Fame came too late!

An unknown local (Singapore) back-up singer became the fourth most searched-for name in the local Google website after her death. For those who do not know Nicole, she is the lady on the right.

But fame came to Nicole Lai a little too late.

The 36-year-old, who had sung back-up for the albums of top regional artists such as Aaron Kwok, Sammi Cheng and Jolin Tsai, had died on Sept 6 after a year-long battle with skin cancer.

Her friend, Singapore's top singing export Stefanie Sun, paid tribute to her by sponsoring the printing of 400 CD copies of a single titled Freedom, which Lai wrote and sang.

They were distributed at her recent wake and at the music schools where she taught at. At least 60 more people have asked for a copy.

'That's the only thing she had ever wanted, to have an album of her own,' Sun, 30, told Life!. 'It was the least I could do for her.'

I do not know about you but I am getting a copy of her single.  Years ago, I did the same when Danny Chan passed on.  Nicole, RIP.