref> There were eight pallbearers at the funeral, including Lee's brother-in-law, singer [[Jenny Tseng]], and lyricist and music producer [[Chien Yao]].<ref name="The Straits Times 2023 r916">{{cite web | title=Pallbearers for Coco Lee's funeral do not include her estranged husband | website=The Straits Times | date=27 July 2023 | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/pallbearers-for-coco-lee-s-funeral-do-not-include-her-estranged-husband | access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="AsiaOne 2023 i017">{{cite web | title=Weeping family, friends and fans send Coco Lee off to crematorium after last rites, Entertainment News | website=AsiaOne | date=1 August 2023 | url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/weeping-family-friends-and-fans-send-coco-lee-crematorium-after-last-rites | access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> A private funeral service was held on 1 August.<ref name="scmp 3228425" /> | ||
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3228425/family-late-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-appeals-fans-and-friends-donate-2-charities-instead-sending | title= Family of late Hong Kong singer Coco Lee appeals to fans and friends to donate to 2 charities instead of sending flowers to vigil| date= 21 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.am730.com.hk/娛樂/李玟coco逝世-追思會7-31全球直播-李思林盼fans陪妹妹走最後一後路-有片-/389916 | title=李玟Coco逝世 追思會731全球直播 李思林盼fans陪妹妹走最後一後路 | language=zh-hant}}</ref> There were eight pallbearers at the funeral, including Lee's brother-in-law, singer [[Jenny Tseng]], and lyricist and music producer [[Chien Yao]].<ref name="The Straits Times 2023 r916">{{cite web | title=Pallbearers for Coco Lee's funeral do not include her estranged husband | website=The Straits Times | date=27 July 2023 | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/pallbearers-for-coco-lee-s-funeral-do-not-include-her-estranged-husband | access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="AsiaOne 2023 i017">{{cite web | title=Weeping family, friends and fans send Coco Lee off to crematorium after last rites, Entertainment News | website=AsiaOne | date=1 August 2023 | url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/weeping-family-friends-and-fans-send-coco-lee-crematorium-after-last-rites | access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> A private funeral service was held on 1 August.<ref name="scmp 3228425" /> | |||
Rockowitz's name was missing from multiple announcements made by Lee's sisters.<ref name="jaynestars 2023 q445" /> It was reported that towards the end of the 31 July service, Nancy became emotional when hugging a friend and was heard shouting repeatedly in Cantonese: "He took my sister away!" Carol, the eldest sister, was also heard shouting: "She's saying he caused my sister to die!" Their cries did not name any person and lasted for some time, before the audio was muted.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/coco-lees-sisters-break-down-memorial-service-shouting-someone-caused-my-sister-die | title=Coco Lee's sisters break down at memorial service, shouting someone 'caused my sister to die'}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/娛樂/article/20230801/s00016/1690821730496/李玟設靈-李思林激動爆喊-佢害死咗我個妹 | title=李玟設靈 李思林激動爆喊: 佢害死咗我個妹 | language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBaj_3_jh44 | title=東張西望{{pipe}}華語樂壇「天后」李玟出殯, 親友隨靈柩送逝者最後一程, TVBUSA, 民生 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 2023 | language=zh-hant}}</ref> On 1 August, when asked to say something to Lee outside the crematorium, Rockowitz, who was being mobbed by the star's angry fans, said, "I love her. My whole life".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?NewsID=1331938 | title=李玟老公Bruce險被圍毆!吐這句粉絲全怒暴動 哭喊攔車敲窗不讓走 | language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/late-singer-coco-lee-s-estranged-husband-says-at-crematorium-he-loved-her | title=Late singer Coco Lee's estranged husband says at crematorium he loved her}}</ref> Rockowitz came under criticism after Lee's death, and he has sought to dispel various allegations against him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Ruey Yan |date=15 August 2023 |title=Coco Lee's husband refutes talk that he did not care for her |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/coco-lee-s-husband-refutes-talk-that-he-did-not-care-for-her |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> | Rockowitz's name was missing from multiple announcements made by Lee's sisters.<ref name="jaynestars 2023 q445" /> It was reported that towards the end of the 31 July service, Nancy became emotional when hugging a friend and was heard shouting repeatedly in Cantonese: "He took my sister away!" Carol, the eldest sister, was also heard shouting: "She's saying he caused my sister to die!" Their cries did not name any person and lasted for some time, before the audio was muted.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/coco-lees-sisters-break-down-memorial-service-shouting-someone-caused-my-sister-die | title=Coco Lee's sisters break down at memorial service, shouting someone 'caused my sister to die' | archive-date=1 August 2023 | access-date=1 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801120642/https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/coco-lees-sisters-break-down-memorial-service-shouting-someone-caused-my-sister-die | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/娛樂/article/20230801/s00016/1690821730496/李玟設靈-李思林激動爆喊-佢害死咗我個妹 | title=李玟設靈 李思林激動爆喊: 佢害死咗我個妹 | language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBaj_3_jh44 | title=東張西望{{pipe}}華語樂壇「天后」李玟出殯, 親友隨靈柩送逝者最後一程, TVBUSA, 民生 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 2023 | language=zh-hant}}</ref> On 1 August, when asked to say something to Lee outside the crematorium, Rockowitz, who was being mobbed by the star's angry fans, said, "I love her. My whole life".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?NewsID=1331938 | title=李玟老公Bruce險被圍毆!吐這句粉絲全怒暴動 哭喊攔車敲窗不讓走 | language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/late-singer-coco-lee-s-estranged-husband-says-at-crematorium-he-loved-her | title=Late singer Coco Lee's estranged husband says at crematorium he loved her}}</ref> Rockowitz came under criticism after Lee's death, and he has sought to dispel various allegations against him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Ruey Yan |date=15 August 2023 |title=Coco Lee's husband refutes talk that he did not care for her |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/coco-lee-s-husband-refutes-talk-that-he-did-not-care-for-her |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> | ||
