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Tay Kewei (born 18 August 1983) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She has released songs in English, Chinese, and Japanese. == Professional background == In 2006, Tay Kewei joined local singing competition Project SuperStar, initially getting in to the top 24, but having to withdraw eventually due to conflicting gig schedules. After that, she decided to pursue a career in music, and became a background vocalist, duet partner, and erhu player for Chinese pop stars, including Wang Lee Hom, David Tao, A-Mei and JJ Lin assisting them on international tours. In 2009, she released an indie EP with keyboardist Lee Ein Ein, entitled ''KEEP!''. Promotional tours were held in several countries, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. Khalil Fong appeared as a surprise guest in the Hong Kong performance. In May 2009, Tay Kewei signed with S2S Pte Ltd. Her debut label album, ''Come Closer With... Kewei'' was released in September 2010, with four original songs in English and Chinese, as well as a bilingual duet with Filipino singer Christian Bautista. The album was promoted regionally in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.〔 Her debut album launch concert was held at the Esplanade Recital Hall, and sold out. In 2011, she announced that work had begun on her new album, and previewed her new single "Fallin", in her December public performances. She was also nominated for the Most Popular Newcomer and Best Local Artiste in the Y.E.S. 93.3FM Singapore Hit Awards. In May 2011, Tay Kewei was appointed as an Intellectual Property ambassador for the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, alongside Dick Lee. She was also chosen as the Singaporean representative at the Hong Kong Asian Pop Music Festival's Super Nova Awards. In February 2012, she released her second album, Fallin. In June 2014, she recorded and released PIANO BALLADS featuring Kewei exclusively in Japan, which topped the charts in the first week of its release. The album maintained a top three position in the Top 100 Overall Charts and reached number three on the Rock/Pop charts for two consecutive weeks. In August 2014, Tay made her stage debut in original musical ''Innamorati'' by Toy Factory Productions, which features 12 songs sung by Eric Moo, along with 6 other singers including Wong JingLun, Bonnie Loo and Sugie Phua. She was also involved in Singapore's 49th National Day Parade, the largest scale national show that was broadcast live on television. She was interviewed on Good Morning Singapore with the Chairman of the Show Committee Colonel David Neo, and Chief Choreographer of People's Association Mr Tay Poh Soon. She was also featured in the official music video for the theme song of National Day Parade 2014, for the song "One People One Nation One Singapore x We Will Get There". On 15 September 2014, Tay released her first original Mandarin album, Turn Back and Smile. Out of the 10 songs in the album, nine of them are written by Kewei. In the music video of her first single "Heart Shaped Void", Taiwan's budding actor, Allen Chen, was specially invited to act as the main lead of a man in modern times with a violent tendency that you can't help but hate and can't help but love. The music video is full of dramatic tension; despite not having much acting experiences, the outstanding emotional performance in the MV is a big breakthrough for Kewei. During end September 2014, Kewei flew over to Bangkok to shoot a music video for her second single, Hopeless. Midway through the shoot at Suan Luang rama IX Park, Kewei was injured and was immediately sent to the hospital. Tay's new album, ''Turn Back and Smile'', achieved impressive sales performance and has topped the chart of Singapore's biggest CD retail store - CD RAMA's Top 10 Chart for a couple of weeks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tay Kewei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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