Six degrees requires too much thinking; therefore, we're going to keep it simple with one degree.
Real Ability - Eason Chan, Grace Ip, Lillian Ho, Joey Yung
1˚ -- Grace Ip (or Yip) started her music career in EEG. Eason would later join EEG under Music Plus and they two would become company brother-sister.
In Your Arms - Grace Ip
(Grace's debut single)
Background -- In November of 1997, Grace officially became the disciple of Japanese music producer Tetsuya Komuro, becoming the first and only Chinese disciple of the Tetsuya Komuro family.(Grace's debut single)
Grace made her music industry debut alongside EEG sister Lillian Ho in 1998. Grace won TVB JSG'sBest Newcomer Award - Gold that same year.
When Joey Yung entered the industry one year later people labeled the 3 (Grace, Lillian, Joey) as EEG's 3 Little Flowers. Though, I believe Nicholas Tse, who entered the industry a year earlier, along with Grace and Lillian formed EEG's Three Treasures in response to Capital Artists' Three Treasures (Edmond Leung, Eason Chan, Miriam Yeung.)
Grace was then frozen by EEG when they found out she was dating Swing member/songwriter/EEG artist Eric Kwok and refused to break up with him. Signed to EEG for 7 years, she was not allowed to terminate her contract and voiced her displeasement when EEG allowed the duo Swing to terminate their contract.
In 2006, Grace signed to the record label Silly Thing. Her first album under Silly Thing is the rock based EP On My Own.
我不相信 - Grace Ip
Grace was highly promoted by EEG, as evident when she appeared on a number of JSG Weekly segments in a span of under 2 years. I believe she holds the record for most appearances in the span of those 2 years, although there isn't any evidence.
Grace was a singer who had much potential, especially with her diverse selection of music. One can only imagine Grace's success had EEG not frozen her or had she been allowed to terminate her contract.
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