The Four Golden Princess, comprised of Ginger Keong Hueh Chin, Mins Eng Lee Min, Samantha Ee Kai Chee, and Richell Lee Lian Hong, are best known by their stage names Chin Er, Min Er, Kai Er, and Hong Er.

They were recruited by recording company Ya-Ko Enterprise around 1995, after mass success with their other then child star, Crystal Ong Shir Ching (currently a member of M-Girls).  At that time, the members of Four Golden Princess averaged 5-6 years old.  Each of them hail from different parts of Malaysia, but the four girls get together at company’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on school holidays and weekends for recording sessions or promotions.

They made their debut effort in a compilation album in August 1996 (album title unknown).  Under the management of Ya-Ko Enterprise, the Four Golden Princess released 3 “Happy Children’s Songs” albums and 1 “Chinese New Year 1997” album.  Each album grossed more than 50,000 copies sold, an astonishing figure for local artists.

In September 1997, the parents of Four Golden Princess filed a lawsuit against their recording company, Ya-Ko Enterprise, for non-payment of contractual fees.  The parents claimed they had only received partial payment for one-and-a-half albums.  The lawsuit was settled out of court and as a result, Four Golden Princess was released to another recording company, Wayang Tinggi Entertainment (WTE) as of October 1, 1997, where they remain presently.

Over the many years with WTE, Four Golden Princess has recorded and filmed over 20 albums (8 albums under the “Children’s Wonderland” series, 3 albums under the “Golden Folk Songs” series, and 10 Chinese New Year albums), each of them all best sellers, earning them the title of super child star.  

Their Chinese New Year albums have become a trademark success.  At what was perhaps the peak of their popularity around 1999-2001, their “Dancing Dragons Dazzle in Beijing City 1999” album sold more than 100,000 copies in Malaysia and another 450,000 copies in China.  Their “Lovable Dragon Year 2000” album sold more than 125,000 copies, and their “Dance of the Golden Snake 2001” album sold about 100,000 copies in Malaysia alone.

In early 2003, Min Er announced her intention to leave the group and her singing career to concentrate on school studies.  She had always been the most studious one of the group and dreamt of a career as a doctor ever since she was little.  However, much to the relief of their legion of fans, Min Er decided to remain in the group after much persuasion from fans and friends.

On June 5, 2004, Four Golden Princess celebrated their 10 year anniversary as a group with a mini concert at Malaysia’s UE3.  A child star singing group to have lasted 10 years (or even 5 years) was the very first in Malaysia’s music scene.  Over the years, along with growing up, they have progressed from singing nursery rhymes to children songs to school folk songs and love songs.  All these categories of songs were showcased in this concert.  Hearing Four Golden Princess re-sing their nursery tunes again, a childhood innocence in their voice is no longer felt.  You knew that for a fact, Four Golden Princess was certainly growing up.

Around November 2004, a video from their very early days, circulated around the internet in Taiwan like a storm.  “The Laughing Song” featuring their shaking heads and funny lyrics even made the internet news for spreading so quickly. “Why is Math class your favorite?  Because my teacher is always absent!” or “Today I got 100%, English 50%, Math 50%, add it together, and I have 100%” became favorite quotes amongst Taiwan teens.  Taiwan youth even filmed their own version of the music video to this song.  Although this sudden surge of popularity in Taiwan was a result from them being mocked, it also lead numerous people to learn about the recent Four Golden Princess and converted some into fans as well.  One of the websites devoted to Four Golden Princess, www.fourgoldenprincess.com, was so overwhelmed by the amount of people visiting that its bandwidth ran out very early in the month, something that never happened before.

Today, the Four Golden Princess average 17-18 years old.  Ginger is already in her first year of college studying computer design.  The other 3 Princess are in their last year of secondary school.  During the past 2 years, the Four Golden Princess has cut down on work to focus on their studies and exams, bringing fans only a Chinese New Year album each year.  

