1. Sally Yeh's singing career started in the early 1980s and, shortly after, her acting career started as she sang songs specifically written for the movie soundtrack.
15 Facts About Sally Yeh
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Sally Yeh has released a total of thirty studio albums, plus compilations and live recordings.
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Sally Yeh first relocated to Taiwan to pursue a career in singing, and later relocated to Hong Kong, which at the time was the primary center of Chinese entertainment, for a better chance at fame.
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Ng Ching Yuen, who was the CEO of Warner Music Hong Kong, arranged for her then-husband, George Lam, to teach Sally Yeh to sing and speak Hong Kong Cantonese.
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Since then, Sally Yeh has focused primarily on the Hong Kong Cantonese entertainment world.
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When Sally Yeh has to read Chinese characters, she still relies on Mandarin romanization and Cantonese romanization for support.
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Sally Yeh has received the Most Popular Hong Kong Female Singer award at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards four times.
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In 1992, Sally Yeh collaborated with a couple of other western artists, recording "I'm Always Dreaming of You" with Tommy Page in 1992 and "I Believe in Love" with James Ingram the following year.
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In 2002, Sally Yeh re-entered the Cantopop market, released the record "Can You Hear", and performed a series of concerts in different countries.
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In 2011, Sally Yeh received the Golden Needle Award at the 33rd RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Song Music Award Ceremony.
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Sally Yeh has collaborated on a number of soundtracks, including "Lai Ming But Yiu Loi" from A Chinese Ghost Story, which won the Best Original Song award at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards.
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Sally Yeh was one of the earliest Overseas Chinese celebrities to enter the entertainment industry in China during the 1980s and one of the few from an English-speaking country.
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Sally Yeh was one of the earliest Mandarin speaking celebrities to enter the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
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On 17 July 1996, Sally Yeh married Hong Kong pop star and composer-producer George Lam.
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Sally Yeh speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese in that order of proficiency.