Sandy Lam
Hong Kong female singer and songwriter. Released a first album in 1985, won the Ultimate Song Chart Female Singer Gold Award three years running from 1990 to 1992, and "兩心花" won Best Original Film Song at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards.
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About the artist
Sandy Lam, a Hong Kong female singer, songwriter and music producer, was born on April 26, 1966. In 1982, in Form Four, Sandy Lam went with a classmate to Commercial Radio to try out as a DJ; Sandy Lam was taken and the classmate was not, and from then on worked part-time as a DJ on Commercial Radio 2 and entered show business.
In 1983, at an outdoor radio show, Sandy Lam sang the English song "Crying in the Rain" and was signed by CBS Sony executives and record producer 李添 (the composer 李雅桑). Between 1984 and 1985 Sandy Lam made films, acted in television dramas, and hosted the television program "青春道上". In April 1985, at 19, Sandy Lam released the first self-titled Cantonese album "林憶蓮", in a Japanese-style girl-pop vein.
The second album, 1986's "放縱", changed the style; according to a personality feature on Our China Story, the album sold platinum figures. The same year Sandy Lam began hosting the TVB music program "新地任你點", and in the "蓮子廣場" segment reported news from the Japanese entertainment world. The third album, 1987's "憶蓮", came with long curls, a mature-woman line, and a turn toward European and American styles; the same feature says sales passed double platinum. In June 1988 the fifth album "Ready" came out, with shorter hair and a more retro look, bringing in jazz and rhythm-and-blues styles then still uncommon in Cantonese pop.
In February 1989 Sandy Lam sang the Cantonese song "温柔的你" with 王傑. In 1990 the first solo Mandarin album "爱上一个不回家的人" was released, and from 1990 to 1992 Sandy Lam won the "叱咤乐坛女歌手金奖" at "叱咤樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮" for three years running. In 1991 Sandy Lam and 許願 founded 星工廠; in December the same year the concept album "野花" came out; in October 1992 Capital Artists released the album "回來愛的身邊".
There are two accounts of the year Sandy Lam sang the theme "當愛已成往事" for the film "霸王別姬": Baidu Baike records 1992; the Chinese Wikipedia records 1993, and says this was the first collaboration between Taiwan Rock Records producer Jonathan Lee and Sandy Lam, the two recording separately in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In March 1993 Sandy Lam went to Bangladesh with World Vision Hong Kong for a four-day goodwill visit for "饑饉三十"; in May, for the first time under Rock Records, the Mandarin album "不必在乎我是誰" was released, with Jonathan Lee among the producers, and the title song was written by Jonathan Lee for Sandy Lam; in July a second solo concert, "天地野花1993情撼紅館演唱會", was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, with Jonathan Lee as special guest.
In 1995 the fourth solo Mandarin album "Love,Sandy" was released. In January 1997 the second solo English album "美妙世界" was released; afterward, at Jacky Cheung's invitation, Sandy Lam stepped in at short notice for the musical "雪狼湖", 42 shows in a row at the Hong Kong Coliseum, playing the female lead 寧靜雪. In early 1998 Sandy Lam and Jonathan Lee held a press conference and announced they had married in Vancouver, Canada; after the wedding they settled in Taipei, and in May the same year daughter 李喜兒 was born. In 1999 Sandy Lam took part in writing for the first time, releasing the album "鏗鏘玫瑰", whose lead single was in a country-rock style, with lyrics by Jonathan Lee and music by Sandy Lam.
In early 2000, after joining Virgin Records, the first Mandarin album "林憶蓮's" came out; the lead single "至少還有你" is the theme of the Chinese version of the film "安娜與國王". After divorcing Jonathan Lee in 2004, Sandy Lam returned to Hong Kong to live with the daughter.
In 2006, with the album "本色", Sandy Lam won Best Cantonese Female Singer at the 6th Music Radio China Top Chart Awards. In 2008 the "忆莲LIVE08" tour opened, and besides Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing it also played Taipei, Singapore and San Diego; in January 2009 "LIVE09演唱会" was held in Melbourne and Perth, and on April 19 Sandy Lam was a performing guest at the ceremony for the 100th anniversary of Hong Kong cinema and the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards, singing a number of Hong Kong film songs. In September 2011 a concert ran three nights in a row at the Hong Kong Coliseum. "兩心花", theme of the film "出軌的女人", composed by 恭碩良, written by 潘源良 and sung by Sandy Lam, won Best Original Film Song at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2012 the eleventh solo Mandarin album "蓋亞" was released. At the 24th Golden Melody Awards, held at Taipei Arena, it was nominated in 6 categories and took 4: Best Mandarin Album, Best Female Mandarin Singer, Best Album Producer and Best Arranger. In January 2014 the twenty-first solo Cantonese album "Re: Workz" was released; in 2016 the "Pranava/造乐者" world tour was held; in 2017 Sandy Lam won the grand final of the music contest "歌手2017". In 2018 the album "0" was released. According to an ETtoday report, Sandy Lam took a second Golden Melody female-singer prize at the 30th Golden Melody Awards; jury chair 陳珊妮 said afterward that the jury had passed it unanimously, and said, "Beating Sandy Lam is too hard. It is not that they are not excellent. It is just too hard."
On September 22, 2024 Sandy Lam took part in "“湾区升明月”2024大湾区电影音乐晚会" and sang "鏗鏘玫瑰". The program "2025抖音美好奇妙夜", which Sandy Lam joined in October 2025, aired on October 29.
Overview
- Born
- April 26, 1966age 60
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- First album · 1985
- Active
- 1985 – present41 years
- Gender
- Female
- Aliases
- 林忆莲, Sandy
- Instruments
- Vocals
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