Basic information
- real name：王菲
- Foreign Name：Faye Wong
- Birthplace: Dongcheng District, Beijing
- Date of birth: August 8th, 1969
- Graduation institution: Beijing Dongzhimen Middle School
- Constellation: Leo
- Blood type: O type
- Height: 174 cm
Faye Wong, born on August 8, 1969 in Dongcheng District, Beijing, is a Chinese pop singer, songwriter, actress, and national first-class actress.
In 1989, she released her debut album “Wang Jingwen” and officially debuted in the Hong Kong music industry. In 1992, she became known to the audience for her song “Women Who are Easily Hurt”.
In 1993, he attempted alternative music style in his Cantonese album “One Hundred Thousand Whys. In 1994, she released the Mandarin album “Sky” and won the Most Popular Female Singer Award at the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards ceremony; In the same year, 18 “Most Exciting Concerts” were held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, breaking the record for the first concert held by a Hong Kong singer.
In 1996, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine in the United States with his album “Impatience”. In 1998, she made her debut on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and gained more attention in mainland China for singing the song “Let’s Meet in 1998”; In the same year, the album “Song You” was released, with a cumulative sales volume of over 2.5 million copies in Asia. The following year, it won the annual sales champion on the Singapore SPVA Record Sales Chart.
In 1999, he won the Asian Music Award at the 41st Japan Record Awards for his English song “Eyes on Me”; In the same year, a solo concert was held at the Nippon Budokan.
In 2000, she was named the “best-selling Cantonese female singer” by Guinness World Records with a total record sales of 9.7 million.
In 2004, she won the Best Mandarin Female Singer award at the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album “Love”; In the same year, he starred in the drama film “2046”.
In 2005, he faded out of the music industry after ending his “Phoebe Ordinary Tour”. In 2010, he made a comeback in the music industry and performed the song “Legend” on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. From 2010 to 2012, held a personal concert tour. In 2016, the “Fantasy Music Concert” was held in Shanghai, which was the world’s first 360 degree online live concert using VR technology. In 2021, released the music single ‘As You Wish’.
Pop queen Faye Wong has had a successful comeback concert tour this year. Each of her 13 concerts had almost a full house, proving her appeal is still very strong. Her income reached 118 million yuan (US$18.25 million) in the assessment period. Her income reached 118.08 million yuan (US$18.25 million) in the assessment period.
Early experiences
When Wang Fei was a child, she lived with her parents and brother in the coal mine courtyard of Qingqinggou in Beijing.
In 1975, Wang Fei attended Ditan Primary School in Beijing and served as the art committee member in her class.
In 1980, Wang Fei attended Dongzhimen Middle School in Beijing. During her high school years, she joined the CCTV Galaxy Children’s Art Troupe.
In 1983, she sang solo songs such as “The Sea, My Hometown” and “Song of Little Bai Ling” at the CCTV Children’s Day Gala.
In 1984, she attended Dongzhimen Middle School for high school. In her second year of high school, she published covers of Teresa Teng’s songs such as “Where Does the Wind Come from” and “Teresa Teng’s Hometown Love”.
In 1987, Faye Wong gave up her admission to the Biology Department of Xiamen University and moved to Hong Kong with her father; In the same year, she was introduced by a friend to study vocal music under the guidance of Dai Sicong.
Performing experience
New Art Treasure Records Period
In 1989, Faye Wong won the bronze award at the Asia Pacific Golden Melody Contest for her Cantonese song “Still Old Sentences”; In the same year, signed a contract with Neway Record Company; In November, under the stage name “Wang Jingwen”, she released her debut self titled album “Wang Jingwen” and officially debuted in the Hong Kong music industry; After its release, the album achieved sales of gold records [15], while Faye Wong won the Bronze Award for Best Female Singer on the Ultimate Song Chart.
In May 1990, the album “Everything” was released, which also laid the foundation for Wang Fei’s singing career; In August, the album ‘You’re The Only One’ was released and gradually formed a personalized music route.
In 1991, released the selected album ‘Shirley Once More’; In the same year, went to the United States to study music courses; In addition, she also filmed the TV movie “Farewell My Concubine” for TVB, in which she played the simple minded singer Ah Fang.
In 1992, returned to Hong Kong from the United States; In July, released the Cantonese album “Coming Home” that blends Eastern and Western music styles, and began to form a drag singing style through this album; The song “Women Who are Easily Hurt” from the album gained attention after its release and won awards such as the Top 10 Gold Songs Award at the Top 10 Chinese Gold Songs Awards, and the Ultimate Song on the Ultimate Song Chart.
