Faye Wong
Chinese singer-songwriter and actress known for blending alternative music with Chinese pop.
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In 2000, Guinness World Records recognised her as the best selling Cantopop female artist, with estimated sales of 9.7 million copies by March 2000.[1]
Making and release
In 1987 she moved to Hong Kong to join her father, after being admitted to study biology at Xiamen University.[2] Her debut album Shirley Wong (1989) sold 25,000 copies and won bronze at the "Chik Chak New Artist Award".[3] The 1992 album Coming Home included her first hit "Fragile Woman", a cover of a Japanese song.[4] In 1995 she released Decadent Sounds of Faye, a cover album of songs by her idol Teresa Teng.[5]
Wong recorded the ballad "Eyes on Me" in English for the video game Final Fantasy VIII, released in Japan in February 1999.[6] In March 1999 she became the first Chinese singer to perform at Nippon Budokan, holding two concerts there.[7] During the Cultural Revolution, Faye Wong was delivered at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing.[8] After achieving third place in an Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union singing contest, Wong entered into a contract with Cinepoly Records in 1988.[9]
Following her 2005 second marriage, Wong retreated from public life and relocated to Beijing, although she has made occasional stage appearances.[10]
What the cited sources add
In Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture, Jeroen de Kloet characterised Wong as "singer, actress, mother, celebrity, royalty, sex symbol and diva all at the same time".[10][11] The book China's Business Reforms by Russell Smyth, On Kit Tam, Malcolm Warner, and Cherrìe Jiuhua Zhu was published in 2004.[12][13]
References
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Best Selling Canto-Pop Female", Guinness World Records; TVBS, "最具影響文化人 小鄧、王菲、周董包辦│TVBS新聞網", TVBS (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Faye Wong (王菲), "王菲：我的故事", Oriental Sunday, 1994; Spaeth, "She Did It Her Way", 1996; "Sad Refrain as Cantopop 'Starmaker' Tai Dies at 69", The Standard, 19 July 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fung, "The Anomalies of being Faye (Wong): Gender politics in Chinese popular music", International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2002, p. 263–290 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: 阿瑟, "十万个为什么 十万个回答——访王靖雯", 音像世界1994年第二期 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "前环球总裁披露王菲旧事 与邓丽君难了合唱缘_影音娱乐_新浪网", ent.sina.com.cn (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Greening, "Square Enix Album Sales", Square Enix Music Online; Recording Industry Association of Japan, p. 7; Square Enix USA site staff, "Nobuo Uematsu's Profile"; "The changing musical tastes of China", 2005-08-23 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "China's Wong Is Big In Japan", Billboard; 酒井法子與王菲見面 , "Noriko Sakai Meets with Faye Wong Backstage", 13 March 1999. Retrieved 6 December 2006.; "BIOGRAPHY – FAYE WONG ｜ フェイ・ウォン – UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN", フェイ・ウォン (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "三母女同一醫院出生 王菲剖腹誕八斤肥嬰", Apple Daily, 28 May 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Faye Wong (王菲), "王菲：我的故事", Oriental Sunday, 1994; Wu Qi (吴琪), 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Faye Wong" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mitchell, "Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture", Open University Press, 2006, p. 215–228; "China's Pop Queen Faye Wong Plans Comeback", Reuters, 26 July 2010; Sun Xi, "Return of the Inimitable Faye Wong", Women of China, 5 November 2010; "Faye Wong Moments Live 2016 delights Shanghai", www.chinadaily.com.cn; Smith, "China's Youth Define "Cool"", US-China Business Council, 2004; "China's Business Reforms: Institutional Challenges in a Globalised Economy", Routledge, 2004; Apple Daily, 16 July 1999; de Kloet, "Encyclopedia of en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 0415241294 ("Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Russell Smyth, "China's Business Reforms", (2004), doi:10.4324/9780203537039. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780203537039 ("China's Business Reforms"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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