Editing Coco Lee (section)

{{Short description|Chinese-American singer (1975–2023)}}
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| name               = CoCo Lee
| image              = CoCo Lee at Shanghai 2013718 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Lee in 2013
| birth_name         = Ferren Lee
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1975|01|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Hong Kong]] or [[Wuhan]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2023|07|05|1975|01|17|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Pok Fu Lam]], Southern District, Hong Kong
| resting_place      = Shimenfeng Memorial Park, [[Wuchang District]], Wuhan, China<ref name="YouTube f543">{{cite web | title=李玟21日安葬長眠武漢 現場粉紫色紀念{{pipe}}TVBS新聞 @TVBSNEWS01 | website=YouTube | date=20 October 2023 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG7enAANOlo | access-date=21 Oct 2023}}</ref><ref name="NOWnews今日新聞 2023 e635">{{cite web | title=永別天后李玟!天使紀念雕像曝光 86歲高齡母無法參與安葬儀式 | website=NOWnews今日新聞 | date=21 Oct 2023 | url=https://www.nownews.com/news/6285294 | language=zh-hant | access-date=21 Oct 2023}}</ref>
| citizenship        = {{hlist|United States|China}}
| education          = [[University of California, Irvine]] (attended)
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|dancer|actress|director|record producer|businesswoman }}
| years_active       = 1993–2023
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Bruce Rockowitz]]|2011<!--Do NOT add an end year, as the reason was the subject's death.-->}}
| relatives          = {{ubl |Carol Lee (sister)<br>Nancy Lee (sister)}}
| website            = {{URL|cocolee.com}}
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| origin        = {{hlist|Hong Kong|Taiwan|San Francisco|New York City}}
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[Chinese pop|C-pop]]|[[dance-pop]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Hip-hop]]}}
| label  = {{hlist|[[Capital Artists]]|Fancy Pie|[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|[[550 Music]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Sony BMG]]|[[Warner Music Group]]|[[Universal Music Group]]}}
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'''CoCo Lee''' ({{lang-zh|c=李玟}}; 17 January 1975 – 5 July 2023) was a [[Chinese-American]] singer, songwriter and actress.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]]. Chinese-American was mentioned in the sources, please don't change it.--><ref name="Sun 2005 u621">{{cite web | last=Sun | first=Celine | title=Coco Lee exposed to US market | website=South China Morning Post | date=2 Apr 2005 | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/495032/coco-lee-exposed-us-market | access-date=4 Sep 2023 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20231017075507/https://www.scmp.com/article/495032/coco-lee-exposed-us-market | archive-date=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Peoples Daily Online 2017 q386">{{cite web | title=Pop diva Coco Lee savors new tour in China | website=People's Daily Online | date=1 Jul 2017 | url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0701/c90000-9235785.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007134816/http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0701/c90000-9235785.html | access-date=4 Sep 2023| archive-date=7 October 2021 }}</ref> She is one of the best selling artists in Asia and widely regarded as a significant figure and a [[Diva]]. Her career marked the modernization of pop music in Asia and influenced many other artists. Her career began in 1993 in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums, establishing herself as an icon in Asia. During her life, she lived in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States and Mainland China. Her diverse cultural experiences shaped her background and laid the foundation for her success in the entertainment industry. She released 18 studio albums, two live albums, and five compilation albums.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong-Born Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 48 |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-1235661920/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705221122/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-1235661920/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Hong Kong-American Pop Singer Coco Lee Dies Aged 48 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/hong-kong-american-pop-singer-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-9c59eb8c |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=barrons.com |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705221120/https://www.barrons.com/news/hong-kong-american-pop-singer-coco-lee-dies-aged-48-9c59eb8c |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lee has been described as 'Asian [[Mariah Carey]]'.<ref name="Bashforth 2023 v490" /><ref name="Berry Wang 2023 k939">{{cite web |last=Berry Wang |first=Nectar Gan |date=25 Aug 2023 |title=Coco Lee: 'Sing! China' suspended after uproar over treatment of late pop star |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/china/coco-lee-sing-china-backlash-suspension-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005111443/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/25/china/coco-lee-sing-china-backlash-suspension-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=5 Oct 2023 |access-date=6 Oct 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref> She was also noted for her Americanized dance routines.<ref name="Borelli 2014 p. 271">{{cite book |last=Borelli |first=M.B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlrBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA271 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-989783-4 |series=Oxford Handbooks |page=271 |access-date=3 Nov 2023}}</ref> She voiced the lead character [[Fa Mulan]] in the Mandarin version of the 1998 [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] Film ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'', and sang its theme song "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]".

