M-Girls

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M-Girls

2013 M-Girls My Way Album Cover.
From left to right: Queenz, Crystal, Angeline, Cass.
Origin  Malaysia
Other name(s) 四个女生
Occupation Singers
Genre(s) Teen pop, Mandopop, Pop songs, Chinese New Year songs
Label(s) Wayang Tinggi (2000-2008)
Starmedia (2008-2013)
Years active 2000–2013
Past Members Queenz Cheng 群施
Angeline Khoo 阿妮
Cass Chin 燕子 2000-2005, 2012-2013
Crystal Ong 雪晶
Official Website http://www.mymgirls.com

M-Girls (Chinese: 四个女生) is a four-member Malaysian girl group that was formed in late 2000, mainly releasing Chinese New Year albums every year for the Malaysian Chinese community. The group originally consisted of Queenz Cheng Koon Si (庄群施), Angeline Khoo Yen Nee (邱燕妮 a.k.a Ah Ni 阿妮, formerly known as Xiao Ni Ni 小妮妮), Crystal Ong Shir Ching (王雪晶), and Cass Chin Yan Zi (金燕子), who left in 2005 to study but later came back in late 2012. Their albums are sold in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Indonesia, the United States and in some other parts of the world. Only their bootleg and pirated albums can be found in some countries. Due to the increased popularity of online streaming and pirated albums, their company StarMedia have decided to stop producing Chinese New Year Albums by M-Girls, with their final Chinese New Year album titled "True Joy" [1]

Biography

2000-2005

After previously singing together in various albums in past years, their company finally got the four of the girls together to form a girl group. Their first album released as a group was called Kai Xin Ying Jie Feng Shou Nian (开心迎接丰收年) which was a Chinese New Year album, released in the year 2001 of the Snake. Their first Pop album (Also their second album as a group) was called Dance With Me[2] which was also released in the same year.

For their 2004 CNY album, M-Girls released a Chinese New Year album with another well known four member Chinese Malaysian girl-group from Malaysia Four Golden Princesses. The album titled Flowers Blossom in the Spring (春风催花开) also set a new Malaysia Book of Records for the most number of lion dancers in a music video. In their music video 春风催花开(Also the title of the album), there were 108 lion dancers. The former record holding music video had 88 which was shot around two years before.[3]

In 2005 during their release of their Chinese New Year album Happy Year (开心年) which was filmed in Australia.[4] Cassandra announced that she would leave the group to further her studies, thus leaving the group name to only M-Girls since 四个女生(Pin Yin: Sì gè nǚ shēng) means "Four Girls" in English meaning that since there was only three members left they could not use that Chinese name anymore.[5]

2005-2010

After Cassandra left, M-Girls released another album in 2005 called Nile River (尼罗河)[6] This was their last Pop album release to date until 2013's "My Way" with Cassandra. They continue to only release Chinese New Year albums after Nile River. Celebrate Together (同庆共乐)[7] was their first Chinese New Year album released after Cassandra left. This album was released for the 2006 year of the dog. After the release of their 2010 Chinese New Year album Jin Yu Man Tang (金玉满堂) which was released on 23 December 2009, After 2010, M-Girls' contract and Starmedia end.[5]

2010-2012

After Queenzy left the group, Crystal and Angeline released a Chinese New Year 2011 album with Nick Chung (钟盛忠). Crystal and Angeline had previously recorded a couple of MV's with him. The group was named San Da Huang Pai (三大皇牌). They released their album on 29 November 2010. The album was called Dancing Spring (舞动春天). Queenzy did not release an album that year.