On 21 October 2023, Lee's ashes were buried at the Shimen Peak Memorial Park in [[Wuhan]], China.<ref name="Chan 2023 w949">{{cite web | last=Chan | first=Minnie | title=Hong Kong pop star Coco Lee laid to rest in central China's Wuhan | website=South China Morning Post | date=21 October 2023 | url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3238760/hong-kong-pop-star-coco-lee-laid-rest-central-chinas-wuhan | archive-url=https://archive.today/20231023183011/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3238760/hong-kong-pop-star-coco-lee-laid-rest-central-chinas-wuhan | access-date=23 October 2023 | archive-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> According to one of her sisters, it was their mother's wish that the ashes of Lee, who had not met her father when she was little, be placed next to his.<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=娛樂星聞 |date=22 October 2023 |title=李玟下葬武漢原因曝!「以另一種方式與父親相聚」 家屬將調查死因 {{!}} 娛樂星聞 |url=https://star.setn.com/news/1370849 |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=star.setn.com |language=zh-Hant}}</ref> | On 21 October 2023, Lee's ashes were buried at the Shimen Peak Memorial Park in [[Wuhan]], China.<ref name="Chan 2023 w949">{{cite web | last=Chan | first=Minnie | title=Hong Kong pop star Coco Lee laid to rest in central China's Wuhan | website=South China Morning Post | date=21 October 2023 | url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3238760/hong-kong-pop-star-coco-lee-laid-rest-central-chinas-wuhan | archive-url=https://archive.today/20231023183011/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3238760/hong-kong-pop-star-coco-lee-laid-rest-central-chinas-wuhan | access-date=23 October 2023 | archive-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> According to one of her sisters, it was their mother's wish that the ashes of Lee, who had not met her father when she was little, be placed next to his.<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=娛樂星聞 |date=22 October 2023 |title=李玟下葬武漢原因曝!「以另一種方式與父親相聚」 家屬將調查死因 {{!}} 娛樂星聞 |url=https://star.setn.com/news/1370849 |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=star.setn.com |language=zh-Hant |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103174940/https://star.setn.com/news/1370849 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
==Artistry and legacy== | |||
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Lee | Lee was inspired by musicians such as [[Whitney Houston]], [[Madonna]], [[Michael Jackson]], and [[Mariah Carey]]. Since techniques employed by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singers in English would change the pitch and meaning of words in [[Cantonese]], she taught herself [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]], which allows for more tonal flexibility.<ref name=":11" /> | ||
She was remembered by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "a [[Chinese Americans|Chinese American]] singer and songwriter best known for performing an Oscar-nominated song in the hit film ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Lauren |date=5 July 2023 |title=Coco Lee, 'Crouching Tiger' and 'Mulan' Singer, Dies at 48 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/arts/music/coco-lee-dead.html |access-date=30 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230706023238/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/arts/music/coco-lee-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She is remembered by [[millennials]] who grew up during a time when [[Mandopop]] boomed and who enjoyed listening to her songs in English and Mandarin.<ref name=":7" /> She has been called the "Asian Mariah Carey" due to her impressive voice and dancing skills.<ref name="Bashforth 2023 v490" /> She has also been credited for breaking down international barriers and bridging the gap between [[East Asia]] and the West.<ref name=":11" /> | |||
==Awards and nominations== | ==Awards and nominations== | ||
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|''Master of Everything'' | |''Master of Everything'' | ||
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|<ref name="filmawards">{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=网友为李玟唯一主演电影重新打分: 当年看着就笑, 可再也笑不出来了 |trans-title=Netizens reevaluate the only movie starring Coco Lee: I laughed when I watched it, but I can't laugh anymore |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23751762 |url-status=live |archive-url= | |<ref name="filmawards">{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=网友为李玟唯一主演电影重新打分: 当年看着就笑, 可再也笑不出来了 |trans-title=Netizens reevaluate the only movie starring Coco Lee: I laughed when I watched it, but I can't laugh anymore |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23751762 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619001027/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23751762 |archive-date=19 June 2024 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]] |language=zh }}</ref> | ||
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! rowspan="4" scope="row" |[[China Music Awards]] | ! rowspan="4" scope="row" |[[China Music Awards]] | ||
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|{{won}} | |{{won}} | ||
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coonan |first=Clifford |date=28 April 2014 |title=Ricky Martin, David Beckham, CoCo Lee Shine at China Music Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/ricky-martin-david-beckham-coco-699490/ |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> | | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coonan |first=Clifford |date=28 April 2014 |title=Ricky Martin, David Beckham, CoCo Lee Shine at China Music Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/ricky-martin-david-beckham-coco-699490/ |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131203816/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/ricky-martin-david-beckham-coco-699490/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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|Most Popular International Chinese Singer | |Most Popular International Chinese Singer | ||
