Freya Lim

Freya Lim (; born 20 November 1979), also known as Freya Lin, is a Malaysian Mandopop singer and radio deejay based in Taiwan. She is a Taiwanese PR. Her father is a Chinese Malaysian and her mother is a Taiwanese.

In 2002, Lim graduated from University of Washington Seattle majoring in Psychology. After the release of her third album Freya's Love Songs (非愛不可。心林凡) in 2007, Lim went to Boston University to pursue a master's degree in Applied Communication.

Career In 1999, Lim's singing talent was discovered by Taiwan well-known music producer Benjamin Lin Ming Yang. She was singing acclaimed Mandopop singer Sandy Lam's Night's Too Dark at a KTV with her friends when Benjamin Lin chanced upon her voice, and she was signed on to What's Music International Incorporated.

In 2000, Lim released her debut music album titled Freya (林凡同名專輯). The first single from the album was a new rendition of Sandy Lam's classic hit Night's Too Dark. Other singles from the album include Anything Can Be Forgotten (什麼都可以忘記) and Goodbye Seattle (再見西雅圖). However, Living Alone (一個人生活) was the more popular song from Freya, as it was also the ending theme song of TV series The Beauty Mermaid (天地傳說之魚美人), the song has a Mandarin and Cantonese cover version My Feelings (感應) sung by Hong Kong singer Vincy Chan. The album Freya achieved an astounding sales record of 120,000 copies in Taiwan, and occupied Taiwan music charts for more than six months.

Lim was nominated Best New Artist in 2001 Golden Melody Awards with Freya (林凡同名專輯) and won Best Newcomer (Bronze) in 2001 Singapore Hit Awards with the same album.

She was involved in the musical play Love Mileage (愛情里程) which was staged at Taiwan Huashan Arts Centre between 10 and 13 September 2009.

On top of being an actress and singer, she is also working as a Radio DJ in BCC.

Lim held her first ticketed solo concert 林凡 Freya&Friends 幸福零缺口犀利演唱會 at Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) on 18 August 2012.

Discography

Studio albums English Title Chinese Title Released Label 1st Freya 林凡同名專輯 7 August 2000 What's Music 2nd It's All Him 都是他 10 July 2001 What's Music 3rd Freya's Love Songs (English Cover Album) 非愛不可。心林凡 3 August 2007 Linfair Records 4th Holding Back The Tears 眼淚流回去 24 December 2010 Rock Records 5th Love, Suddenly 愛情_很突然 27 April 2012 Rock Records 6th Time Doesn't Heal 歲月這把刀 2 May 2014 Rock Records 7th Goodbye, Ciao, Seeing You Again 再見 28 June 2021 Warner Music Taiwan

Singles

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nomination Result Ref2001 Golden Melody Awards 台灣金曲獎 Best New Artist最佳新人獎 Freya林凡同名專輯 Singapore Hit Awards新加坡金曲獎 Best Newcomer (Bronze)最佳新人 （铜獎） Freya林凡同名專輯 2011 Golden Melody Awards台灣金曲獎 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance最佳國語女歌手獎 Holding Back The Tears眼淚流回去 Golden Melody Awards台灣金曲獎 Best Song of the Year最佳年度歌曲獎 Wounded (重傷),From Holding Back The Tears眼淚流回去

Concerts

Solo Concerts + 林凡 Freya&Friends 幸福零缺口犀利演唱會Date Location Venue Special Guests 18 August 2012 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) Wei Ru Xuan (Waa), Bobby Chen

Joint Concerts + 犀利女聲 林凡 郁可唯 聽你說演唱會 2012 Date Location Venue Collaboration With 4 November 2012 Singapore Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay Yisa Yu Kewei

Radio Taiwan i-radio FM96 i-have fun (Weekdays UTC+08:00 16:00–18:00)

Theatre Musical play Love Mileage (愛情里程) (staged at Taiwan Huashan Arts Centre from 10–13 September 2009)