Zee Avi , the new sensation ???

Zee Avi....hmmm

didn't really know her at 1st....

but i kept reading loads and loads of articles about a Malaysian who managed to get a contract with Brushfire records @ Hollywood ( correct me if i'm wrong lols )

and the name Zee Avi kinda caught my attention .....

the 2nd time i heard about her was when me , James and Claudia was @ Leisure Mall last month to discuss about the Christmas Party plan and we adjourned to Popular bookstore ( CD corner ) and heard a song with funny lyrics in English mix Bm .... it sounds something like this : semalam i call you , you tak answer...... and later , the word Damansara was heard by us and we were like...laughing lols xD

I later got to know that the song is entitled " Kantoi " .....quite catchy haha xD

The 3rd time was few days before christmas....when i was driving while listening to Lite fm then this really soothing and sweet Christmas song really got me hooked....went home and kept finding for the song title but to no avail ( i don't know the song title that time ) but thank GOD i discovered the song by accident today and i was shocked to now that the song is sung by none other.... Zee Avi a.k.a Kokokaina...

Love her old world charm voice.....akin to Joanna Wang's voice actually....

somehow , when i 1st got to know her , i would say that she's the Malaysian version of Joanna Wang .... really ..

The Song i SUPER LOVE !! :

I know la Christmas is over like......roughly 2 week ago...but still , i'm loving this song =)

The Lyrics :

Sung and Written by Zee Avi =)

No, there won't be Christmas for me this year
For the simple reason being you're not here

There won't be eggnogs by the cozy fire
There won't be glasses of mulled wine either
There won't even be a Christmas tree
'cause you're not here to light it up with me

Oh, Santa honey, won't you bring my baby back to me?
'cause i miss him, yes, i miss him oh so dearly

I haven't sent him his Christmas card
'cause that would mean we really are apart
The Christmas stockings are as empty as my heart

I know you're away doing something good
But just this once, baby, if you could
You know you can, and you know should
'cause Christmas won't be Christmas...

without you

Two days to Christmas and i'm still waiting outside
Wishing upon a star that you'll be coming home tonight
But it was cold, it was getting late
Sadly, i crept back into bed
But then i felt a soft kiss on my cheek
I opened my eyes, and there my baby was...

with me!

My baby came back for me
Merry Christmas, baby

and this song .... Kantoi ( B.M word for " Busted " )

This is not her Music Video , but this 2 girls ( sisters ) really did a great job @ making this a really priceless video for our viewing pleasure =D haha

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2nd section :

Zee Avi vs Joanna Wang ......

1st and foremost , a little info about them =)

Zee Avi :

Zee Avi (born Izyan Alirahman,^[1] also known as KokoKaina;^[2] b. 1986)^[3] is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player.

Personal life

Avi was born in Miri, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. She moved to Kuala Lumpur when she was 12.^[4] She studied fashion design atAmerican InterContinental University in London.^[5]

[edit]Career

In September 2007 Avi posted a video of her first song on YouTube for one of her friends who had missed her first performance in Kuala Lumpur. The friend convinced Avi to leave the video online even after he had seen it, and soon she received positive feedback. This inspired her to put more videos on YouTube.^[5] After being featured on the main page of YouTube, she was discovered by Patrick Keeler of The Raconteurs, who passed the link to Ian Montone, the manager of The White Stripes, The Shins, The Raconteurs, and others. Montone passed her music on to Emmett Malloy, who signed her to Brushfire Records, a record company which is partly owned by Jack Johnson.^[4] Her song "No Christmas For Me" is featured on Brushfire Records's 2008 Christmas album This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday.^[6] Her single "Bitter Heart" was first to become available on the US iTunes store, and her full self-titled debut album was released on May 19, 2009, co-produced by Brushfire Records and Ian Montone's Monotone Records. On the day of her album's release, YouTube featured her on the front page in Spotlight: Music Tuesday. From June–August 2009, she toured the United States with Pete Yorn. The final concert on her first U.S. tour was at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California on August 27, 2009. ^{[7] [8]}

Avi's song "Monte" was featured in the second season finale of Private Practice.^[9]

[edit]Discography

• Zee Avi (2009) Her debut album hit #130 US Billboard Hot 200 Chart and #2 US Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart, and sold 6,000 copies in the United States in its first 2 weeks of release(as of June 9, 2009) according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[10]
• Her first single "Bitter Heart" spent 3 weeks on Japan's Top 100 Singles chart. It entered the chart at #82 and peaked at #63, where it stayed for 2 weeks.^[11]

Now for Joanna Wang ,

Joanna Wang (Chinese: 王若琳, pinyin: Wáng Ruòlín) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, daughter of famous music producer Ji-ping "Bing" Wang (王治平). Born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles, Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her debut album, Start From Here, was released in January 2008 as a double-disc set, one in English and the other in Chinese. The album reached #1 in Taiwan and has been popular throughout the Southeast Asian region. In June 2008, it was released in Japan. Her second album, Joanna&王若琳, which includes her all-original endeavor, The Adult Storybook, was released in January 2009. She has stated on her youtube description and in other interviews that she dislikes the debut and rejects it as her own work.

Career

As she was partially raised in the United States, she was exposed to many classic pop music acts, including but not limited to:The Beatles, Queen, and Oingo Boingo. Among her major influences are Danny Elfman, Yoeko Kurahashi (倉橋ヨエコ), Paul McCartney, and video game soundtracks, most notably those from the Castlevania, Zelda, and Mario series.

She is also a left-handed guitarist.

She has performed some of her own work and has covered various popular songs in English and in Chinese on Taiwanese television programs.

[edit]Awards

• 2008: Singapore Hit Awards 2008 - Outstanding Newcomer
• 2008: 9th CCTV-MTV Music Awards - Most Popular New Female Artist of the Year in Hong Kong and Taiwan
• 2008: Metro Hits Music Awards - Metroshowbiz Hits Mandarin Songwriter Singer Big Award
• 2008: Metro Hits Music Awards - Metro Radio Hits Most Voted Newcomer Award
• 2008: China Mobile Wireless Music Awards - Most Potential New Female Singer
• 2008: 2008 Beijing Chinese Pop Music Awards - Best Composer-Singer Newcomer

[edit]Discography

[edit]Albums

• Start From Here (2008)
• Joanna & 王若琳 (2009)

* credits to wikipedia =)

Now for their voice :

Zee Avi :

Joanna Wang : ( should listen to the 2nd song before the 1st one )

Now , another song of her's in English

Their Looks :

Zee Avi :

Joanna Wang :

Age-wise... :

Zee Avi is 24 , while Joanna Wang is 22

Common Points :

- Both are Asian

- Both have unique old-world-charm voice

- Both plays the Guitar

- Both have their own youtube accounts

- Both have their albums sold in Japan and achieved great sales and etc..

- Both Debuted in the year 2008

- Both are folk singers ( but Zee Avi's music genre also include Acoustic and world music and a tinge of pop )

- Both studied abroad at a point of their lives ( Joanna Wang studied in The States , while

Zee Avi studied in London )

- Both are songwriters

there you have it , my two favourite old-world-charm singers =)