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M-Girls (Chinese: ????), nicknamed Malaysia's version of S.H.E, is a four-member Malaysian girl group that was formed in late 2000, releasing mainly Chinese New Year albums every year. Members of this group consists of Crystal Ong Shir Ching (???), Queenzy Cheng Koon Si (???), Angeline Khoo Yen Nee (???, AKA ?? [Ah Ni]), and Cass Chin Yan Zi (??? AKA ??? or ??), who originally left M-Girls in 2005 to study but later came back in late 2012. M-Girls rose in popularity due to the group's unique style, catchy songs, and collaborations with other famous Asian music stars like ??? (Four Golden Princesses) and Timi Zhuo. While M-Girls studio albums have been officially released in many different parts of the world, the group has been a longstanding victim to piracy and unlicensed, illegal distribution. As a result from this, and due to the increased trend of online video streaming, the group's music company, StarMedia, decided to stop producing additional M-Girls albums in 2014. This announcement came out during the release of the Chinese New Year album ??? (True Happiness) in February 2014, a couple of weeks after the release of their EP, My Way.

In 2015, M-Girls released one last CNY album, ???? (New Spring Holiday), through StarMedia. Afterwards, the group later on decided to part ways with the music company and established its own company, MG Entertainment. This new company's first album release was entitled ??? (The New Year is Coming), which came out in 2016.

As of 2017, the members of M-Girls are taking a break from working together a group and would not be producing any albums together, even for the 2018 CNY season. Instead, everyone is currently pursuing solo projects and endeavors for the time being.

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Biography

Prior to M-Girls

All four members originally came from the same company, known as Ya-Ko Enterprise. Crystal made her debut with her solo album ??? (Green Tea Leaves), featuring covers of famous songs from the 1990s. She was the common denominator as everyone has worked with Crystal prior to forming M-Girls in albums such as ???? (1995), ????? (2000), and ?????????. Queenzy and a boy named ??? (Su Li Da) made cameo appearances in Crystal's ??? album and soon, these two were in their own album entitled ????. Angeline first started out in a 7-girl group known as ??? (Seven Fairies) in 1993, and eventually, she would collaborate with Seven Fairies member ?? (Ting Ting), as well as release a few solo albums. Cass made her first well-known appearance alongside Crystal in the 1997 CNY album ?????.

2000-2005

After previously singing together in various albums in past years, their company finally got the four of the girls together to form a girl group. Their first album released as a group was called ??????? which was a Chinese New Year album that was released in 2001, year of the Snake. Their first Pop album (Also their second album as a group) was called Dance With Me which was also released in the same year.

For their 2004 CNY album, M-Girls released a Chinese New Year album with another well known four member Chinese Malaysian girl-group from Malaysia Four Golden Princess. The album titled Flowers Blossom in the Spring (?????) also set a new Malaysia Book of Records for the most number of lion dancers in a music video. In their music video ?????(Also the title of the album), there were 108 lion dancers. The former record holding music video had 88 which was shot around two years before.

In 2005 during their release of their Chinese New Year album Happy Year (???) which was filmed in Australia. Cassandra announced that she would leave the group to further her studies, thus leaving the group name to only M-Girls since ????(Pin Yin: Sì gè n? sh?ng) means "Four Girls" in English meaning that since there was only three members left they could not use that Chinese name any more.

2005-2010

After Cassandra left, M-Girls released another album in 2005 called Nile River (???) This was their last Pop album release to date until 2013's "My Way" with Cassandra. They continue to only release Chinese New Year albums after Nile River. Celebrate Together (????) was their first Chinese New Year album released after Cassandra left. This album was released for the 2006 year of the dog. After the release of their 2010 Chinese New Year album Jin Yu Man Tang (????) which was released on 23 December 2009, Queenzy left the group due to her contract with her music company has ended.

2010-2012

After Queenzy left the group, Crystal and Angeline released a Chinese New Year 2011 album with Nick Chung (???). Crystal and Angeline had previously recorded a couple of MV's with him. The group was named San Da Huang Pai (????). They released their album on 29 November 2010. The album was called Dancing Spring (????). Queenzy did not release an album that year.

In late 2011 Crystal, Angeline and Queenzy released Chinese New Year 2012 albums. The 2nd San Da Huang Pai album filming was in June. The album name was called Whole World Celebration (????). This year fans can get a hold of a special set of chopsticks and rice scooper with their album if they bought the album on 12 November 2011 at Cheras Leisure Mall from 02pm.

Queenzy and Wei Wei (Chinese:??) also known as Xiao Wei Wei (Chinese:???) who was also previously a child star in Malaysia teamed up and started filming their Chinese New Year album on 15 September. Both DVD and VCD issues come with a bonus CD. The album is called festive(??). This album was released by Soundlife records (??????).

