Source: Taolumusic
Li Wen's resume, terribly excellent.
She is the first Chinese singer to debut in the United States, the first Chinese singer to release an English album worldwide, and the first Chinese singer to give a voice at the Oscars.
She once participated in Michael Jackson's charity concert in South Korea with Andy Lau. She also sang the NBA opening ceremony and witnessed the success of Beijing's Olympic bid in Moscow with Star Master.
Coco Lee’s circle of friends is even more star-studded, including the Beckhams, the Latin queen Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, who has won 6 Grammy Awards, and Lady Gaga and Rihanna, who are all over the world. and many more.
The friends she found to help sing on the "I'm a Singer" program are all Oscar winners Lionel Ritchie.
Coco Lee and Lionel Ritchie
don’t know much about these things. People think she is just a sexy girl who can sing and dance
. Her charm is far more than that.
She is the softest girl in the family,
. Coco Lee was born in Hong Kong at the beginning of 1975.
Her father is an Indonesian overseas Chinese who grew up in Harbin, and her mother is from Wuhan. The two met and fell in love while studying at Peking University.
Coco Lee and mother
when they were babies, it was a winter with mixed feelings. The joy of the newborn and the sadness of the male owner's death due to illness all fell on the woman who had not yet had her confinement. Body.
Many people persuaded Coco Lee's mother to let her give away the child, otherwise it would be difficult for her to support her three daughters alone.
But who can really give up a child who is pregnant in October?
Coco Lee’s mother has decided that even if she is a little bit tired, she must drag the child into an adult.
In Coco Lee’s impression, his mother is working every day, and she rushes home after get off work to take care of the three sisters. When the food is ready, she waits for the children to finish eating.
Coco Lee from her childhood
's mother's hard work CoCo Co., so she has been very obedient since she was a child, hoping to make her family happy.
Once when she saw her sisters chewing gum, she was very curious. The sisters gave her one and teased her that she can't vomit and keep it in her mouth.
Coco Lee chewed carefully, feeling the joy of chewing gum for the first time, and fell asleep accidentally.
After waking up, Coco Lee found that the chewing gum in his mouth was gone. After looking for it for a long time, he couldn't find it, so he went to wash with disappointment.
After combing his hair, he found that the chewing gum fell out of his mouth sometime and stuck to the top of his head, causing CoCo to cut all his hair.
That was probably one of the two short hair styles in her life.
When he was 9 years old, Coco Lee immigrated to San Francisco, California.
, without a foundation in English, through her own efforts, she became a model student in the first semester. She was the captain of the school volleyball team in high school, and she was re-elected as the president of the student council for four years in college.
In 1991, the Miss Young America pageant was held as scheduled, and the 16-year-old Coco Lee signed up for the contest on behalf of the school. The last game of
was better than "evening clothes." The clothes Coco Lee prepared at the time didn't feel inappropriate. So the mother was still shopping outside until the night before the game, hoping to help her daughter find a suitable dress. The mother of
took a fancy to a white puff sleeve A-line wedding dress in the window, but the clerk said that it was their display and not for sale. The mother of
didn't want to give up, and negotiated with the clerk for a long time, and finally bought the skirt at a high price.
The 16-year-old Coco Lee participated in the Miss Young America pageant
Coco Co. was also quite satisfied with this dress, but the only problem was that it was a very European and American version, which was too big for Coco Lee.
Mother researched it and decided to revise the version manually, using needlesThe thread indents each layer of the wedding dress a bit.
For this matter, my mother stayed up all night that day.
The next day, Coco Lee wore her mother's modified dress with a proud face.
She even forgot that she was here to compete, and she wanted to show everyone her mother's hard work.
That is the love of her mother, she feels that she is the happiest person in the world.
With such a smile from the heart, she won the championship. There are scholarships for
champions. Although not many, Coco Lee decided to donate the whole amount to the school so that the school can buy new computers for the students.
Since childhood, her mother told her to be kind and caring. She always listened to her mother.
She is an outstanding singer who works harder than anyone else:
In 1993, Coco Lee went to Hong Kong and participated in the TVB program "Rookie Singing Contest", and finally won the runner-up.
Hong Kong’s China Star Records took a fancy to this girl who can sing and dance and decisively signed her.
The following year, Coco Lee released his first album "Love Is Now". Without much publicity, the sales exceeded 130,000 copies, which was the best result of a newcomer's first album at that time.
album "Love Is Now" The title song "I'm Still Your Valentine" in the album
won wide acclaim inside and outside the music circle, and Coco Lee won the most popular idol singer award.
She became popular as soon as she debuted. There is an introduction to the album
, which includes height, weight, and favorite things to eat, all of which are related to Coco Lee.
One of them is about dreams.
The 18-year-old Coco Lee didn't even think much and wrote directly: I want to be an international superstar.
"When I was a child, I really didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick." Coco Li recalled.
But that kind of reckless courage and blind self-confidence, isn't it the young capital? What's more, Coco Lee has really realized his dream after many years.
