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Mystery (Faye Wong Album)
''Mystery'' (alternatively ''Riddle'') is the translated title of a 1994 Mandarin album 迷 () recorded by Chinese singer Faye Wong as 'Wong Ching Man' when she was based in Hong Kong. Although she had included a few Mandarin Chinese songs in her 1993 albums '' No Regrets'' and '' 100,000 Whys'', ''Mystery'' was her first album recorded entirely in Mandarin rather than the Hong Kong majority dialect of Cantonese. The first track "I'm Willing" (or "I Do") was an instant hit single, and the album brought Wong to fame across the region of East Asia. Reuters, Feb 17, 1999. Republished by fan site. Retrieved 2009-10-31. The article translated the album title as ''Getting Lost''. The track "Cold War" is a cover of Tori Amos's "Silent All These Years"; Wong had already scored a hit with her Cantonese version of this song, which had been included in her 1993 album '' 100,000 Whys''. Despite the inclusion of Mandarin versions of that and other Cantonese songs, ''Mystery'' was a huge hit, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong
Faye Wong ( zh, 王菲; born Xia Lin on 8 August 1969) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong. Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and her debut album '' Shirley Wong'' (1989) came to public attention in the early 1990s by singing in Cantonese, often combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. Since 1994, she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin. 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. Hugely popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Singapore, she has also gained a large following in Japan. In the West she is perhaps best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films ''Chungking Express'' (1994) and ''2046'' (2004). While she has collaborated with international artists such as Cocteau Twins, Wong recorded only a few songs in Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faye Wong Albums
__NOTOC__ Faye may refer to: Places * Faye, Loir-et-Cher, France, a village * Faye-d'Anjou, France, a village * La Faye, France, a village * Faye, Kentucky, Elliott County, Kentucky, United States * Faye (crater), a lunar impact crater in the southern highlands of the Moon People and fictional characters * Faye (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Faye (surname), including a list of people * Faye (musician), stage name of Swedish singer, songwriter, and model Fanny Matilda Dagmar Hamlin (born 1987) * Faye (Taiwanese singer), member of the Taiwanese band F.I.R. Other uses * Hurricane Faye (1975) * 4P/Faye, a periodic comet discovered in 1843 by Hervé Faye See also * Fay (other) * Fey (other) Fey may refer to: Places * Féy, Moselle, France * Fey, Switzerland People * Fey (name), and persons with the name * Fey (singer) (born 1973), vocalist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Fey (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Albums
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. Specific locations * 1994 in British music * 1994 in Norwegian music Specific genres *1994 in country music * 1994 in heavy metal music * 1994 in hip hop music * 1994 in Latin music * 1994 in jazz Events January–February *January 19 – Bryan Adams becomes the first major Western music star to perform in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. *January 21–February 5 – The Big Day Out festival takes place, again expanding from the previous year's venues to include the Gold Coast, Queensland and Auckland in New Zealand. The festival is headlined by Soundgarden, Ramones and Björk. *January 25 – Alice in Chains release their ''Jar of Flies'' album which makes its US chart debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so. *January 29 – The Supremes' Mary Wilson is injured when her Jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside Los Angeles, USA. Wilson's 14-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Do (2012 Chinese Film)
''I Do'' is a 2012 Chinese film directed by Sun Zhou, Starring Li Bingbing, Sun Honglei, Duan Yihong, Xue Jianing, Zhang Wei. Plot Tang Weiwei is a beautiful yet single (over 30) successful designer. She met Yang Nianhua while her friend set up several dates per five minutes one after another. She pretends to be pregnant to solve the problem and Yang Nianhua who is at least 7 years older than her, falls for her way of handling the situation. But her ex-lover (Wang Yang) Jim comes back being rich after seven years to win her back. They had a good relationship but due to financial crisis they had fought and Jim disappeared without saying anything, while Jim thought being poor was the reason of the end of their relation, Tiang thought the dream was the most important thing but it should not be a burden to others. Tang misunderstands that she slept with Yang and it leads to some funny occurrence. After some heart to heart events at last they reconcile their relationship. Then Jim lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011 Film)
''Don't Go Breaking My Heart'' is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, making this the twelfth film they have collaborated on together. The film stars Louis Koo, Daniel Wu and Gao Yuanyuan. The film opened the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 20 March 2011. It was then released theatrically in Hong Kong on 31 March 2011. Plot Chi-yan (Gao Yuanyuan) is an analyst who just broke up with her boyfriend (Terence Yin) as he was having a baby with another woman (Selena Li). Sean (Louis Koo), a CEO of a broker firm, knows Chi-yan as her office is just opposite of his. He liked Chi-yan, and starts to take action when he sees what happened in the bus between Chi-yan, her ex, and his current wife. Kevin (Daniel Wu), an architect and an alcoholic, helped Chi-yan out when she was heartbroken about her ex. With Chi Yan's support Kevin decides to pick up designing again, and arrange meet up with her again a week later. Chi-yan forgets a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Another Pandora's Box
