Wang Jie

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Dave Wang, formerly known as Wang Dawei, was born on October 20, 1962 in Yonghe City, Taipei County, Taiwan Province. His ancestral home is Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. He is a male singer, musician and actor of Chinese pop music.

Wang Jie moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of 3 and played a role in many Shaw films when he was young. Since his debut in December 1987, Wang Jie has released more than 80 albums.

On December 19, 1987, he released his first album "a game, a dream" in Taiwan, and won the first place in the Taiwan charts for half a year. The second album "forget you, forget me", released in 1988, became the top ten best-selling records of that year. The main songs "forget you, forget me", "let me love you forever" and "you are the pain in my chest forever" also won the champion for several weeks in the music charts of Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. In 1989, the film "seven wolves" starred in the film became popular in Taiwan. In the same year, he went to Hong Kong for development. The song "who knows the heart of a prodigal son" won the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards and the top ten Golden Melody Awards. Since then, Cantonese songs such as "may" and "a little sad and a little crazy" released in Hong Kong have been selected as the champion of Hong Kong music week. The 1991 album "heartbreak" and the song "heartache" were both on the "Hong Kong album list" and the "dragon and tiger list of Chinese songs" of RTHK's Chinese channel. In 1993, he won two awards of "Minsheng Daily's 1992 top ten idols" and "best singing Idol"; in the same year, he sang the song "go home" in CCTV Spring Festival Gala. From 2000 to 2002, songs such as "sad 1999", "not romantic accusation", "I really love you" became popular in Hong Kong music circle.

Beijing Wukesong concert was held on August 7, 2010. London concert will be held on May 23, 2011, and Beijing classic concert "Friends of six" will be held on June 18, 2011. On September 8, 2012, the sixth stop of the "return of the king - the storm rises again" concert was held in Guangzhou Tianhe stadium. In 2014, he held a concert in Beijing. On December 19, 2018, he released his creative album "I know I am a singer who has passed away".

Early experience

Wang Jie's father Wang Xia and mother Xu Yu are actors of Shao's film company. When he grew up in Shao's Film City, he acted in movies when he was 3 years old. He once performed with his father Wang Xia in ghost eunuch. He has appeared in many movies, such as Yuchao, I'm in love, kill, Hong Xiguan, ghost horse and little angel, etc.

When he was 12 years old, Wang Jie's parents divorced and he was sent to the boarding school, Hong Kong three education college. After the divorce, his parents turned a deaf ear to Wang Jie and did not even pay for his tuition. Wang Jie's father, who returned to Taiwan in 1977, left him alone in Hong Kong. Wang Jie reluctantly continued his studies with the help of work study program and his teachers and classmates.

Thanks to the guidance of a Romanian music teacher and Wang Jie's own talent, he began to write music when he was a student. At the age of 14, he met the first love of American and French, Desa. However, Desa died in a car accident during the summer vacation when she returned home. Later, Wang Jie's "Anne" was written to commemorate the death of her first love girlfriend. As for the relationship between parents, Wang Jie wrote the song "baby crying" for the first time at the age of 14. A year or two later, Wang Jie wrote "mom takes me away.".

Wang Jie, who graduated from grade seven, chose to continue to study in the Physics Department of the junior college of our university. However, because the professor insulted him, Wang Jie left school angrily, leaving only his degree. After dropping out of school, Wang Jie once lived in a cage house, making a living as an artist, odd job and painter. At the age of 17, he came to Taiwan and married his first wife two years later. However, when he returned from military service, he found that his wife had left him and his daughter behind. In order to be a good single father, Wang Jie worked as a courier, taxi driver, truck driver, waiter, chef, bartender, lounge singer, stuntman, composer and so on. I used to work four jobs a day at most and sleep at the bottom of the bridge at night.

In 1987, with the recommendation of the producer Mr. Li Shouquan, he entered the Taiwan UFO record company, officially entered the music world and made his debut in Taiwan.

In 2010, Wang Jie stated that he had a Hong Kong identity card in the program "appointment between Shandong and Henan".

On April 11, 2020, according to Netease Entertainment, Wang Jie immigrated to Canada in 1993.

Acting experience

In December 1987, Wang Jie, a martial arts master of dragon and tiger (stunt stunt double), was rejected by rolling stone records. He was introduced by his good friend and producer Li Shixian, met producer Li Shouquan, and joined Taiwan UFO record company. He released his first solo album "a game, a dream", which sold 250 platinum (about 18 million copies in Asia). At the end of the same year, she starred in "a game, a dream" MV, with Maggie Cheung as the heroine, which is also her first MV. "A game, a dream" became the epilogue of the film "yellow story" directed by Zhang Aijia, and won the "best film episode" award of the 25th Golden Horse Award.