Angeline, Crystal and Queenzy and other Chinese Malaysian artists were in the Shining Dragon Shiny Year (??????? ) TV2 programme in Malaysia to celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year of the Dragon. The three had not been in a Chinese New Year MV together since their 2010 CNY album. The M-Girls members also appeared in other television shows including Aunti Sui Reunion (Aunti Sui ???), Adults Have Arrived (????) The Year of the Dragon Is Interesting (???????).

In 2012, Angeline released a solo EP album titled I AM SOLO renaming her Chinese name as Ah-Ni (??). She sang with a live band and released her EP on 31 March. Angeline being the youngest to start out, out of the four M-Girls members celebrates her 20th year in the music industry. She was interviewed by Hisoing. She was also interviewed other various times over the couple of months including one which was released on 19 October at 5:00PM on the Hisoing website. Title called Recalling The Years As A Child Star (???????) where she mentioned that she had released over 50 albums throughout her 20 years in the music industry.

2012-2016

On 14 September 2012, Starmedia Distribution announced on Facebook that M-Girls would reform and release a new album. The four members had not made an album together since their 2005 Chinese New year album Happy Year(???). Shooting for their new Chinese New Year album started on 2 October and ended on 14 October. Their CNY album title ?? was released on 3 December 2012 along with their album preview which was uploaded onto their official company YouTube channel StarmediaChannel. ?? translated to English means reunion. The title signifies the reunion of the four girls.

On the Monday 10 December 2012, Starmedia released a limited edition version of the M-Girls CNY 2013 album for pre-order. This includes a signed copy of their DVD+CD, signed poster and a limited edition booklet. The only way to get a hold of this was to order it online. Their album was later released on the Saturday 29 December 2012.

Along with the M-Girls Chinese New Year album Reunion, Angeline guest stars in Nick Chung's CNY album titled Through The New Year (????).

M-Girls' official company StarMedia released a video on YouTube on 7 July, confirming that the four members were in the process of making a new album. On 24 September, they began shooting their 2014 Chinese New Year Album. Their EP album and so far only Revival Pop album titled "My Way" was announced on 11 October 2013 for pre-order This album includes many freebies including a signed copy of the album, bookmarks, and other various discounts and vouchers. The pre-release album was sold out just over a week after it was available for pre-order.

Around a month later on 27 November, the preview for their new 2014 Chinese New Year album True Joy ??? (Zan Foon Hei) was leaked onto their company website Starmediachannel and a day later, the pre-release was announced for their new Chinese New Year album. Fans have a pick of either buying package one which includes M-girls bookmarks, horse T-shirt, M-Girls 2014 Calendar, horse red packets, horse book mark and a signed M-Girls poster along with the DVD and CD. Package two includes the DVD+CD, signed poster, calendar, horse bookmark, and horse red packet. This would be M-Girls' final Chinese New Year album as their albums are heavily shared online, which has affected their album sales, causing their company StarMedia to stop producing Chinese New Year albums by M-Girls. Angeline said during a press conference on 20 December 2013 "I hope the fans buy genuine, the company makes money, then perhaps there is an opportunity to re- ah!"

A limited edition CD+DVD version of their My Way album was released on 4 February on the official Starmedia website. This package consists of The CD + DVD, Box, Bookmark and a Multiuseage card. Their final performance as a group 23 February after holding their final concert for Hai-O at the HGC Convention Centre in Malaysia. Angeline has gone to China to further her studies, leaving the three members to promote their latest album without her.

After mass online speculation, it was revealed that they will indeed release another Chinese New Year album for CNY 2015, this one called ???? which translates to new spring holiday. Their company StarMedia have released four different sets containing different items. Their diary DVD featuring footage from the making of their new CNY album titled ??????? (Translating to This New Spring Holiday is Fun) which is a play on the word ? which can mean Thailand which most of the album was shot at, or adding to how fun the holiday was. This DVD was officially launched on 3 January 2015 at Sungai Wang Plaza ???????? at 5pm during the time of their first concert. This year for the first time M-Girls cover an English song called Happy CNY, and also a Hokkien song called ??? which translates to fortune.

M-Girls were awarded best Chinese New Year album ?????? in the Malaysian Music Awards on 23 May 2015 for their 2013 Chinese New Year album Reunion ??.

Filming for their 2016 Chinese New Year album began on 8 September 2015. Recording started the previous month. Angeline and Crystal also made an appearance in Nick and Stella Chung's CNY album titled ???? translating to "New Year Reunion". The advertisement of the release of their latest Chinese New Year album titled "???" which translates to Year is Coming was released on 21 November 2015. This is the first time they have released an album since they left their former company Starmedia.