Here's wishing the Four Golden Princess much success with studies.  Hopefully, you will be able to bring us fans more wonderful songs and videos very soon!

四千金﹐一支來自馬來西亞的童星組合﹐其成員乃姜慧君(Ginger)﹐黃麗敏(Mins)﹐余凱慈(Samantha)﹐ 與李廉紅(Richell)。 而她們更廣為人知的藝名則依序為君兒﹐敏兒﹐凱兒﹐與紅兒。

1995年﹐成功發掘了王雪晶 (現為M-Girls成員)﹐并引起一陣童星熱潮的雅歌娛樂公司正式與那四位小女孩簽約。當時﹐她們的平均年齡大約只有五至六歲.。雖然彼此居住在不同的州屬﹐但每逢周末或是學校假期﹐四位千金必會前往位與首都吉隆坡的公司總部﹐以進行錄音與宣傳活動。

四千金的首支演出MV﹐收錄於1996年的一張合輯(專輯名稱未明)。在雅歌旗下﹐四千金共發了"歡樂童謠1-3"﹐以及一張1997賀歲專輯。她們的每張專輯都得到了超過五萬張的銷量﹐令同為本地歌手的人感到驚訝不已。

1997年9月﹐四千金的父母對雅歌提出控訴﹐指責公司拖欠合約費﹔而她們只收到了一張半專輯的部份工錢。雖然﹐最終雙方同意庭外和解﹐但歌手與公司的關系已出現裂縫。隨之而來的是﹐1997年10月﹐四千金正式轉投威揚娛樂有限公司﹐直至現在。

在威揚旗下﹐四千金共發了超過20張專輯(8張兒童樂園系列專輯﹐3張金謠風系列專輯﹐以及10張賀歲專輯)﹐每張專輯都賣了個滿堂紅﹐讓她們贏得了百萬童星的稱號。

在市場中﹐四千金的賀歲專輯可說是成功商標。1999年至2001年﹐四千金的人气攀上了高峰﹐她們的《威龍揚武耀京城》不但在本地賣了超過10萬張﹐在中國也更進一步的賣了45萬張﹔在本地﹐她們的千僖賀歲專輯《龍年多可愛》賣超過12萬5千張; 2001年的《金蛇狂舞齊拜年》也賣了10萬張。

2003年初﹐敏兒對外公開了她的決定: 為了能對課業更為專注﹐以實現兒時愿望﹐當一位醫生﹐她決定放棄歌唱事業﹐退出千金組合。無論如何﹐在歌迷朋友們的不斷鼓勵勸說下﹐敏兒終被說服﹐決定繼續留在千金組合。

2004年5月﹐配合四千金成立10周年紀念﹐她們在UE3開了個迷你演唱會。對馬來西亞的音樂界來說﹐一支童星組合能夠維持至十年之久可說是一大异數﹐而四千金也史無前例的為歌壇寫下嶄新一頁。這些年來﹐隨著年齡增長﹐四千金的歌路曲風也不斷進行著蛻變﹐由早期的童謠﹐乃至於後期的校園民歌及情歌。在演唱會中﹐那些歌曲也被一一重現。細聽四千金再一次演繹自己的經典童謠﹐可發覺從前那把充滿稚气的嗓子已不复存在。要知道﹐四千金經已長大成人﹐從昔日的可愛小女孩搖身一變﹐成了現今亭亭玉立的青春少女。

2004年11月﹐四千金從前演唱過的一首童謠"大笑之歌" 如台風般席卷台灣网絡。她們在MV中的逗趣對白以及搖頭晃腦的動作被网民們不斷談論﹐甚至于被當作新聞般迅速流傳于各個論壇中。在台灣的青少年中﹐"大笑之歌" 的對白已成了他們時下最熱門的話題﹐例如: 你為什么最喜歡數學課呢? 因為數學老師時常遲到; 今天考試我得了100分﹐ 英語50分﹐數學50分﹐加起來不就是100分咯!