The album "Promise Me"
At that time, the company saw that the album was selling so well, so it hurriedly hit the iron and released the second album "Promise Me" to Coco Lee, with sales exceeding 300,000 copies.
In 1995, the company released another cover album "Brave Enough To Love" for Coco Lee. She included 10 English songs, among which works such as "Break Out" and "Love Me Tender" were well received.
is this English album that opened the door to Coco Lee's dream.
album "Brave Enough To Love"
In 1996, by chance, Faye Wong's gold medal producer Yao Qian met Coco Lee.
At that time, Coco Lee was nervously preparing the next song in the background. Yao Qian glanced at that and immediately decided that she must sign the girl.
Later, when he talked about this, Yao Qian laughed himself, fate is really hard to say.
Yao Qian was the person in charge of Sony Sony Music at that time. The company admired Coco Lee's unique voice and the natural international style of her body. Just after signing the contract, CoCo’s personal album "CoCo's Party" was released in English. .
The English album "CoCo’s Party"
was sold through Sony Music in China, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions, causing quite a stir.
In 1998, the popular "DiDaDi" became Coco Lee's representative work. She was called "Asian Sexy Queen" and her popularity skyrocketed.
That year, Coco Lee was only 23 years old.
She wore one head and two eyes with red hair and pigtails. She looked like she had never seen before in the Chinese music scene.
She is sexy, seductive, foreign and unpretentious, attracting countless fans.
In June of the same year, the album "Sunny Day Good Mood" was released, which included many classic works such as "Good Mood", "Color", and "I".
album "Sunny Day Good Mood"
special mention is this song "I", which was the Chinese theme song of the animated version of "Mulan" that year, written by Yao Qian, and the English version was obtained by 6 Grammys Christina wrote and sang.
Coco Lee’s position in the music scene at that time can be seen.
This year, the live-action film of "Mulan" has experienced twists and turns, and the theme song still uses Coco Lee's "Myself" 22 years ago.
Good works can always escape from the time around.
In 2001, when Li Ang was filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he noticed this outstanding new star and decided to give her the Chinese and English version of the theme song "Moonlight Lover" to her.
The movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Coco Lee didn't want to sing at first, she felt that this melodious lyrical tune really didn't match her own style.
Yao Qian didn't persuade him much at the time, so he asked her to go home and think about it.
Sure enough, the next day Coco Lee said to Yao Qian: "I sing."
I knew that Coco Lee’s mother wanted Coco Co to sing this song, and Coco Lee was actually a very traditional Chinese girl. She listened to what the mother said.
At that time, she just wanted to sing well and live up to her mother's love.
She doesn't know yet, it was this song that realized her dream of becoming an "international superstar".
Jorge Calandrelli and Tan Dun composed the music, with cellist Ma Youyou as the lead singer. The Chinese version was written by Yi Jiayang and the English version was written by James Schamus. Coco Li was lucky to meet such a top production team. The
movie won the first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in the history of Chinese film, and Coco Lee became the first and only Asian singer to sing on the Oscar stage.
On the Oscar stage that year, Coco Lee wore a slim red cheongsam dress, stepped on 4-inch high heels, and walked slowly down the steps.
The whole world knows her who is only 26 years old.
Coco Lee’s red cheongsam dress at the Oscar Awards ceremony was over. Coco Lee returned to the backstage and saw the second sister who accompanied her to the United States wiping tears there.
"Do I sing badly?" Coco Lee was startled.
The second sister shook her head and told her she was just too touched. After the performance, the tension disappeared and tears burst out.
Coco Lee hugged the second sister quickly.
The mother has always told the three sisters that family is the most important, and they must encourage and support each other at all times.
When I was young, my mother was busy with work. It was the eldest sister and the second sister who took care of the little Coco Lee. Coco Co was responsible for making everyone happy every day.
This time Coco Lee has grown up. She can bear the pressure alone and show her charm to the fullest on the international stage.
She is a big star, and she can comfort her sister.
At the subsequent press conference, Coco Lee said excitedly: "My hair is black and my skin is yellow. I am on the Oscar stage as a Chinese. I must perform very well. "
Coco Lee also treasured this red cheongsam dress and put it back on the final stage of "I Am a Singer" 15 years later.
Coco Lee took a photo with the skirt
When she was 26 years old, she wore this skirt, she was young, the pinnacle of her career, everything went so smoothly.
At the age of 41, she wore this dress again, and she was already an adult who had experienced the most desperate moment in her life.
She is a stubborn woman who came out of the darkest trough
After the Oscar, Coco Lee has more and more work schedules.
She released the album "Promise", which included 13 songs including "So Crazy", "Sword Horse Dan" and "Moonlight Lover".
also includes the Chinese theme song "I’m Still in Love" of the Hollywood movie "American Love" that she wrote by herself.
In 2001, Coco Lee appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage. She sang "Good Mood" and became a popular song on the streets.
