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HK singer and actress
Haley Chan Hiu-yi, known professionally as Hana Kuk Tsz-kiu (simplified Chinese: 菊梓乔; traditional Chinese: 菊梓喬; born 17 May 1982[1] or 24 November 1986[2]), is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter currently managed by PanAsiaCC and TVB Music Group, debuted in 2016. Her Chinese stage name was voted by fans.[5]
Early life[edit]
Her parents divorced at a young age and she lived with her younger sister.[6] Due to financial and family problems, she dropped out of school at 13 to earn a living, she later returned to her studies at age 20. Prior to returning to school, she took up multiple jobs including being an apprentice at a beauty salon, Photography assistant, and makeup artist.[7]
2008-2016: Career beginning[edit]
She had been the lead vocal as Haley Xc in Pleasure Garden in 2008.[8] In 2014, she participated Super M as Chan Hiu Yi,[9]Super Star and Hot Door Night.
In 2016, she was debuted as a female singer-songwriter under PanAsiaCC through the recommendation of Addison from ZEN. In July, she released the single “Today’s Me” which performed good on the charts. Later, she has released two singles, “Fool in the Fairy Tale” [10] and “Seven Years Old”.[11] Because of the commercial success of these singles, she has received Best New Artist awards from several shows.
2017-2020: Forgot Myself, Last Forever, and Can’t Let You Go[edit]
In 2017, she signed a record deal with Voice Entertainment. After that, her first single from Voice Entertainment, “Lifetime Waiting”, charted number 1 on Jade Solid Gold for two weeks. “Forgot Myself”, the ending theme song from Line Walker: The Prelude hit 100,000 views on the first day of its release. In November, after 2 months of its release, it had over 4 million views online. On 3 November, she has released her debut solo album, Forgot Myself. In 2018, most of her singles has reached 1M views. Back to the Day We Met and Flying Into The Flame are even the 5th and the 7th most popular Cantonese song on YouTube in 2018. On 30 September, “Forgot Myself” has reached over 10M views on YouTube. The video takes one year and 11 days to reach 10 million views. She became the second female artist from Voice Entertainment to have owned a 10M video on YouTube. In December, she released her second solo album, Last Forever.
Her first concert was held in August 2019 in KITEC.[12] In December, she released her third solo album Can’t Let You Go.
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Starting in 2018, Hana began making guest appearances in TVB dramas. In 2021, she took on a supporting role in Murder Diary, her first non-cameo, non-extra role.
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| # | Album Info | Track listing |
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| 1st | Forgot Myself[13]
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| 2nd | Last Forever[14]
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| 3rd | Can’t Let You Go
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Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| RTHK Chinese Pop Chart | CRHK Ultimate 903 | Metro Radio Pop Chart 997 | JSG Billboard (TVB) | DBC Chart | Global Chinese Pop Chart | hmv PLAY | Canadian Hits | TVB8 | ||||||
| 2016 | “Today’s Me” | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | – | Forgot Myself | |||
| “Fool in the Fairy Tale” | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Seven Years Old” | – | 11 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2017 | “Lifetime Waiting” | – | 1 | 1 | (1) | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| “Sands in Hand” | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | |||||
| “Reunion” | × | × | × | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Forgot Myself” | – | 3 | 3 | (1) | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | |||||
| “Raining” | × | × | × | – | – | – | – | – | (1) | |||||
| “Lost for Words” | – | 1 | 17 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 10 | – | |||||
| 2018 | “Back To The Day We Met” | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 12 | – | 1 | – | Last Forever | |||
| “The Tears of Snow” | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Flying Into The Flame” | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Love You Again” | – | 18 | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Never Said” | x | x | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Last Forever” | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Don’t Be Afraid” | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2019 | “Unwilling” | x | x | x | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | Can’t Let You Go | |||
| “I Finally Cried” | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “You Are My World” | x | x | x | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | — | ||||
| “Without You” | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | Can’t Let You Go | ||||
| “Be Brave” | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2020 | “Liar” | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| “The Second Choice” | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “If You Understand” | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | — | ||||
| “I Can’t Forget About You” | – | 10 | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | — | ||||
| “I Don’t Want to Lose” | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | Can’t Let You Go | ||||
| “Letting Go” | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| “Can’t Let You Go” | – | 1* | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||||
| “Feels Like Heaven” | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2021 | “Never Ending” | – | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| “—” denotes releases that did not chart. “×” denotes releases were not sent to those music stations |
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| Total No.1 Hits | ||||
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| 903 | RTHK | 997 | TVB | Note |
| 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 | The Total Number of Four No.1 Hit songs：0 |
Soundtrack appearance[edit]
Filmography[edit]
Television dramas (TVB)[edit]
Writing Credits[edit]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- ^ It was originally written in 2010,but recorded in 2015 where the lyrics was rewritten by Oscar
- ^ Cantonese version of Raining
- ^ It was originally written during 2014 and 2015
- ^ Lyrics was co-written with Sandy Chang and Tse
- ^ Melody was co-written with Zhou Aoting
- ^ Melody was co-written with Ah Lee
References[edit]
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