In late 2011 Crystal, Angeline and Queenzy released Chinese New Year 2012 albums. The 2nd San Da Huang Pai album filming was in June. The album name was called Whole World Celebration (四海欢腾). This year fans can get a hold of a special set of chopsticks and rice scooper with their album if they bought the album on 12/11/2011 at Cheras Leisure Mall from 02pm.[8]

Queenzy and Wei Wei (Chinese:薇薇) also known as Xiao Wei Wei (Chinese:小薇薇) who was also previously a child star in Malaysia[9] teamed up and started filming their Chinese New Year album on September 15. Both DVD and VCD issues come with a bonus CD. The album is called festive(年味). This album was released by Soundlife records (麗聲唱片制作).[10]

Angeline, Crystal and Queenzy and other Chinese Malaysian artists were in the Shining Dragon Shiny Year (龙飞凤舞贺新年 ) TV2 programme in Malaysia to celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year of the Dragon.[11] The three had not been in a Chinese New Year MV together since their 2010 CNY album. The M-Girls members also appeared in other television shows including Aunti Sui Reunion(Aunti Sui 庆团圆),Adults Have Arrived (大人来了) The Year Of The Dragon Is Interesting (这个龙年有意思).

In 2012, Angeline released a solo EP album titled I AM SOLO renaming her Chinese name as Ah-Ni (阿妮). She sung with a live band and released her EP on March 31.[12] Angeline being the youngest to start out, out of the four M-Girls members celebrates her 20th year in the music industry. She was interviewed by Hisoing.[13] She was also interviewed other various times over the couple of months including one which was released on October 19 at 5:00PM on the Hisoing website. Title called Recalling The Years As A Child Star (昔日童星忆当年) where she mentioned that she had released over 50 albums throughout her 20 years in the music industry.[14]

2012-2013

On September 14, 2012, Starmedia Distribution announced on Facebook that M-Girls would reform and release a new album. The four members had not made an album together since their 2005 Chinese New year album Happy Year(开心年).[15] Shooting for their new Chinese New Year album started on October 2 and ended on October 14.[16] Their CNY album title 团聚 was released on December 3, 2012 along with their album preview which was uploaded onto their official company YouTube channel StarmediaChannel.[17] 团聚 translated to English means reunion. The title signifies the reunion of the four girls.

On the Monday 10 December 2012, Starmedia released a limited edition version of the M-Girls CNY 2013 album for pre-order.[18] This includes a signed copy of their DVD+CD, signed poster and a limited edition booklet. The only way to get a hold of this was to order it online. Their album was later released on the Saturday 29 December 2012.

Along with the M-Girls Chinese New Year album Reunion, Angeline guest stars in Nick Chung's CNY album titled Through The New Year (穿越新年).[19]

M-Girls's official company Star Media released a video on YouTube on July 7, confirming that the four members were in the process of making a new album.[20] On 24 September, they began shooting their 2014 Chinese New Year Album.[21] Their EP album and so far only Revival Pop album titled "My Way" was announced on 11 October 2013 for pre-order[22] This album includes many freebies including a signed copy of the album, bookmarks, and other various discounts and vouchers.[23] The pre-release album was sold out just over a week after it was available for pre-order.[24] Around a month later on November 27th, the preview for their new 2014 Chinese New Year album True Joy 真欢喜 (Zan Foon Hei) was leaked onto their company website Starmediachannel[25] and a day later, the pre-release was announced for their new Chinese New Year album. Fans have a pick of either buying package one which includes M-girls bookmarks, horse T-Shirt, M-Girls 2014 Calendar, horse red packets, horse book mark and a signed M-Girls poster along with the DVD and CD. [26] Package two includes the DVD+CD, signed poster, calendar, horse bookmark, and horse red packet. [27][28] This would be M-Girls' final Chinese New Year album as their albums are heavily pirated, which has affected their album sales,causing their company StarMedia to stop producing Chinese New Year albums by M-Girls. [29] Angeline said during a press conference on 20 December 2013 ""I hope the fans buy genuine , the company makes money , then perhaps there is an opportunity to re- ah !" [30]

Albums

M-Girls have released sixteen albums in total (18 including the compilation album,Eight Superstars 2007 CNY album). Listed are the albums that were released or are still currently in production. Because all their albums are recorded in Chinese, many albums do not have an English album title, listed are rough translations of the Chinese meaning.

