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Anderson Junior College Anderson Junior College (AJC) was a junior college established in 1984 and located in Yio Chu Kang, Singapore, offering two-year pre-university courses leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations. In 2019, it was merged wi ...

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

, occupation = Singer, Emcee , years_active = 2011–present , agent = Sparkle Live Music (co-founder) , height = , spouse = , partner = , children = , relatives =

Alfred Sim Alfred Sim Chee Hao (born 4 October 1981), is a Singaporean singer and athletics coach. He is best known for being the overall winner of the third season of reality singing competition '' Project SuperStar''. Singing career Sim auditioned for th ...

(brother-in-law) , family =

Tay Kewei Tay Kewei (; born 18 August 1983) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has released songs in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Professional background In 2006, Tay Kewei joined local singing competition Project SuperStar, initially getting in ...

(sister) , awards = Breakthrough in Arts Award (2014) , website = , module = , module2 = Tay Kexin (; born 29 January 1988) is a

Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, India ...

singer-songwriter. She is the younger sister of

. She is currently a member of the Asian Pop-rock vocal band

MICappella MICappella is a Singaporean a cappella group. They made their debut after competing in the Chinese edition of ''The Sing-Off'', where they won second place. The band appeared at National Day Parade 2018 and 2022 Celebrations and Singapore Day 2 ...

. She is also an entrepreneur and the founder of Sparkle Live Music along with her elder sister Kewei and the keyboardist Lee Ein Ein.

Career

Tay Kexin contested as a PK Challenger on Taiwan’s Super Idol Season 5 in 2011 and was known as the “Jazz Queen” of Singapore. Her regular performance at Switch by Timbre had also amassed a fan following. Her versatility from sweet jazz numbers to high energy pop hits has since made her extremely popular on various occasions. In March 2012, along with her elder sister

and keyboardist Lee Ein Ein, founded Sparkle Live Music, which was a premier live music provider for weddings and events in Singapore. In December 2012, Tay released her own EP ''Get Set Go'', in which she penned songs of positivity and new beginnings, which topped Singapore’s CD-RAMA regional charts within the first week of sales. Her song, ''Prove Myself'' was also ranked no. 12 on MeRadio’s 2012 Top 20 singles, and appeared as one of the soundtracks for

Mediacorp Channel U Channel U (marketed as U頻道, formerly named 优频道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel owned by Mediacorp. It was launched on 6 May 2001 by SPH MediaWorks. On 1 January 2005, the channel was transferred to Mediacorp after a ...

’s hit drama show “Marry Me”. In December 2013, Tay was appointed as a backing

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

for

David Tao David Tao (), born Tao Xuzhong () (born 11 July 1969), is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for havin ...

's Concert World Tour and had traveled with him to perform at over 15 city states, including countries like China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia etc. In December 2014, Tay was invited to participate in the Youth Time 2014 Dialogue with the PM and other Youths at

, her former junior college in Singapore and was awarded the Breakthrough in Arts Award by Prime Minister

Lee Hsien Loong Lee Hsien Loong (; born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Prime Minister of Singapore and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party since 2004. He has been the Member of Par ...

. On 30 April 2015, Tay Kexin had emerged as one of the Top 10 contender in

The Voice Of China ''The Voice of China'' () is a Chinese reality television singing competition broadcast on Zhejiang Television. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by as ...

Singapore competition.

Personal life

On October 2022, Tay was engaged to her longtime partner and professional photographer Bernard Wee Shen, with the proposal on stage at MICappella concert. They were married in April 2023 with Tay wrote a love song ''Morning Kiss'' to celebrate her marriage. They sang the song at their wedding ceremony.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kexin, Tay 1988 births Living people Singaporean singer-songwriters Singaporean people of Chinese descent 21st-century Singaporean women singers Singaporean Mandopop singers