Cyndi Wang Hsin-ling (; born 5 September 1982) is a

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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'' (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 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 ''

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'' from

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; while her mother is Hakka. 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 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

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Jing Chang Jing Chang () is a Taiwanese singer. Early life Chang was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 6 September 1983. Her birth name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters (張芸菁). She studied graphic design and graduated from Song S ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Cyndi 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