Pop Albums

  • Dance With Me (2001)
  • 耍花样 Playful Tricks (2003)
  • 笨金鱼 Silly Goldfish (2004)
  • 爱情密码 Love Code (MV collection) (2004)
  • 尼罗河 Nile River (2005)
  • My Way (2013) [22]

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Chinese New Year Albums

  • 开心迎接丰收年 Happily Welcoming the Harvest Year (2001)
  • 飞跃新年 Leaping New Year (2002)
  • 新年YEAH! New Year YEAH! (2003)
  • 春风催花开 Flowers Blossom in the Spring (2004)
  • 开心年 Happy Year (2005)
  • 同庆共乐 Celebrate Together (2006)
  • 世外桃源 Paradise (2007)
  • 八大巨星 好日子 Eight Superstars Good Day(2007)
  • 福禄寿星拱照·花仙子 Fu Lu Shou Xing Gong Zhao . Flower Fairy(2008)
  • 桃花开了 Peach Blossoms (2009)
  • 金玉满堂 Abundant Wealth(2010)
  • 团聚 Reunion (2013)
  • 真欢喜 True Joy (2014)

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Other Albums Released After 2010

  • 2011 舞动春天 Dancing Spring(San Da Huang Pai 三大皇牌)
  • 2011 天天好天好福气 Everyday is a Good Day with Good Fortune(Crystal 王雪晶)
  • 2012 四海欢腾 Whole World Celebration(San Da Huang Pai 三大皇牌)
  • 2012 年味 Festive (Queenz & Wei Wei 庄群施&薇薇)
  • 2012 I AM SOLO (Angeline 阿妮)

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Early albums

All members started producing albums at the age of around 6–10 years old. These are the albums that they released before the group formation. Some years may be incorrect. All Chinese New Year albums are produced months before release date, so they are filmed the previous year.

Queenz 庄群施 (D.O.B. February 26, 1986)

  • 卖馄饨 Selling Wontons (Queenz 1995 Solo Album)
  • 神奇电脑 Magic Computer(Queenz Solo Album)
  • 金童玉女 First Timers(Queenz & Su Li Da)
  • 双星报喜 I、II Double Stars Bring Luck I、II (Queenz & Crystal 1995&1996 Chinese New Year Albums)
  • 雅歌群星龙狮会 Ya-Ko Stars Lion Dance (Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1995 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 雅歌群星贺新年 Ya-Ko Stars Celebrate the New Year (Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1996 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 花花絮絮 Highlights (Queenz & Crystal)
  • 新春嘉年华 Chinese New Year Carnival (Queenz & Chen Jia Lin 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 三星报喜 Three Stars Bring Luck (Queenz, Winnie, Chingy 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 兔气扬眉庆丰年 Tu Qi Yang Mei Qing Feng Nian (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra & Ya-Ko Stars 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 山歌黄梅调 Huang Mei Diao Mountain Songs (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra)
  • 三星拱照庆龙年 Three Stars Celebrate the Year of the Dragon (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 民谣 Folk Songs 2 in 1 (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Album)

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Angeline 小妮妮 (D.O. B. March 3, 1986)

