Kit Chan

Chan Kit Yee (; born 15 September 1972), known professionally as Kit Chan, is a Singaporean singer and actress.

Early life and education Born on 15 September 1972 in Singapore, Chan is the third daughter in a family of four sisters.

Chan studied in Fairfield Methodist School, Raffles Girls' School, Raffles Junior College and Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts. and in 2006 a fiction book (together with her friend, Siew Fern Yong) titled Cathy and Jodie: The Princess and the Flea.

Chan took a hiatus in 2004 from her performing career to further her studies and joined international PR consultancy Hill & Knowlton as a campaign specialist in 2007. She worked on the Ministry of Defence's 2009 Total Defence campaign, 'What Will You Defend?'. She left the company after 19 months.

Chan has also worked across languages, with her Cantopop and English albums, and theatrically. She has held lead roles in the Hong Kong musical Snow.Wolf.Lake with Jacky Cheung – both the Cantonese version in 1997 and the Mandarin production in 2005 – followed by The Legend (where she played the late Teresa Teng), and Forbidden City: Portrait of An Empress (where she played the young Empress Dowager Cixi) – first performed in 2002 as part of the Esplanade's opening programme, and again in 2003. Chan has also played the lead in the Dutch-Hong Kong production of East Meets West, and the Taiwanese musical What's Love Got to Do with It?.

In September 2006, she reprised her role in Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress, as part of a plan to make this musical internationally recognized, in the hope of going on a world tour. Chan later fronted the first Singapore Day in New York City in 2007. After her corporate sojourn, Chan performed the commissioned theme song One World at the APEC 2009 Gala Night and returned the theatre as leading lady (Li Qing) in the Mandarin musical December Rains (雨季) at Esplanade Theatre in 2010. In the same year, she sang Home for the third time at the National Day Parade. Chan was also a member of the cast of the television drama Healing Hands II, the sequel to TVB's medical drama Healing Hands in 2000. She was the female lead in SPH MediaWorks Channel U's drama serial Cash is King. Chan also acted in the 2010 film Lover's Discourse.

In 2011, Chan released her first studio album Re-interpreting Kit Chan (重譯 陳潔儀) since 2004 and staged two solo concerts in collaboration with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra at Esplanade Concert Hall, as the anchor performance of the Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts 2011. In the same year, she held her three-night solo concert The Music Room at the Marina Bay Sands Grand Theater. Also in 2011, Chan worked with Nexus, Ministry of Defence as Creative Director for the Total Defence "Home – Keeping It Together" Campaign 2011. She was also executive producer for the remake of the Home MV, which featured 39 local artistes spanning different genres, eras and races, including Max Surin, Dick Lee, Taufik Batisah, JJ Lin, and Stefanie Sun. She wrote the theme song 倔强 for the MediaCorp Channel 8 anniversary drama Devotion, which won Best Drama Theme Song award at the 2012 Star Awards. Concerts themed An Enchanted Evening with Chiu Tsang Hei (傾城) were also held in Hong Kong.

In 2014, Chan performed in her first leading film role in Jason Lai's Miss J Contemplates Her Choice as the titular Miss J, who offers advice to callers on a radio talk show. The film premiered at the Singapore International Film Festival in December. In the same year, Chan reportedly underwent a surgical procedure that left her barely able to speak, though she eventually completed her "Spellbound" concert in 2015 at the Star Theatre.

In 2015, Chan competed in the China reality singing contest I Am A Singer. Eliminated in the first round, her participation drew mixed reviews, but paved the way for her entry to the China market with her signing to China’s Taihe Music Group. She announced her retirement from performing at the National Day Parades after making her last NDP performance. In the same year, she also sang the theme song for Channel 8 blockbuster The Dream Makers II.

In July 2016, she released her first album of original material in 12 years, titled The Edge of Paradise (天堂边缘). In September, Chan ended her "Spellbound" concert tour with a finale at Singapore Indoor Stadium to a 7,000-strong audience.

In 2018, Chan marked her 25th anniversary as a singer with an acoustic live sessions album in which she also penned the lyrics for the title track “A Time for Everything”. She also staged “25 Years On: A Time For Everything” concerts in Singapore and Taipei.

In 2022, Chan performed in The LKY Musical as the late Madam Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

In 2023, Chan celebrated the 30th anniversary of her career with a three-night concert in Singapore titled Little Things.

In 2025, Chan sang the theme song for the TV series Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story, "Echoes Of Petals". The song won her and its composer-producer Li Si Song the Best Original Song award at the Star Awards 2026.

In 2026, Chan held her "Atrium Live Tour" with solo concerts in various cities in China and her first show in Singapore in three years, on 19 September at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Community involvement In 1998, Chan was appointed as the first National Youth Ambassador for Singapore's National Youth Council. She served for two years. From 2001 to 2005, she served as a council member with the National Youth Council.

She is also the ambassador to the Christian relief organization "World Vision".

Business ventures Chan has invested in two boutiques in Singapore, Flowers in the Attic and Roses in the Loft.

Personal life It was reported that Chan married her long-time boyfriend in 2012 and divorced in 2017.

However, during an interview on “The Assembly”, aired on news network CNA in January 2025, Chan clarified that although she held a “wedding dinner” she was never legally married and hence, was never divorced.

Discography

Theatre

Filmography

Film

Television series

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Awards and nominations

Star Awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref 1998 Star Awards 1998 Best Theme Song Myths & Legends of Singapore 2000 Star Awards 2000 Best Theme Song My Home Affairs 2012 Star Awards 2012 Best Theme Song Devotion 2016 Star Awards 2016 Best Theme Song The Dream Makers II 2026 Star Awards 2026 Best Theme Song Emerald Hill - The Little Nyonya Story