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|{{Runner-up}} | |{{Runner-up}} | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Everington |first=Keoni |date=5 July 2023 |title=Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee dies from suicide at 48 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4936990 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Taiwan News}}</ref> | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Everington |first=Keoni |date=5 July 2023 |title=Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee dies from suicide at 48 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4936990 |access-date=29 March 2025 |website=Taiwan News |archive-date=22 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422195915/https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/4936990 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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! scope="row" |[[Tencent Music Entertainment Awards]] | ! scope="row" |[[Tencent Music Entertainment Awards]] | ||
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| ''CoCo Lee'' ( | | ''CoCo Lee'' (CoCo 李玟同名专辑) | ||
|14 June 1996 | |14 June 1996 | ||
| rowspan="7"|[[Sony Music Taiwan]] | | rowspan="7"|[[Sony Music Taiwan]] | ||
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|'' | |''Each Time I Think of You'' (每一次想你) | ||
|14 May 1997 | |14 May 1997 | ||
|Mandarin/[[Cantonese]] | |Mandarin/[[Cantonese]] | ||
|{{Hidden begin}} | |{{Hidden begin}} | ||
# Love You Is My Freedom (愛你是我的自由) | # Love You Is My Freedom (愛你是我的自由) | ||
# | # Each Time I Think of You (每一次想你) | ||
# Garden of Eden (伊甸園) | # Garden of Eden (伊甸園) | ||
# Cat (貓) | # Cat (貓) | ||
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|''Be Careful Next Time'' (CoCo | |''Be Careful Next Time'' (CoCo Lee 首張廣東專輯) | ||
|10 November 1997 | |10 November 1997 | ||
|Cantonese | |Cantonese | ||
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|''Di Da Di Hints'' ( | |''Di Da Di Hints'' (DiDaDi 暗示) | ||
|13 January 1998 | |13 January 1998 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Mandarin | | rowspan="3"|Mandarin | ||
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|''Sunny Day'' | |''Sunny Day Feelin' Good'' (Sunny Day 好心情) | ||
| 30 June 1998 | | 30 June 1998 | ||
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# Feelin' Good (好心情) | # Feelin' Good (好心情) | ||
# Diamond (亮亮的承諾) | # Diamond (亮亮的承諾) | ||
# Sunny Day | # Sunny Day | ||
# [[Reflection (song)|Reflection]] (自已) | # [[Reflection (song)|Reflection]] (自已) | ||
# Don't Wanna Play (不玩這種) | # Don't Wanna Play (不玩這種) | ||
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|''True Lover You & Me'' ( | |''True Lover You & Me'' (真情人 You & Me) | ||
| 24 August 2000 | | 24 August 2000 | ||
| rowspan="2"|Sony Music Taiwan | | rowspan="2"|Sony Music Taiwan | ||
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|''Promise | |''Promise'' | ||
|12 October 2001 | |12 October 2001 | ||
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| ''East to West'' ( | | ''East to West'' (CoCo 的東西) | ||
| 14 August 2009 | | 14 August 2009 | ||
|[[Warner Music Taiwan]]/[[Music Nation Ursa Major Limited]] | |[[Warner Music Taiwan]]/[[Music Nation Ursa Major Limited]] | ||
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# Diamond (亮亮的承諾) | # Diamond (亮亮的承諾) | ||
# You're My Superman (你是我的Superman) + Mr. Almost-Right (差不多先生) | # You're My Superman (你是我的Superman) + Mr. Almost-Right (差不多先生) | ||
# | # Each Time I Think of You (每一次想你) | ||
# I'm Still Your Lover (我依然是你的情人) | # I'm Still Your Lover (我依然是你的情人) | ||
# Secretly Love You (默默愛你)(with [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]]) | # Secretly Love You (默默愛你)(with [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]]) | ||
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# Love You Until... (愛你愛到) | # Love You Until... (愛你愛到) | ||
# Woman in Love (被愛的女人) | # Woman in Love (被愛的女人) | ||
# | # Each Time I Think of You (每一次想你) | ||
# Love Me a Little Longer (愛我久一點) | # Love Me a Little Longer (愛我久一點) | ||
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|''「You & I」25th Anniversary Collection'' (You & I 经典全纪录) | |''「You & I」25th Anniversary Collection'' (You & I 经典全纪录) | ||
|21 June 2019 | |21 June 2019 | ||
| CL Production / Sony Music Taiwan / Universal Music Taiwan | | CL Production/Sony Music Taiwan/Universal Music Taiwan | ||
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CD 1 | CD 1 | ||
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| "Do You Want My Love" | | "Do You Want My Love" | ||
| 7 February 2000 | | 7 February 2000 | ||
| rowspan="2"|550 Music | | rowspan="2"|550 Music/Epic Records | ||
| rowspan="2"|English | | rowspan="2"|English | ||
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| "Wherever You Go" | | "[[Wherever You Go (Coco Lee song)|Wherever You Go]]" | ||
| 21 September 2000 | | 21 September 2000 | ||
|{{Hidden begin}} | |{{Hidden begin}} | ||
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| "Four Seas" (四海) | | "Four Seas" (四海) | ||
| 27 December 2010 | | 27 December 2010 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Universal Music Taiwan/ | | rowspan="3"|Universal Music Taiwan/CL Production | ||
|{{Hidden begin}} | |{{Hidden begin}} | ||
# Four Seas (四海) | # Four Seas (四海) | ||
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CoCo Lee (Template:Lang-zh; 17 January 1975 – 5 July 2023) was a Chinese-American singer, songwriter, and actress.[1][2] She was one of the best-selling artists in Asia and is widely regarded as a significant figure and a diva. Her career began in 1993 in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums, establishing herself as an icon. She released 18 studio albums, 2 live records, and 5 compilations.[3][4]
Lee, who was described as the "Asian Mariah Carey",[5][6] was noted for her Americanized dance routines.[7] She voiced the lead character of Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of the 1998 Disney film Mulan and sang its theme song, "Reflection".