2016-2017

Pre-orders for their 2017 Chinese New Year album was announced through social media on 18 November 2016. The album titled ????? Reddish Chinese New Year. This will be the first time Crystal has not released Chinese New Year album since her debut in 1994 as she is currently in the process of working on her very own solo album.

2017-present

It was revealed through various media reports that M-Girls would be taking a break and not be producing CNY albums together from CNY 2018. Instead they would be pursuing solo endeavours for the time being.

Crystal's solo album titled Renée includes a song called ??? which was released on MYFM on 1 May.

Queenzy released an album with Tom ??? titled ? Don't Be Shy (Love Don't Be Shy). Their music video was released on 25 August.

It was revealed on Angeline's Facebook page that she would be releasing a solo Chinese New Year album for CNY2018. It will be the first year M-Girls have no released an album as a group since their 2013 Reunion album. Filming began on 26 August.

Queenzy will also be releasing a solo CNY album titled You Are The Best ?????. Pre-orders began on 3 November. Special pre-order deals have an option of post stamps and also a Touch 'n Go card used in Malaysia.

Members

Queenzy Cheng ???
Angeline Khoo ??
Cass Chin ???

Past members

Crystal Ong ???

Member Timeline

Blue = Pre-Debut Activity
Green = Active as M-Girls
Red = Active as Soloists
Black = Inactive Period

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Albums

M-Girls as a group have released over twenty albums to date. Listed are the albums that were released or are still currently in production. Because all their albums are recorded in Chinese, many albums do not have an English album title, listed are rough translations of the Chinese meaning.

Pop Albums

Dance With Me (2001)
??? Playful Tricks (2003)
??? Silly Goldfish (2004)
???? Love Code (MV collection) (2004)
??? Nile River (2005)
My Way EP / Mini Album (2013/2014)

Chinese New Year Albums

??????? Happily Welcoming the Harvest Year (2001)
???? Leaping New Year (2002)
??YEAH! New Year YEAH! (2003)
????? Flowers Blossom in the Spring (M-Girls & ???) (2004)
??? Happy Year (2005)
???? Celebrate Together (M-Girls & ???) (2006)
???? Paradise (M-Girls & ???) (2007)
??? Good Day (Eight Superstars ????) (2007)
?????? Flower Fairy (2008)
???? Peach Blossoms (2009)
???? Abundant Wealth (2010)
?? Reunion (2013)
??? True Joy (2014)
???? New Spring Holiday (2015)
??????? This New Year Holiday is Thai-Fun (2015)
??? The New Year is Coming (2016)
????? Reddish New Year (2017)

Other Albums

All members started producing albums at the age of around 6-10 years old. These are the albums that they released before the group formation, and also other albums not as the group M-Girls. Some years may be incorrect. All Chinese New Year albums are produced months before release date, so they are filmed the previous year.

Queenzy ??? (D.O.B. 26 February 1986)

??? Selling Wontons (Queenz 1995 Solo Album)
???? Magic Computer (Queenz Solo Album)
???? First Timers (Queenz & Su Li Da)
???? I?II Double Stars Bring Luck I?II (Queenz & Crystal 1995 & 1996 Chinese New Year Albums)
??????? Ya-Ko Stars Lion Dance (Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1995 Chinese New Year Album)
??????? Ya-Ko Stars Celebrate the New Year (Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1996 Chinese New Year Album)
???? Highlights (Queenz & Crystal)
????? Chinese New Year Carnival (Queenz & Chen Jia Lin 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
???? Three Stars Bring Luck (Queenz, Winnie, Chingy 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
??????? Tu Qi Yang Mei Qing Feng Nian (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra & Ya-Ko Stars 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Huang Mei Diao Mountain Songs (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra)
??????? Three Stars Celebrate the Year of the Dragon (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
?? Folk Songs 2 in 1 (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Album)
2012 ?? Festive (Queenzy & Wei Wei ???&??)
2017 ? Don't be Shy(Queenzy ??? and Tom)
2018 ????? You Are The Best! (Queenzy ???)

Angeline ??? (D.O.B. 4 March 1986) - During this time she was known as Xiao Ni Ni (???).

