Faye Wong

essential information

Faye Wong, born in Beijing on August 8, 1969, is a Chinese pop singer, film and television actress and a national first-class actor.

In 1989, he made his debut in the Hong Kong music world with the Cantonese song "still the old sentence"; in the same year, he released his first solo album "Wang Jingwen". In 1992, she was well known by the audience for her song "the Vulnerable Woman". In 1993, in the Cantonese album "100000 why?"? 》Try a different style of music. In 1994, he released the Mandarin album sky and won the most popular female singer award of the top ten golden songs. In the same year, he held 18 "best concerts" in Hong Kong's honghom stadium, breaking the record of Hong Kong Chinese singers' first concerts. In 1996, he became the first Chinese singer to appear on the cover of time magazine. In 1998, he won more attention in mainland China by singing the song "meet 1998" on CCTV Spring Festival Gala. In the same year, he released the album "singing Tour", which established his personal style by using vibrato, drag and other techniques, and won the annual sales champion of Singapore's SPVA record best seller list the next year.

In 1999, he won the Asian music award of the 41st Japanese Record Award for his English song "eyes on me". In the same year, he held a solo concert in takeDo hall, Japan. In 2002, she was awarded the certificate of "the best-selling Cantonese female singer" by Guinness Book of world records. In 2003, he starred in the comedy "unparalleled in the world". In 2004, she won the best Mandarin Female Singer Award of the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Award for her album "Jiang AI". In 2005, he faded out of the music world after ending "Phoebe's ordinary Tour Concert". In 2010, he came back to the music world and sang "legend" at CCTV Spring Festival Gala. In the same year, he held a tour concert. In 2018, she sang "years" with Na Ying at the Spring Festival Gala.

Besides performing arts, Faye Wong is enthusiastic about charity. In November 2006, Yanran foundation was established. In May 2012, he became one of the founders of Beijing Yanran Angel children's hospital.

Early experience

When Wang Fei was a child, she lived with her parents and brother in the coal mine compound of Beijing Youth ditch. In 1975, Wang Fei studied in Beijing Ditan primary school and served as a member of the literary and Art Committee of her class.

In 1980, Wang Fei studied in Beijing Dongzhimen middle school. In middle school, she joined CCTV Galaxy children's Art Troupe. In 1983, she performed solo songs such as "hometown of the sea" and "song of little lark" at the June 1 Party of CCTV. In 1984, she went to high school in Dongzhimen middle school. When she was a sophomore in high school, she published cover works of Teresa Teng's songs, such as "where does the wind come from", "Teresa Teng's hometown" and so on.

In 1987, Faye Wong gave up the admission qualification of Biology Department of Xiamen University and moved to Hong Kong with her father. In the same year, she was introduced by her friends to Dai Sicong as a teacher and studied vocal music under his guidance.

Acting experience

Xinyibao record period

In 1989, Faye Wong won a bronze award in the Asia Pacific Jinzheng pop music competition for her Cantonese song "still old sentences". Later, she made her debut in Hong Kong. In the same year, she signed a contract with xinyibao record company. In October, she released her first album "Wang Jingwen" under the stage name of "Wang Jingwen". After the release of the album, it reached the sales volume of gold records, and Faye Wong also relied on this album She won the bronze award of the famous female singer in the world of music.

In May 1990, she released the album everything, which also laid the foundation for Faye Wong's singing career; in August, she released the album you're the only one, which gradually formed a personalized music route. In 1991, she released her best album Shirley once more. In the same year, she went to the United States to take music courses. In addition, she also made a TV movie farewell my concubine for wireless, in which she played a simple minded singer a Fang.

In 1992, he returned to Hong Kong from the United States; in July, he released the Cantonese album "coming home", which integrates Chinese and western music styles, and began to form a drag tune through the album; the song "Vulnerable Woman" in the album gained attention after its launch, and won the top Ten Golden Songs Award Ceremony, Top Ten Golden Songs Award Ceremony, top ten Chinese Golden Songs Award Ceremony, and Top Ten Golden Songs Award in the music world And other awards.