On February 5, 1993, Faye Wong released her Cantonese album “Never Regret”, in which she transformed her music style and added rock music for the first time; The title track of the album, ‘Perseverance without Regret’, is her first attempt at lyric creation and has won awards such as the Great Chinese Golden Melody Award and the Top Ten Powerful Songs Golden Melody Award; On March 1st, the fashion science fiction drama “Yuan Zhenxia” in which she participated was broadcasted, and she sang the theme song “Weakness” from the drama; In April, starred in the fashion legal drama “The First Prince II” and played the capable prosecutor Tang Yuwen in the drama; In September, after returning to Hong Kong, she released the Cantonese album “One Hundred Thousand Whys”, in which she combined independent pop music and personal voice into one, trying alternative music styles; In this album, Faye Wong participated in behind the scenes work including songwriting, styling design, and cover concept design, and the song “Heartbeat” was Faye Wong’s first work to take on both songwriting and composition; In December, released my first EP ‘Like the Wind’; In the same year, she won awards such as the Top 10 Most Popular Hong Kong Female Singer Award and the Ultimate Female Singer Gold Award on the Ultimate Song Chart.
In April 1994, he released his first Mandarin album “Mi”, and the lead single “I Do” won the Best Song Award on the 1st Chinese Music Chart’s ChannelV Chinese Top 20 Chart; In May, the EP “Fei Di” was released; In June, she no longer used the stage name “Wang Jingwen” and released the Cantonese album “Fantasia” under her real name “Faye Wong”. In the album, she covered several songs in the British alternative music style, among which “Dreamer” was her first work to use throat techniques; On July 14th, the art film “Chongqing Forest” co directed with Wong Kar wai was released, in which Faye Wong played the role of Ah Fei, a fast food restaurant worker with independent ideas; In November, he released his Mandarin album “Sky”, in which “Angel” was his first attempt at long-term vocal singing, and the lead single “Chess” won the Best Song Award at the 3rd Singapore Golden Melody Awards; The album won the top spot on the Mandarin sales chart of the Taiwan Golden Melody Chart in its second week of release, and remained in the top 10 of the Golden Melody Chart sales chart for 23 weeks. The album sold nearly 800000 copies annually in Taiwan, with a cumulative sales point of 78660 points in Taiwan and a cumulative sales volume of over 3 million copies in Asia; At this point, Faye Wong formed her personal style with her two albums “Fantasia” and “Sky”, and won the Top 10 Most Popular Female Singers in Chinese Gold Songs, the Top 10 Most Popular Female Singers in Asia Pacific, the Gold Award for Female Singer in the Ultimate Music Industry, the Top 10 Most Popular Female Singers in Chinese Gold Songs Worldwide, and the New City Explosive Female Singer Award; Starting from November, concerts will be held in cities such as Vancouver, Toronto, and Atlanta; In December, released the Cantonese album “Please Yourself” and created the lead single “Please Yourself” and RAP rap song “Way Out” for the album; The album highlights British style as a whole, staying in the top ten of the Hong Kong IFPI album sales chart for 10 weeks and breaking through triple platinum in cumulative sales in the Hong Kong region; Starting from December 22nd, 18 consecutive “Most Exciting Concerts” will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, breaking the record for the first concert held by a Hong Kong singer.
In 1995, she was nominated for Best Actress at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in the art film “Chongqing Forest”; In May, the EP “One Person Plays Two Corners” was released; In July, she released a cover album titled “Fei Lan Lan Yin” in tribute to Teresa Teng (and shortly after the album began recording, news of her death came. To show her respect for Teresa Teng, Faye Wong refused to attend major award ceremonies that year); In December, released the Cantonese album “Di Dar” with a British psychedelic style, and composed two songs for the album: “Di Dar” and “Holiday”; In the second week of its release, the album won the top spot on the Hong Kong IFPI Record Sales Chart and remained in the top ten for 10 weeks. Its cumulative sales in Hong Kong exceeded triple platinum. The album’s lead single “Ambiguity” won the Best Adapted Song Award at the 19th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards; In the same year, she won awards such as the Most Popular Female Singer at the 3rd Singapore Golden Melody Awards and the Most Popular Female Singer in the Asia Pacific Region at the Top 10 Song Awards.
