Editing Coco Lee (section)

===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>