Jocie Guo

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Jocie Guo
Born (1982-03-21) 21 March 1982 (age 41)
Other namesGuo Meimei
Alma mater Singapore Polytechnic
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2005–present
Musical career
Origin Singapore
Genres Mandopop
Instrument(s) Vocals
Labels
Chinese name
Chinese 郭美美
Hanyu Pinyin Guō Měiměi

Jocie Guo (born Jocie Kok; 21 March 1982) [2] is a Singaporean singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in mid-2005, Guo was signed to Singapore record company Play Music which was known for marketing their new artistes as cartoon caricatures on album covers and music videos. Depicted as a sweet innocent cartoonish character in promotional materials, Guo grew wide recognition within weeks of her debut single release.

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Career

The former Singapore Polytechnic student [3] had been an instant success, with her two singles selling a combined 55,000 copies. Guo was viewed as Warner Music Taiwan's priority artiste with an extensive multimillion-dollar marketing campaign planned for her regional debut and was poised to follow the success of another Warner Music's Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun. Her two music videos reportedly cost near to $250,000 to shoot, filmed by top Taiwanese director Lai Wei-kang.

Guo was the first artiste to be granted legal copyrights to sing "Mice Love Rice" outside of China; the resulting hit single was the first to make it to the top of Singapore's RIAS sales chart in 2005. Her first album in 2006, "不怕不怕" ("No More Panic"), out-competed its competitors and became number one on the RIAS sales chart only 10 days after its release. When released in Taiwan, it would sell more than 60,000 copies and attained Platinum status. For Singapore's 2006 May-Day concert, she was invited to perform alongside other big Singaporean stars such as Stefanie Sun in front of a crowd of 20,000. Guo won many "best newcomer" type awards in 2006 such as the "Best Female Newcomer" award from both the 3rd Annual Hit King Awards event that was held in Guangzhou, China and the 6th Annual Global Chinese Music Award Ceremony; [3] she would also win "Best Newcomer" during the Guangdong Radio Station's 9+2 Billboard Music Pioneer Awards Ceremony along with "2006's Most Popular Song" award for her "Bu Pa Bu Pa" single.

In April 2007, Guo performed at Ray Media's 7th Annual Music Awards Ceremony. Also in 2007, Guo received her first six-figure deal to advertise for the Hong Bao Lai ice-cream company in China. [4] Previously, she had also endorsed for Sa Sa Cosmetics and Aji Tei Kyoto Sabo. [5] During 2008, Guo's second album My Darling reached number 2 on Hong Kong's TVB8 Chart and was awarded "Best Newcomer".

In 2011, Guo's contract with Warner Music expired and signed with IME Productions. [6]

In 2016, Guo signed with Chinese label Taihe Music. [3] In 2017, Guo released an album titled Your Name (你的名字). [3]

In 2022, Guo initially planned to hold a concert, My Wonderland, on 19 February but was postponed to 23 April due to Guo being infected with COVID-19. [7]

Personal life

In 2011, Guo was mistaken for Guo Meimei, a Chinese Internet celebrity who was involved in various scandals, due to sharing the same Chinese name. [3] [8] Due to the mistaken identify, she was scolded online by netizens and had to cancel several performances. [3]

In the same year, Guo was diagnosed with endometriosis. [3]

Discography

Guo's debut single includes the cover of the song, Mice Love Rice, with various remixes. [9]

Her second single, No More Panic, a Chinese-language cover version of Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone, was released in early November 2005. [10]

Guo's debut album, No More Panic , which was released in January 2006, [11] is based on her previous hit single No More Panic and titled the same. The album contained new songs and covers that range from catchy mid-tempo tunes to acoustic folk and sentimental numbers. One of the songs, 勾勾手, was used as the ending theme of the Singaporean drama Love Concierge (爱的掌门人). [12]

Guo also published two more albums for Christmas (2006) and Chinese New Year (2007). [13] She released her next album titled My Darling on 22 October 2007. [14] The album included a cover of Ann Winsborn's La La Love on My Mind. In the following year towards the end of May, a CD+DVD version of My Darling was released and made available worldwide; it contained 2 bonus tracks and a DVD with 5 of her music videos for My Darling. [15] [16]

About a year later, Guo would become the singer for the opening theme song, 放了爱, written by lyricist XiaoHan, [17] and the ending theme song, 许愿树, for the 2009 Singaporean drama Perfect Cut 2 (一切完美2). [18]

Studio albums

Album #Album Information
1st不怕不怕
2nd My Darling (我的答铃)
3rdI am Jocie (我是郭美美)

二人同行: #1 (10 weeks)
和我来电: #16 (4 weeks)

4th完美世界
5th你的名字
6th起风了

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef
2010 Star Awards 2010 Best Theme Song Perfect Cut 2 – "放了爱"Nominated
2022 Star Awards 2022 Best Theme Song My Star Bride – "温习"Won [19]
2023 Star Awards 2023 Best Theme Song Love at First Bite – "恋香"Nominated

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  1. ↑ http://www.idea-music.com Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 美美~不怕不怕 – udn城市
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jocie Guo uses hard times as inspiration for new record". Today. Singapore. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Jocie profile page on Warner Music Singapore Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine see Artist Profile tab >>> Accolades(page 2)
  5. ↑ Jocie profile page on Warner Music Singapore Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine see Artist Profile tab >>> Endorsements (scroll under Endorsements)
  6. ↑ Ying, Foo Jie (19 September 2014). "S'pore pop star: Having same name as infamous China blogger made my life hell". The New Paper. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Singer Jocie Guo postpones concert due to COVID-19 diagnosis". sg.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Lee, Elaine (27 March 2017). "Dark days no more for singer Jocie Guo". The New Paper. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Warner Music Singapore – Warner Music Official Web Site Archived 28 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Warner Music Singapore – Warner Music Official Web Site [ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ ":: 華納線上音樂雜誌 / 音樂廳 / 華語大碟 / 華納流行 / 不怕不怕". Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2006.
  12. ↑ Jocie profile page on Warner Music Singapore Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine see Artist Profile tab >>> Endorsements (scroll under Drama Serial Theme Songs)
  13. ↑ The albums are respectively titled Merry Merry Christmas（Mei Li Mei Li Sheng Dan 美丽美丽圣诞） and Happy New Year, My Love（Xin Nian Kuai Le, Wo Ai Ni! 新年快乐，我爱你！）The title songs for these albums are also found on Jocie's latest Album, My Darling.
  14. ↑ Not afraid of cockroaches? No way, says Jocie Archived 22 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ My Darling (CD+DVD) (Hong Kong version)
  16. ↑ My Darling [CD+DVD] (Singapore Version)
  17. ↑ Xiao Han's lyric blog (contains Chinese)
  18. ↑ Perfect Cut 2 official site Archived 2 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ "唱紅〈不怕不怕〉！郭美美拆封18年前專輯 41歲太凍齡美成這樣│TVBS新聞網". TVBS (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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