In May 1996, the album “Impatience” was released with the concept of personal autonomy as the main theme; This album is different from the mainstream pop music style. Wang Fei added Brit Pop and some Dream Pop elements to the album, and created 8 songs such as “Impermanence” and “Fall” for the album; Faye Wong also gained international attention with this album and became a cover figure for Time magazine in the United States; In the same year, she won awards such as the Chinese World’s Most Popular Female Singer Award on the BILLBOAD Pop Chart in the United States, the Ultimate Female Singer Gold Award on the Ultimate Music Chart, the Asian Explosive Female Singer Award on New City Radio in Hong Kong, the Most Popular Female Singer Award at the 933 Radio Drunken Golden Melody Awards in Singapore, a nomination for Best Mandarin Female Singer at the 7th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, and the Most Popular Female Singer in the Asia Pacific Region at the Top 10 Golden Melody Awards.
The period of Baidai Records
In February 1997, the Cantonese EP “Toys” was released; In the same year, he signed with EMI Records for a signing fee of HKD 60 million and announced that he would no longer release any Cantonese albums; In September, she released her first Mandarin album of the same name, “Faye Wong,” which incorporates British rock and other genres; After its release, the album sold over 500000 copies in Taiwan, with the lead single “You’re Happy, So I’m Happy” winning the Global Chinese Gold Song Award at the Top 10 Chinese Music Awards and the ChannelV Chinese Top 20 Song Award on the Global Chinese Music Chart; In October, released the Cantonese EP “Self Help”; In the same year, the selected collection “Philippine Selling Products” was released.
In the Spring Festival of 1998, Faye Wong and Na Ying sang the song “Meet in 1998” together on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and won the Most Popular Song Award in Mainland China at the 1st CCTV-MTV Music Festival; In September, released the album “Song Tour” and made his first attempt at sun damaged makeup styling; In addition to serving as an album producer and creating four songs including “Love Life” and “Face”, she also employs singing techniques such as bel canto, vibrato, drag, falsetto, and vocal techniques in the album; After its release, the album sold over 2.5 million copies in Asia and topped the RIM Chinese Record Sales Chart in Malaysia for 7 consecutive weeks; In Singapore, the album stayed in the top ten of the SPVA sales chart for six months and won the annual sales champion of the Singapore SPVA record sales chart the following year; Starting from October, the “Sing Tour World Concert” will be held in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming and other places.
In February 1999, Wang Fei sang the video game theme song “Eyes on Me”, which ranked 9th on the Oricon sales chart in Japan after its release, making her the first Chinese singer to enter the top 10 of the Oricon chart with a non Japanese song; The self titled album of the song sold over 350000 copies in Japan, becoming the best-selling foreign language album in Japan and winning the Asian Music Award at the 41st Japan Record Awards; In March, held a solo concert at Nippon Budokan; On August 21st, a solo concert was held at the Bukit Jalil Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur; In September, she released her Mandarin album “Love Strangers Only”. In addition to creating the song “Wonderful” for the album, she also made her first attempt to sing a Latin style song; The album sold over 800000 copies annually and won the annual sales champion on the Singapore SPVA Record Sales Chart and the Best Selling Album Award at the 7th Singapore Golden Melody Awards the following year; In the same year, she won awards such as the Global Chinese Most Popular Female Singer at the Top 10 Chinese Gold Songs Awards and the Asia Pacific Most Popular Female Singer at the Top 10 Chinese Gold Songs Awards.
In 2000, she was nominated for the Best Mandarin Female Singer Award at the 11th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album “Love Strangers Only”; In July, she starred in the romantic film “Battle of Okinawa” and played Doris, a straightforward female bar owner; In October, the Mandarin album “Fables” was released, and five songs including the electronic style “New Tenant” and the Trip Hop style “The Other Shore Flower” were created for the album. The album’s style returned to mainstream music and won awards such as the Top 10 Albums Award of the Chinese Musicians Exchange Association and the Best Album on the 1st Global Mandarin Song Chart; In the same year, a world tour concert was held in Taipei, Nanjing, Changsha, Melbourne, Sydney and other places.
In March 2001, she was nominated for the Best Mandarin Female Singer Award at the 12th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards; In April, she starred in the Japanese inspirational comedy “Fake Reality” and played Lin Fei, a student studying in Japan who is actively striving towards her goal; On September 7th to 8th, a concert was held at the Guangzhou Sports Center, where representative works such as “I Do” and “On Earth” were performed; On September 22nd, a concert will be held at the Hongkou Sports Stadium in Shanghai; In October, the second Mandarin album of the same name “Faye Wong” was released. The song “Wings of Light” from the album ranked 19th on the Oricon chart in Japan, and the album’s lead single “Flowing Years” won the Top 10 Mandarin Songs Award at the 2nd Annual Chinese Music Awards and the Best Video Award at the 13th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards; On July 25th, the single “Separate Ways” was released, which was the theme song for the Japanese drama “Fake Comes True”. After its release, it ranked 14th on the Oricon chart in Japan; On November 1st and 2nd, two “all-around concerts” will be held at the Tokyo Budokan.
