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Faye discovered
that she love to sing since she was very young, but she never thought
about pursuing music for her career. Having the zodiac sign as
Leo, she enjoys being on stage and singing in front of audiences. She
has performed at her school's major events and even in local radio station.
However, her talent was not complimented by her mother. Her mom did
not want Faye to concentrate so much in singing, and she always refused
Faye to join any Nevertheless,
her enthusiasm for music has never been weaken by her mom's strong obstruction.
She secretly went to join singing clubs and performance, she was quite
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Faye's special
talent has then discovered by her father's friend, who introduced her
to a singing teacher in Hong Kong. Faye received an opportunity to sign
her first contract with a record company, Cinepoly. Faye's musical life
then began. Her mom didn't seem to reject too much on this deal, probably
because she thought
She needed to change(especially her look!), therefore, she decided to stop her singing career and leave for New York to refresh herself. Although she intended to study music there, the real goal of the pilgrimage abroad was to learn something about herself. "I wandered around, visited museums and sat at cafes," she recalled. "There were so many strange, confident-looking people. They didn't care what other people thought of them. I felt I was originally like that too, independent and a little rebellious. But in Hong Kong I lost myself. I was shaped by others and became like a machine, a dress hanger. I had no personality and no sense of direction."
However,
fame brought by singing Canton-pop songs did not win her. Faye quest for
a higher achievement. She wanted to put herself into making better music.
She started with listening to songs by foreign artists. She tested and
improve her With the
skill she learned from listening to others, Faye is able to create her
own music. She released a self-composed alternative album called "Impatient"
in 1996. Faye composed 7 songs arranged by her ex-husband,
In 1999,
bad news happened to Faye, her marriage with Dou Wei had come to the end.
However, Dou Wei's betrayal of love had not affected Faye's marriage with
music. Without the help of Dou Wei, Faye bloomed the flower of Year 2000
is a year of retrospection. The end of love, the beginning of love, The story of Faye Wong might be a fairy tale came true, but what made her successful was not her princess-looking face, but her insistence on being herself and following the direction of making good music. She has become a soaring star in the sky which sheds light on everyone's heart. Her songs will always be remembered and her story will always be told.
Reference: TIME International Magazine October 14, 1996 Volume 148, No. 16 (Asia Edition) ------------ top ------------
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Faye was born in Beijing on the 8th of August
in 1969. Her father was a mining engineer, and her mother sang in a
Chinese revolutionary-music troupe. Together with her elder brother,
they were a regular small family living in Beijing. Faye was bought
by her neighbor "Da Ma" because both of her parents worked
outside the town. Da Ma has been Faye's nanny for a few years. That
was the happiest moment in her life. She recalled "Da Ma was very
kind to me and I always loved to play with her, I just remember I was
so happy and I always carried smiles." 
singing
events. In her belief, singing was not a profitable career. and it is
a difficult life being a singer in Beijing. One might think Faye's mom
was very conservative, but her mom has suffered enough in her singing
career and she did not want Faye to follow her footsteps.
At
home, she listened to her idol 
Hong
Kong has much more opportunities then in Beijing. So here she came from
her hometown Beijing to a totally different place, Hongkong in 1987. She
remembered that it was a horrible time in her life. After she came to
Hong Kong, she lost all her friends, all the familiar faces were gone.
She didn't know Cantonese, and being a girl from mainland China, she felt
she was an outsider and she tried so hard to understand people in Hong
Kong. "I harbored the usual expectation of Hong Kong as a glamorous and
exciting place, but I was trapped with boredom and loneness."
Faye
was completely under her company's control. She was told how to dress,
how to talk, how to sing and how to deal with the media. The company gave
her a stage name, Shirley Wong, and a parcel of songs. Her first CD, Shirley
Wong Ching Man, was released in November 1989, and two more followed over
the next 12 months. All three were big sellers. However, Faye was not
satisfied with the result. She felt she has lost her own personality.
She looked at the mirror and saw the reflection of a puppet. She did not
like the way she was moulded. 
After
half a year living in New York, Faye decided to return Hong Kong and continue
her career. With the confidence she gained, she regenerated her own style
and a new direction of life. She released a big selling album "
skill by adding the ingredient of other singers and generated her own
style. Her influences included the Cranberries, Tori Amos, and Couteau
Twins. Although the media labeled her as a copycat of other singers, Faye
believed it was a stage to learn and explore music. Her albums proved
she was right, "
of
Canton-pop. Faye returned to her real name "Wong Fei" in Wandering
Thought, which has a cover with only black Chinese characters and a white
background. Faye demonstrated that she is endowed with her talent, not
only her appearance. 
Dou
Wei, and her brother in law, Zhang Ya Dong, collaborated with two songs
composed by Couteau Twins special for Faye. Faye was the only singer who
was dare enough to release such a non-commercial type of album. Faye was
the first time satisfied with her music even though Impatient was not
the public's favorite.
In
1997, Faye married Dou Wei, and gave birth to 
After
return to Hong Kong from Beijing. Faye signed a contract with the new
record company EMI which promised to give Faye more freedom and support
of making her own music. Faye released the long waited album "
paradise
with her faith to music. With the help of her all time partner Zhang Ya
Dong, She released her 3rd album "
the memory of departed, and the love to the beloved. Faye released a sophisticated
album "