Faye Wong

Faye Wong , or, in Chinese Mandarin, Wang Fei (王菲, Pinyin Wáng Fēi) (born the August 8th 1969 with Beijing under its original name Xia Flax (夏琳)), is an actress and a singer of pop Canto and pop. She is very popular in Asia, more known in Occident for films like 2046 or Chungking Express , like for her participation in the original soundtrack of the play Final Fantasy VIII (Eyes one Me).

Career

After having moved with HongKong with her family, it will start to follow courses of song. Its professor, having discovered his potential, assistance to begin its musical career in 1987 while signing at Cinépoly under the name of Shirley Wong (王靖雯, Pinyin Wáng Jingwen), which will remain during some time its name of artist for export towards the anglophone countries. The pieces of its first albums, Shirley Wong , Everything and You' Re The Only One are especially resumptions of Western artists and pieces without real originality, and do not meet success. With the beginning of the year 1990, it starts to change for a style more influenced by groups as Cocteau Twins (with which it will collaborate besides later). Its first success will be in 1992 the album Coming Home , carried out after its last year in New York. Thereafter, it will carry out a very high number of albums since it will leave at least one there per annum. In 1995, its album Di-Dar mark truly the beginning of the emergence of its completely original style, and will remain in the memories of many fans his best opus. Its repeated successes returned it gradually celebrates in the whole world, so that it will be the first Chinese singer to make the cover of the Time magazine. It also was the subject of a subject in a number of Paris Match devoted to China.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Catalog of films

Zh-yue: 王菲

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