衛蘭的介紹

Janice M. Vidal (Chinese: 衛蘭) is a female singer in Hong Kong. She is of mixed parentage with a Filipino father and a mixed Chinese and Korean mother. As a Hong Kong singer she had chosen the Chinese name Wei Lan (衛蘭), although most of her fans refer to her simply as Janice. In the past she went under the name Renee in her musical work prior to her debut album in 2005 and "Ming Lok Tai" (明樂蒂) in a EEG singing competition in 2000. As of 2006, her father resides in Hong Kong, while her mother resides in South Korea.

Janice is emerging as one of the new singers in Hong Kong and Asia. Her music style is a mixture of Cantopop, Jazz and R&B. She performs her songs in English, Cantonese and Mandarin and will be performing songs in Korean in the near future.

Before becoming an artist herself, Janice had always enjoyed singing. Her voice came to the attention of renowned producer Mark Lui by chance when she recorded the backing vocals for one of mega star Leon Lai's songs in 2004. Janice obviously left a favourable impression on Lui, as upon Lui's stumbling across her voice he informed Leon, who in turn decided to offer Janice a contract with AMusic (東亞), a newly-formed record label where both Leon Lai and Mark Lui were major investors (Leon transferred himself to Amusic as well). As a result Janice became the first newcomer to sign for AMusic in 2004.

[edit] Biography
Belonging to the same music label as Leon Lai, Janice first caught the media's attention days after Christmas of 2004 by covering in English one of Leon's essential tunes "Unspoken Words of Deep Feelings" (情深說話未曾講) on radio. The cover song quickly become a hit. Some fans initially thought it was an overseas singer who was covering one of Leon's classic hits, but were surprised to find out the singer was an unknown Hong Kong rookie. Since it was Christmas in Hong Kong at the time, Janice's first song was swiftly followed by a Christmas version of another Leon Lai cover "不可一世" (this time in Cantonese). The Cantonese cover of "Unspoken Words of Deep Feelings" (情深說話未曾講) was aired on radio in Spring 2005 for the first time. She learned English when she was in the United States.

By April 2005, Janice had become known as a mysterious singer who sung several cover versions of Leon Lai's songs, but whose face has never been shown in public. After roughly six months of radio publicity and building public anticipation, her face was finally unveiled when her debut album "Day & Night" was released on 13 April 2005.

On 25 November of the same year, Janice released her second album "My Love", a rarity for a newcomer in Hong Hong's music industry.

In mid-December of 2005 Janice was nominated by Commercial Radio 2 for the 2005 Hong Kong Music Awards Best Female Singer, which results are due out on Jan 1, 2006. On 1 January 2006, Janice was awarded by Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK) the Gold prize for 2005 Best Female Newcomer., to the delight of her fans and family.

Janice's stated long-term vision is to become a R&B artist to hit the Billboard in the United States[citation needed].


[edit] Trivia
Janice's twin sister Jill Vidal (衛詩) is also a singer. Jill was signed by the same record label as Janice at the end of 2005 and released her first song in December of 2005. Even though their voices sound virtually the same, Jill has a notably different style from Janice; her songs tend to be more hard-core R&B and is also more fast-paced, while Janice has a heavier Pop feel to her songs. In an interview on Sina, Charles Ying stated that Cantonese is not Janice's first language and asked how Janice dealt with this difficulty. Janice admitted that she does not read Chinese but uses English to help her pronounce words that she sings in the recording studio, however she replied that she is quicker at recognising Chinese characters.
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歌手個人資料 :
出生日期
四月十三日

出生地點
香港

星座
白羊座

身高
5呎3吋

體重
103 磅

家庭成員
父母親, 孿生妹妹

教育程度
中學程度

興趣
唱歌; 跳舞; 聽音樂; 運動(羽毛球); 電影; 旅遊

曾獲得獎項

《2005勁歌金曲優秀選第二回》

新人薦場飆星獎
《學勢力 Friday》

大專學生最熱愛型格女新人獎 2005
《Yahoo!搜尋人氣大獎2005》

搜尋人氣急升大獎
《PM 第四屆夏日人氣歌手頒獎典禮》

PM人氣實力唱得女新人
《PM 第四屆樂壇頒獎禮》

PM 05 讀者推介歌曲 – 大哥
PM 05 讀者推介合唱歌曲 – 24
《新城勁爆頒獎禮2005》

新城勁爆新人王
新城勁爆卡拉OK歌曲
《叱吒樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮2005》

叱吒樂壇生力軍女歌手金獎
《Road Show 頒獎禮》

Road Show 至尊女新人

歌手個人資料 :
出生日期
四月十三日

出生地點
香港

星座
白羊座

身高
5呎3吋

體重
103 磅

家庭成員
父母親, 孿生妹妹

教育程度
中學程度

興趣
唱歌; 跳舞; 聽音樂; 運動(羽毛球); 電影; 旅遊

曾獲得獎項

《2005勁歌金曲優秀選第二回》

新人薦場飆星獎
《學勢力 Friday》

大專學生最熱愛型格女新人獎 2005
《Yahoo!搜尋人氣大獎2005》

搜尋人氣急升大獎
《PM 第四屆夏日人氣歌手頒獎典禮》

PM人氣實力唱得女新人
《PM 第四屆樂壇頒獎禮》

PM 05 讀者推介歌曲 – 大哥
PM 05 讀者推介合唱歌曲 – 24
《新城勁爆頒獎禮2005》

新城勁爆新人王
新城勁爆卡拉OK歌曲
《叱吒樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮2005》

叱吒樂壇生力軍女歌手金獎
《Road Show 頒獎禮》

Road Show 至尊女新人