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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 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.
Pre-debut
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 (為了對你更思念) 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.
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 "Long Distance" (情深說話未曾講) on the radio. The cover song quickly became 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 "Long Distance" (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.
She was win all the (female) newbies singers award in 2005 awarded by Hong Kong media, they were Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK) 2005 Best Female Newbies - Gold, RTHK 2005 Best Female Newbies - Gold, TVB 2005 Best Female Newbies - Gold and Metro Radio I-Tech Metro Best Newbies 2005.
In mid-December of 2005 Janice was nominated by Commercial Radio 2 for the 2005 Hong Kong Music Awards Best Female Singer. A year later she got re-nominated by Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK) and obtain Bronze in the Best Female singer category for 2006.
Janice's stated long-term vision is to become a R&B artist to hit the Billboard in the United States[citation needed].
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 are 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.
Janice will be holding her first concert in Hong Kong from 29th March to 1st April, 2007, as part of her 4-night stint at Hong Kong Coliseum. It is called "My First Concert."
Discography
| Release Date | Album Name | Languages | Music Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Apr 13 | Day & Night | Cantonese, English | AMusic | |
| 2005 May 26 | Day & Night (2 CD Special Version) | Cantonese, English | AMusic | |
| 2005 Nov 25 | My Love | Cantonese, English, Mandarin | AMusic | |
| 2006 Nov 21 | Do U Know | Cantonese, English | AMusic |
Filmography
Musical Film
| Release Date | Title | Chinese Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006, Nov | A Melody Looking | 缘邀之音 | Janice |
Concert
| Year | Date | Title | No of Shows | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 29 March - 1 April | My First[1] | 4 | Hang Seng Bank Credit Card |
Awards
- 2005:
- December 26
- Metro Radio I-Tech Metro newbies award
- December 26
- 2006:
- January 1
- Commercial Radio Female newbies of the Year - Gold Award
- January 16
- TVB Best New Female Singer - Gold Award , Top 10 Song:Run Away from Home, Best Performance-Silver, Four Media Best Performance Award-Gold
- January 23
- RTHK Best New Female Singer - Gold Award
- January 1
- 2007:
- January 1
- Commercial Radio Best Female Singer - Bronze Award
- Metro Radio Best Female Singer, Karaoke Hit Song:My Love My Fate, Hit Song:Run Away from Home
- RTHK Top Ten Singers in Hong Kong
- January 1
Music Pop Chart
| Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTHK Chinese Pop | CTHK Ultimate 903 | Metro Radio Pop Chart | JSG Billboard | UFO Mandarin Pop | ||
| 2005 | "Big Brother (大哥)" | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | - |
| 2005 | "Will You Come Tonight? (今夜你不會來)" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | "Messy Heart (心亂如麻)" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2006 | "My Love My Fate" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2006 | "Love Talent (愛才)" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2006 | "Run Away from Home (離家出走)" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 2007 | "Deep Love (深愛)" | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 2007 | "Love You Still Love You (愛你還愛你)" | 12 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | |
| Year | Album | Peak positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMV Sales Chart | ||||||
| 2006 | "DO U KNOW (+DVD)" | 1 | ||||
| Total | 1 | |||||
See Also
References
- ^ http://www.amusic.hk/index.php?i=news&id=43
- ^ http://us.yesasia.com/en/PopChart/RTHK.aspx/section-music/code-c/chart-1 PopChart
- ^
"Major Music Charts in Hong Kong" (in Chinese). Musichk.org. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
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