Faye Wong
Singer, Musical Artist
1969 –
Who is Faye Wong?
Faye Wong is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actress, who is usually referred to in the media as a diva. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong. Born in Beijing, she moved to British Hong Kong in 1987 and came to public attention in the early 1990s by singing ballads in Cantonese. Since 1994 she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin, often combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. In 2000 she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the Best Selling Canto-Pop Female. Following her second marriage in 2005 she withdrew from the limelight, but returned to the stage in 2010 amidst immense interest in the Sinophone world.
Hugely popular in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, she has also gained a large following in Japan and is to date the only C-pop artist to have performed four times in Tokyo's Budokan. In the West she is best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films Chungking Express and 2046. While she has collaborated with international artists such as Cocteau Twins, Wong recorded only a few songs in English, including "Eyes on Me" – the theme song of the video game Final Fantasy VIII. Wong is known to be reserved in public, and has gained a reputation for her "coolness". In Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture, Jeroen de Kloet characterised her as "singer, actress, mother, celebrity, royalty, sex symbol and diva all at the same time."
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1969
Beijing - Also known as
- Wong Fei
- Íõ·Æ
- 王菲
- Wang Fei
- Wong Xia Lin
- フェイ・ウォン
- ¤ýµá
- 王靖雯
- 王 菲
- Wong Ching Man
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Ethnicity
- Han Chinese
- Nationality
- China
- Hong Kong
- Profession
- Lived in
- Beijing
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on July 23, 2013
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