也有不少人將那首歌拿來改編﹐變成自己的版本﹐實在引人發嘵。雖然﹐人們是因為嘲笑她們而在網上傳誦那首歌曲﹐但同時也讓不少人對四千金產生興趣﹐進而了解她們的現況; 有者更進一步變成了四千金的歌迷. 其中一個為四千金而設的网頁: http://www.fourgoldenprincess.com﹐也前所未有的人潮泛濫﹐游覽人數節節上升。

時至今天﹐四千金的平均年齡已17/8歲。 大千金君兒選修電腦美術設計﹐開始了其第一年的學院生活; 其她三位千金的中學生涯也已進入最後一年。 過去兩年﹐四千金大大減少了工作量﹐只固定的每年退出一張賀歲專輯﹐為的就是多些專注于課業與考試。

在此愿祝四千金學業有成﹐也希望你們能快些為我們帶來賞心悅目的MV以及歌曲。

Big special thanks to "wisely" for the Chinese translation!
特別鳴謝"wisely"題共中文翻譯!

• Happy Children Songs 歡樂童謠
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
     
• Golden Folk Song 金謠風
  • Volume 1: 豆芽夢 Bean Sprout Dream
  • Volume 2: 你那好冷的小手 Your Cold Hands 
  • Volume 3: 東拼西湊 Chinese & English Song

• Children's Wonderland 兒童樂園
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4
  • Volume 5: 紅蜻蜓 Red Dragonfly
  • Volume 6
  • Volume 7: 花蝴蝶 Flower Butterfly
  • Volume 8: 民謠風 Folk Songs 

• Chinese New Year 賀歲專輯
  • 1997: 賀歲專輯 Chinese New Year
  • 1998: 賀歲專輯 Chinese New Year
  • 1999: 威龍揚武耀京城 Dancing Dragons Dazzle in Beijing City
  • 2000: 龍年多可愛 Lovable Dragon Year
  • 2001: 金蛇狅舞齊拜年 Dance of the Golden Snake
  • 2002: 馬到功成慶豐年 Arrival Of Horse Year Brings Success  
  • 2003: 年年豐收好/肥羊肥年 Fat Sheep Fat Year
  • 2004: 春風催花開 Flowers Blossom in the Spring
  • 2005: 不要你的紅包 Don't Want Your Red Envelope
  • 2006: 同歡共樂 Celebrate Together
  • 2007: 世外桃源 Paradise

• Education Video 威揚教學天地
  • ABC 小天地 ABC Small World
  • 數學天地 Math Small World

• Other 其他
  • 四千金10年記事本 1995-2004 10 Years Diary 1995-2004
  • 十年記事本迷你演唱會 10th Year Anniversary Mini Concert
  • 兒歌王國 Kingdom of Children Songs
  • 11週年新旅程 11th Year New Journey
  • 新歌 + 精選 New Songs + Best Selections

八大巨星京城喜迎春 1999
Eight Superstars Chinese New Year 1999
    -   同歡共樂賀新年 / 新年頌 / 喜臨門 / 歡迎新年到
    -   年節時景 / 大拜年 / 恭喜大家過新年 / 春花齋放
    -   開心又一年 / 發財 / 歡歡喜喜過好年 / 金獅來拜年

1998 Nanyang 10 Biggest Stars of Tomorrow
1998 南洋尚商報十大歌星之明日之星

2000 AIM Best Young Performer Award 《Children's Wonderland Volume 1》
2000 AIM最佳歌唱少杰獎 《兒童樂園Vol１》

2004 AIM Awards Nominee for Best Original Children Song ("Bean Sprout Dream") &
《2004娛協獎》最佳原創兒童歌曲獎 ("豆芽夢") 入圍

2004 AIM Awards Nominee for Best Chinese New Year Album ("Flowers Blossom in the Spring")
《2004娛協獎》最佳賀歲專輯獎 ("春風催花開") 入圍