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| Birth name | Christine Ko |
| Born | September 5, 1985 Queens, New York, United States |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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Miss Ko is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter and rapper signed to Universal Music Group. Ko has released three studio albums and is the winner of Best New Artist of 24th Golden Melody Award in Taiwan, the first rapper/hip-hop artist to win the award.
Christine Ko was raised in Queens, New York. [1] [2] She graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and attended Five Towns College. [3] [4]
Ko released her first album in 2009, while based in New York. [3] [5] She studied Mandarin at National Taiwan Normal University, [3] and during that time participated in a rap competition, which brought her to the attention of an executive at the music label KAO!INC. [6] [7] She left a master's program at New York University to pursue her music career in Taiwan. [4] In 2010, Miss Ko was regarded as a "newcomer to the scene," and Meredith Schweig observed that there were no other professional women rappers in Taiwan at the time. [8]
Ko released her debut album Knock Out on August 15, 2012. Knock Out peaked No. 1 on local music charts and won Ko Best New Artist at the 24th Annual Golden Melody Awards, in addition to "Most Outstanding Asian-American Youth Overseas" that same year.[ citation needed ]
On December 31, 2014, Ko released her second album XXXIII (33), which featured various artists such as Crowd Lu, Billie, and Amber An.
In 2016, Ko signed with Universal Music Group. [9] On December 22, 2016, Ko released her third album Queen of Queens. The album reached No. 1 on i-Tunes and Spotify.
Ko was nominated for Best Female Artist at the 28th Annual Golden Melody Awards.
On March 27, 2018, Ko was announced as the spokesperson for McDonald's.
On August 14, 2015, Ko performed and threw the ceremonial first pitch for her hometown team, the Mets, at Citi Field. [10]
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