Lee was the first Chinese singer to have music released globally, making her the first Chinese singer to break into the western market.[8] Her 1999 album Just No Other Way was the first ever English-language album recorded by a Chinese singer.[9] Her 2000 single "Do You Want My Love" achieved international success, appearing on the US Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts Chart at No. 4 and entering the top 50 of the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart while also peaking at No. 14 on the Australian Singles Chart and No. 20 on the Official Chart in New Zealand.[10][11]
Her 2000 song "A Love Before Time", from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and she performed it at the 73rd Academy Awards, becoming the first, and so far only, Chinese artist to perform at the Oscars.[12][13][14] Lee was also the first Asian-American singer to sing the US National Anthem at an NBA game, the first Asian singer to hold a concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the first non-mainland Chinese singer to win the Chinese singing reality show I Am a Singer, and the first Asian brand ambassador for Chanel.[15]
Lee died by suicide in Hong Kong, at the age of 48.
Early life
Ferren Lee was born on 17 January 1975[16][17] in Hong Kong[3][13] or Wuhan.[18][19] She was a posthumous child, as her father had died before her birth due to an illness. Lee had physical defects in her left leg, causing lifelong challenges.[20] After her husband's death, Lee's mother moved the family to Hong Kong to seek support from relatives. They faced difficult times there before emigrating to the US when Lee was nine years old.[21][22] Lee had two elder sisters, Carol and Nancy, the latter of whom would become Lee's manager early in her career.[23] Growing up in San Francisco, Lee attended Redding Elementary School, Presidio Middle School, and Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School.[24] She won Miss Teen Chinatown San Francisco in 1991.[25][26]
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At the age of 17, Lee won a local singing contest twice.[27][28] After graduating from high school in 1993,[25] she entered a TVB competition in Hong Kong[29] and was offered a recording contract. She attempted to juggle her singing career in Hong Kong with her pre-medical studies at the University of California, Irvine,[28] but she eventually left school after one year.[29][22] During an interview in 1997, Lee said she had never intended to become a star. Her goal in life had been to become a surgeon, following in her mother's footsteps.[30]
Career
Beginnings and Sony Music: 1993–1998
In 1993, Lee returned to Hong Kong to visit her sisters.[31][32] While there, she took part in the 12th annual New Talent Singing Awards and was the first runner-up,[25][33][34] singing Whitney Houston's Run to You.[31][35] The following day, Capital Artists offered her a recording contract.[31]
When she was 18, Lee came to Taiwan to start her music career. Advised by her sister, Lee chose "Coco" as her English stage name and "Li Wen" (李玟) as her Chinese stage name.[36][37]
She made her debut on compilation albums such as Red Hot Hits '93 Autumn Edition (zh).[38] In 1994, she released her first solo albums in Mandarin in Taiwan, Template:Ill and Template:Ill, through Fancy Pie Records.[39][38] Her English-language cover album Template:Ill and her third Mandarin album, Template:Ill, came out the following year.[39][38]
In 1996, Lee signed with Sony Music Entertainment.[39] Her next Mandarin album, Template:Ill, became the best-selling record in Asia that year.[22] She subsequently released another English cover album, Template:Ill, also in 1996. The following year, she issued the Mandarin album Template:Ill as well as a Cantonese record, Template:Ill,[39] the only one she ever recorded in that language. In 1998, her Mandarin album Template:Ill came out, selling one million copies in less than three months.[39]
International collaborations and English debut: 1998–2005
From Lee's next album, Template:Ill, the track "Colors of the World" was used for the opening of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and "The Answer" (答案) was featured in the Chinese movie Bishonen. In 1998, Lee was hired by Walt Disney Pictures to sing the theme song "Reflection" (自己; translation: "myself") and voice Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of Mulan (花木蘭).[40][22] The same year, she sang "Missing You in 365 Days" (zh), one of the theme songs of the film Lotus Lantern, the first commercial animated feature film in mainland China.[41][42]
In August 1998, Lee performed in Taiwan to an audience of more than 50,000 fans.[43][44] The next year, she performed in a "Michael Jackson and friends" charity concert[45][46] and later released the Mandarin album Template:Ill.[47] Later that year, under 550 Music, she released her first English album of original songs, titled Just No Other Way, which included the hit "Do You Want My Love".[26] The song reached No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts chart in December,[48] making Lee the first Chinese singer to break into the American market.[49] Her love song "Before I Fall in Love" was included in the soundtrack to the movie Runaway Bride.[45] She also recorded the duet "Can't Get Over" with Kelly Price. Lee recorded the charity singles "We Meet the Future" and "Hand in Hand" for SARS with other artists, including Wang Leehom, Stefanie Sun, Elva Hsiao, and Jolin Tsai.[38] In Asia, she released the Mandarin album Template:Ill. By 2000, she had released 20 albums in Asia and sold 7.5 million copies of her records on that continent.[50]
In 2001, Lee sang the song "A Love Before Time" for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which she performed at the Oscars.[45] The track was introduced by the actress Julia Stiles as an "evocative love ballad" that combined "the flavor and texture of Eastern music with the orchestral color and sensitive lyrics of Western culture".[26] Lee's next album, Template:Ill, was released in October 2001 and included a Mandarin cover song titled "Baby, I'm Sorry" (Baby 對不起).[51][52][53] The track placed at No. 35 on the Taiwan Yearly Singles Top 100 chart that year.[54] In 2002, Lee released the remix album D. Is Coco (Dance Is Coco). She also sang an anti-tobacco song called "From the Beginning 'til the End" (煙絲萬縷) with singer Jacky Cheung.[38] The same year, at the NBA debut of Yao Ming, Lee performed the US national anthem and became the first Chinese-American singer to sing at an NBA game.[55] She also sang the anti-racism song "A Dream of One" with Korean singer Park Jin-young. In 2003, she performed with Shaggy at the MTV Asia Awards in Singapore and also hosted the show with him.[56]
