Chew Sin Huey

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Chew Sin Huey
石欣卉
Debut album, 从台北到北京
Debut album, 从台北到北京
Background information
Also known as Sing
Born June 23, 1981 (age 25)
Malaysia
Origin Singapore
Genre(s) C-pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2005-present
Label(s) Play Music
Warner Music
Website Sin Huey's official website

Chew Sin Huey, also known as Sing Chew (Simplified Chinese: 石欣卉; pinyin: Shí Xīnhuì), one of the five popular new talents emerged from the Channel U's popular singing talent show, 绝对Superstar in Singapore. The songbird is very popular in Singapore and Malaysia.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Background information

Sin Huey, though a Malaysian, was made popular in Singapore as the first runner-up in the female category of Project Superstar 2005, a singing-cum-talent search competition organised by Channel U of Mediacorp, Singapore. She had garnered the highest points during the final episode from her superb delivery of the 3 songs and has lost merely on the popularity vote. However, Chew's singing talent is widely appreciated and she has been offered a singing contract by Play Music which is now part of Warner Music.

During her school life, Sin Huey took part in debates and gave speeches during her primary and secondary school period. And she participated in campus shows and took up the lead role of a musical and also held a mini concert when she was in university.

Sin Huey also made many appearance on TV, including her participation in a local mandarin idol drama Dream Chasers where she shed her nice girl image and act as a fiery spoilt brat, who eventually changed for the better. Other TV appearances of Sin Huey include her hosting a game show that was being showed on channel U, The 7-eleven game show, where she is the leader of one of the four teams in the show and each team's objective is to eliminate the other teams by arriving at the destinated 7-eleven convenient store and play the games. Also appearing on local talk/debate show, Cross Fire, where she showcase her verbal talents and well-structured opinions on social issues which invited guests voice out their opinion on a particular topic.

Sin Huey became the fourth artiste to release an album after Project Superstar Overall Champion Tan Wei Lian, Kelly Poon and Junyang. Her debut album 从台北到北京 consist of 7 original tracks, 2 covers and a cover duet with Kelvin Tan Wei Lian. She even penned the lyrics for her album's no.1 hit, 从台北到北京 / From Taipei To Beijing (which is a cover of Infernal "From Paris to Berlin"). Her music video became a hot topic in local newspapers for her raunchy acts, including one scene where she unbuttoned her shirt to reveal a black bra. Before this release, she had also lent her vocals to numerous Mediacorp soundtracks, drama theme songs and compilations, showcasing her ability in singing.

For her debut album, Sin Huey adopted an english name, Sing. It reflects her passion for singing, sounds like her chinese name,Sin Huey and reflects the fact that she is/debut from Singapore.

[edit] Education

[edit] Events & Milestones

[edit] Discography

Date of release Title (Chinese)(english) Released by Remarks
September 2005 不要说抱歉 [don't say sorry] Play Music, Mediacorp Studios Part of the Best of Superstar

Compilation album
November 2005 舞出彩虹The Rainbow Connection,

看透[looking through] , 遇见爱情[meeting love],sang with Hong Jun Yang

 Universal Music Group, Rock Records, Mediacorp Studios Part of a compilation album, The Rainbow Connection OST
30 November 2006 从台北到北京 From Taipei to Beijing Warner Music (華納唱片) Debut Album

[edit] Rank of songs on music charts

Song/Radio station YES!933
Highest Ranking
/Number of weeks on chart		 UFM1003
Highest Ranking
/Number of weeks on chart
从台北到北京
From Taipei to Beijing		 7 / 10 2 / 7
你给的
What you had given		 10 / 3 7 / 6

[edit] External links

[edit] Fan clubs

[edit] Songs well known by others

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