Cyndi Wang

Cyndi Wang
Cyndi Wang at Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 5, 2007
Chinese name	王心凌
Pinyin	Wáng Xīnlíng (Mandarin)
Birth name	王君如 (pinyin: Wáng Jūnrú)
Ancestry	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Born	5 September 1982 (1982-09-05) (age 29) Hsinchu, Taiwan
Occupation	Singer, actress
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Label(s)	Avex Taiwan (2003-2008) Gold Typhoon (2009-present)
Years active	2003-present
Official Website	www.avex.com.tw/cyndi

Cyndi Wang (Chinese: 王心凌; pinyin: Wáng Xīnlíng) was born on 5 September 1982. She is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Her birth name is Wáng Jūnrú (Chinese: 王君如).

Wang has released eleven albums, nearly all of which carries her name. These includes eleven studio albums: Begin (2003), Cyndi Loves You (2004), Honey (2005), Shining Cyndi 2005 (2005), , Cyndi With U (2006), Magic Cyndi (2007), Fly! Cyndi(2007), Red Cyndi (2008), Beautiful Days (2009), H2H (2009), and Sticky (2011). She has also contributed to three Taiwanese drama soundtracks.

Outside her music career, Wang has starred in various Taiwanese dramas, including Westside Story (2003), La Robe de Mariage des Cieux (2004), and Smiling Pasta (2006). She acted alongside JJ Lin in three short love stories (in 2006), a movie (Candy Rain) in 2008 with Karena Lam, held concerts (personal concerts and with Jungiery's J-Stars) and she also made several commercials and endorsements.

Career

Wang graduated from the Okazaki Arts School in Taipei, and completed a drama course at Hua Gang Arts School (臺北市私立華岡藝術學校). Her family originates from Qingdao, Shandong, China, and she is a Buddhist. Wang's mother is a Hakka, Wang and her younger brother were raised in a single-parent family. She speaks Mandarin, English and Hakka.

Wang entered an Avex Taiwan competition in Taiwan in 2003. She had taken part in various singing competitions since at an early age, and had previously won her some appearances in the Taiwanese local drama Che Zheng Zai Zhui (車正在追, with Viter Fan) in 1999; she had also appeared in the music videos of other singers such as Tanya Chua's video "Reminding" (紀念) in 2000 even before she made her debut,she did also appear in 石康軍's "變質" mv, Beatrice Hsu's MV "許瑋倫 天使的翅膀", & Kenji Wu's Na Na Na MV. She also composed two songs in her Magic Cyndi and Fly! Cyndi. She wrote the "I'll be Better" (我會更好) lyric in her latest album H2H.

Soon after the Avex Taiwan competition, Wang was called again and given a chance to go to Japan. In order to pursue her dreams, she decided to take on the challenge and go to Avex Taiwan's music studio in Japan to learn dancing and singing for 3 months from various famous lecturers(such as Hamasaki Ayumi, BoA, Utada Hikaru, Namie Amuro,& Hitomi). This was very successful as she learned quickly. She earned herself a graduation certificate with impressive results and records from Japan's Avex Trax. These achievements made Avex Taiwan impressed with her, and she was offered a contract by Taiwan's Avex Taiwan (making her the only Avex Trax female singer, the first ever local, and newcomer of the year in 2003). From that time she has been involved in her entertainment career. She has had contracts under Jungiery Star Pte Ltd, D Music, and Sony Music as well as Avex Taiwan.

Wang has been invited to sing at a number of events, including a 2008 New Year Countdown performance in Kaohsiung. About 3 years after her debut, she finally had her long awaited 1-month rest in December 2006. Since she made her debut in 2003, she has been very active in entertainment showbizz, in which her eight studio albums and three soundtracks. She also had concerts of her own & with J-Stars of Jungiery, endorsments & commersials.

She is currently signed with a management company, DayStar Music, and with Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) from 2009 and has since released two studio albums. She starred in Momo Love with Jiro Wang and Calvin Chen and Ken Chu and in Love Keeps Going with Mike He.^[1] Wang's 10th studio album, was released on 4 December 2009 and a compilation album was released on 13 November 2009.