Lee co-starred in the Chinese comedy movie Master of Everything (自娱自乐) with John Lone, which won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival.[57]
Second English album and Warner Music: 2005–2011
In 2005, Sony BMG released Lee's second English album, Exposed. It was banned in mainland China for "sexy" lyrics in a few songs, such as "Touch" and "So Good".[58] Lee's next Mandarin album, Template:Ill, came out on 22 September 2006. In 2008, she was chosen to sing one of the Summer Olympics songs, "Forever Friends", alongside Sun Nan.[59]
As the first Asian singer to perform at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Lee had a solo concert there in July 2009, singing some of Michael Jackson's songs in homage to her idol.[60] On 14 August 2009, she released a new Mandarin album, Template:Ill, with Warner Music Group.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It includes the song "Turn" (流轉), which was on the soundtrack to the film The Legend of Silk Boy. Lee also recorded the song "Smile Shanghai" (微笑上海), with artists including JJ Lin, Andy Lau, Jam Hsiao, and Jane Zhang, for the Shanghai World Expo 2010. On 27 March 2010, she began her East2West World Tour at Taipei Arena, in Taiwan. She performed at the Encore Theatre in Wynn Casino in Las Vegas on 3 and 4 July, then at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 2 October[61] and in Nanning on 16 December. In March 2011, Lee was one of many artists who participated in the recording of the Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders official theme song, "Succumb Not to Sorrow" (不要輸給心痛), on the Cantonese version. On 7 April 2011, her song "Dreams on Oriental Seas" (梦在东方的海上), featuring Sun Nan, was broadcast. It was named as the theme for the 14th FINA World Championships, which took place in Shanghai on 16 July.[62][63]
New album and final projects before death: 2011–2023
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On 8 June 2011, Lee announced that she had set up her own recording studio. On 25 June, her song "Four Seas Alliance" (四海盟約), the theme for the 2011 China television drama All Men are Brothers, was broadcast. On 17 December, she performed at the Booey Lehoo Concert in Beijing with will.i.am and apl.de.ap from the Black Eyed Peas as well as with John Legend and Shunza.[64][23] On 9 February 2012, she performed at the TRANS4M Boyle Heights benefit at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, with will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo.[65]
Her next album, Template:Ill, was released on 31 May 2013 by Universal Music.[15] She was a judge on the 2015 version of Dancing with the Stars in China.[13]
In 2016, Lee competed in the fourth season of the Chinese reality show I Am a Singer, where she admitted that losing her voice to bronchitis in 2014 had affected her singing ability.[58] Regardless, she went on to win the competition, making her the first non-mainland Chinese singer to do so.[66][67] She later returned as a guest singer for two more seasons: in the fifth season, during the biennial concert, and in the sixth as a guest performer for Jessie J, the eventual winner of that season.[68] In 2020, she announced that she was going to re-record the Mandarin end-credits version of the song "Reflection" for the live adaptation of Mulan, as she had already done in 1998.[69][70]
In September 2022, Lee was a coach during season 7 of the show Sing! China. She had a dispute with the management, questioning the fairness of the judges during the competition.[71] In an audio recording that was leaked only after her death, she commented that the production team retaliated against her during the show's final episode. Lee, who was about to undergo surgery on her left leg, alleged that a sudden placement change caused her to stand alone in her heels and later fall during a duet. She described the experience as "humiliating", since her health issues had been largely concealed from the public.[72] She also said that the production team refused to give her mentee Feige a chance to return to the stage unless Lee wrote a Weibo post, to which she complied so that Feige could showcase his talent again.[73]
In 2023, Lee was digitally animated using motion capture for the virtual reality interactive concert Millennium Realm (千禧之境) on the Pico VR video platform.[74]
Philanthropy
Lee was actively involved in the work of UNICEF as a youth ambassador, promoting children's rights and their well-being. She supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants children with critical illness their wishes. She was also an ambassador for the Organisation for World Peace in China, Cancer Fund's Pink Ambassador at Hong Kong's first breast cancer survivors' fashion show in 2016, and Youth AIDS ambassador at a global AIDS conference in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2004.[75]
Personal life
Lee married Hong Kong-based Canadian businessman Bruce Rockowitz on 27 October 2011 in a Jewish ceremony.[76] The wedding included performances by Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, and Ne-Yo.[77][78] For her occasion, Lee recorded the song "I Just Wanna Marry U" (in both Chinese and English versions), which was released on 24 October 2011.[79] In March 2018, she mentioned in a brand event that she was undergoing IVF in New York.[80][81] She had no biological children but had two stepdaughters from her husband's previous marriage.[82][77] Rockowitz is alleged to have cheated on Lee.[83][84] Reports stated the couple had separated before Lee died[85][86] and were due to sign divorce papers in July 2023.[87][88]
Health issues
Lee was born with an abnormality in her left leg.[45] At the age of two, she underwent surgery, which failed to correct the problem, causing her to rely more heavily on her right leg for most of her life.[89]
Lee received a diagnosis of depression in 2019.[90] Her sister stated that the condition had deteriorated drastically in the few months before Lee's death, though she had sought professional help.[26]
Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 and had a tumor removed. In December, the singer reported her weight as 42 kg (92 lbs), sparking concerns for her health.[91][92][93] On 8 March 2023, she disclosed on social media that she had had surgery on her pelvis and thigh in Hong Kong the previous month, after triggering an old leg injury during a dance rehearsal in October 2022.[45][89] She shared videos of herself learning to walk again with the aid of a walker as well as a nurse.[89] Lee had to take muscle relaxant medication after the surgery, an insider said.[94][95]
Death
