Jace Chan (Chinese: 陳凱詠) is a female singer and actress from Hong Kong. She was first noticed by the general public because of her debut in acting in a 2017 TV series by ViuTV.[citation needed] She then debuted in the music industry in 2019 and won the New Artist Award on Metro Radio.[1] She also has won an award for her song "Quarantine" (Chinese: 隔離).[2]
![]() | This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. (December 2021) |
When Chan graduated from secondary school, she wanted to make a living from her interest in music. She has graduated in Hong Kong Baptist University, also she was working as a dance teacher and an anchor for Billboard China. After she graduated from University, she was chosen by Universal Music Hong Kong to be the anchor for their new web magazine, UMWebzine, interviewing artists on their behalf. She interviewed Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan, 5 Seconds of Summer, LANY, Jonas Blue etc.[3][4][5][6][7] She also has filmed some videos branded as "JengJace" on her YouTube channel. In 2018, she became a stylist in King Maker, a Hong Kong singing contest, helping a stylist, Mayao Ma.[8]
She has participated in music production when she was idle, uploading videos of covering different songs while performing with music group Dusty Bottle. Universal Music Hong Kong noticed her videos and signed her to their label. In 2019, she became one of the "Fabulous Four", becoming the new singer of that year. She released 3 songs that year, "想突然", a R&B song and invited the vocal of LMF and 24Herbs.[9] Her second song, "想正常" is a heavier song, describing the conflicts in the latter stages in a relationship.[10] Her third song, "講"'s demo was recorded in Paris.[11]
In 2020, Chan collaborated with composer Alex Fung, composing the melody of the song "天生二品" with hirsk, a Hong Kong Composer. The song was a success, managing to get to the top of the Music Charts of ViuTV, Commercial Radio, Metro Radio and RTHK.[12][13] In that August, she released a love song, Quarantine (Chinese: 隔離), collaborating with Alex Fung again. The song's lyrics were written by YIU SUM and KW Chu, and the music video was directed by a former DJ of RTHK, Jerry Wong. Her friends, Z. Koo and Chung Suet Ying were the main actors in the music video. The song was another success, topping the charts on iTunes,[14] MusicOne,[15] and KKBOX.[16] This song also became one of the 10 best songs recommended by Metro Radio. A duet version with indie singer Terence Lam being the boy waiting for his crush.[17]
In 2021, Chan reused the crew of the song "天生二品", Terence Lam was also invited to be a co-composer of the song "虛擬人與我", this song is about a relationship online.[18] She released her first album, Processing on 14 May 2021, the album reached the golden award sales (15,000 copies sold) on the first day of sale. The songs from the album was listened on MOOV for approximately 2 million times.[19] The album contained all the previous songs and a new song, "I Wish". The song wants to express the hope for relieving stress and to do things the audience likes without being restricted. It became the top song on the charts of RTHK, Commercial Radio, TVB and ViuTV. Chan has also invited the vocal of bands Chochukmo and R.O.O.T, Jan Curious to record a Poolside Version.[20] In July, Chan was chosen by Spotify to be the Hong Kong representative for their EQUAL Global Music Program of July, her portrait was on the screen of New York Times Square.[21] On 20 August, Chan held her first concert under the sponsorship of American Express, but the way for getting tickets for the concert led to disputes in the music community.[22][23]
In 2022, She released a R&B song 'Long D' composed by Jay Fung, she acted many classic old Hong Kong movie scenes in mv.[24] She played 21 shows of musical 'Bye-Bye Your Tale' in August.[25]
Songs Chart on Billboard Hits of the World Hong Kong Songs
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Weeks on Chart |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | Ge Li (隔離) with Terence Lam | 13[26] | 26 [27] |
2022 | Long D | 23[28] | 1 |
Order | Album Name | Album Type | Publishing Firm | Release Date | Songs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Processing | Album | Universal Music Hong Kong | May 14, 2021 | CD1
CD2
|
2 | Album | Universal Music Hong Kong | CD
|
Date | Name | Venue | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2021 | MOOV Special - Jace Chan | West Kowloon Cultural District Freespace | Sharing of her new album, Processing |
August 20, 2021 | Presented by American Express - Jace Chan PROCESSED Concert | KITEC E-Max Music Zone | First Personal Concert |
December 11–12, 2021 | Presented by FWD - Jace Chan UNBORDERED Live | KITEC E-Max Star Hall | First personal concert with open ticket offices |
Date | Name | Venue | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
October 20, 2021 | CHILL CLUB: The New Vibes | KITEC E-Max Star Hall | Cooperation with ERROR, Yoyo Sham and Joyce Cheng |
November 12, 2021 | Tiffany & Co. T1 Concert | Harbour City | Cooperation with Terence Lam, Charmaine Fong and Tyson Yoshi. |
Date | Name | Venue | Note |
---|---|---|---|
September 30, 2018 | HealthFest by AIA: Sing with me Busking Day | Hong Kong Observation Wheel | Performing guest, collaborating with Dusty Bottle |
November 10, 2018 | Clockenflap 2018 | Central Harbourfront Event Space | |
January 13, 2019 | Freespace Happening 2019 | West Kowloon Cultural District | |
September 18, 2020 | YouTube Music Night with AGA | Online | Performing guest, duet with AGA |
October 15, 2020 | Project After 6: The Pitch 2020 | Taikoo Place | |
November 1, 2020 | Gimme LiVe 2020 Music Festival – Live Goes On | Mira Place | |
March 26, 2021 | YSL Beauty Records Online Concert | Online | Collaborating with Keung To and Juno Mak |
August 7, 2021 | Gimme LiVe 2021 Music Festival – RE-LIVE | Mira Place | |
December 31, 2021 | Hong Kong New Year's Eve Concert | Central Harbourfront Event Space[29] |