She was the first Asian singer to have music released globally, making her the first Chinese singer to break into the western market.<ref>{{Citation |title=CoCo Lee - Just No Other Way Released Countries |date=2000 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/202354-CoCo-Lee-Just-No-Other-Way |access-date=2025-05-28 |language=en}}</ref> Her globally-released album ''[[Just No Other Way]]'', released in 1999, was the first ever English-language album recorded by an Asian singer.<ref name="scmp20230723">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3228432/how-late-singer-coco-lee-crossed-cultural-divides-bring-together-chinese-communities-around-world |title=How late singer Coco Lee crossed cultural divides to bring together Chinese communities around the world |author-last1=Ip|author-first1=Cyril| date=2023-07-23 | website=South China Morning Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230723110244/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3228432/how-late-singer-coco-lee-crossed-cultural-divides-bring-together-chinese-communities-around-world | archive-date=23 July 2023 |accessdate=}}</ref> Her globally-released single "[[Do You Want My Love]]" received international success, appearing on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Dance Breakouts Chart at No. 4 and entered Top 50 of the US [[Billboard Dance/Club Play|Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart]] while also peaking at No. 14 on the Official [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]] and No. 20 on the [[Recorded Music NZ|Official Chart in New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=CoCo Lee {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/coco-lee/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=australian-charts.com , CoCo Lee – Do You Want My Love |url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=CoCo+Lee&titel=Do+You+Want+My+Love&cat=s |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=australian-charts.com |archive-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012015/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=CoCo+Lee&titel=Do+You+Want+My+Love&cat=s |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lee's 2000 song "[[A Love Before Time]]" was nominated by the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Best Original Song]] of the movie ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]],'' she also performed the song at the [[73rd Academy Awards]], becoming the first, and so far only, Chinese performer to perform at the Academy Awards.<ref name="EFE 2023 b473">{{cite web | last=EFE | first=Agencia | title=Coco Lee, China's only Oscars performer, dies at 48 | website=EFE Noticias | date=6 Jul 2023 | url=https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-07-06/coco-lee-chinas-only-oscars-performer-dies-at-48/ | access-date=18 Oct 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-07-05 |title=Hong Kong-born singer Coco Lee dies by suicide aged 48, siblings confirm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/05/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-mulan-singer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705223442/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/05/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-mulan-singer |archive-date=5 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=kr7C8TDb-NQ |title=登奧斯卡首位華人歌手 李玟獻唱英版月光愛人{{pipe}}三立娛樂星聞 – YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709125746/https://youtube.com/watch?v=kr7C8TDb-NQ |archive-date=9 July 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She was also the first Asian-American singer to sing the [[US National Anthem]] at an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] game, the first Asian singer to hold a concert at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles California, the first non-mainland Chinese singer to win the Chinese singing reality show ''[[Singer (TV series)|I Am A Singer]]'', and the first Asian brand ambassador for [[Chanel]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Emlyn |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee, beloved Hong Kong singer-songwriter, dies at 48 |url=https://ew.com/music/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-mulan-soundtrack-was-48/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705230038/https://ew.com/music/coco-lee-dead-hong-kong-singer-songwriter-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-mulan-soundtrack-was-48/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

She died by [[suicide]] in Hong Kong at the age of 48.