Freya Lim
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Freya Lim at Jiji Line Resumes & Train Festival, 2011.
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 林凡 (traditional) |
| Pinyin | Lin Fan (Mandarin) |
| Origin | Penang, Malaysia |
| Born |
20 November 1979 Republic of China, (Taiwan) |
| Other name(s) | Freya Lin, Lin Fan, Freya Lam |
| Occupation | Singer, Radio Deejay |
| Genre(s) | Mandopop |
| Label(s) | What's Music (1999–2001) Linfair Records (2002–2007) Rock Records (2010–present) |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | Freya Lim Official Facebook Page |
Freya Lim (Chinese: 林凡; pinyin: Lin Fan; born 20 November 1979), also known as Freya Lin, is a Taiwan-born Malaysian Mandopop singer and radio deejay. Her father is a Malaysian Chinese and her mother is a Taiwanese.
In 2002, Lim graduated from University of Washington Seattle majoring in Psychology. After the release of her third album Freya's Love Songs (非愛不可。心林凡) in 2007, Lim went to Boston University to pursue a master's degree in Applied Communication.
In 1999, Lim's singing talent was discovered by Taiwan well-known music producer Benjamin Lin Ming Yang. She was singing acclaimed Mandopop singer Sandy Lam's Night's Too Dark at a KTV with her friends when Benjamin Lin chanced upon her voice, and she was signed on to What's Music International Incorporated.
In 2000, Lim released her debut music album titled Freya (林凡同名專輯). The first single from the album was a new rendition of Sandy Lam's classic hit Night's Too Dark. Other singles from the album include Anything Can Be Forgotten (什麼都可以忘記) and Goodbye Seattle (再見西雅圖). However, Living Alone (一個人生活) was the more popular song from Freya, as it was also the ending theme song of TV series The Beauty Mermaid (天地傳說之魚美人), the song has a Mandarin and Cantonese cover version My Feelings (感應) sung by Hong Kong singer Vincy Chan. The album Freya achieved an astounding sales record of 120,000 copies in Taiwan, and occupied Taiwan music charts for more than six months.
Lim was nominated Best New Artist in 2001 Golden Melody Awards with Freya (林凡同名專輯) and won Best Newcomer (Bronze) in 2001 Singapore Hit Awards with the same album.
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