Sally Yeh, sometimes credited as Sally Yip or Yip Sin-man, is a former singer and actress. She has been described as a cultural icon and a voice of unparalleled grace in Hong Kong during the 1980s and 1990s, when Cantopop music reigned supreme across the region and the city's cinema captivated the world.
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Career
Yeh's singing career started in the early 1980s, and her acting career started shortly thereafter, because she was singing songs specifically written for film soundtracks. She has released a total of thirty studio albums, plus compilations and live recordings.
Yeh first relocated to Taiwan to pursue a career in singing, and later relocated to Hong Kong, which at the time was the primary center of Chinese entertainment, for a better chance at fame. Ng Ching Yuen, who was the CEO of Warner Music Hong Kong, arranged for her then-husband, George Lam, to teach Yeh to sing and speak Hong Kong Cantonese.
Since then, Yeh has focused primarily on the Hong Kong Cantonese entertainment world. With the support of utilizing romanization to read Chinese characters in Mandarin and Cantonese in addition to her interactions within the Chinese entertainment business, she began to make improvements on both her spoken Mandarin and Cantonese, including reading Chinese characters. However, because she never had a formal Chinese education, her proficiency in reading Chinese is still limited on various levels. When Yeh has to read Chinese characters, she still relies on Mandarin romanization and Cantonese romanization for support.
