Angela Zhang (; born 19 January 1982), also known as Angela Chang, is a

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singer and actress. Zhang has released ten studio albums as of 2020. She debuted and rose to fame with the Taiwanese television dramas ''

My MVP Valentine ''My MVP Valentine'' () is a 2002 Taiwanese romantic sports teen drama based loosely on two Japanese manga series: ''Slam Dunk'' and ''MVP wa Yuzurenai! (MVPは譲れない!；Can't Give up MVP!)''. Starring Chinese Taipei basketball star Johnny ...

'' (2002) and ''

At Dolphin Bay ''At the Dolphin Bay'' is a Taiwanese drama that stars Angela Chang, Ambrose Hsu, Wallace Huo, Jill Hsu and Penny Lin. The drama aired in 2003 on SETTV. Plot Legend has it a dolphin once helped to reunite a pair of tragic lovers. From then on, ...

'' (2003), although since 2004, when her debut album '' Over the Rainbow'' met with instant success, she has focused on her singing career. ''

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'' (2004) and ''

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'' (2006) sold millions in Asia, while another TV series that she starred in, ''

Romantic Princess ''Romantic Princess'' (), previously known as, ''Wo Jia Gong Zhu'' (我家公主), is a 2007 Taiwanese drama starring Wu Chun and Calvin Chen of Fahrenheit, Angela Chang and George Hu. It was based on the manga by Kazuko Fujita. The drama was pr ...

'' (2007), also became an international hit. In 2008–09, she withdrew from the public eye for nearly a year and a half when her mother accused her of being un

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and unsupportive. Zhang, in turn, claimed that her mother had squandered more than

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100 million of her income. The media's relentless coverage of her family problems, exacerbated by Zhang's falling-out with her employer Linfair Records, accusing her of not doing enough to protect her which significantly derailed her career for many years. Zhang later returned after a few year hiatus when she compete in Hunan's reality singing competition ''

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'', the seventh season of ''

I Am a Singer ''I Am a Singer'' () is a popular South Korean singing competition program; a part of MBC's '' Sunday Night'' lineup. Seven talented, veteran Korean singers perform for a selected audience, which votes to eliminate one singer after each week's ...

'' where she served as a host and contestant. Having moved her career to mainland China, her 2019 album '' ?'', under a new label, was the 56th best-selling album in China in 2019. Zhang's maternal grandfather was an ethnic Uyghur, with the rest of her family

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. She grew up in Taiwan and Canada.

Early years

Zhang was born into an ethnic

family from

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, Taoyuan,

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. At the age of ten, Zhang moved to

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to study. After a few months, she returned to Taiwan because she "was not able to adapt (to life) there". Her family later migrated to

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, where she attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.

Personal life

Zhang's popularity rose as she played a leading role in the Taiwanese television drama

with Taiwanese boy band 5566, followed by a leading role in another Taiwanese television drama

with Taiwanese actor

Wallace Huo Wallace Huo Chien-hwa (, born 26 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and producer. He is known for his roles in ''At Dolphin Bay'' (2003), ''Chinese Paladin 3'' (2009), ''Swordsman'' (2013), '' Battle of Changsha'' (2014), ''The Journey of ...

, in which she also sang the ending theme song (Yi Shi De Mei Hao) and English song (Journey). She has been nominated twice for

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. She also has been nominated twice for Best Mandarin Female Singer at

Golden Melody Awards The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music in ...

. In 2010, Zhang became a spokesperson of

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and sang the theme song "The Window of the City". Zhang performed at the first Formula 1 Festival in

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. The melody to her song titled Ying Xing De Chi Pang was used in 2007 on Chinese TV in an advertisement for Wrigley Gum. In 2008 Zhang was diagnosed with

mitral valve prolapse Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole. It is the primary form of myxomatous degeneration of the valve. There ar ...

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborations

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Angela 1982 births Living people 21st-century Taiwanese actresses 21st-century Taiwanese singers 21st-century Taiwanese women singers Canadian people of Chinese descent Canadian people of Uyghur descent English-language singers from Taiwan Hakka musicians Naturalized citizens of Canada Taiwanese emigrants to Canada Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese Mandopop singers Taiwanese people of Hakka descent Taiwanese people of Uyghur descent Taiwanese television actresses