New Power Records period
In 2002, Faye Wong signed a contract with New Power Records; In March, released the selected album ‘You Wang Fei, So Me Wang Fei’; In May, with a total record sales of 9.7 million (as of March 2000), she was awarded the “Best Selling Cantonese Female Singer” certificate by the Guinness World Records; In the same year, she co starred with Tony Leung and Zhao Wei in the comedy film “Unparalleled”, playing the role of an unparalleled princess disguised as a man. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Actress at the 9th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for her performance in the film. In October, I went to Japan to participate in the “China Japan Friendship Night” to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, and sang the song “May people last long”.
On November 7, 2003, she released the Mandarin album “Jiang Ai”. In addition to serving as a record producer, she also created four songs for the album, including the rock style “Jiang Ai” and the Trip Hop style “Don’t Stay”; This album combines lyrical, electronic, Trip Hop and other genres, and has won awards such as the IFPI Record Sales Award Top 10 Mandarin Albums and the Chinese Music Media Award Top 10 Albums of the Year; From December 20th to December 27th, eight consecutive “Phoebe Ordinary Concerts” were held at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in Hong Kong, where representative works such as “Never Regret” and “Red Bean” were performed; In the same year, she won the Hong Kong and Taiwan Female Artist Award at the 4th China Gold Record Awards and the Best Female Singer Award in Asia at the 5th CCTV-MTV Music Awards.
In April 2004, he was nominated for the Best Lyricist Award at the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his song “Don’t Stay”; In May, she won the Best Mandarin Female Singer award at the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album “Love”; On September 28th, the drama film “2046” starring Faye Wong, Tony Leung Chiu wai, Gong Li, and Takuya Kimura was released, in which she played the hesitant character of Wang Jingwen; In the same year, the “Phoebe Ordinary Concert” was held in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hangzhou and other places.
Withdraw from the music industry
In March 2005, ranked 5th on Forbes China Celebrity List; At the end of May, Faye Wong withdrew from the music industry; In the same year, she was nominated for Best Actress at the 5th Chinese Film Media Awards for her performance in the art film “2046”.
In 2008, Wang Fei’s song “Sky” was selected as one of the “Top Ten Songs of the Thirty Years of Reform and Opening Up” by Southern Weekly.
In December 2009, the EP “Angel Who Loves to Laugh” was released, and the lead single “Heart Sutra” was the ending theme song of the drama film “Tangshan Earthquake”.
Comeback to the music industry
In January 2010, Faye Wong officially returned to the music industry and sang the theme song “You Lan Cao” for the movie “Confucius”; On February 13th, performed the song “Legend” on the 2010 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; Starting from October of the same year, five “Faye Wong Tour Concerts” were held in Beijing and Shanghai respectively, with pre-sale results of 18.88 million yuan within 10 days of ticket issuance, breaking the pre-sale record for concert tickets in mainland China.
In January 2011, she performed the theme song “Because of Love” for the romantic film “Love to the End” with Eason Chan, and won awards such as the Best Mandarin Song of the Year at the 4th Chinese Golden Melody Awards and the Digital Music Golden Melody Award at the 8th China Golden Record Awards; In March, held 5 solo concerts at the AsiaWorld Expo in Hong Kong and performed representative works such as “Promise” and “Love Letter to Myself”; In the same year, a concert tour was held in Wuhan, Harbin, Chengdu and other places.
In January 2012, the single “Wish” was released; In February, a solo concert was held at the Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, with the theme of “Rebirth and Four Seasons”, showcasing Faye Wong’s musical journey; In the same year, he won the Digital Music Singer Award at the 8th China Gold Record Awards.
On May 19, 2013, Faye Wong sang a tribute to her idol at the “Teresa Teng 60th Anniversary Concert”. She and Teresa Teng sang their previously unreleased song “Qingping Tune” across the air; On July 26th, the theme song “To Youth” sung for the movie “To Our Youth That Will Eventually Pass Away” was released, and the song won the Golden Melody Award at the 9th China Golden Record Awards; In the same year, Faye Wong began to be in a semi reclusive state.
On November 8, 2014, the theme song of the movie “In a Hurry” sung by Faye Wong was released, with 6.27 million views on the first day of release, setting a record for the daily views of a promotional video for the movie. Five days after the MV was released, the views exceeded 20 million; In the same year, she sang the theme song “Love is Untouchable” for the movie “Untouchable”.