Discography

Studio

Album	Rlease Date	Title	Label
1st	24 February 2003	Begin... (Begin...)	Avex Taiwan
2nd	26 March 2004	Cyndi Loves You 愛你 (Cyndi Loves You)	Avex Taiwan
3rd	18 February 2005	Honey (Honey)	Avex Taiwan
4th	26 July 2005	Shining 2005 (New + Best Collection) (閃耀2005 新歌+節奏精選)	Avex Taiwan
5th	27 December 2005	Cyndi with U (Cyndi with U)	Avex Taiwan
6th	30 April 2007	Magic Cyndi (Magic Cyndi)	Avex Taiwan
7th	30 November 2007	Fly! Cyndi (Fly! Cyndi)	Avex Taiwan
8th	29 February 2008	Red (Remember Every Dream) Cyndi (zh:红心凌2008新歌＋精选（豪华珍藏版）)	Avex Taiwan
9th	13 November 2009	Beautiful Days (美丽的日子 新歌+精选)	Gold Typhoon
10th	4 December 2009	H2H (心電心)	Gold Typhoon
11th	27 May 2011	Sticky (黏黏黏黏)	Gold Typhoon
12th	2012		Gold Typhoon

Concert DVD

Release Date	Title
3 September 2004	Dream Park Concert DVD (夢幻遊園地演唱會DVD)

Soundtrack contributions

Year	Drama	Track
2002	MVP Valentine	I Will - insert song Every Heart - insert song
2003	Westside Story	"當你" (When You) - insert song "煎熬" (Suffering) - feat Tony Sun - insert song
2004	Heaven's Wedding Gown	"花的嫁紗" - opening theme "愛的天國" - ending theme
2006	Smiling Pasta	"彩虹的微笑" (Rainbow's Smile) - opening theme "I Do" - insert song "黃昏曉" (Dusk Dawn) - insert song
2008	Powerpuff Girls Z (Taiwan version)	"Touch Me!" - opening theme
2009	Momo Love	"喜歡你怎麼辦" (I like you What to do) - opening theme "小星星" (Little Star) - insert song
2011	Love Keeps Going	"不哭" (Don't Cry) - opening theme "黏黏黏黏" (Stick to You) - ending theme "下一頁的我" (The Next Page of Me) - insert song

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Film Production	With
2009	Candy Rain	Ricky's Girlfriend	Three Dots Entertainment	Karena Lam

Television

Year	Chinese title	English title	Role / Remarks	Network	Co-stars
1999	車正在追	The Car Is In Pursuit		PTS
2003	西街少年	Westside Story (TV series)	Shen Yin He (沈銀荷)	SETTV	5566, Wallace Huo
2004	天國的嫁衣	La Robe de Mariee des Cieux	Tao Ai Qing / Ivy (陶艾青)	CTS	Leon Jay Williams, Ming Dao
2006	微笑 Pasta	Smiling Pasta	Cheng Xiao Shi (成曉詩)	TTV	Nicholas Teo
2008	桃花小妹	Momo Love	Chen Tao Hua ( 陳桃花)	CTV	Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen
2011	美樂加油	Love Keeps Going	Zha Mei Le (查美樂) / He Yan Qin (何言沁)	CTV	Mike He, Eli Shi

Music videos

• "DaDaDa" MV - features Danson Tang
• "Degenerate" MV by Jones Shi
• "Love’s Option" MV by Zhang Yun Jing

Endorsements

• 2003 Purism, Kiss Radio 4th season Cheerleaders, Clairol, Diesel
• 2004 2Sweet(jewelry ad with Ming Dao), as Macau Tourism's spokeperson in Taiwan, 7-11
• 2005 GOTO watches, World Cyber Games 2005, KnightsBridge, 7-11
• 2006 Skechers Shoes, GOTO watches, Garnier, KnightsBridge
• 2007 Skechers Shoes, GOTO watches, KnightsBridge
• 2008 Skechers Shoes, GOTO watches, KnightsBridge, Pocky
• 2009 Skechers Shoes, GOTO watches, KnightsBridge, Pocky, 7-11, She also worked as a spokesperson for Shiatzy Chen
• 2010 Skechers Shoes, Arnold Palmer, VCNIC, Nadia^{[disambiguation needed ]} with Joe Cheng, Master Kang with Vic Zhou
• 2011 Arnold Palmer, VCNIC, Nadia^{[disambiguation needed ]} with Joe Cheng, Master Kang with Jerry Yan

Major Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nomination	Result	Ref
2005	HITO Radio Music Awards	Top 10 Songs of the Year	"愛你" (Love You)	Won	[2]
2007	HITO Radio Music Awards	Top 10 Songs of the Year	"睫毛彎彎" (Curly Eye Lashes)	Won	[3]

References

1. ^ (Chinese) Liberty Times.com 王心凌 美樂加油首集鼻子忽大忽小 被爆山根不連戲 8 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-11
2. ^ (Chinese) Liberty Times 2005 HITO Radio Music Awards winners list Retrieved 2011-05-05
3. ^ (Chinese) HITO Radio 2007 HITO Radio Music Awards winners list 4 February 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-20

External links

• (Chinese) Cyndi Wang at Avex Taiwan (2003–2008)
• (Chinese) Cyndi Wang at Gold Typhoon Taiwan (2009–present)
• (Chinese) Cyndi Wang's Weibo blog

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Name	Wang, Cyndi
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Date of birth	5 September 1982
Place of birth	Hsinchu, Taiwan
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