Susan Wong - The Best of Susan Wong (2008)

Susan Wong was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Sydney, Australia with her family at the age of seven. Musically inclined from a young age, she learned to play the piano at age five and later she also learned the violin. At Kambala in Sydney, she sang alto in the choir and appeared in the school dramas (Gilbert & Sullivan & the like) and entered a number of piano competitions. She received an associate diploma (ATCL) in piano from Trinity College London.

Her first break in the music world was at the age of sixteen when her parents entered her for a singing contest in Sydney. It was organized by TVB with the winner to be offered a recording contract with one of the big music companies in Hong Kong. She won the competition and went to Hong Kong, where she met with the TVB producers who wanted her to sign with one of the music labels. After much deliberation she decided that a music career wasn’t right for her at that time and instead returned to Australia to study at University.

After graduating from university, she returned to Hong Kong in 1997 to help run her family’s accounting business; at this time, she gained her CPA certification. One of her students, who she was teaching piano, was working for a Hong Kong independent label, and Wong asked the boss if they wanted a singer. Wong started recording her favourite English songs and made the album Close To You (2002).

In early 2007, Susan Wong signed a new recording agreement with Hong Kong-based Evolution Music Group and released her first album under evosound in August 2007.

The first release under this agreement, Someone Like You, was recorded in Nashville, USA and won critical and commercial success throughout South East Asia.

Tracklist
01. Killing Me Softly (4:16)
02. Superstar (3:36)
03. Love Will Keep Us Alive (2008 Version) (4:57)
04. Somewhere Beyond The Sea (3:42)
05. The Way We Were (3:53)
06. Stay Awhile (2008 Version) (3:35)
07. Kiss Me Goodbye (2008 Version) (4:29)
08. The Look Of Love (4:25)
09. When I Fall In Love (2008 Version) (3:14)
10. How Wonderful You Are (3:56)
11. Just The Way You Are (5:20)
12. Sometimes When We Touch (4:20)
13. We're All Alone (2008 Version) (3:26)