Serene Koong
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| Background information | |
| Native name | 龚芝怡 |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Genres | Mandopop, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Piano, guitar |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | GoodGirlMusic |
| Website | serenekoong |
Serene Koong is a Singaporean singer, songwriter and producer. She is a 2 time Global Chinese Golden Chart Award, 3 time Singapore Hit Awards and a Singapore Star Awards winner.
Recognised for her emotive voice and writing hit songs, her featured works include 《幸福不难》, Theme Song for the MediaCorp Channel 8 drama series The Dream Makers, 《明知我爱你》，as well as her R&B duet with Jaycee Chan 《最好的我》.
In May 2010, she released her debut mandarin album, <<55:38:7>>, composed of 10 original compositions, which produced a few top ten hits on radio music charts in Singapore and Malaysia. Amongst which was her widely popular single 《明知我愛你》，which peaked at No.3 on Y.E.S. 93.3FM 醉心龙虎榜. Her collaboration with Jaycee Chan on their R&B duet 《最好的我》 has attracted afollowing for her music in China and combined views for the song exceeding 1 million views on YouTube [1]. That year, she was amongst the most nominated artistes at the Singapore Hit Awards, receiving 2 awards ("Most Popular Newcomer 最受欢迎新人奖" and "Meritorious Newcomer 优秀新人奖") and 4 nominations, including a nod for her songwriting talent with her song 《明知我愛你》 being nominated for "Best Local Composition 《最佳作曲》 along highly acclaimed artists like Tanya Chua.
Serene has filmed for 2 advertisements with F&N Beverages, one of which featured her original song "Lala". She is also involved in movie and drama theme song writing and production, with theme songs recorded for MediaCorp's New Beginnings (红白喜事) -《在我左右》and The Dream Makers (志在四方) – 《幸福不难》 as well as 《手中线》for the movie Love Cuts (割爱) starring Zoe Tay and veteran Hong Kong actor Kenny Ho (何家劲). In 2014, she was invited as the Mandarin lead singer for the theme song,网织同心 (Knit with One Heart), of the Singapore Chingay Parade 2014 which was presented at the parade with Lee Wei Song as music director.
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