Thursday, September 25, 2008

Fiona Sit

Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei is a female Cantopop singer and actress from Hong Kong. She entered the music industry through her uncle's connections with Warner Music Group, Hong Kong. She was signed by Warner Music in 2004.

Biography


Fiona Sit attended Island School and continued her higher education at the City University of Hong Kong until 2004.

Her first language is and she can speak fluent and . The album contained the hit ballad "XBF" and another hit "Keanu Reeves Reply."

On 7 January 2005, Warner Music released a single named ''886''. It included songs such as "Pumpkin Wagon" and "886", which is a short term of ''Byebye'' in Cantonese ICQ language. The single was a huge success and it was sold out within 3 weeks.


Warner Music released her second album, ''Funnygirl'', in April 2005. Its success resulted in the release of ''Funnygirl '', which included a DVD with her music videos, including the #1 single "A Boy Like You".

Her third album, ''Me'', was another CD+DVD combination released on 23 December 2005. It included the song "Love", which was featured in the film ''Embrace Your Shadow'', which Sit starred in. The DVD was a live concert footage of her "903 Fiona 0811" performance.

She has won a number of awards, including a gold award for best female newcomer at the Hong Kong Music Awards, as well as a gold award for the song "Keanu Reeves' Reply."

In 2006, Sit raised some controversy with her video clip for "Tong But Lut" as it hold great resemblance to the video clip of "ourselves" by Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki. Her song "Dear Fiona" is a Cantonese version of the song ''Tomorrow's Way'' by .

Sit's official fan club, Club F was established on August 11 2006 in conjunction with her 25th birthday. Her 4th album "Electric Angel" was released on the same day as well. 200 fans attended the first gathering, which was held in a Chinese restaurant in Wan Chai.

After Electric Angel, Sit went over to Taiwan in order to improve her Mandarin skills. In order to keep her fanbase , Warner released her first compilation, ''"F" Best'', on 12th June 2007. This album includes 3 new songs with 15 selected songs from her previous albums. The album also includes a DVD containing a short film and some MVs of her songs.

After training in Taiwan in one year, Sit mastered the Mandarin dialect, and made her debut Mandarin album ''It's My Day'' which was released on 18th April 2008. The album is recorded in Taiwan and also in Singapore. It features songs such as ''I don't need Tiffany'', which refers to the jewelry and a duet with Khalil Fong, ''Overcoming Memories''.

TV series


In 2005 Sit went on to film her first Hong Kong TVB series as a female police trainee. To match the character's circumstances, Fiona cut her hair short. In contrast to her past success, fans responded atrociously towards this change in her image, and were wary of her future career decisions. She followed with a cameo performance on On The First Beat. In addition to this, Fiona was also featured in a weight loss product TV commercial, where she was required to do a dance routine. These two events led to numerous mockeries by the Hong Kong media, and dramatically decreased her fanbase.

2008 bottle attack incident


On February 23 2008, Sit was attacked by a 27 year-old man named Lin during a charity event at Mong Kok. During the incident a bottle of herbal tea was thrown at her which resulted in an injury to Sit's forehead. The attacker, Lin, was detained by security guards and later arrested. The bottle also caused minor injury to a staff member of the event. Sit, who reportedly broke into tears, was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital.

Discography



* ''F Debut'' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2004
* '''' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005
* '''' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005
* '''' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005
* ''Electric Angel'' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2006
* ''"F" Best '' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2007
* ''It's My Day'' - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2008

Concerts


* 903 Hit Four Fiona 0811 Concert
* 903 Live Concert Fiona Sit X Stephanie Cheng

Filmography


Movies



* "2 Young " - Leading Actress
* "Embrace Your Shadow " - Leading Actress
* "Love Undercover 3 " - Leading Actress
* "Wonder Women"" - Supporting Actress

Television Series


* "TVB series " - Leading Actress
* "TVB series " - Cameo Appearance
* "TVB series " - Leading Actress

Drama


* "CRHKSammy Kitty Drama Akapi"- Leading Actress
* "CRHKLove Park"

* "Colours of Love," -co star.