In February 2015, according to a survey released by the British market research company YouGov, Faye Wong ranked 17th among the most admired women in the world; In May, at the 5th Global Pop Music Gold Chart Awards, he won the Best Film Song of the Year and the Top 20 Gold Songs of the Year for his song “In a Hurry That Year”; In September, sang the theme song “Clear Breeze Coming” for the movie “Lost in Hong Kong”; In November, Wang Fei released her Cantonese album “perfunctory”, which is her tenth Cantonese album.
On July 22, 2016, released the single “Dust” with personal lyrics; In the same year, she sang the ending song “You Wait for Me at the End” for the movie “Passing Through Your World”; On December 30th, a single Huanle concert was held in Shanghai, which was synchronized with 166 countries around the world. The concert was broadcast live through 360 panoramic network and VR panoramic. The total number of viewers during the live broadcast exceeded 20 million, with a cumulative total of 350 million views and 560000 barrage comments harvested.
On November 3, 2017, Faye Wong and Jack Ma jointly released the theme song “Clear Wind” for the movie “Kung Fu Shou Dao”.
On January 9, 2018, the promotional song of the same name for the movie “No Questions West East” performed by Faye Wong was released; On February 15th, appeared on the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song “Time” with Na Ying; On July 20th, served as the “Fantasy Music Experience Officer” in the first domestic music performance show “City of Fantasy Music”; On December 9th, Wang Fei joined and served as the “Guardian of National Treasures” on CCTV’s cultural and cultural exploration program “National Treasures Season 2”. In the first episode, she told the story of “Qing style Lei architecture hot stamping” from the perspective of a journalist from the Republic of China’s Ta Kung Pao; In the same year, Faye Wong also sang the promotional song “Encounter” for the movie “Evil Suppresses Righteousness”.
In 2019, she sang the theme song of the same name for the movie “Me and My Motherland”. On January 19, 2020, performed the ending theme song “River of Life” for the movie “Winning the Championship”; On September 9th, Wang Fei covered multiple songs such as “Landing Guy,” “Rainy Days,” and “Private Park” at the All Star Gala “99 Cost Effective Ceremony,” and also sang “If the Cloud Knows” with Jack Ma from afar.
On January 19, 2020, the ending music video “River of Life” for the movie “Winning the Championship” (formerly known as “Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team”) was released, performed by Faye Wong and Na Ying. This is also the second time that the two have combined after ‘Time’.
On September 21, 2021, Faye Wong performed the theme song “Bay” for the “Bay Area Rising Moon” 2021 Mid Autumn Festival Film and Music Evening Gala in the Greater Bay Area; On September 25th, the theme promotional song “As You Wish” sung for the movie “Me and My Fathers” was released, and the song won the Top 20 Gold Songs of the 2021 Asian Pop Music Awards.
In September 2022, Faye Wong sang the theme song “Wind on the Way Home” for the movie “Ten Thousand Miles of Return”.
Personal life
family
Wang Fei’s grandfather, Wang Molin (also known as Wang Zhaomin), graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Peking University and served as a legislator in the 1940s. Wang Fei’s father Wang Youlin is a coal engineer, and her mother Xia Guiying is a soprano in a coal mine art troupe. Before the age of 15, Wang Fei took her mother’s surname and named her “Xia Lin”. She only changed her name to “Wang Fei” after the age of 15.
feeling
In July 1996, Faye Wong and Dou Wei got married. On January 3, 1997, Wang Fei gave birth to her daughter Dou Jingtong. In August 1999, Wang Fei and Dou Wei officially divorced, and their daughter Dou Jingtong followed Wang Fei. Dou Jingtong had revealed that their family relationship was equal and respectful.
In June 2000, the relationship between Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse was made public. On March 28, 2002, the two broke up. In June 2003, Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse reconciled; In November, Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse broke up again. In September 2014, Faye Wong reunited with Nicholas Tse.
In July 2004, the relationship between Faye Wong and Li Yapeng was officially announced. On July 29, 2005, the two got married. On May 27, 2006, Wang Fei gave birth to her daughter Li Yan, but she suffered from congenital cleft lip and palate. On September 13, 2013, Wang Fei and Li Yapeng divorced in Urumqi, and the custody of their daughter Li Yan belonged to Li Yapeng.
Films: “Chungking Express,” “Chinese Odyssey 2002” Notable songs and albums: “Eyes on Me,” “I’m Willing,” “Undercurrent,” “Separate Ways,” “Only Love Strangers,” “Fable,” “To Love,” “Sky”
