Su Miaoling (; born 9 August 1991), known outside

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as Smallwan Su, is a Chinese

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singer who was born in

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, in the

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province. She's known for taking part in the '' Super Girl'' contest produced by

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. After that, she has been pursuing a musical and acting career.

Biography

First years

Su Miaoling was born in Zhongshan, in the Guangdong province on 9 August 1991. She is the youngest member of her family. During her childhood, she spent her school days in her hometown. In those years, Su started feeling interested in music, although she wasn't interested in pursuing a musical career. At first, she enjoyed her interest in music listening to the tapes of her older brother. She listened to both

Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ...

and

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 ...

music (The two main genres inside

C-pop C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music (), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China,Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region). This also includes countries where Chinese languages are used by ...

). She also listened to traditional folk songs, although her favourite singer and her main influence, has always been the Taiwanese megastar

A-mei Kulilay Amit (, born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, ''Sisters''. Her albums ''Truth'' (2001), ''Amit'' (2009), ...

. Although she loved listening to music, she only took part once in a voice training class. Despite her lack of voice training, when she listened to music, she started developing her own singing skills. From then on, she started developing her own musical style and identity.

Career

In 2011, Su, took part in the Super Girl talent show, produced by

. She went to

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in order to participate in the casting. After being finally accepted into the program, she started displaying her vocal talent. Since her first performance, Su surprised the juries by having a very different voice from the rest of the contestants. She had developed a strong, but at the same time, soft voice. The participation of Su in this TV program, enabled Su, to find her own musical style. She started combining the mainstream

with another genres like

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. Thanks to this distinct style, she managed to be one of the favourites of the contest. In the end, she got fourth place at the end of the show. After her success in Super Girl, she started officially her music career. She was signed to the

EE-Media EE-Media is a C-pop (Mandopop) record label, founded in Shanghai, China in 2004 by Long Danni under the parent company Hunan Broadcasting System. History The company was created after the success of '' Super Girl'' and '' Super Boy'', national s ...

, the Mainland Chinese giant record label where most of the Super Girl and Super Boy contestants are attached to. Since then, she began the production of her first Studio EP entitled "一刻" (Moment) which was released in the middle of 2012. This EP contained songs in the

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and

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

dialects and reflected clearly the personal Jazz-influenced

style developed by Su. This first EP was very successful in

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. After the satisfying reception of the album both critically and commercially, the performer started winning her first recognitions and awards. Two years after her first album, Su, released a second EP with the title of "漫步失物招领处" (Peace lost and found), which was, this time, coproduced between her label

and

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. This album was recorded also in Mandarin and Cantonese and followed the same creative direction as the first album, although this time, some electronic music influences can be found in this release. After a four year hiatus, in 2018, Su returned to the music scene with her third EP entitled Wan, which was released on October.

Acting career

In 2011, shortly before releasing her first album, Su Miaoling started expanding her artistic career to the filming industry. She took part in the film "曼陀罗" (Mandrake) and two years later, she starred the film "暴躁天使" (An Irascible Angel).海报虽都是苏妙玲脸部的特写，但基调明朗，对比分明，这也进一步印证了观众的猜测，整部电影肯定不仅仅是简单的"治愈系"青春爱情片，上半部分苏妙玲依然延续"淡定姐"的一贯风格，而下半部分却一改常态，眼含泪滴，在心疼天使的同时也在感叹是什么使得"淡定姐"如此伤感。
海报虽都是苏妙玲脸部的特写，但基调明朗，对比分明，这也进一步印证了观众的猜测，整部电影肯定不仅仅是简单的"治愈系"青春爱情片，上半部分苏妙玲依然延续"淡定姐"的一贯风格，而下半部分却一改常态，眼含泪滴，在心疼天使的同时也在感叹是什么使得"淡定姐"如此伤感。 After that, she has also participated in some TV dramas.

Discography

Filmography

Films

* 曼陀罗 (Mandrake) (2011) * 暴躁天使 (An irascible girl) (2012) * 天各一方 (Tian ge Yi fan) (2015)

TV Dramas

* 多少爱可以重来 (How could love be repeated?) (2015)

Awards

* 2011: City ambassador of Zhongshan. * 2011: EE-Media Music Awards: Best new singer. * 2011: Annual Beijing Pop Music Awards: Most popular new singer. * 2012: Pioneer Awards: Best Mainland Chinese debut album. * 2012: Annual 101FM awards: Best song of the year for "Time portraits". * 2012: Annual 101FM awards: Best debut album for "Moment" * 2012: Huading Celebrity awards: 48th place. * 2013: Eastern billboard awards: Best new singer.

References

External links

Su Miaoling Weibo
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