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| 陈伟联 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian |
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| Chinese name | 陳偉聯 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 陈伟联 (Simplified) |
| Pinyin | chén wěi lián (Mandarin) |
| Birth name | Tan Wei Lian |
| Origin |  Singapore |
| Born | October 5, 1981 Singapore |
| Other name(s) | Ah Lian (阿联) Trần Vỹ Liên |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Genre(s) | Mandopop |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Label(s) | Play Music (1 Sep 2005-1 Sep 2006) Warner Music (1 Sep 2006 - present) |
| Years active | 2005–Present |
Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (traditional Chinese: 陳偉聯; simplified Chinese: 陈伟联; pinyin: Chén Wěilián; born 5 October 1981) is a visually impaired professional singer in Singapore. Singapore Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Singapore A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Mandopop ( is a colloquial abbreviation for " Mandarin Popular music ". A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Visual impairment or vision impairment is Vision loss that constitutes a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from Disease, Singapore
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Biography
Introduction
Born with Leber's congenital amaurosis, Kelvin (better known as Weilian to his fans) worked as a street busker for a living before he took part in a singing competition in which he was crowned the overall Champion. Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA is a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life and affects around 1 in 80000 Busking is the practice of performing in Public places for Tips and Gratuities. During his busking days, he performed with his guitar at various locations in Singapore such as the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple at Waterloo Street and areas around Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations, drawing crowds of people who were attracted by his soulful voice. Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple ( Simplified Chinese: 观音堂佛祖庙 is a traditional Chinese temple situated at Waterloo Street in Singapore. The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT (大众快速交通 or more commonly known as 地铁 Malay: Sistem Pengangkutan Gerak Cepat; Tamil: சிங்கை
He is the first visually disabled person in Singapore to be signed on for a product endorsement. In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need This has created a milestone for the advertising industry in Singapore, which frequently engages celebrities and models for product endorsements. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention A promotional model is a person hired to drive Consumer demand for a product service brand or concept by directly interacting with consumers
Kelvin is also actively involved in various charity and social events. As one of the ambassadors for the 2005 Singapore Disability Awareness Public Education Campaign, he actively promotes awareness of the abilities and employability of people with disabilities. An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country As a motivational speaker for Young Leaders Foundation, he inspires the young to follow their dreams. In recognition of his achievement, he was awarded The Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of Singapore Award 2006 (Merit Winner) for the Personal Improvement and/or Accomplishment category.
Start of Singing career
On 1 September 2005 he shot to prominence when he won Project SuperStar, a Mandarin singing competition hosted by Singapore's MediaCorp TV Channel U, after garnering 64% of the 533,000 telephone votes. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Project SuperStar ( is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on Channel U in MediaCorp TV's Channel U (U频道 Pinyin: U Pín Dào is the second Chinese-language channel in Singapore and was inaugurated on Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information [1] As the Grand Champion of Project Superstar, Kelvin secured a recording contract with "Play Music", a subsidiary of Warner Music. Project SuperStar ( is a singing talent search competition organised by MediaCorp and broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on Channel U in A recording contract (commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a Record label and a Recording artist (or group where the artist A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal
His debut album entitled All I want is. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public . . Kelvin was released on 11 January 2006 with impressive sales record - hitting platinum status in Singapore within a period of just 5 days. It ranked second, only next to Jay Chou's Still Fantasy, in annual sales on the Top Ten Mandarin Album Sales Chart, compiled by Zaobao. The song '触摸' (pronounced as "Chu Mo" or literally Touch) won 'Best Theme Song' at the 2006 Star Awards held by MediaCorp, Singapore. [2]
Kelvin is proficient in both piano and the guitar, and sings in a variety of languages and dialects. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of In his debut concert on 22 April 2006 at the Max Pavilion in Singapore, he sang in Mandarin, English, Thai, Cantonese and Hokkien. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Thai (th ภาษาไทย, transcription: phasa thai, transliteration:; pʰāːsǎːtʰāj is the national and The Southern Min language or Min Nan ( POJ: Bân-lâm-gú or "Southern Fujian" language refers to a family of Chinese languages Dialects
His Other Talents
Kelvin is also one of only two visually disabled competitive bowlers in Singapore who had won in a bowling competition, organized by the visually handicapped associations in Singapore and in Perth, Western Australia between 1996 and 1999. Bowling is a Game / Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a Bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
A Mandarin idol drama, titled Dream Chasers featuring Kelvin and fellow PSS alumni, was aired on Channel U in 2006. Kelvin's participation in this drama marked a milestone in Singapore's Television industry - For the first time, a visually handicapped artiste was involved as a lead role in a television drama. [3] He has subsequently made guest appearances in other local dramas (Love Degree 0 C , The Shining Star) and variety shows.
