Editing Coco Lee (section)

==Career==
===Career beginnings and Sony Music: 1993–1998===
In 1993, Lee returned to Hong Kong to see her sisters,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=St. Martin |first=Emily |date=2023-07-06 |title=CoCo Lee, Hong Kong-born 'Mulan' singer, dies at 48 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-05/coco-lee-hong-kong-mulan-singer-dies-at-48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706232858/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-05/coco-lee-hong-kong-mulan-singer-dies-at-48 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |quote=The next Ricky Martin sings in Cantonese and Mandarin and English, and she's definitely not a dude. Her name is Coco Lee. ... [L]ike Martin, she's a multilingual, bicultural American}}</ref><ref name="香港01 2023 i188">{{cite web | title=李玟家姐李思林念悼詞哽咽失聲 讚CoCo如天使: 望不再有人傷害你 | website=香港01 | date=21 Oct 2023 | url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/953738/%E6%9D%8E%E7%8E%9F%E5%AE%B6%E5%A7%90%E6%9D%8E%E6%80%9D%E6%9E%97%E5%BF%B5%E6%82%BC%E8%A9%9E%E5%93%BD%E5%92%BD%E5%A4%B1%E8%81%B2-%E8%AE%9Acoco%E5%A6%82%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF-%E6%9C%9B%E4%B8%8D%E5%86%8D%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%82%B7%E5%AE%B3%E4%BD%A0 | language=zh-hant | access-date=21 Oct 2023}}</ref> who had participated in the [[Miss Hong Kong Pageant]] in 1992.<ref name="ETtoday新聞雲 2014 k241">{{cite web |title=李玟香港開唱拉親姐姐上台 美艷二姊李思林成焦點 |website=ETtoday新聞雲 | date=7 Jul 2014 |url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/375728 |language=zh-hant |access-date=21 Aug 2023}}</ref><ref name="myTV SUPER 2023 g955">{{cite web |title= 有片 李玟16歲美國參加選美奪冠兩家姐同屆參加港姐成佳話- 東張+ |website=myTV SUPER |date=15 Aug 2023 |url=https://www.mytvsuper.com/tc/scoopplus/hot-topics/story/7093025409803/ |language=zh-hant |access-date=21 Aug 2023}}</ref> While there, she took part in the 12th Annual [[New Talent Singing Awards]] (1993) and was the first runner-up,<ref name="sanfran"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=Beloved singer's final post before tragic death |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/coco-lee-hong-kong-born-singer-known-for-her-powerful-voice-dies-aged-48-c-11192255 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=7NEWS |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705225436/https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/coco-lee-hong-kong-born-singer-known-for-her-powerful-voice-dies-aged-48-c-11192255 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Everington |first=Keoni |date=2023-07-05 |title=Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee dies from suicide at 48 {{!}} Taiwan News {{!}} 2023-07-05 23:23:00 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4936990 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Taiwan News |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705225435/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4936990 |url-status=live}}</ref> singing [[Whitney Houston]]'s ''[[Run to You (Whitney Houston song)|Run to You]]''.<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=16sD18_pJlE |title=致永遠的月光愛人{{pipe}}樂壇巨星 李玟CoCo{{pipe}}出道至今經典舞台合集 通過歌聲懷念一代唱跳天后{{pipe}}Run To You{{pipe}}月光愛人{{pipe}}Fly Me To The Moon{{pipe}}刀馬旦{{pipe}}明星 – YouTube |website=[[YouTube]] |date=6 July 2023 |accessdate=11 July 2023 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711082548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16sD18_pJlE |url-status=live}}</ref> The following day, [[Capital Artists]] offered her a recording contract.<ref name=":11" />

