Kym (singer)

Jin Sha (Chinese: 金莎; pinyin: Jīn Shā; born 14 March 1981),[1] better known as Kym, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was born in Shanghai and can speak Mandarin, Shanghainese and English.

Kym
(Jin Sha)
Jin Sha in Hong Kong in 2007
Born
金莎
Jin Sha

(1981-03-14) 14 March 1981
Shanghai, China
OccupationSinger
actress
Years active2003–present
Musical career
Also known asCream
莎莎
GenresMandopop
LabelsOcean Butterflies
Websiteblog.sina.com.cn/jinsha
kym.youou.com
My Space – Jin Sha
In this Chinese name, the family name is Jin.

Career

Kym's career started with a role in the drama Sky (十八岁的天空) in 2003. In the same year, she appeared in A-do's MV. In 2004, she signed with Ocean Butterflies and released her debut album, Air.[2] She has three duets with JJ Lin who was under the same label. She recently appeared as a judge on a singing competition in which the winner would get to collaborate with JJ Lin.

In 2005 the actress started her music career signing under the label Ocean Butterflies in which she would release her debut album entitled "Air", which sold over 200.000 copies in Mainland China. The most popular hit of the album was the song "The summer that wind took away" in which she counted with the collaboration of JJ Lin.

Due to her rising popularity, the actress and performer released a second album that was also well received by the Chinese audience, a great popularty that would soon spread to Taiwan, where her music label released a compilation of her best known songs till that moment. This compilation would be followed, two months later, by the release of her third studio album in the mainland.

In 2008, Jin Sha starred the dramas "The tears of happiness" and "Little romance in the big city" that were both filmed in Xiamen and aired by Xiamen Media Group. She would also sing the opening and image themes for those successful dramas.

In 2009 the actress participated as the leading character in the acclaimed TV series "The Myth· that was directed by Jackie Chan and aired by China Central Television, the national Chinese broadcaster. After the series, Jin Sha released an extended play and started preparing her following studio album, in which she would participate, for the first time, as lyricist and composer. This album would come out one year later with the title of "Legends", that would turn into her very last release under Ocean Butterflies.

From 2011 on, Jin Sha went on developing her music and performing career and she signed with the label TH Entertainment where she would release her following music releases.

Discography

Studio albums
Date of release Title (Chinese) Title (English)
2005 April 23 空气 Air
2006 May 28 不可思议 Unbelievable
2007 March 9 不可思议金选 Best of Kym
2007 May 30 换季 New Season
2010 October 27 星月神話 Legends
2012 February 2 他不愛我 He Doesn't Love Me

EP's
Date of release Tltle (Chinese) Title (English)
2009 February 9 這種愛 This love
2012 July 30 等你說愛我 I'll wait for you to say that you love me

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2007Crossed LinesMi Hong
2010Here Comes Fortune
2011Big Big Man
2013Lemon
Walking Youth
2019Concubine's Man

TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2003SkyLan Feilin
Pink Ladiesguest star
2008Tears of HappinessHe Tongyao
Small romance in the big city
2009The Myth Lü Su
2010Detective Tanglang
2012 King's wife
2018 Back to the Ming Dynasty
2020 Sisters Who Make Waves cast member

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References
  1. "金莎父亲暴露其真实年龄，39岁而不是36，和约会男生年龄疑差距大". Archived from the original on 16 November 2007.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Kym at douban.com
  4. Kym at chinesemov.com
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