Leong was born in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Her
real name is "Leong Chui Peng" (Chinese: 梁翠萍; pinyin: Liáng
Cùipíng). She started her career as a cover version singer at Hai
Luo Music Cafe.
In her youth, Leong had participated in many local singing
competitions and emerged as the winner in a few of them. Veteran
singer Jonathan Lee discovered her during a singing competition at
Hai Luo. She was then singing a song called Qī Dài
(期待
which was composed by her friend. She
started her career in Taiwan, in October 1997, after joining Rock
Records of Taiwan. It was then that she adopted the name "Fish",
supposedly because of her salmon-like features. Her debut album Yí
Yè Zhǎng Dà (一夜長大 was released after two years, only to encounter an
earthquake on the day of the album launch promotion (21 September
1999). Her career only managed to take off after the successful
launch of her second album Yǒng Qì (勇氣, which means Courage.
Leong has enjoyed collaborations with prominent Chinese songwriters
and producers, such as Lee-Hom Wang and Ashin of Mayday, the latter
being her fellow labelmate. She has also sung duets with fellow
Malaysians and labelmates, Guang Liang, Pin Guan and Yu Heng. Her
albums have been best-sellers in the East Asia region, including
Singapore and Taiwan, where she is based. Since making her debut in
1999, Leong has released eight solo albums. Her best-selling album
The Power of Love had sold in excess of 1.5 million copies in Asia
and more than 40,000 copies were sold in Singapore alone. Wings Of
Love, her seventh and double-platinum album, topped Singapores
RIAS sales chart for two weeks and remained within the top 15
positions for more than two months. Her Silk Road album in 2005 had
sold 1 milion copies in Asia. At the Singapore Hits Awards 2003,
she was crowned the Best Female Vocalist. In 2004, she was
presented with the Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer prize at
the same event. In 2005, she won the Most Popular Female Singer and
Regional (Malaysia) Most Popular Singer awards. After the success
of the Love Perade World Tour 2004/2005, she is now preparing for
another series of world tour concerts (including Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore) which will be begin on
February 2007. Her latest album "Kissing The Future Of Love" is a
hit and topped the Mandarin charts for weeks.
