Career
In 1999, Freya's singing talent was discovered by Taiwan well-known music producer Benjamin Lin Ming Yang. She was singing acclaimed Mandopop singer Sandy Lam's Night's Too Dark at a KTV with her friends when Benjamin Lin chanced upon her voice, and she was signed on to What's Music International Incorporated.
In 2000, Freya released her debut music album titled Freya (林凡同名專輯). The first single from the album was a new rendition of Sandy Lam's classic hit Night's Too Dark. Other singles from the album include Anything Can Be Forgotten (什麼都可以忘記) and Goodbye Seattle (再見西雅圖). However, Living Alone (一個人生活) was the more popular song from Freya, as it was also the ending theme song of TV series The Beauty Mermaid (天地傳說之魚美人), the song has a Mandarin and Cantonese cover version My Feelings (感應) sung by Hong Kong singer Vincy Chan. The album Freya achieved an astounding sales record of 120,000 copies in Taiwan, and occupied Taiwan music charts for more than six months.
Freya was nominated Best New Artist in 2001 Golden Melody Awards with Freya (林凡同名專輯) and won Best Newcomer (Bronze) in 2001 Singapore Hit Awards with the same album.
Freya was involved in the Taiwan Musical Play Love Mileage (愛情里程) which was staged at Huashan Arts Centre from 10–13 September 2009.
On top of being an actress and singer, she is also working as a Radio DJ in BCC.
Freya will be holding her first ticketed solo concert at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) on 18 August 2012.
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