Cyndi Wang Hsin-ling (; born 5 September 1982) is a
Taiwanese
Taiwanese may refer to:
* Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien
* Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa)
* Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan
* Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan
* Taiwanese people, ...
singer and actress. Wang debuted her musical career as she released her debut album, ''Begin...'' (2003). Besides her musical career, Wang has starred in many TV dramas, including ''The Car Is In Pursuit'' (2000), ''Westside Story'' (2003), ''Heaven's Wedding Gown'' (2004), and ''
Smiling Pasta
''Smiling Pasta'' () is a romantic-comedy Taiwanese drama starring Cyndi Wang and Nicholas Teo. It was adapted into manhua by Yu Jia Yan.
Synopsis
A young couple, not knowing each other in the past, collided with each other and created boundles ...
'' (2006). She started her first tour in 2016, and second in 2019. Wang has been active in the Taiwanese music scene for more than eighteen years and at one point, she was one of the top female popstars in the
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Standard Chinese, Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; with later influences coming from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Ta ...
industry, regularly selling over a million copies of her every album across the Asia continent. She is widely known as one of the Mandopop Princess or The Taiwanese Sweetheart.
Career
Wang graduated from Okazaki Arts School and completed a drama course at Hwa Kang Arts School. Her father is ''
Waishengren'' from
Qingdao
Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...
; while her mother is
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
. Wang is a Buddhist, and has one younger brother. After their parents divorced in 1992, Wang and her brother were raised by their mother.
Wang took part in a talent contest held by
Avex Taiwan
Avex Taiwan Inc (, formerly 艾迴唱片公司 or 艾迴股份有限公司) is an entertainment and record label based in Taiwan. It was founded in July 1998 and is a foreign consolidated subsidiary of parent company Avex Group, based in Japan. ...
in 2003. After the competition, she was called again and given a chance to go to Japan. In order to pursue her dream, she decided to take on the challenge and go to Avex's music studio in Japan to learn singing and dancing for three months. She earned herself a graduation certificate with an impressive performance from
Avex Trax. These achievements made Avex Taiwan impressed with her, and she was offered a contract by Avex Taiwan. From that time she has been involved in her entertainment career.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
Soundtracks
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
Television dramas
Music videos
* "Degenerate" by Jones Shi
* "Love’s Option" by
Jing Chang
Awards
References
External links
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Taiwanese film actresses
Taiwanese television actresses
1982 births
Living people
Taiwanese Mandopop singers
Hakka musicians
Taiwanese people of Hakka descent
Taiwanese Buddhists
People from Hsinchu
Universal Music Group artists
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
21st-century Taiwanese singers
21st-century Taiwanese women singers