Editing Coco Lee (section)

===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" />