Olivia Ong!

I came across her songs at a posh CD shop in s'pore, her voice immediately capture my attention and i went into the shop asking what album is it..

Such smooth, sultry voice with excellent music! wow!!!



i'm totally melted and blown away, and impressed with the achievement of someone same age as me, at 22.. though sadly, i'm drawn to the lyrics of this song.

it has been some time since i listened to a voice so special it demands exclusive attention and drifts you into another world of imagination, and an implosion of colours that takes time to sink in, in me. =]

yeah, since norah jones..

I'm waiting for my next little paycheck to buy a few of her previous jazz albums, ha. But not into her new J-pop album.



Love ya singin' voice, Olivia. =)




From wikipedia:

Olivia is a Singaporean singer. She sings mostly in English but develop her career singing in English and, later, Japanese. Likened to Keiko Matsuda, she won a singing contest and was signed to a Japanese recording company at only 15. After taking her O-level examinations in Singapore, Olivia moved to Japan to further her studies and career as a solo artist. In Japan, she became a member of a Japanese pop (J-pop) group called Mirai, before she released her bestselling début, "a girl meets bossanova" at only 19. With her sultry, soulful, pristine and innocent vocals, she reinterprets Frank Sinatra such as "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" and other jazz and pop numbers. She is one of the new wave of Singapore talent being exported internationally. So far, Olivia is the only pop sensation exported exclusively to Japan.




well, karen kong's voice quite above the average too, the malaysian chinese singer who sings malay songs.