Peggy Hsu

Xu Zhe Pei 許哲珮
Background information
Birth name	許哲珮
Also known as	Peggy Hsu
Born	(1981-02-02) 2 February 1981
Origin	Taipei, Taiwan
Genres	Pop, rock, alternative rock, jazz, big band, bossa nova
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, composer, music producer, musician
Instrument	Piano/keyboard
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Wonder Music
Website	www.peggyhsu.com

Peggy Hsu (Chinese: 許哲珮; pinyin: Xu Zhe-pei, born 2 February 1981) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, music composer, and music producer. She is the founder and lead vocalist/keyboardist of the band "Le Cirque".

Since her first appearance on the Mandarin music scene in 2001 with her self-written-and-produced debut album, Balloon, written when she was only 19 on her piano, Peggy has picked up Best Songwriter, Best Newcomer, Best Lyricist and other awards from the China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia market. Since 2009, she has been publishing her own music independently and now she is working closely with Wonder Music, a widely recognized Taiwanese indie record label. She has also written and composed a large number of songs for other Mandarin artists. Her recent works tend to be indie-pop and bossa-nova, jazz based style. In 2003, Peggy formed her own band called "Le Cirque".

In 2007, Peggy Hsu won the 18th Best Music Album Producer of Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards– an equivalent of America's Grammy Awards.

Discography

Albums

• (2001) Balloon (气球)
• (2007) Peggy's Wish Box (許願盒)
• (2009) Beautiful (美好的)
• (2009) Snowman (雪人)
• (2010) Le Cirque (馬戲團1號) (Mini Album)
• (2011) Magical Shop (奇幻精品店)
• (2014) La Valse (圓舞曲)
• (2015) Swing Inc. (搖擺電力公司)
• (2019) Hypnocity (失物之城)

Awards

Year	Awards
2001	Annual Top 1 download on largest Chinese music store, (for Balloon) Top 20 Chinese Music Videos, (for Balloon) Release 1st album Balloon in Asia First Chinese music video production in Iceland
2002	13th Golden Melody Awards, Best Newcomer Nominee (Taiwan) Global Chinese Song Awards, Best Newcomer (China) Singapore Golden Melody Awards, Best Newcomer (Singapore) Metro Radio Award, Best Newcomer Nominee (Hong Kong)
2003	Top 10 Chinese Song Awards, Top Lyricist (Hong Kong) Hong Kong Ultimate Song Chart Award, Best Newcomer 2nd Place
2004–2006	Perform in 2004 Taiwan Festival Concert (Vancouver, Canada) Studied Jazz Vocal at Berklee College of Music Perform in 2006 Taiwan Festival Concert (Vancouver/Toronto)
2007	Release 2nd album The Wish Box 18th Golden Melody Awards, Best Album Producer (Taiwan) Leading actress in musical drama "The Secret Garden"
2008	Leading actress in musical drama "Lil'Flora" Release X'mas Single "Snow" in digital distribution format
2009	Start hosting FM 91.7 Pop Radio program Taste of Music Creativity Vocal dubbing for Panasonic TV ad Release 3rd album Beautiful Beautiful live music tour for 15 shows 2009 Eslite Book Store Top 100 Album (Taiwan) Music Radio Award Top 1 ranking (China) Best Chinese Song from Metro Radio Award (Hong Kong) Best 10 Album from Chinese Media Selection (China) 2009 Best 10 Chinese Album from Sohu.com (China) Release 4th Album Snowman Snowman live music tour for 6 shows
2010	First Taiwan 3D Music Video Production "Fly" Held 2 concerts in Singapore Esplanade Recital Studio. (the only artist sold-out 2 shows) Best 10 Chinese Album from KKBOX Editorial Choice (Snowman Album) (Taiwan) Top 1 Album from Chinese United Ranking (Snowman Album) (China) Top 1 Album from douban.com (Snowman Album) (China) Top 1 Album from Music Radio Ranking (Snowman Album) (China) "Beautiful Snowman" live music tour for 10 venues (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, HangZhou, ChengDou, ChongQing, WuHan, GuangZhou, ShengZheng) Release mini album Le Cirque: I
2011	Best Composer-Artist Nominated, 2nd Taiwan Golden Indie Music Awards Best R&B Single, 2nd Taiwan Golden Indie Music Awards: Cherry Lover Release 5th album Magical Shop

External links

• (in Chinese) The Official Website of Peggy Hsu
• (in Chinese) The Secret Garden of Peggy Hsu
• (in Chinese) Official Facebook Fan Page
• (in Chinese) Official Chinese Weibo