Lee attempted suicide on 29 June 2023.[96][81][97] She spent one night in a private hospital,[81][98] before moving to her sisters' house at the Peak.[98][99] She made another suicide attempt on 2 July and was taken to the hospital,[100][101] where she died three days later, on 5 July, at the age of 48.[102][103][104] News of her death received significant attention in China, getting almost 1.4 billion views on Weibo in one day.[105]
Lee's family asked Hong Kong authorities to investigate her death, and an autopsy was requested to determine the cause.[106][107][108]Template:Update inline
Services and tributes
Lee's sister Nancy has urged the government of Hong Kong to officially recognize the star's contributions.[109] A vigil for Lee was held on 31 July at Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point, with a public memorial service.[110][111] There were eight pallbearers at the funeral, including Lee's brother-in-law, singer Jenny Tseng, and lyricist and music producer Chien Yao.[112][113] A private funeral service was held on 1 August.[110]
Rockowitz's name was missing from multiple announcements made by Lee's sisters.[99] It was reported that towards the end of the 31 July service, Nancy became emotional when hugging a friend and was heard shouting repeatedly in Cantonese: "He took my sister away!" Carol, the eldest sister, was also heard shouting: "She's saying he caused my sister to die!" Their cries did not name any person and lasted for some time, before the audio was muted.[114][115][116] On 1 August, when asked to say something to Lee outside the crematorium, Rockowitz, who was being mobbed by the star's angry fans, said, "I love her. My whole life".[117][118] Rockowitz came under criticism after Lee's death, and he has sought to dispel various allegations against him.[119]
On 21 October 2023, Lee's ashes were buried at the Shimen Peak Memorial Park in Wuhan, China.[120] According to one of her sisters, it was their mother's wish that the ashes of Lee, who had not met her father when she was little, be placed next to his.[106][121]
Artistry and legacy
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CoCo is ... known to have worked tirelessly to open up a new world for Chinese singers in the international music scene, and she went all out to shine for the Chinese. We are proud of her!
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Lee was inspired by musicians such as Whitney Houston, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Mariah Carey. Since techniques employed by R&B singers in English would change the pitch and meaning of words in Cantonese, she taught herself Mandarin, which allows for more tonal flexibility.[31]
She was remembered by The New York Times as "a Chinese American singer and songwriter best known for performing an Oscar-nominated song in the hit film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".[123] She is remembered by millennials who grew up during a time when Mandopop boomed and who enjoyed listening to her songs in English and Mandarin.[23] She has been called the "Asian Mariah Carey" due to her impressive voice and dancing skills.[5] She has also been credited for breaking down international barriers and bridging the gap between East Asia and the West.[31]
Awards and nominations
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| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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| Asian Pop Music Awards | 2023 | Top 20 Songs of the Year – Chinese | "Battle Song" | Won | [124] |
| Beijing Pop Music Awards | 2009 | Best Female Singer – Hong Kong and Taiwan | Coco Lee | Won | [125] |
| CCTV-MTV Music Awards | 1999 | Best Female Singer in Taiwan | Coco Lee | Won | |
| Breakthrough Innovation Award | Won | ||||
| 2000 | Best International Female Vocalist | Won | |||
| 2002 | Asia's Most Outstanding Female Artist | Won | |||
| Changchun Film Festival | 2005 | Best Newcomer | Master of Everything | Nominated | [126] |
| China Music Awards | 2014 | Most Stylish Singer in Asia | Coco Lee | Won | [127] |
| Most Popular International Chinese Singer | Won | ||||
| 2019 | Most Influential Female Singer in Asia | Won | |||
| Most Popular International Chinese Singer | Won | ||||
| Chinese Film Media Awards | 2005 | Best New Actor | Master of Everything | Nominated | [126] |
| Global Chinese Music Awards | 2001 | Chinese Pop Hits of 2000 | "True Lover" | Won | |
| Media Recommendation Award | "A Love Before Time" | Won | |||
| Best Stage Performance | Coco Lee | Won | |||
| Golden Melody Awards | 1997 | Best Female World Singer | CoCo Lee | Nominated | [128] |
| 1998 | Best Female Mandarin Singer | Each Time I Think of You | Nominated | [129] | |
| Lycra Style Awards | 2004 | Asian Style Artist | Coco Lee | Won | [130] |
| MTV Video Music Awards | 1998 | International Viewer's Choice: MTV Mandarin | "Di Da Di" | Won | |
| New Talent Singing Awards | 1993 | — | Coco Lee | Template:Runner-up | [131] |
| Tencent Music Entertainment Awards | 2024 | Best Animation Theme Song | "Battle Song" | Won | |
| Top Chinese Music Awards | 2001 | Female Pop Vocalist of the Year – Hong Kong and Taiwan | Coco Lee | Nominated | |
| Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award | 2000 | Top Ten Outstanding Artists | Won | ||
| 2001 | Won |
Discography
Studio albums
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| Love from Now On (愛就要趁現在) | 15 June 1994 | Fancy Pie Records | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Promise Me (答應我) | 23 December 1994 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Brave Enough to Love (勇敢去愛) | 12 June 1995 | English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Woman in Love (被愛的女人) | 3 September 1995 | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| CoCo Lee (CoCo 李玟同名专辑) | 14 June 1996 | Sony Music Taiwan | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| CoCo's Party | 25 November 1996 | English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Each Time I Think of You (每一次想你) | 14 May 1997 | Mandarin/Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Be Careful Next Time (CoCo Lee 首張廣東專輯) | 10 November 1997 | Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Di Da Di Hints (DiDaDi 暗示) | 13 January 1998 | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Sunny Day Feelin' Good (Sunny Day 好心情) | 30 June 1998 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| From Today Till Forever (今天到永遠) | 27 May 1999 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Just No Other Way | 2 November 1999 | 550 Music/Epic Records | English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| True Lover You & Me (真情人 You & Me) | 24 August 2000 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Promise | 12 October 2001 | Mandarin/Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Exposed | 25 March 2005 | Sony BMG | English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| Just Want You (要定你) | 22 September 2006 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| East to West (CoCo 的東西) | 14 August 2009 | Warner Music Taiwan/Music Nation Ursa Major Limited | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Illuminate (盛開) | 31 May 2013 | Universal Music Taiwan/CL Production | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
