Stanley Huang (born 21 September 1974) is a

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singer and actor.

Early life

Huang was born and raised in

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. His family moved here before he was born. He is the brother of Jeffrey Huang and cousin of Steven Lin. His other cousin is Hollywood film producer

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Career

Huang started his career out in the boyband

L.A. Boyz L.A. Boyz was a Taiwanese pop/rap group composed of brothers Jeff Huang (黃立成, Huang Licheng) and Stanley Huang (黃立行, Huang Lixing), and their cousin Steven Lin (林智文) formed circa 1991. They are considered to be the first rap ...

with his older brother, Jeffrey and his cousin, Steven Lin.Huang, Stanley. "立行之間(Between Stanley)" After leaving the band, Huang started a solo career with his debut album, ''Your Side'', in 2000 and has made five studio albums as of 2008, and one compilation album in 2003. Most notable are ''Circus Monkey'' (2001) and ''Shades of My Mind'' (2004). The latter garnered him several nominations at the

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, Taiwan's version of the Grammys. He ended up winning the Best Male Mandarin Artist award, beating media favorites such as

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and

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. Over his career, Huang has collaborated with several singers, including

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, and

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. Huang has also remained active in writing and producing songs for his older brother's hip-hop band, Machi. Huang has seldom received criticism for his music; in fact, many appreciate Huang's rock and heavy metal style. In 2006, Huang wrote and featured in

song, "Nice Guy" (乖乖牌), for the 2006 album ''

Dancing Diva ''Dancing Diva'' () is the eighth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on May 12, 2006, by EMI and Mars. Produced by Adia, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, Paula Ma, Yuri Chan, and Stanley Huang, its musical style is mainly based on ...

'', after signing to Capitol Music.

Other

Aside from music, Huang also participated in the provocative Taiwanese film, '' Twenty Something Taipei'' (台北晚9朝5), about the clubbing scene of Taipei. He has also been in featured in a 1992 video called '' Modern Republic'' (摩登共和国) when he was part of the L.A. Boyz. He has also published a book, ''Between Stanley'', that chronicles and tells the story of being in caught in between two worlds, one of his life in LA and his roots in Taipei.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

*3 December 2008: 皮在癢 (Pi Zai Yang)(

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ese Song) *25 August 2011: 向完美說不 (Xiang Wan Mei Shuo Bu) (Used in commercial for

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Xing Cheng) *16 March 2010: 成吉思汗 (Cheng Ji Si Han) – Genghis Khan (Theme Song for Genghis Khan Online, a Chinese MMORPG online game) *5 December 2010: 我是明星 (Wo Shi Ming Xing) – I'm a Star (Used in commercial for

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) *14 March 2010: Go,

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Photo books

*2007: ''I Love Super!'' (我愛大明星：驚嘆號) with

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, and

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Filmography

References

External links

Stanley Huang @ Warner Taiwan
(Chinese)
Stanley Huang's blog
(Chinese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Stanley 1974 births Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from Taipei Record producers from California Musicians from Los Angeles Musicians from Taipei American musicians of Taiwanese descent American people of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese hip hop musicians Taiwanese Mandopop singers Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers Taiwanese male television actors