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Janice Vidal
Hong Kong pop singer (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Janice M. Vidal (born 13 April 1982) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She was discovered by music producer Mark Lui and initially began her career as a back-up singer for Leon Lai.[citation needed] She debuted as a solo artist in 2004 under Lai's label, Amusic, where she remained until signing with Warner Music in 2015.[citation needed]
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She is of mixed Filipino, Chinese, and Korean descent,[1] and she has a twin sister, Jill Vidal, who also sings.
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Early life and singing
Vidal was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, to a Filipino father and a mother of mixed Chinese and Korean descent. She worked as a bar singer under the name Renee[2] and joined the 2000 New Talent Singing Awards as Ming Lok Tai (明樂蒂),[3] before adopting her current Chinese name, Wei Lan (衛蘭).
Music career
In December 2004, Vidal attracted media attention by covering one of Leon Lai's hits, "Long Distance" (情深說話未曾講), in English.[citation needed] She soon followed it with a Christmas version of another Lai song, "Bu Ke Yi Shi" (不可一世), sung in Cantonese.[citation needed] Vidal was signed to Lai's label, Amusic, the same year,[citation needed] and she released her debut album, Day & Night, in April 2005. Her second album, My Love, followed in November 2005.
Vidal issued her third studio album, Do U Know, in 2006, and she held her first concert series from 29 March to 1 April 2007, as part of a four-night stint at the Hong Kong Coliseum; it was called "My First Concert".[citation needed] A year later, she published her fourth album, Serving You. Her first English-language record, Morning, came out in 2009.
From 28 April 2007 to 13 May 2007, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong organised the "Madame Tussauds – Your Celebrity Choice for This Summer" competition, with the aim of selecting a new wax portrayal to be displayed in the museum.[4] Vidal won the competition, and her wax portrayal went on display in the glamour section on 18 July 2007. The statue is dressed in a green ballet dress, which she wore during "My First Concert".[5]
In November 2009, Vidal released her first greatest hits album, titled Wish (New + Best Selection). She returned with a new Cantonese album, Love Diaries, in 2010. She followed it with Imagine (2012), E11 (2014), and Love and Other Things (2017). Also in 2017, she published her first Mandarin-language album, simply titled 衛蘭 (Vidal's Chinese name). Two further Cantonese records followed: In His Name in 2019 and Daughter in 2022.
Acting
Vidal appeared in the 2008 Leon Lai-led musical film A Melody Looking, alongside her sister.
Personal life
In a 2009 interview with South China Morning Post, Vidal stated that she had become Buddhist about six years prior. She has since converted to Christianity, together with her sister.[6]
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Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
- Fairy Concert 2010 (2010)
- 3000 Day and Night Concert 2012 (2012)
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Awards
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