Later Coco Lee composed and sang her Asian theme song "All Around the World" for the movie "Charlie Girl".
made his first film "Entertaining Yourself" and won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival in the United States.
The poster for the movie "Entertaining Yourself"
sings the song "The Resurrection of Invincible East" for the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
She is so red, she is chasing her for countless trips, and she herself is a true to extreme character about singing duet, and she wants to do her best in everything.
So, she finally got tired.
was just a small cold at first, Coco Lee didn't care, and then worked and sang.
, but the cold continued intermittently for 4 months, and the cough became more and more serious.
Until one day when Coco Lee sang again, he found that he couldn't sing a lot of voices, and gradually lost his voice in daily speech, and could only make high false voices to communicate with others.
she panicked.
A singer without a voice is like a pitcher without arms.
She can only sing, and she just wants to sing.
She doesn't know what else she can do besides singing.
At that time, Coco Lee had known her husband Le Yumin for some time.
"It was he who transmitted that cold to me." Coco Lee joked.
"At that time, many people said that I was busy falling in love and I was going to quit the music scene. Actually, I didn't. I just couldn't make a sound."
When recalling the lowest period of life, Coco Lee still didn't forget to joke with everyone to liven up the atmosphere. .
When Coco Lee was crying in despair, it was her mother who supported her and stood up again.
"Don't be discouraged," the mother said to her, "We've just started over."
Coco Lee and her mother
Then, her mother accompanied Coco Lee to practice pronunciation word by word, singing sentence by sentence, several years later. , Coco Lee's voice gradually recovered.
It is precisely because she experienced once despair that she lost her voice again in the face of "I Am a Singer" in 2016, and Coco Lee collapsed like that and cried so much that she couldn't help herself.
Although the two "losing voices" ended with her recovering as before, the fear and despair have been carved into the deep memory.
She rarely mentions, she always looks lively and loves to laugh, but this does not mean that her life is going smoothly.
Coco Lee just hopes to pass on love and happiness to the audience, just like when they were poor, a family of four squeezed on a narrow bed, and she was amused by their smiling faces.
Her desire to sing has never changed.
She is CoCo CoCo who bravely cut off her long hair. CoCo CoCo
Some time ago, Coco Lee and her husband's relationship life was on hot search, and many people suspected that her husband Le Yumin had cheated.
Regarding this, neither does Coco Lee, who does not often speak on WeiboCan't come forward to clarify the scandal.
Coco Lee and Le Yumin met at a Chanel show in 2003, and soon fell in love with each other.
Le Yumin is a hard-working and wealthy generation. He initially transformed from a tennis coach to try to do business. Now he is the CEO of Libiao Brand Co., Ltd., with a net worth of about 4 billion.
Before meeting Coco Lee, Le Yumin had a marriage and lived with her two lovely daughters. Not only that, he was also 16 years older than Coco Lee.
But Coco Lee didn't care about this. Instead, she became friends with her two daughters. She never cooks and also learns to cook for her boyfriend and daughter.
Coco Lee learns to make chicken wings
Coco Lee did not tell her mother any background information about her boyfriend when Coco Lee took Le Yumin to see her mother for the first time. She hoped that her mother could see the real side of this person.
However, after the meal, Le Yumin has been looking for topics to chat, but his mother has not paid attention to it. Coco Lee's heart was cold at the time.
On the way home after dinner, his mother said seriously: "He is a good person. He never praises himself in his words, but always thinks of others."
Maybe it was because of the encouragement of his mother, he was always a little bit Coco Lee, who was "marriage phobia", let go of his heart, ended the 8-year love run with her boyfriend and entered into marriage.
In 2011, Coco Lee and Le Yumin held a huge wedding. According to rumors, the entire wedding cost as much as 150 million. The guests and celebrities at the banquet were gathered, including Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and others.
Coco Lee's wedding
After getting married, Coco Lee puts more energy on the family, pays great attention to personal health and eating habits, and protects his body and voice very well.
occasionally appears on variety shows, and the electric hip version of "Nobody" is still a hot girl, and it seems to be better than when she was young.
On the 520th day of this year, Coco Lee had a rare ultra-short haircut. The theme was not "showing love" but "showing yourself".
Except for the chewing gum time when she was a child, she had never dared to cut her hair so short, this time she finally did it bravely.
"It feels like a relief," she wrote, "to love yourself more today."
Time is too fast.
It will take away youth, fame and wealth, and all ups and downs. What
left behind is the accumulated strength, the love that you truly give, and the courage that will never let you down.
is as sung in the theme song of "Mulan" "I":
"The self in my eyes, I believe every day, and live more and more like the self I love."
still remember 21 years ago, in Backstage at the Michael Jackson Korean Charity Concert, CoCo met his idol.
Coco Lee and Michael Jackson
She introduced herself to the idol as CoCo Lee.
Michael Jackson listened, repeatedly and gently said her name several times, then looked at her eyes and said to her: "Your name is so good." The meaning of
CoCo is very simple, it is to describe a girl who is sweet and cute .
Someone had already understood her.
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