Lee made her debut on compilation albums including ''[[Red Hot Hits '93 Autumn Edition]]'' ([[:zh:火熱動感93勁秋版|火熱動感93勁秋版]]).<ref name=":9" /> In 1994, she released her first solo albums in [[Mandarin (language)|Mandarin]] in Taiwan, ''[[Love from Now On]]'' ([[:zh:愛就要趁現在|愛就要趁現在]]) and ''[[Promise Me (Coco Lee album)|Promise Me]]'' ([[:zh:答應我 (李玟專輯)|答應我]]), with Fancy Pie Records.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=The sudden death of Chinese-American singer Coco Lee at 48 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-sudden-death-of-chinese-american-singer-coco-lee-at-48/ss-AA1dvtDy |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=MSN |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708065814/https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-sudden-death-of-chinese-american-singer-coco-lee-at-48/ss-AA1dvtDy |url-status=live}}</ref> Her English language cover album, ''[[Brave Enough to Love]]'' ([[:zh:勇敢去愛 (專輯)|勇敢去愛]]), and her third Mandarin album, ''[[Woman in Love (Coco Lee album)|Woman in Love]]'' ([[:zh:被愛的女人|被愛的女人]]), were released the following year.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":9" />

In 1996, Lee signed with [[Sony Music Entertainment]].<ref name=":13" /> Her next Mandarin album, ''[[CoCo Lee (Coco Lee album)|CoCo Lee]]'' ([[:zh:往日情·愛我久一點|往日情·愛我久一點]]), became the best-selling album of 1996 in Asia.<ref name=":0" /> Later that year she released an English cover album ''[[CoCo's Party]]'' ([[:zh:CoCo's Party|CoCo's Party]]). The following year, she released her Mandarin album ''[[Sincere (Coco Lee album)|Sincere]]'' ([[:zh:每一次想你|每一次想你]]) as well as a self-titled [[Cantonese (language)|Cantonese]] album, ''[[COCO (Coco Lee album)|COCO]]'' ([[:zh:COCO (1997年專輯)|COCO]]).<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |date=7 February 2017 |title=Coco Lee to sing greatest hits |work=Shenzhen Daily |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1865387834 |access-date=2023-07-06 |id={{ProQuest|1865387834}} |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718000838/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1865387834 |url-status=live}}</ref> That was her first and only solo Cantonese album. In 1998, the Mandarin album ''[[Di Da Di]]'' ([[:zh:Di Da Di·暗示|Di Da Di·暗示]]) was released, selling 1 million copies in less than 3 months.<ref name=":13" />

===International collaborations and English debut: 1998–2005===
From her next album ''{{-r|Sunny Day (Coco Lee album)|Sunny Day}}'' ([[:zh:Sunny Day·好心情|Sunny Day·好心情]]), "[[Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!|Colors of the World]]" (颜色) was used for the opening of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], and the song "The Answer" (答案) for the Chinese movie ''[[Bishonen (film)|Bishonen]]''. In 1998, she was hired by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] to sing the theme song "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]" (自己; translation: Myself) and voice [[Fa Mulan]] in the Mandarin version of ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' (花木蘭).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Soo |first=Zen |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee dies by suicide at age 48, her siblings say |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/coco-lee-dies-by-suicide-at-age-48-her-siblings-say/3182462/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705221122/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/coco-lee-dies-by-suicide-at-age-48-her-siblings-say/3182462/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In the same year, she sang "[[Missing You in 365 Days]]" ([[:zh:想你的365天|想你的365天]]), one of the theme songs of the film ''[[Lotus Lantern]]'', the first commercial animated feature film in mainland China.<ref name="三聯書店(香港)有限公司 2018 p. 166">{{cite book | title=IBMYP國際文憑中學項目語言與文學課本一(繁體版) | publisher=三聯書店(香港)有限公司 | year=2018 | isbn=978-962-04-4209-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUkREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 | language=zh | access-date=22 Oct 2023 | page=166}}</ref><ref name="Xu 2018 k282">{{cite web | last=Xu | first=Amber | title=<em> Lotus Lantern</em> and the Making of the First Commercial Animated Feature Film in Mainland China – An Interview with Animator Chang Guangxi | website=ACAS | date=2 Jan 2018 | url=https://acas.world/zh/2018/01/03/lotus-lantern-and-the-making-of-the-first-commercial-animated-film-in-mainland-china%E2%94%80%E2%94%80an-interview-with-animator-chang-guangxi/ | language=zh | access-date=22 Oct 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Chien Yao And CoCo Lee in 1998 Channel V.jpg|thumb|CoCo Lee and [[Chien Yao]] on "Weekend Commander/周末霸王" at [[Channel V]], 1998.
