Khalil Fong

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occupation = Singer, songwriter
genre = Soul , R&B
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Khalil Fong, born July 14 1983, is a soul singer and songwriter signed to a label in Hong Kong.

Biography

Fong was born in Hawaii and his family moved to Shanghai when he was 6. His father (an American-born Chinese from San Francisco, California) wanted Khalil to learn more about Chinese culture. Six years later, they moved to Guangzhou and lived there for about 2 years. Afterwards, they moved to Hong Kong. When he was 16, he sent demos, which he had written, to music producers. Four years later, Warner Music Hong Kong finally recruited him as their producer. Khalil is a Bahá'í. [ [http://www.bcmagazine.net/hk.bcmagazine.issues/bcmagazine_webissue253/06-livemusic.html BC Magazine - Interviews - Soul Messenger] ] His first language is English and he can speak Mandarin, Shanghainese, Hawaiian Pidgin English, and Cantonese.

Career

Khalil released his first album "Soul Boy" on September 18 2005. He has won a number of awards, including a silver award for New Male Artist at Commercial Radio. He released his second album "This Love" in December 2006. It featured the song "Love Love Love" (愛愛愛) which peaked at #1 in the [http://pshweb02.881903.com/framework/pccs.gateway?url=jsp/music/main.jsp&menuID=7&progID=37 903 top 20] .

Discography

* "Soul boy" (CD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2005 [ [http://www.warnermusic.com.hk/khalil/ Warner music Soul boy] ] [ [http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/canto.asp?sku=611797 HMV Soul boy] ] [ [http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-music/pid-1004093901/ global.yesasia Soul boy] ]
* "This Love" (CD) - Warner Music Hong Kong - 2006 [ [http://www.warnermusic.com.hk/khalil_thislove/ Warner music This Love] ] [ [http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/canto.asp?sku=705745 HMV This Love] ] [ [http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-music/pid-1004604208/ global.yesasia This Love] ]
* "Wonderland" (CD) - Warner Music Taiwan - 2007

Filmography

Drama

* "CRHKLove Park (戀愛樂園)" [ [http://pshweb02.881903.com/framework/pccs.gateway?url=jsp/archive/progPage.jsp&menuID=7&progID=637&k=4 881903 戀愛樂園] ] [ [http://khalil-fong.com/v6/multimedia/drama/index.html Khalil Fong.com] ]

Awards

2006

*Metro Hit Radio – "New Hot Voice" (勁爆熱播新聲音)
*Metro Hit Radio – "New Powers Singer" (勁爆新勢力歌手)
*Metro Hit Radio – "New Powers of Creation" (勁爆創作新勢力)
*Metro Hit Radio – "Popular Mandarin Song" - Love Love Love (勁爆國語歌曲 - 愛愛愛 )
*Commercial Radio Hong Kong –"Chik Chak producer & writer" - Silver award (叱吒唱作人銀獎)
*RoadShow – "Supreme Song" - Love Love Love (至尊歌曲 - 愛愛愛)
*RoadShow – "Most Potential Producer/Singer" (至尊潛力創作歌手)

External links

* [http://www.khalil-fong.com.hk/home.php Official website]
* [http://www.warnermusic.com.hk/khalil_thislove/ This Love Official website]
* [http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!PUyPRwqBHwIT9tWwoCA7KJ6OoraLCg--/ Khalil Fong Blog]
* [http://soulboy.phpbbweb.com/ Unofficial forum]
* [http://www.squatmagazine.com/article.php?articleId=117/ Khalil Fong Interview]
* [http://www.pinkwork.com/news/read0207.htm Khalil Fong in pinkwork (sound & video)]
* [http://www.pinkmessage.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=28 Khalil 's video]
* [http://www21.sbs.com.au/alchemy/index.php?pg=ct&ct=1&sc=&id=697 Khalil Fong radio interview on Alchemy's Asian Pop Show SBS Radio in English 2008]

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