Ferren Lee-Kelly (born January 17, 1975), better known by the stage name CoCo Lee, is a C-pop star who has also recorded albums in English, contributed to several movies and represented internationally-known products to the Asian market. Her voice has been favourably compared with that of Mariah Carey.

CoCo Lee was born in Hong Kong with ancestry from Harbin, China. Her father died when she was young, and CoCo moved with her mother and sister to California at age 10 and went through school while experimenting with her singing voice and following her older sisters in entering several local singing contests. After her high school graduation in 1993 she took a holiday in Hong Kong, and while there she came runner-up in a major singing talent quest. The following day she was approached by local record label Fancy Pie Records, recording four studio albums with them in 1994-95 before being picked up in 1996 by Sony who have continued to represent her since that time.

CoCo sang the theme song "A Love Before Time" for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. She received worldwide exposure when she performed the song live at the 2001 Academy Awards ceremony.

In addition to her mega-star status in the Mandarin and Cantopop music market, her English-language performance has also received recognition. Her song "Before I Fall In Love" was included in the soundtrack of the movie Runaway Bride. She was invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform Phantom of the Opera in China. Walt Disney Pictures hired her to sing the title song and be the voice of the heroine Fa Mulan in the Mandarin Chinese version of Mulan. She recorded the song "Reflections", which she also sang at the 2005 opening of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. CoCo co-starred in the movie comedy Master of Everything (aka Bamboo Shoot) with John Lone, which won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival. In character in this movie she sang one of her own hit songs, "Di-Da-Di", which was a cover of Maria Montell's "And So The Story Goes". The role required CoCo to sing her own song badly, which she performed effectively despite her own singing talent.

In the world of fashion and commerce, CoCo was an Omega Watches Global Ambassador in 2004, and fashion house Chanel named CoCo its first "Asian-Pacific Celebrity Ambassadress". This brought Ferren's story full circle somewhat, as she got her nickname CoCo from being an admirer of the firm's products.

In June 2005 CoCo's engagement to millionaire Canadian businessman Bruce Rockowitz was made public, apparently having taken place some months earlier.

Discography

Albums

Studio

• [1994.06.xx] Love From Now On
• [1994.12.xx] Promise Me
• [1995.06.xx] Brave Enough To Love
• [1995.09.xx] Woman In Love
• [1996.06.xx] CoCo (Past Love)
• [1996.11.xx] CoCo's Party
• [1997.06.xx] Everytime I Think of You
• [1997.12.xx] CoCo Cantonese album
• [1998.01.xx] DiDaDi
• [1998.06.25] Sunny Day
• [1999.05.25] Today Until Forever
• [1999.10.27] Just No Other Way English debut album
• [2000.08.24] True Lover, You and Me
• [2001.10.12] Promise
• [2002.06.18] D.IS.CoCo
• [2005.03.25] Exposed English second album

Compilations

• [2001.01.01] The Best of My Love