2013 Limited edition (2013 閃亮限定版) :
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Live albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| You Are in My Heart Concert (你在我心上演唱会全纪录) | December 1995 | Fancy Pie Records | Mandarin/English/French/Spanish | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| Million Fans Concert (萬人迷演唱会精彩实录) | 17 December 1998 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin/English/French/Spanish | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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Compilations
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| Beloved Collection (情人被愛精选集) | 2 August 1996 | Fancy Pie Records | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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| The Best of My Love | 28 January 2000 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin/Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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| 1994–2008 Best Collection | 16 May 2008 | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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| Ultimate Coco (最完美影音典藏精选) | 2 March 2012 | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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DVD
Bonus :
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| 「You & I」25th Anniversary Collection (You & I 经典全纪录) | 21 June 2019 | CL Production/Sony Music Taiwan/Universal Music Taiwan | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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| Battle Song CoCo Collection (戰歌李玟精選) | 6 July 2023 | Warner Music Group | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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Remix albums
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| Dance with the Wind (玟風起舞) | May 1997 | Fancy Pie Records | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| D.IS. CoCo (愛琴海新歌 + 電音精選) | 18 June 2002 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin/Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> CD 1
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BONUS
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EPs
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| Take a Chance on Love (碰碰看愛情) | 14 August 1998 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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Maxi-singles
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| "Di da di Color Remix" (5顔6色 Di Da Di) | 2 April 1998 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Do You Want My Love" | 7 February 2000 | 550 Music/Epic Records | English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Wherever You Go" | 21 September 2000 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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Digital singles
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| "I Have a Dream" | 1 May 2008 | Music Nation Ursa Major Ltd. | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "I Love Watching Movies" (我愛看電影) | 18 September 2008 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "BYOB" (Bring Your Own Bag) | 17 April 2009 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Four Seas" (四海) | 27 December 2010 | Universal Music Taiwan/CL Production | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "I Just Wanna Marry U" | 24 October 2011 | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "18" | 17 January 2017 | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Reflection/ Myself 自已 (2020)" | 29 August 2020 | Walt Disney Pictures | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Paradise Wonder" | 17 June 2022 | Warner Music Group | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "The Love You Left Behind" | 24 July 2022 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Miss Dizzy" | 16 August 2022 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Legend of the East" | 9 September 2022 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Playboy" | 25 November 2022 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Candy (feat. MaSiWei)" | 5 January 2023 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Tragic" | 14 February 2023 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| "Battle Song" | 28 May 2023 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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Compilation appearances
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| Red Hot Hits 93' Autumn Edition (火熱動感93'勁秋版) | October 1993 | Capital Artists/Fancy Pie Records | Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| Red Hot Hits 94' Love Party (火熱動感94'戀愛Party) | September 1994 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| Statement of Love, Duet Songs (愛情宣言, 情歌對唱) | November 1994 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| Merry Christmas (聖誕禮讚) | December 1994 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
Videography
| Title | Release date | Label | Language | Track listing |
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| Foot print (足跡) | 1995 | Fancy Pie Records | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| You're in My Heart Concert | 1995 | Mandarin/English/French/Spanish | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| Coco's Workout Camp | 1996 | Sony Music Taiwan | Mandarin/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| CoCo in Italy | 1998 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| Di Da Di | Mandarin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| Sunny Day | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |||
| Million Fans Concert | 1999 | Mandarin/English/Cantonese/Spanish | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| The Video Collection | 2000 | Mandarin/English/Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| CoCo So Crazy | 2002 | Mandarin/Cantonese | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| All my Coco | Mandarin/Cantonese/English | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
Filmography
Film
| Title | Year | Director | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| Mulan | 1998 | Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft | Fa Mulan | Voice in the Mandarin version | [40] |
| No Tobacco (无烟草) | 2002 | Stanley Kwan | [22] | ||
| Master of Everything (自娱自乐) | 2004 | Lee Xin | Lu Hua | [22] | |