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In August 1998, Coco performed in Taiwan to a concert audience of more than 50,000 fans, the second-largest concert audience in Taiwan, exceeded only by [[Michael Jackson]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taib |first=Shuib |date=5 December 2000 |title=Coco Lee to perform here |work=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/266565958 |access-date=2023-07-07 |id={{ProQuest|266565958}}  |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718000859/https://www.proquest.com/docview/266565958 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nast 2019 n202">{{cite web |title=「當年進軍歐美, 我只是想證明華人也是很會唱歌的!」出道25週年始終正面陽光女神Coco李玟歌單大回顧 |website=Vogue Taiwan |date=11 Apr 2019 |url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/culture/content-46740 |language=zh |access-date=26 Aug 2023}}</ref> She also performed in Michael Jackson's "[[MJ & Friends|Michael Jackson and friends]]" charity concert.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last= |date=2023-07-05 |title="Michael Jackson & Friends"'s Hong Kong Singer Coco Lee died |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-friendss-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-died/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162513/https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-friendss-hong-kong-singer-coco-lee-died/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, Lee released the Mandarin album ''[[From Today Till Forever]]'' ([[:zh:今天到永遠|今天到永遠]]).<ref name="五大唱片 e974">{{cite web | title=今天到永遠(平裝)From Today Till Forever | website=五大唱片 | url=https://www.5music.com.tw/Cdlist-C.asp?cdno=425425740940 | language=zh | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref> Later that year, under [[550 Music]], she made her debut ''[[Just No Other Way]]'', which included the hit, "[[Do You Want My Love]]".<ref name="nyt1" /> The song reached No 4 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Dance Breakouts chart in December 1999,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|title=Hot Dance Breakouts: Club Play|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=51|page=53|date=December 18, 1999}}</ref> marking her success as the first Chinese singer to break into the American market.<ref name="ap2023">{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/coco-lee-death-suicide-hong-kong-singer-c007785b3944087f428cf5d07d23fb97 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong singer and songwriter who had international success, dies at 48}}</ref> Her love song "Before I Fall in Love" (originally performed by Canadian female singer Joanna Pennock in 1995 on her self named only album, Joanne) was included in the soundtrack of the movie ''[[Runaway Bride (1999 film)|Runaway Bride]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |last2=Youngs |first2=Ian |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee: Disney star and pop singer dies at 48 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66111919 |access-date=2023-07-05 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705213636/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66111919 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also recorded a duet called "Can't Get Over" with singer [[Kelly Price]]. Lee recorded the charity singles "We Meet the Future" and "Hand in Hand" for [[SARS]] with other artists including [[Wang Leehom]], [[Stefanie Sun]], [[Elva Hsiao]], and [[Jolin Tsai]].<ref name=":9" /> In Asia, she released a Mandarin album ''[[True Lover You & Me]]'' ([[:zh: 真情人·You & Me|真情人·You & Me]]). By 2000 she had released 20 albums in Asia and had sold 7.5 million copies of her albums on that continent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|title=Coco Lee Hits the Ground Running|first=Alisa|last=Valdes-Rodriguez|date=17 February 2000|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=5 July 2023|archive-date=22 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222223240/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2001, Lee sang the song "[[A Love Before Time]]" for the movie ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', which she performed at [[73rd Academy Awards|the Oscars]].<ref name=":1" /> The song was introduced by the actress [[Julia Stiles]] as an "evocative love ballad" that combined "the flavor and texture of Eastern music with the orchestral color and sensitive lyrics of Western culture" in the ceremony.