On February 5, 1993, Faye Wong released the Cantonese album "persistent regret", in which she changed her music style and joined rock music for the first time. The album's main song "persistent regret" was her first attempt to create lyrics, and won the big Chinese Golden Melody Award, the top ten golden melody award and other awards. On March 1, she participated in the fashion science fiction drama "Yuan Zhen Xia" broadcast and sang the plug-in performance of the drama In April, he starred in the fashion drama No.1 court II, in which he played Tang Yuwen, a competent prosecutor. In September, after returning to Hong Kong, he released the Cantonese album 100000 why? 》In this album, Faye Wong participated in the behind the scenes work including lyrics and music creation, modeling design and cover conceptual design, among which the song "moving heart" was Faye Wong's first work of composing lyrics and music. In December, she released her first EP "Rufeng"; in the same year, she won the title of "moving heart" She won the top ten golden songs, the most popular Hong Kong Female Singer Award in China, and the Golden Award of the most influential female singer in the music world.

In April 1994, she released her first Putonghua album "fan", and her main song "I would like to" won the song award of Channel V top 20 in the first Chinese music list. In June, Faye Wong no longer used her stage name "Wang Jingwen", but her own name "Faye Wong" and released her Cantonese special collection "wishful thinking". In the album, she covered a number of songs with British alternative music style, and her name was "Wang Jingwen" In July 14, Faye Wong's literary film Chongqing forest was released, in which she played a fast-food shop girl with independent ideas. In November, she released the vernacular album sky, in which angel was her first attempt at long-term roll singing, while Faye Wong's singing was not The main song "chess piece" won the best Golden Melody Award in the 3rd Singapore Golden Melody Awards. The album won the first place in the national language sales list of Taiwan Golden Melody dragon and tiger list in the second week of its release, and stayed in the top 10 of the Golden Melody dragon and tiger list for 23 weeks. The annual sales of the album in Taiwan was nearly 800000, the cumulative sales points in Taiwan was 78660, and the cumulative sales in Asia exceeded 3 million Since then, he has held concerts in Vancouver, Toronto, Atlanta and other places; in December, he released the Cantonese album "please yourself" and created the main song "please yourself" and rap rap rap song "way out"; the album highlights the British style as a whole, staying in the top ten of Hong Kong IFPI record sales list for 10 weeks, and the cumulative sales in Hong Kong exceeded three platinum; on December 22, he has been in the top ten of Hong Kong IFPI record sales list Since January, 18 concerts have been held in Hong Kong's Hung Hom stadium, breaking the record of Hong Kong Chinese singers for the first time. In the same year, she won the most popular female singers at the top ten Golden Songs Award Ceremony and the most popular female singers in the Asia Pacific region.

In 1995, she won the nomination for best actress in the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards for her literary film "Chongqing forest"; in May, she released EP "one man in two roles"; in July, she released the cover album "Philippine music" honoring Teresa Teng; in December, she released the British psychedelic style Cantonese album "Di Dar", and wrote two songs for the album "Di Dar" and "holiday"; the album was released In the second week, Xing won the IFPI record sales list of Hong Kong, and stayed in the top ten of the list for 10 weeks. Her cumulative sales in Hong Kong exceeded three platinum. Her album's main song "ambiguous" won the best adapted song award of the 19th top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards. In the same year, she won the most popular female singer award of the 3rd Singapore Golden Melody Awards and the top ten Golden Melody Awards in Asia Pacific region Welcome female singers and other awards.

The era of EMI

In May 1996, she released the album impetuous, which takes individual autonomy as the leading concept. This album is different from the style of mainstream pop music. Faye Wong added britpop and some dreampop elements to the album, and created eight songs for the album, such as impermanence and depravity. Faye Wong also won international attention with this album and became the cover of time magazine In the same year, she was nominated as the best Mandarin Female Singer in the 7th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards and the most popular female singer in the Asia Pacific region at the top ten Golden Melody Awards.

In February 1997, it released EP toys in Cantonese; in the same year, it signed a contract with EMI at a signing fee of HK $60 million and announced that it would not release any more Cantonese albums; in September, it launched Faye Wong, a Mandarin album, which integrated British rock and roll styles; after its release, the album sold more than 500000 copies in Taiwan, of which the main song "you are happy, so I am happy" won the top 10 Chinese Golden Melody Awards In October, it released the Cantonese EP "help yourself"; in the same year, it launched the selected collection "products sold in the Philippines".

During the Spring Festival of 1998, Faye Wong and Na Ying sang the song "meet 1998" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and won the most popular song in the mainland at the 1st cctv-mtv Music Festival

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