On April 1, 1988, Wang Jie sang "beauty is love in the heart" with other UFO record singers such as Cai Xingjuan, Suri, Huang Yingying, Wawa, Jiang Yuheng, Zheng Yi, ye Huan and Cai Qin. Guest star in the movie "gifted soldier" directed by Zhu Yanping, and sing the final song "let me love you forever".

In July 1988, she released her second album "forget you, forget me", with a sales volume of 8 platinum in two weeks (400000 copies, exceeding 3.5 million in 2014). With "Annie", she climbed to the top of the "dragon and tiger list of Chinese songs" in Hong Kong, and then went to the golden song throne. Hong Kong TVB has shot Wang Jie's MTV album across the sea. With the songs "forget you, forget me" and "you are the pain of my chest forever", Wang Jie has won the first place in Singapore's Dragon and tiger list and won the second place in sales. In Malaysia, Wang Jie's two albums both broke the 100000 mark. In the album, he sang "you are my chest pain forever" with Ye Huan, sang Wang Jie's 14-year-old work with Songjiang children's Choir, and sang a song "baby is crying" for the orphanage. The songs "forget you, forget me" and "you are the eternal pain in my chest" have become the episode of Wong Kar Wai's debut work "Mong Kok Carmen". In December 1988, he sang the Cantonese song "still have" with Lin Yilian.

In January 1989, he released his third Mandarin album "do I really have nothing?" in Taiwan, breaking the 500000 mark (1.45 million copies) in five months. The album, with Suri, Li Shouquan chorus "I wake up.". In February, the role of the story, the first Cantonese album, was officially released in Hong Kong. The album, and Lin Yilian chorus "gentle you" (also known as "winter to the woman"). In April, he took part in the movie seven wolves for the first time, and the box office was nearly 60 million. Together with Zhang Yusheng, Yao Kejie and Tai Zhengxiao, he sang the theme song never look back. In May, the song "a little sad, a little crazy" was selected as the "second season selection" of Hong Kong Wireless TV. In June, the Hong Kong International Records Association presented platinum records as the first winner in Taiwan. In July, he went to Singapore to hold three concerts, the first singer in Taiwan to perform in a 10000 person venue. In August, he took part in the film "seven wolves 2" performance again and sang the film theme song "lonely star". Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia released their fourth album "lone star" at the same time, ranking the top of Taiwan's Golden Melody Mandarin list for eight consecutive weeks. In the same year, Warner records released Wang Jie's second Cantonese record "who knows the heart of a prodigal son", which won the double champion in sales and ranking. In September, he tried to direct and play mtv "it's you, it's you" for the first time. The sales volume of MTV exceeded 50 platinum (2.5 million copies) in the world, and the record company presented the record wall to Wang Jie. In November, he was shortlisted for best male singer of Golden Melody Award. In December, he and Fang Wenlin starred in Huashi's 8:00 series "adopted son doesn't teach who's fault" was elected as the male singer with the highest demand rate in 1989 by the monthly record magazine. He won the "top 10 Chinese Golden Songs in Hong Kong", "top 10 Golden Songs in Hong Kong" and the Most Popular Newcomer Award for "who knows the heart of a prodigal son". Photo by Wang Jie

In 1989, CCTV's "revolving stage" program broadcast two consecutive issues of feature films entitled "tide - songs from Taiwan". For the first time, Hong Kong and Taiwan's songs such as "a game, a dream" were broadcast. The mainland audience instantly remembered Wang Jie, and Wang Jie's popularity in the mainland increased dramatically.

In January 1990, he released his fifth Mandarin album, roaring at the sun. After the release of the third Cantonese album "people in the wind and rain.". From February 22 to 27, six "true love concerts" were held in Hong Kong's Hung Hom stadium, becoming the first Taiwanese male singer from China to hold a concert in Hong Kong's Hung Hom stadium. In April, he was invited to tour the metropolises of the United States and Canada, and later to perform in Taiwan. In May, he released his sixth Mandarin album "I want to fly" (with a sales volume of 800000 from 1990 to 2014). In August, the lead singer of the theme song "home is too far away" and "orphans in Asia" sold nearly 350000 soundtracks in 2014. On October 21, he released his fourth Cantonese album "wandering heart". On October 22, he became the champion of "Jingge Jinqu" single of TVB within a week. The movie "supreme supremacy II" is Kwai Chai, playing the "first fast Asian" Qiu Jie, singing the movie episode "heartache" and the piece of song "cold The Strip" (Guangdong), "forget yourself rather than forget yourself". In November, he went to France, South Africa and Namibia to shoot the film "battle dragon in the field", and sang the theme song "I" and the episode "you in the world of mortals".

In January 1991, he released his seventh Mandarin album for a lifetime of love and dreams. May, the fifth Cantonese album

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