?????? Ancient Classics (Seven Fairies 1993 Album)
??????? Fairy Lunar New Year (Seven Fairies 1994 Chinese New Year Album)
??? I?II Pick of the Pops I?II (Seven Fairies 1993 & 1994 Album)
??95??????? China 95 Huang Mei Diao Mountain Chinese New Year Songs (Seven Fairies 1995 Chinese New Year Album)
???? I?II?III?IV Campus Folk I?II?III?IV (Seven Fairies 1994-1995)
?????? Post-Production Album (Seven Fairies 1995)
24???cha-cha??? 24 Cha-Cha New Year Song Medleys(Angeline, Ting Ting, Happy Little Angels 1996 Chinese New Year Album)
???????CHA-CHA ?? Remembering Teresa Teng Cha Cha Medleys (Angeline & Ting Ting Album)
????? Fujian Old Day Songs (Angeline & Ting Ting Album)
????? Fujian Burn Billowing (Angeline & Ting Ting Album)
???? I?II?III Bliss I?II?III(Angeline Solo Album)
????? Fujian New Year Songs (Angeline 1997 Solo Chinese New Year Album)
???????? Three Generations of Fairies New Year's Celebration (Angeline, Ting Ting, 2nd Generation Fairies, 3rd Generation Fairies 1997 Chinese New Year Album)
???? Familiar Friend (Angeline Solo Album)
??????? New Year Melodies and New Year Songs (Angeline 1998 Solo Chinese New Year Album)
???? Dream Stage (Angeline Solo Album)
????????? King Child Stars Together Wishing a Happy New Year (Angeline & Crystal 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
????????? Fujian Classics Duets (Angeline & Crystal 1999 Album)
?????? Soundlife Double Stars Bring Luck (Angeline & Ting Ting 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
???????? Lion Dance Welcoming the New Millennium (Angeline, Ting Ting & Soundlife Stars 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Fujian Old Day Songs (2000 Angeline Solo Album)
2011 ???? Dancing Spring (San Da Huang Pai ????)
2012 ???? Whole World Celebration(San Da Huang Pai ????)
2013 ???? Cross The New Year (Nick Chung, Angeline ??)
2012 I AM SOLO (Angeline ??)
2016 ???? New Year Reunion (Angeline ??, Crystal ???, Nick and Stella Chung)
2018 ??????? Happiness Is Coming Now (Angeline ??)
2018 ????? Perfect New Year (Angeline ??, Nick and Stella Chung)

Cassandra ??? (D.O.B. 16 April 1986)

???? Flying Swallow Landing (Cassandra 1997 Solo Album)
????? Double Stars Bring Luck Again (Cassandra and Crystal 1997 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Double Stars Bring Double Luck (Cassandra and Crystal 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
????????? King Child Stars Together Wishing a Happy New Year (Angeline & Crystal with Cassandra as a Guest Star 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
??????? Tu Qi Yang Mei Qing Feng Nian (Cassandra, Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Huang Mei Diao Mountain Songs (Cassandra Queenz & Crystal)
??????? Three Stars Celebrate the Year of the Dragon (Queenz, Crystal & Cassandra 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
?? Folk Songs 2 in 1 (Casandra, Queenz & Crystal 2000 Album)

Crystal ??? (D.O.B. 19 May 1986)

??? Green Tea (Crystal 1994 Solo Album)
????? Where Do Fish Come From (Crystal 1995 Solo Album)
????? Come, Let's Be Environmentally Friendly(Crystal 1995 Solo Album)
???? I?II Colour Wizard I?II Crystal 1996 Albums)
???? I?II Double Stars Bring Luck I?II (Crystal & Queenz 1995&1996 Chinese New Year Albums)
??????? Ya-Ko Stars Lion Dance (Crystal, Queenz & Ya-Ko Stars 1995 Chinese New Year Album)
??????? Ya-Ko Stars Celebrate the New Year (Queenz, Crystal & Ya-Ko Stars 1996 Chinese New Year Album)
???? Over the Atlantic (Crystal and Huang Ke Qiu 1996 Album)
???? Highlights (Crystal & Queenz)
????? Double Stars Bring Luck Again (Crystal and Cassandra 1997 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Double Stars Bring Double Luck (Crystal and Cassandra 1998 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Sailor Moon (Crystal 1997 Solo Album)
??? I?II Green Apple I?II (Crystal 1998 Solo Album)
????????? King Child Stars Together Wishing a Happy New Year (Angeline & Crystal 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
??????? Tu Qi Yang Mei Qing Feng Nian (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra & Ya-Ko Stars 1999 Chinese New Year Album)
????? Huang Mei Diao Mountain Songs (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra)
??????? Three Stars Celebrate the Year of the Dragon (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Chinese New Year Album)
???? Pink World (Crystal 2000 Solo Album)
????????? Fujian Classics Duets (Crystal & Angeline 1999 Album)
?? Folk Songs 2 in 1 (Queenz, Crystal, Cassandra 2000 Album)
???? Dancing Spring (San Da Huang Pai ???? 2011 Album)
??????? Everyday is a Good Day with Good Fortune(Crystal ??? 2011 Album)
???? Whole World Celebration(San Da Huang Pai ???? 2012 Album)
???? New Year Reunion (Angeline ??, Crystal ???, Nick and Stella Chung 2016 Album)
Renée (Crystal ??? 2017 Album)

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References

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External links

mymgirls.com official m-girls website
StarMedia Distribution sdn bhd - official company website

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