| Forever Young (栀子花开) | 2015 | He Jiong | Teacher Han | Cameo | [3] |
Television
| Title | Year | Original network | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| Kangsi Coming (康熙來了) | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 | CTi Variety | Guest | 5 episodes | [132][133][134][135][136][137] |
| Chinese Idol (season 1) (中国梦之声第一季) | 19 May – 25 August 2013 | DragonTV | Judge | 16 episodes | [45][138] |
| Hi 2014 (嗨!2014) | 9 May 2014 | CCTV 1 | Guest | Episode 5 | |
| Dancing with the Stars China (与星共舞) | 1 February 2015 | DragonTV | Judge | Episode 7 | [3] |
| Super Idol (season 1) (星动亚洲第一季) | 17 July 2015 | Anhui TV/MBC TV | Judge/coach | Episodes 2, 5, 9 | [15] |
| 7 August 2015 | |||||
| 11 September 2015 | |||||
| Talented Singer (season 1) (隐藏的歌手第一季) | 25 October 2015 | City TV/BTV/iQIYI | Guest performer | Episode 2 | |
| I Am a Singer (Chinese season 4) (我是歌手第四季) | 15 January – 15 April 2016 | Hunan TV | Contestant/winner | 13 episodes | [15][139] |
| Come Sing with Me (season 1) (我想和你唱第一季) | 7 May 2016 | Hunan TV | Guest performer | Episode 1 | [140] |
| The Jin Xing Show (金星秀) | 26 April 2017 | DragonTV | Guest | Episode 114 | |
| Come Sing with Me (season 2) (我想和你唱第二季) | 8 June 2017 | Hunan TV | Guest performer | Episode 8 | [140] |
| Sing Out! (这!就是歌唱 对唱季) | 21 September 2018 | Youku | Advisor | Episode 9 | |
| World's Got Talent (巅峰之夜) | 19 April – 12 July 2019 | Hunan TV | Judge | 13 episodes | [15] |
| Jungle Voice (season 2) (声林之王第二季) | 27 September 2019 | ETtoday | Advisor | Episodes 6, 7 | [141] |
| 4 October 2019 | |||||
| Infinity and Beyond (season 1) (聲生不息) | 2022 | Mango TV/TVB | Performer | 12 episodes | [142][105][143][144] |
| Sing! China (season 7) (中國好聲音) | 2022 | Zhejiang TV | Mentor | Episodes 9–13 | [145][146][147] |
Tours
| Date | Country/territory | City | Venue | Guest | Setlist |
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| Million Fans Tour | |||||
| 2 August 1998 | Taiwan | Taipei | Municipal Stadium | Human Nature | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 15 August 1998 | Kaohsiung City | Chung Shan Stadium | None | ||
| True Lover You & Me Asia Tour | |||||
| 17 September 2000 | Mainland China | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Gymnasium | None | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| 25 September 2000 | Wuhan | Xinhualu Stadium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 29 September 2000 | Shanghai | Shanghai Stadium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 15 December 2000 | Singapore | Suntec City Concert Hall | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 19 September 2001 | Mainland China | Chengdu | Chengdu Sports Center | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 23 September 2001 | Jinan | Shandong Provincial Sports Centre Stadium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 27 September 2001 | Hangzhou | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 29 September 2001 | Nanjing | Nanjing Wutaishan Jinbang Gymnasium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| So Crazy China Tour | |||||
| 6 October 2003 | Mainland China | Beijing | Workers' Stadium | None | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| 31 October 2003 | Chongqing | Banan Stadium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| East to West World Tour | |||||
| 27 March 2010 | Taiwan | Taipei | Taipei Arena | None | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> |
| 3 July 2010 | United States | Las Vegas | Encore Las Vegas | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 4 July 2010 | |||||
| 2 October 2010 | Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 16 December 2010 | Mainland China | Nanning | Guangxi Stadium | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| CoCo Lee 18 World Tour | |||||
| 6 May 2017 | Mainland China | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Bay Sports Center | Jam Hsiao | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 24 June 2017 | Shanghai | Mercedes-Benz Arena | G.E.M. | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 8 July 2017 | Beijing | LeSports Center | JJ Lin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 22 July 2017 | Guangzhou | Guangzhou Gymnasium | None | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 12 August 2017 | Xi'an | QuJiang International Conference Exhibition Center | Jason Zhang | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 9 September 2017 | Wuhan | Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium | Stefanie Sun | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 23 September 2017 | Hangzhou | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | Dimash Kudaibergen | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 18 November 2017 | Nanjing | Wutaishan Sports Center | Yoga Lin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 9 December 2017 | Changsha | Hunan International Convention & Exhibition Center | MC Jin | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 24 March 2018 | Chongqing | Chongqing International Expo Center Multi-Purpose Hall | None | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| "You & I" 25 Anniversary World Tour | |||||
| 21 June 2019 | Taiwan | Taipei | Taipei Arena | Jolin Tsai | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 27 July 2019 | Mainland China | Chengdu | Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium | None | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 17 August 2019 | Foshan | Foshan International Sports Cultural Performing Center | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
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| 26 October 2019 | Macao | Cotai Arena | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 14 December 2019 | Nanjing | Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
| 22 December 2019 | United States | Uncasville | Mohegan Sun Arena | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | |
| 28 December 2019 | Las Vegas | MGM Grand Garden Arena | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> | ||
See also
References
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Further reading
- The Footprints – In loving memory of Coco Lee (mirror)
- Remembering Coco Lee: 7 highlights from her 30-year career
- Celebrating Coco Lee: Honouring the Hong Kong icon through 5 of her career-defining achievements
- Stars share their memories of CoCo Lee
- 《壹週刊》 第1263期 – 娛樂名人 香港女 李玟 (Cantonese) – Interview of Lee in 2014
- 蘋果人物 – 李玟淚訴 聽不清的母女情話 (Mandarin) – Interview of Lee in 2013, in which she cried when talking about her mother's hearing problems.
- Interview With Coco Lee (English) – Lee interviewed in Beijing soon after she won I am a Singer
- Media coverage of the death of Lee
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