<ref name="nyt1" /> Her album ''[[Promise Coco]]'' ([[:zh:Promise (李玟專輯)|Promise]]) was released in October 2001. She recorded a [[Mandarin Chinese]] cover titled "[[A Puro Dolor#Other recordings|Baby, I'm Sorry]]" (Baby 對不起) as the lead single of the album.<ref>[http://www.mtvasia.com/music/videos/gqm8kg/Bao-Bei-Dui-Bu-Qi-Baby-I-m-Sorry CoCo Lee BAO BEI DUI BU QI (BABY I'M SORRY)]</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/CoCo-Lee-Promise/master/1256825 Discogs: Coco* – Promise]</ref> Her version's lyrics were co-written by Lee along with Lou Nanwei while the music is still the same original composition by Alfanno.<ref>[https://mojim.com/twy100042x29x4.htm 魔鏡歌詞網 > 女生歌手 > 李玟 > So Crazy[影音光碟] > BABY對不起]</ref> A music video was released on the same year by [[Sony Music Entertainment]]<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ch7Hws-lGc 李玟 CoCo Lee – Baby對不起]</ref> Her version placed at number 35 on the Taiwan Yearly Singles Top 100 chart in 2001.<ref name=Taiwan>{{cite web|title=台灣年度百大歌曲|url=http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2001&pageNum_rsList=0|publisher=HitFM|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> In 2002, Lee released her remix album ''D. Is Coco'' (''Dance Is Coco''). She sang an anti-tobacco song called "From the Beginning 'til the End" (煙絲萬縷) with singer [[Jacky Cheung]].<ref name=":9" /> In the same year, at the [[NBA]] (National Basketball Association) debut of [[Yao Ming]] Lee performed the US national anthem and became the first Chinese-American singer to sing at an NBA game.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3226720/coco-lees-star-moments-singing-oscars-us20-million-wedding-following-pop-singers-death-age-48 | title=Coco Lee: Hong Kong pop singer's star moments, from singing at the Oscars to US$20 million wedding, as fans mourn her death at age 48| date=6 July 2023}}</ref> She also sang the anti-racism song "A Dream of One" with Korean singer [[Park Jin-young|Jin Young Park]]. In 2003, she performed with [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] at the "[[MTV Asia]] Awards" in Singapore and also presented the show with him.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McClure |first=Steve |date=2003-05-24 |title=MTV Asia Taps Multiple Media To Connect With Its Audiences |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48-IA1 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=115 |issue=21 |page=APQ-1 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref>

Lee co-starred in the Chinese comedy movie ''Master of Everything'' (自娱自乐) with [[John Lone]], which won the Best Foreign Film award in the 2005 [[Beverly Hills Film Festival]].<ref name="biowhartonhongkong">{{Cite web |title=Biography of CoCo Lee : The Wharton Global Alumni Forum-Hong Kong |url=http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-coco.html |access-date=2023-07-05 |publisher=www.whartonhongkong07.com |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708114534/http://www.whartonhongkong07.com/bio-s-coco.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Second English album and Warner Music: 2005–2011===
[[File:Coco Lee interviewed in 2006 02.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Coco Lee interviewed, 2006]]
In 2005, [[Sony BMG]] released her second English album, ''[[Exposed (CoCo Lee album)|Exposed]]''. The album was banned in mainland China for sexy lyrics in a few songs such as "Touch" and "So Good".<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=David |date=2023-07-06 |title=The impact of Coco Lee's legacy |url=https://hashtaglegend.com/legends/the-impact-of-coco-lees-legacy/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Hashtag Legend |language=en-US |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162614/https://hashtaglegend.com/legends/the-impact-of-coco-lees-legacy/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Lee's next Mandarin album, ''{{-r|Just Want You}}'' ([[:zh:要定你|要定你]]), was released on 22 September 2006. In 2008, Lee was chosen to sing one of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]' songs, "[[Forever Friends (song)|Forever Friends]]", opposite [[Sun Nan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/culture/songs/n214206508.shtml |title=Sun Nan and Coco Lee film 'Forever Friends' music video |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |date=30 November 2007 |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107053722/http://en.beijing2008.cn/culture/songs/n214206508.shtml |archive-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

