Fish Leong (born Leong Chui Peng on 16 June 1978) is a

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singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 20 million records to date, she has achieved popularity and success in

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, and

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Early life and breakthrough

Leong was born in

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, Malaysia. R&B singer Z-Chen is her older cousin. She debuted her singing career in

and signed to

Rock Records The Rock Records Co., Ltd. () commonly known as Rock Records (), is a record label based in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in the 1980s as the Rock Music Publishing (滾石有聲出版社; ) by Tuan Chung-tan and Tuan Chung-i, It is the largest record ...

in October 1997. She then adopted the English name "Fish", because the last character of her Chinese name "茹" sounds the same as "魚" (fish) in Cantonese. She was discovered by Jonathan Lee, who later also became her godfather. She received Mandarin training upon arriving in Taiwan as her mother tongue is Cantonese. Her debut album, ''

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'', was released in September 1999, but had many promotions cancelled due to the 1999 Taiwan earthquake. Her singing career managed to take off after the release of her second album, ''

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'' (2000).

Personal life

In February 2010, Leong married Taiwanese wine merchant Tony Chao in

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, Philippines, and their child Anderson Chao was born in April 2014. On September 8, 2019, Leong announced their divorce at a press conference for her new album in Taipei. She declined further comments on alleged cheating by Chao.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2000) * '' Shining Star'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

Silkroad of Love ''Silkroad of Love'' () is Malaysian Chinese Mandopop artist Fish Leong's () seventh Mandarin studio album. It was released on 16 September 2005 by Rock Records. The track "絲路" (Silk Road), written by Leehom Wang and Mayday vocalist, Ashin ...

'' (2005) * ''

Kissing the Future of Love ''Kissing the Future of Love'' () is Malaysian Chinese Mandopop artist Fish Leong's () eighth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 6 October 2006 by Rock Records and B'in Music. Rock Recordsbr>''Kissing the Future of Love'' album info6 Oct ...

'' (2006) * '' J'Adore'' (2007) * ''

Fall in Love & Songs ''Fall in Love & Songs'' () is the tenth studio album by Fish Leong. It was released on 16 January 2009 by B'in Music. According to Taiwan's G-Music chart the album is the fifth List of best-selling albums in Taiwan, best selling album in Taiwa ...

'' (2009) * ''

What Love Songs Didn't Tell You ''What Love Songs Didn't Tell You'' () is the 11th studio album by Fish Leong. It was released on 24 December 2010 by Universal Music Taiwan Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) i ...

'' (2010) * '' Love in Heart'' (2012) * ''The Sun Also Rises'' (2019)

Compilation albums

* '' The Power of Love'' (2003) * '' I Love You Hereafter'' (2011) * ''Her Story With Mayday'' (2015), cover album with various artists presenting "Tenderness"

Live albums

* ''Time & Love'' (2002) * ''Love Parade'' (2005) * '' Today Is Our Valentine's Day'' (2008)

EP

* ''The Sonnet of Three Days'' (2021)

Collaborations

* "Songs of the Earth" (1998) - with

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, Mayday, Michael Wong, Richie Jen, Victor Wong,

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, Fengie Wang, Bobby Dou,

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* "Love" (2000) - with Rene Liu from ''I'll Be Waiting for You'' * "I Love You Very Much" (2004) - with Victor Wong from ''Door Unlocked'' * "Way Back into Love" (2007) - with Victor Wong from ''Need You Most'' (between English version and Mandarin version) * "Still Good Friends" (2008) - with

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from ''Still the Master of Love Songs'', as well from her EP, ''I Do?'' * "Love x Love" (2012) - with

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(vocal: Harry &

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, Lee Chien-na, OneTwoFree, Jane Huang,

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and

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* "Meant to Be" (2016) - with

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from ''Fanfan's Time to Give Thanks''

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety and reality show

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leong, Fish 1978 births Living people 21st-century Malaysian women singers Malaysian people of Cantonese descent Malaysian Mandopop singers People from Negeri Sembilan Universal Music Group artists Malaysian expatriates in Taiwan 20th-century Malaysian women singers