Awards


2007


* TVB " Jade Solid Gold" Best Choice Award, second round- Next Time

2006



* Commercial Radio - " Supreme Song " – The Seventh: Little Canyon 1234
* TVB " Jade Solid Gold" Best Choice Award, second round- Tong But Lut
* TVB "Jade Solid Gold" First round golden song - Finding Unicorn
* Next Media Television Award- New Artiste
* Next Media Television Award- Most Charming New Star
* Yahoo! Most popular artist's Blog Award

* Guangzhou radio "Gold Song, Gold Chart" Most Famous Female Artist
* Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" All-round Artist
* Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" Most Famous Female Artist
* Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" Golden songs - Tong But Lut

2005



*Roadshow Popular Singer
*Roadshow Hit Song – Little Dark and Me
*Commercial Radio - " Supreme Song " – The Fifth: Little Dark and Me
*TVB "Jade Solid Gold" – " Top Ten Gold Songs Award " – Boy Likes You
*Metro Radio " Entertainment Television Award " - Super TV New Actress
*Outstanding Website Award – Activities Promotion Ambassador
*TVB "Jade Solid Gold" First round golden song – Little Dark and Me
*Metro Hit Radio "Karaoke Hit Song" – Little Dark and Me
*Metro Hit Radio – Popular Singer
*Metro Hit Radio "Awards from 4 Stations" – Remarkable Performance – Gold Award

*9 + 2 Music Pioneer Award New Female Singer Gold Award
*Sprite China Original Music Chart " My Favourite Idol Award "
*Sprite China Original Music Chart " Great Advancement Singer Award "
*The third session of Southeast Power Music Award - Most promising future female singer in Hong Kong Region
*Yue-Gang Future Super Star Award – Future Super Star

2004



*Metro Hit Radio "New Female Artiste"
*Metro Hit Radio "My Favorite New Female Artiste"
*Metro Hit Radio Original Music Award – Reply from Keanu Reeves
*TVB "Jade Solid Gold"– "Most Favorite New Artiste"– Gold Award
*Metro Hit Radio Best Lyric – Reply from Keanu Reeves
*Commercial Radio "New Female Artiste"– Gold Award
*Commercial Radio "The Excellent Performance Award presented by four Media Organizers" Bronze Award.
*Commercial Radio - "Supreme Song"– The Seventh: Reply from Keanu Reeves
*RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award "Ten Best Song" - Reply from Keanu Reeves
*RTHK "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award " New Female Artiste– Gold Award
*Yahoo! Music Chart Top Ten Songs - Reply from Keanu Reeves
*Yahoo! Potential New Comers
*IFPI The Best Sales Artist, New Comer, Female
*Road Show MV Direct Voting: Best new artist
*PM Magazine – Cross inter-media female artist
*TVB Golden Kid Songs Award "Top 10 Kid Songs" - Ugly Ducking Swam Lake
*TVB "Jade Solid Gold " First round golden song – Reply from Keanu Reeves
*TVB "Jade Solid Gold " First round new singer – Top new singer in three consecutive weeks
*TVB "Jade Solid Gold " Second round golden song – 886

*Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" – Queen of New Female Singer
*Guangzhou Radio "Golden Chart Award" Golden Song - Reply from Keanu Reeves
*Guangdong Radio Music Pioneer Award "Most Famous New Female Singer" – Gold Award
*Southern City Daily Newspaper and Radio Guangdong "the 5th Year Chinese Music Media Award" – The Best New Artist
*Guangzhou "the 2nd Year Music King Final Award – Most Promising New Artist
*Guangzhou "the 2nd Year Music King Final Award" Golden Song - Reply from Keanu Reeves

Advertisements Participated


2006


*Youth Anti-drugs Ambassador
*Netvigator advertisement
*Occupational Safety and Health Ambassador
*Yi Zhi Chun advertisement
* King To Nin Jiom Pei Pa kao spokesperson
* MOOV advertisement

2005


*Star of Famine
*40th Hong Kong Brands & Product Expo – Ambassador
*La Vallee Skin Appliances Representative
*3C Digital Chain Store Representative
*Toshiba Laptop computer advertisement 05

2004


*AMO Blink contact lens products, eye care products endorsement
*SucoStop Slimming Tablets Product Endorsement
*Rabbit Brand Kannasalbe Ace Ointment and Kissahoney-A Lotion TV advertisement
*Toshiba Laptop computer advertisement

2003


*Sagem Mobile phone advertisement
*YOHO Town Property Outdoor Billboard
*Coke-Cola TV advertisement

2002


*Nestle Yogurt advertisement
*AIWA MD advertisement
*Motorola TV advertisement
*Bank of China Y' N Card TV advertisement

2001


*HSBC TV advertisement
*Vita TV advertisement

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