Karen Kong

Karen Kong (龔柯允) is a popular 22 year-old female singer from Labuan Island, East Malaysia. Her primary audience consist of fans from the South-East Asia region (Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines and Indonesia). Karen Kong (or Karen K to her fans) is a Malaysian singer of Chinese ethnicity. Karen's debut single was launched in January 2007. She immediately garnered attention due to her entire album being written in Malay, which is quite unusual for a Chinese artist. Her debut EP also includes her singles Cinta Hello Kitty and Ku Tak Upaya, both penned by fellow Malaysian songwriter Asmin Mudin (writer of Malaysian Idol Jaclyn Victor's Gemilang). Both were featured on several radio station top charts including ERA, Xfresh and others. Participating musicians in this production also included Shazzy (rapper), Johan Farid Khairuddin aka JFK (Xfresh FM Radio DJ), Lee Nai Kong (Project Superstar MD), Sham (Kamikaze), Jamie Wilson, Lee Chee Cheng, Roger Wang, 3-Flow, Omar K, Fajrul Norman and Fred Chong. She was a student of S.M.K Labuan during her secondary education years. She has stated that she is a fan of Celine Dion, who is one of her major influences in her musical career.