Despite limitations to the number of roles that he can perform as an actor, he has managed to become the first visually handicapped artiste to win the acclaimed "Most Popular Newcomer" and "Top 10 Male Artiste" in Singapore's Star Awards 2006. [4]
His transformation from busker to stardom inspired a short feature named 'Life Story', depicting how he has overcome his disability and become the first blind person in Singapore to attain fame in the regional music scene.
Kelvin also appeared in a highly acclaimed local movie 881 directed by the awards-winning Director Roystan Tan [5], released in the cinemas on 9 August 2007. 881 is a Singaporean musical - comedy - Drama film written and directed by Royston Tan, based on the Singapore He acted as a street busker (his previous profession) and sang a Hokkien song in the movie. The movie is about the unique 'getai' culture in Singapore.
Latest
On 31 August 2007, Kelvin debuts in Taiwan with his second album 'iWeilian'. He was invited as guest performing artiste to attend the 7th Global Chinese Music Awards held in Hongkong on 7 October 2007 where he duet with Hongkong songbird Joey Yung and presented awards to the best newcomers in the regional music industry.
Discography
To date and from his debut in 2005, Kelvin Tan has released and 2 studio albums.
- Further information: Kelvin Tan discography
Song Listing on Music Charts
| Radio Station/Song Title | Y.E.S. 93.3FM (S'pore) Highest Ranking (Weeks on chart) |
883Jia （S'pore) Highest Ranking (Number of times on Chart) |
Radio 1003 (S'pore) Highest Ranking (Weeks on Chart) |
FM988 (M'sia) Highest Ranking (Weeks on Chart) |
RTHK (Hong Kong) Highest Ranking (Weeks on Chart) |
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| 我只是想要 (All I Want Is) |
02 (11) | 01 (24) | 01 (7) | 11 (5) | |
| 爱。恨。难 (Love . This is the discography of Singaporean singer Kelvin Tan Singles Studio Albums VCDs/DVDs Compilations YES 933FM (醉心频道 in Chinese) is a radio station of MediaCorp Radio in Singapore. Radio 1003 is a Chinese radio station based in Singapore. It is a radio station of SPHUnionWorks, a joint venture between Singapore Press Holdings, Hate) |
05 (12) | 08 (3) | 04 (8) | ||
| I Love You (我爱你) | 01 (9) | 03 (9) | 03 (4) | ||
| 普通的人 (Ordinary Man) |
05 (8) | 17 (3) | 01 (10) | ||
| 亲爱的,做个好梦 (Have a sweet dream, Darling) |
18 (2) |
Major Achievements & Milestones
| Years | Achievements |
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| 2005 |
1 September
1 September
24 September
26 September
30 September
20 October 23 October
29 October
10 November
17 November
18 December
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| 2006 |
12 January
18 January
1 February
2nd March
29th March 22nd April
20th June
10 July
16 July
9 August
1 September
3 September
22 September
28 October
11 November
10 December
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| 2007 |
9 August
31 August
12 September
07 October
27 October
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References
- ^ Project Superstar Grand Finals Results
- ^ Star Awards 2006 Additional awards
- ^ a b MediaCorp Pte Ltd. Joey Yung Cho-Yee ( Traditional Chinese 容祖兒 Simplified Chinese 容祖儿 Cantonese Yung Cho-Yee Mandarin Pinyin: Róng Zǔ'ér (born (2006-12-21). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Dream Chasers. Retrieved on 2006-12-21. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian
- ^ Star Awards 2006 Results page
- ^ Royston Tan
External links
- WeilianKelvin - Kelvin's Fan Site
- Kelvin's Profile in Warner Music Taiwan Site
- Site of 'Dream Chasers', Kelvin's first drama
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