Faye Wong

Faye Wong or Wang Fei (王菲Chinese, Pinyin Wang Fei ) ( born August 8, 1969 in Beijing, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese singer and actress. It is one of the most popular artists in Asia and has starred in numerous films. International recognition she received in 1995 for her role in the film Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar -wai and 1999 by the song Eyes On Me to the computer game Final Fantasy VIII She also has endorsement deals with the brands Pepsi and Head & Shoulders. Most of their songs are sung in Cantonese or Mandarin, but it has also added some Japanese and English titles.

Biography

Faye Wong was born as the daughter of a singer and an engineer in Beijing. Since her parents were very neat, Wong grew up with her godmother. At the age of 18 she moved in with her ​​parents and her older brother to Hong Kong, where she first attended a modeling school. After her graduation Wong lost interest in the Model job and decided to take singing lessons. Her singing teacher established contact to the record label Cinepoly Records, where her debut recording under the name Wong Ching Man made at the age of 19 years. Their three albums were published under the anglicised pseudonym Shirley Wong. The albums sold very well and made Faye Wong to a known performer in Asia. Their music was typical Cantopop, the Faye Wong, however, was not satisfied artistically.

Wong decided to go for some time to New York to reorient themselves. She took classes for singing and dancing, but not completed the training, for they traveled back to Hong Kong to fulfill its contract with the record company. After her return from the USA she integrated elements of rhythm and blues into her music and began to develop his own style. The result was the album Coming Home was published in 1993. For this album she sings under the stage name Faye Wong.

In 1994, Faye Wong starred in the feature film Chong qing sen lin, which was a worldwide success under the title Chungking Express. Wong was honored for their outstanding performance at the Stockholm International Film Festival Best Actress.

1996, her album Restless, which is considered by many to be Wong's best ever work. It contained eight compositions written by Wong and two pieces that were created in collaboration with the Cocteau Twins.

This year, she married the Chinese Musicians Dou Wei. In 1999, she divorced again.

In January 1997 came Faye Wong's daughter in Beijing to the world. In the same year, Wong moved to EMI and released her album Faye Wong. The special thing about this album was that it did not have a cover, but only came out in a white sleeve with a booklet. Wong wanted to make it clear that it was only about the music and appearances were irrelevant.

1999 appeared the title Eyes On Me, it was the title song for the popular computer game Final Fantasy VIII

From 2000 to 2003 she had a checkered relationship with the 11 years younger singer and actor Nicholas Tse ( Xie Tingfeng Pīnyīn ) from Hong Kong.

Was published in 2001 Wongs fifth and final album for EMI, it was said - as did their first album for this company - Faye Wong. Was published in 2003 ( ài jiāng; Let Love )将爱, their first album for Sony.

In 2002, she played a major role in the movie Chinese Odyssey 2002 directed by Jeff Lau.

For the film, in 2046 Faye Wong worked again in 2004, directed by Wong Kar -wai.

Mid-2005, married Faye Wong the Chinese actor Li Yapeng. Not even her management could confirm the rumors about the wedding to the media. They spent their honeymoon at Bang Tao Beach in Phuket, hiding most of the time in front of the paparazzi.

Because of once pregnancy announced Wang Fei 2005, singing not only pause but completely quit. Some sources make a return, however, open. In fact, she appeared in early 2010 on the New Year's show of Chinese state television.

On 27 May 2006 her second daughter was born in Beijing.

Discography (selection)

The translations of the album names are not officially; since most albums only have Chinese names, other translations are possible:

Filmography (selection)

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