''Just Another Pandora's Box'', also known as ''Once Upon a Chinese Classic'', is a 2010 Hong Kong parody film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Huang Bo, Guo Degang, Gillian Chung, and Patrick Tam. It is a spiritual successor to Lau's two-part 1995 film ''A Chinese Odyssey''. Athena Chu, who starred in ''A Chinese Odyssey'', makes a guest appearance in ''Just Another Pandora's Box''. The film's Chinese title is a pun on the Chinese title of the first part of ''A Chinese Odyssey'', ''Yuè Guāng Bǎo Hé'' (月光寶盒). The last three characters of each title are the same, only the first differs; the pronunciations of 月 and 越 are the same in both Cantonese (''jyut6'') and Mandarin (''yuè''). The older title translates literally to "Moonlight Treasure Box"; in the title of this film, the character for "moon" is replaced by 越, in this context meaning "more" or "surpassing". In addition to ''A Chinese Odyssey'', the film sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loving Him
Loving may refer to: * Love, a range of human emotions * Loving (surname) * ''Loving v. Virginia'', a 1967 landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case Film and television * ''Loving'' (1970 film), an American film * ''Loving'' (1996 film), a British television film based on the novel by Henry Green * ''Loving'' (2016 film), a film about the Supreme Court decision ''Loving v. Virginia'' * ''Carry On Loving'', a 1970 film in the ''Carry On'' series * ''Loving'' (TV series), an American daytime soap opera Music * '' Lovin''', 2021 extended play by Ailee Other media * ''Loving'' (novel), a 1945 novel by Henry Green * ''Loving'', a 1981 novel by Danielle Steel * ''Loving'', a 2010 album by Johannes Heil Places in the United States * Loving, New Mexico, a village * Loving, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Loving, Texas, an unincorporated community * Loving County, Texas, the second-least populous county in the U.S. See also * Lovin Lovin is a surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seomoon Tak
Seomoon Tak (born March 3, 1978), sometimes known mononymously as Tak, is a South Korean singer, noted for her powerful voice and technically skilled wide vocal range. Her debut album ''Asura'' has been among the top 20 popular karaoke songs in South Korea for more than 20 years. In 2002, she participated in the Red Devils Cheer, the support album for the South Korea national football team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Biography Seomoon Tak is an alumna of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and majored in music production and engineering. She debuted in 1999 and sold her first album, ''Asura'', over 300,000 copies and her second album, ''Seomoon Tak II'', over 300,000 copies. After she debuted in South Korea, she regularly had more than 1,000 live performances per year, and radio and TV shows appearances. She released 6 studio albums (Korean), 2 studio albums (Japanese), and 2 single albums, and recorded multiple movie and television soundtracks. Marty Friedman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In A Moment
''Lost in a Moment'' is the third album by Norwegian musician Lene Marlin. It was released on 13 June 2005. "My Lucky Day" was used prominently in a 2007 Kinder Surprise Kinder Surprise (Italian: ''Kinder Sorpresa'' or ''Ovetto Kinder''), also known as Kinder Egg or Kinder Surprise Egg, is a milk chocolate consisting of a chocolate egg surrounding a yellow plastic capsule with a small toy inside. Manufactured by t ... television commercial, with on-screen credit to Marlin. Track listing *The CD+DVD Taiwanese edition also adds "Still Here" as a bonus track. Charts References External linksLene Marlin Official Website 2005 albums Lene Marlin albums {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lene Marlin
Lene Marlin (born Lene Marlin Pedersen; 17 August 1980) is a Norwegian musician, singer, and songwriter. Biography ''Playing My Game'' (1998–2002) Marlin was born in Tromsø, Norway. She made her Norwegian recording debut on 12 October 1998, with the single " Unforgivable Sinner", a number one hit for eight weeks. It was the fastest selling single in Norwegian music history, and appeared in the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie ''Schpaaa''. Her first album, ''Playing My Game'', followed. She won an MTV Europe award in 1999. Her single "Where I'm Headed", from the French film, '' Mauvaises fréquentations'', became a top-5 hit in France and Italy. Her song " Sitting Down Here" became a top-5 hit in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number 5 in the Netherlands in 2000. ''Another Day'' (2003–2004) Marlin's second album, ''Another Day'', was released on 22 September 2003. Two singles were released: " You Weren't There" and "Another Day". "You Weren't There" debuted at No. 1 on N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent All These Years
"Silent All These Years" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album ''Little Earthquakes''. It was originally released in the United Kingdom in November 1991 via EastWest Records. It was released in North America in 1992 by Atlantic Records and was later used to promote awareness of the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN). In the UK, the single was re-released on August 10, 1992. Origins Amos wrote "Silent All These Years" during a period of self-reflection and searching for solo album material after the failure of Y Kant Tori Read. According to ''VH1 Storytellers'', she originally wrote this song with Al Stewart in mind to sing it. Eric Rosse, who was producing some other songs Amos had composed, heard it and told her, "You're out of your mind. That's your life story." In the ''Little Earthquakes'' songbook, Amos reveals that writing the song was a slow, evolving process and that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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