As the first Asian singer to perform at [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] in Los Angeles, Lee had a solo concert there in July 2009, singing some of Michael Jackson's songs in homage to her idol.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/685464/coco-lee-fondly-recalls-meeting-jacko-and-family-and-touring-neverland | title=Coco Lee fondly recalls meeting Jacko and family and touring Neverland| date=July 2009}}</ref> On 14 August 2009, she released her new Mandarin album ''[[East to West (Coco Lee album)|East to West]]'' ([[:zh:CoCo的東西|CoCo的東西]]) with [[Warner Music Group]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} It contains the songs "Party Time", "Turn" (流轉) which is on the soundtrack of the film ''[[The Legend of Silk Boy]]'' for the [[Expo 2010|Shanghai World Expo 2010]] and "BYOB" ("Bring Your Own Bag"), a song to encourage people to bring and recycle their own shopping bags to save the environment. She recorded the song "Smile Shanghai" (微笑上海) with other artists including [[JJ Lin]], [[Andy Lau]], [[Jam Hsiao]], and [[Jane Zhang]] for [[Expo 2010|Shanghai World Expo 2010]]. On 27 March 2010, Lee began her ''East2West'' World Tour Concert in [[Taipei]] at [[Taipei Arena]]. She performed at the Encore Theatre in [[Wynn Casino]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] on 3 and 4 July, then in [[Singapore Indoor Stadium]] in Singapore on 2 October,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportshub.com.sg/eventsCalender.asp?filter=10,2010&event_id=378 |title=CoCo Lee East2West World Tour Live in Singapore 2010 |publisher=[[Singapore Indoor Stadium]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326001709/http://www.sportshub.com.sg/eventsCalender.asp?filter=10%2C2010&event_id=378 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in [[Nanning]] on 16 December. In March 2011, Lee was one of many artists who participated in the recording of the ''[[Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders]]'' official theme song called "Succumb Not to Sorrow" ([[:zh:不要輸給心痛|不要輸給心痛]]) for the Cantonese version. On 7 April 2011, her song "Dreams on Oriental Seas" (梦在东方的海上) featuring [[Sun Nan]] was broadcast. It was named as the theme for the 14th [[FINA]] World Championships, which took place in Shanghai on 16 July 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/13/2011/0413/161.html |title=The theme song for the 14th FINA world championship |publisher=FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 Organising Committee |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511011135/http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/13/2011/0413/161.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898:14th-fina-world-championships-shanghai-2011-medical-and-doping-control-programmes&catid=300:articles&Itemid=974 |title=14th FINA World Championships – Shanghai 2011 |publisher=[[FINA]] |date=1 August 2011 |access-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802072524/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898%3A14th-fina-world-championships-shanghai-2011-medical-and-doping-control-programmes&catid=300%3Aarticles&Itemid=974 |archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref>

===New album and final projects before death: 2011–2023===
[[File:076 Coco street concert mod.jpg|thumb|right|Lee (third from left), performing "Hip Hop Tonight"]]
On 8 June 2011, Lee announced that had she set up her own studio. On 25 June, her song "[[All Men Are Brothers (TV series)#Soundtrack|Four seas alliance]]" (四海盟約), the theme song for the 2011 China television drama ''[[All Men Are Brothers (TV series)|All Men are Brothers]]'', was broadcast. On 17 December 2011, she performed at "Booey Lehoo Concert" in Beijing with [[will.i.am]] and [[apl.de.ap]] from [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[John Legend]], and [[Shunza]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coco Lee performs on stage during Booey Lehoo Beijing Concert at... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/coco-lee-performs-on-stage-during-booey-lehoo-beijing-news-photo/136061666 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Getty Images |date=18 December 2011 |language=en-us |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162522/https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/coco-lee-performs-on-stage-during-booey-lehoo-beijing-news-photo/136061666 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> On 9 February 2012, she performed at the TRANS4M Boyle Heights benefit at [[Hollywood Palladium]] in [[Los Angeles]] with will.i.am, apl.de.ap and [[Taboo (rapper)|Taboo]] from The Black Eyed Peas.