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Kelvin Tan
Kelvin Tan Wei Lian (陈伟联) is a blind Singaporean Mandopop singer who earned a living as a busker before he won the first edition of Project SuperStar in 2005. He has released three albums, All I Want Is... (2006), i-Weilian (2007) and Moving Notes...Kelvin Tan (2009). Other highlights of his career include a solo concert at the Singapore Expo, leading a choir at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and singing the NDP 2009 theme song. ==Early life== Born blind due to Leber's congenital amaurosis (which causes the retina to disintegrate), Tan grew up listening to 1980s Mandopop ballads, which inspired him to learn to play the piano and guitar. He studied at the Singapore School for the Visually Handicapped and Dunearn Secondary School.〔Adeline Chia, "Singing his way home", The Straits Times, 14 September 2009.〕 After his O Levels, he worked as a massage therapist and a singer at a café. He also busked at Jurong East and Waterloo Street, playing his guitar and singing Mandopop ballads for two to eight hours per day.〔〔"Superstar no more", The New Paper, 12 February 2011.〕 According to The New Paper reporter Mindy Tan, his performances drew large crowds (including Malays and Indians), some of whom were so "impressed () his music" that they would "sit on the pavement nearby for up to an hour listening to him".〔Mindy Tan, "Blind superstar who made us all see", The New Paper, 6 September 2005.〕
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