  • 古代经典名曲 Ancient Classics(Seven Fairies 1993 Album)
  • 仙女下凡贺新岁 Fairy Lunar New Year (Seven Fairies 1994 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 龙虎榜 I、II Pick of the Pops I、II (Seven Fairies 1993 & 1994 Album)
  • 中国95新年山歌黄梅调 China 95 Huang Mei Diao Mountain Chinese New Year Songs Seven Fairies 1995 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 校园民谣 I、II、III、IV Campus Folk I、II、III、IV (Seven Fairies 1994-1995)
  • 24首串烧cha-cha迎新年 24 Cha-Cha New Year Song Medleys(Angeline, Ting Ting, Kappy Little Angels 1996 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 怀念邓丽君串烧CHA-CHA 组曲 Remembering Teresa Teng Cha Cha Medleys (Angeline & Ting Ting Album)
  • 福建古早歌 Fujian Old Day Songs (Angeline & Ting Ting Album)
  • 福建烧滚滚 Fujian Burn Billowing (Angeline & Ting Ting Album)
  • 欢天喜地 I、II、III Bliss I、II、III(Angeline Solo Album)
  • 福建新年歌 Fujian New Year Songs (Angeline 1997 Solo Chinese New Year Album)
  • 三代仙女同庆新年 Three Generations of Fairies New Year's Celebration (Angeline, Ting Ting, 2nd Generation Fairies, 3rd Generation Fairies 1997 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 知心朋友 Familiar Friend (Angeline Solo Album)
  • 新年金曲和新岁 New Year Melodies and New Year Songs (Angeline 1998 Solo Chinese New Year Album)
  • 梦幻舞台 Dream Stage (Angeline Solo Album)
  • 天王童星携手拜年 King Child Stars Together Wishing a Happy New Year (Angeline & Crystal 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 福建经典名曲对对唱 Fujian Classics Duets (Angeline & Crystal 1999 Album)
  • 丽声双星报喜 Soundlife Double Stars Bring Luck (Angeline & Ting Ting 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 龙狮鼓迎庆千禧年 Lion Dance Welcoming the New Millennium (Angeline, Ting Ting & Soundlife Stars 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 福建古早歌 Fujian Old Day Songs (2000 Angeline Solo Album)

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Cassandra 金燕子 (D.O. B. April 16, 1986)

  • 飞燕登陆 Flying Swallow Landing (Cassandra 1997 Solo Album)
  • 双星再报喜 Double Stars Bring Luck Again (Cassandra and Crystal 1997 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 双星报双喜 Double Stars Bring Double Luck (Cassandra and Crystal 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 天王童星携手拜年 King Child Stars Together Wishing a Happy New Year (Angeline & Crystal with Cassandra as a Guest Star 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 兔气扬眉庆丰年 Tu Qi Yang Mei Qing Feng Nian (Cassandra, Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 山歌黄梅调 Huang Mei Diao Mountain Songs (Cassandra Queenz & Crystal)
  • 三星拱照庆龙年 Three Stars Celebrate the Year of the Dragon (Queenz, Crystal & Cassandra 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 民谣 Folk Songs 2 in 1 (Casandra, Queenz & Crystal 2000 Album)

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Crystal 王雪晶 (D.O. B. May 19, 1986)

  • 茶叶青 Green Tea (Crystal 1994 Solo Album)
  • 鱼儿那里来 Where Do Fish Come From (Crystal 1995 Solo Album)
  • 大家来环保 Come, Let's Be Environmentally Friendly(Crystal 1995 Solo Album)
  • 彩色精灵 I、II Colour Wizard I、II Crystal 1996 Albums)
  • 双星报喜 I、II Double Stars Bring Luck I、II (Crystal & Queenz 1995&1996 Chinese New Year Albums)
  • 雅歌群星龙狮会 Ya-Ko Stars Lion Dance (Crystal, Queenz & Ya-Ko Stars 1995 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 雅歌群星贺新年 Ya-Ko Stars Celebrate the New Year (Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1996 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 飞越西洋 Over the Atlantic (Crystal and Huang Ke Qiu 1997 Album)
  • 花花絮絮 Highlights (Crystal & Queenz)
  • 双星再报喜 Double Stars Bring Luck Again (Crystal and Cassandra 1997 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 双星报双喜 Double Stars Bring Double Luck (Crystal and Cassandra 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 美少女战士 Sailor Moon (Crystal 1997 Solo Album)
  • 青苹果 I、II Green Apple I、II Crystal 1998 Solo Album)
  • 天王童星携手拜年 King Child Stars Together Wishing a Happy New Year (Angeline & Crystal 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 兔气扬眉庆丰年 Tu Qi Yang Mei Qing Feng Nian (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra & Ya-Ko Stars 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 山歌黄梅调 Huang Mei Diao Mountain Songs (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra)
  • 三星拱照庆龙年 Three Stars Celebrate the Year of the Dragon (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
  • 粉红世界 Pink World (Crystal 2000 Solo Album)
  • 福建经典名曲对对唱 Fujian Classics Duets (Crystal & Angeline 1999 Album)
  • 民谣 Folk Songs 2 in 1 (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Album)

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See also

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