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-stevie-wonder-brings-the-house-1006161952.story |title=Backbeat: Stevie Wonder Brings the House Down @ Will.I.Am's Grammy Charity Concert |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|BillboardBiz]] |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719082427/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-stevie-wonder-brings-the-house-1006161952.story |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Her album ''[[Illuminate (Coco Lee album)|Illuminate]]'' ([[:zh:盛開|盛開]]) was released on 31 May 2013 with [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]].<ref name=":6" /> She was a judge on the 2015 version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' in China.<ref name=":2" />

In 2016, she competed in the [[I Am a Singer (Chinese season 4)|fourth season]] of the Chinese reality show ''[[I Am a Singer (Chinese TV series)|I Am A Singer]]'', although she admitted that losing her voice to [[bronchitis]] in 2014 had affected her singing ability.<ref name=":8" /> However, she recovered and participated, going on to win the competition, making her the first non-mainland Chinese singer to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.ycwb.com/2016-04/09/content_21775010.htm |title=《我是歌手4》李玟夺歌王 结束后李玟想吃冰淇淋(图) |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411231509/http://news.ycwb.com/2016-04/09/content_21775010.htm |archive-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/coco-lee-wins-i-am-a-singer-4-joey-yung-is-booted-off-amid-cries-of-ballot |title=CoCo Lee wins I Am A Singer 4, Joey Yung is booted off amid cries of ballot rigging |newspaper=The Straits Times | date=10 April 2016 |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412021327/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/coco-lee-wins-i-am-a-singer-4-joey-yung-is-booted-off-amid-cries-of-ballot |url-status=live}}</ref> Lee later returned as a guest singer for two more seasons (now rebranded with the new title ''Singer''); on the [[Singer 2017|fifth season]] during the biennial concert, and on the [[Singer 2018|sixth season]] as with a guest performer for [[Jessie J]], the eventual winner of that season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jessie J wins China's equivalent of The X Factor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jessie-j-wins-chinas-equivalent-x-factor/|access-date=17 April 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=17 April 2018|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125073214/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/jessie-j-wins-chinas-equivalent-x-factor/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Coco Lee announced that she was going to re-record the Mandarin end-credits version of the song [[Reflection (song)|Reflection]] for [[Mulan (2020 film)|the live adaptation of Mulan]], as she had already done in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last=迪士尼影業|date=August 20, 2020|title=《花木蘭》經典主題曲〈自己〉配唱花絮|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoroqE_Kz9g&t=0s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/eoroqE_Kz9g |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=YESASIA: Mulan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (OST) (Taiwan Bonus Track Version) CD – Movie Soundtrack, Coco Lee, Universal Music Taiwan – Western / World Music – Free Shipping|url=https://www.yesasia.com/global/mulan-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ost-taiwan-bonus-track-version/1095888258-0-0-0-en/info.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.yesasia.com}}</ref>

In 2023 she was digitally animated using [[motion capture]] for the [[virtual reality]] interactive concert ''Millennium Realm'' (千禧之境) on the [[Pico 4|Pico]] VR video platform.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.toutiao.com/article/7184354932609483324/ |title= 李玟PICO VR演唱会再唱《宝莲灯》主题曲, 重现千禧年"回忆杀"! |publisher= [[Toutiao]] |author1= 扬扬不吃香菜 |date=3 January 2023 |access-date=23 November 2023 |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123090026/https://www.toutiao.com/article/7184354932609483324/?wid=1700730026624 |url-status= live }}</ref>