Katherine Ho
{{short description|Chinese American singer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Katherine Ho
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1999
| birth_place = Thousand Oaks, California
| nationality = American
| alma mater = University of Southern California
| occupation = Singer, student
}}
Katherine Ho ({{zh|t=何光玥|p=Hé Guāngyùe}}) is a singer known for her performance of Coldplay's Yellow in Mandarin Chinese for the 2018 film, Crazy Rich Asians.{{Cite journal | last = Truong | first = Peggy | title=Meet Katherine Ho, the Voice Behind Your Favorite Song from the 'Crazy Rich Asians' Soundtrack|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a22739132/crazy-rich-asians-coldplay-yellow-cover-katherine-ho/| journal = Cosmopolitan |date=2018-08-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/crazy-rich-asians-meet-chinese-singer-who-turned-coldplays-yellow-mandarin-1088337|title="Crazy Rich Asians": Meet the Chinese singer who turned Coldplay's "Yellow" into a Mandarin anthem|date=2018-08-24|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}} The song has reached No. 1 on Spotify Viral 50 Global chart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/mandarin-cover-coldplay-crazy-rich-asians-spotify-charts/|title=Mandarin Coldplay Cover From 'Crazy Rich Asians' Hits #1 On Spotify Charts|date=2018-09-10|work=Pedestrian TV|access-date=2018-09-15|language=en}} Previously, she appeared on season 10 of The Voice.
Early life
Education
In 2015, Ho attended Grammy Camp.{{cite web |url=http://www.grammyintheschools.com/in-the-studio/katherine-ho |title=Katherine Ho |publisher=Grammyintheschools.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322111458/http://www.grammyintheschools.com/in-the-studio/katherine-ho |archivedate=2016-03-22}} In 2015, 2016 and 2017, she attended A Cappella Academy. Katherine graduated from Westlake High School, Thousand Oaks, California in 2017.
As of 2018, Ho attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is majoring in biology with a minor in songwriting.{{citation |last=Chiu |first=Allyson |title=Owning 'Yellow': How 'Crazy Rich Asians' singer turned a Coldplay song into a Mandarin anthem | newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 20, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/20/in-crazy-rich-asians-coldplays-yellow-becomes-a-mandarin-song-about-risking-it-all-singer-says/?noredirect=on}}
Career
In September 2014, Ho performed at the 626 Night Market in Santa Anita Racetrack venue in Arcadia, California.
{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjNzSdaF920 |title=Katherine Ho Live Performance - Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran |date=16 September 2014 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=August 23, 2018}} In 2017 and 2018, she hosted and performed at Luna New Year Celebration at Santa Monica Place.{{cite web |url=https://ktla.com/2018/02/17/lunar-new-year-preview-at-santa-monica-place |title=Lunar New Year Preview at Santa Monica Place|date=18 February 2018 |publisher=KTLA |access-date=September 2, 2018}}
Although still a college student, she became notable for recording the song Coldplay's Yellow in Mandarin, as one of the songs on the soundtrack of the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crazy-rich-asians-read-letter-convinced-coldplay-allow-yellow-movie-1135826 |title=Crazy Rich Asians: Read the letter that Convinced Coldplay to Allow Yellow in the Movie |first=Rebecca |last=Sun |publisher= The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 19, 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2018}}
On August 30, 2019, Ho released her debut single Bellyaches. She also sang the song "Endless Sky" from the 2021 movie Wish Dragon.
References
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External links
- [https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/meet-katherine-ho-voice-behind-160900659.html Profile of Katherine Ho] - Yahoo.com
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Category:People from Thousand Oaks, California
Category:The Voice (franchise) contestants
Category:21st-century American women singers
Category:American women pop singers
Category:American musicians of Chinese descent