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Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor Janice M. Vidal (born 13 April, 1982) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer of mixed Filipino and Korean descent. Vidal was first discovered by music producer Mark Lui and initially began her career as a back-up singer for Leon Lai. She debuted as a solo artist in 2004 under Lai's label, Amusic, where she remained until signing with Warner Music in 2015.

She is the twin sister of singer Jill Vidal.

Biography

Vidal was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong to a Filipino father and mother of mixed Chinese and Korean descent. She worked as a bar singer under the name "Renee"[1] and joined the 2000 New Talent Singing Awards as Ming Lok Tai (明樂蒂)[2] before adopting her current Chinese name, Wai Lan (衛蘭).

Vidal admitted in a radio interview that she cannot read Chinese and uses Romanization to help her pronounce words that she sings in the recording studio.

In an interview with South China Morning Post in 2009, she stated that she had converted to Buddhism about 6 years prior. Vidal has since converted to Christianity together with her sister Jill.[3]

Music career

In her first concert, Vidal stated that she was signed by Amusic around 2003. At the time Leon Lai thought that her Cantonese was not good enough, and initially asked her to work as an office assistant.[4]

During the winter of 2004, Vidal started catching the media's attention by covering one of Lai's classic hits, "Long Distance" (情深說話未曾講) in English. The cover song quickly became a hit. Some fans initially thought it was an overseas singer who was covering one of Lai's classic hits, but were surprised to find out the singer was an unknown Hong Kong rookie. Since it was Christmas, her first song was swiftly followed by a Christmas version of another Lai song, "Bu Ke Yi Shi" (不可一世), sung 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.

By April 2005, Vidal had become known as a mysterious singer who sang several cover versions of Leon Lai's songs, but whose face had never been seen 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. Fellow Cantopop singer, Justin Lo, was one of the main producers for this album, and it soon became a hit. On 25 November 2005, Vidal released her second album, "My Love".

Vidal won all the (female) newbie singer awards in 2005 that were awarded by the 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 (unranked). In mid-December 2005, she placed fifth for Commercial Radio 2's 2005 Favorite Female Singer Award. She won bronze in the Best Female singer category for 2006.

Vidal held her first concert series in Hong Kong from 29 March to 1 April 2007, as part of her four-night stint at the Hong Kong Coliseum. It was called "My First Concert."

Vidal's fourth studio album, titled Serving You, was released on 27 November 2008. On 21 December during the press conference for Lai's new album Is Me, Lai announced that Serving You had sold more than 150,000 units.[5]

Vidal's fifth studio album, titled Morning, was released on 3 July 2009 and is her first English album consisting entirely of original compositions.

Janice (right) posing next to her own wax figure (left) in Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.

From 28 April 2007 to 13 May 2007 Madame Tussauds Hong Kong organised the "Madame Tussauds – Your Celebrity Choice for this Summer" competition with an aim to select a new wax portrayal to be displayed in the Madame Tussauds museum.[6] Vidal won the competition in May and her wax portrayal went on display in the glamour section on 18 July 2007. The statue is dressed in a green ballet dress worn during "My First Concert", which Vidal had donated.[7]

Janice Vidal released her Greatest Hits Selection + New Songs compilation disc on 27 November 2009, which comprises hit songs from her 5-year singing career and features 34 songs and 17 Music Videos.

In April 2010, Janice won the highest record sales award (female artist) at the 2009 Hong Kong IFPI Awards ceremony. In addition, her albums Serving You and Wish were also listed among the top 10 bestselling Cantonese albums of 2009.

Janice released her new Cantonese album called Love Diaries before her second concert, "Fairy Concert 2010", at the Hong Kong Coliseum on the 16th and 17 October. She also held her first MOOV live concert on 11 July 2010, where she performed five new songs from her new album as well as older classics with new arrangements. The song "What Men Believe" (男人信甚麼), with JW, won her Best Song of the Year at the TVB 2010 Jade Solid Gold Music Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

Release Date Album Name Languages CD Type Recording Music Label
2005-04-13 Day & Night Cantonese, English 1 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2005-05-26 Day & Night (2 CD Special Version) Cantonese, English 2 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2005-11-25 My Love Cantonese, English, Mandarin 1 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2006-11-21 Do U Know Cantonese, English 1 Audio CD + 1 DVD Studio Amusic
2008-11-27 Serving You Cantonese, English 1 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2009-07-03 Morning English 1 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2010-10-27 Love Diaries Cantonese, English, Japanese 1 Audio CD + 1 DVD Studio + Live Amusic
2012-12-21 Imagine Cantonese 1 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2014-11-28 E11 Cantonese 1 Audio CD Studio Amusic
2017-07-28 Love And Other Things Cantonese 1 Audio CD Studio Warner Music Hong Kong
2017-10-27 Janice Vidal Mandarin Digital Album Studio Warner Music Hong Kong

Compilations

Live

  • 2010 - Fairy Concert 2010 (2 DVD + 2 Audio CD) (6 December 2010)
  • 2010 - Fairy Concert 2010 (Blu-Ray) (2 Blu-ray Disc) (30 December 2010)
  • 2010 - Fairy Concert 2010 (2nd Version) (2 DVD) (30 December 2010 (expected) )
  • 2012 - 3000 Day and Night Concert 2012 (2 Audio CD) (17 August 2012)

Filmography

Release Date Title Chinese Title Role
2006, Nov A Melody Looking 緣邀之音 Janice
2007, Jul The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Cantonese translation) 時をかける少女 Makoto Konno
2010, 2 Sep Frozen 為你鍾情 "穎"(Wingz)

[8][9]

Concert

Year Date Title No of Shows Location Sponsor
2007 29 March – 1 April My First[10] 4 Hong Kong Coliseum Hang Seng Bank Credit Card
2007 30 September My First[11] 1 Guangzhou (Canton) Budweiser
2008 1 May My First 1 Stadium Merdeka Celcom X-Pax
2008 8 Nov Magic Live Concert – Janice Vidal[12] 1 Star Hall in Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre The Community Chest of Hong Kong
2010 16 – 17 October Fairy[13] 2 Hong Kong Coliseum IDA
2014 29-30 November Walking to the Future 2 Hong Kong Coliseum -
2018 12-14 January Oh My Janice World Tour 3 Hong Kong Coliseum -

Awards

Year Date Awards
2005 26 Dec Metro Radio I-Tech Metro Newbies Award
2006 1 Jan Commercial Radio Female Newbies of the Year – Gold Award
2006 Jan 16 TVB Best New Female Singer – Gold Award
TVB Top 10 Song: Run Away from Home
TVB Best Performance - Silver
TVB Four Media Best Performance Award-Gold
2006 23 Jan RTHK Best New Female Singer – Gold Award
2006 Jan Sina Music Best Female Newbies – Gold Award
Sina Most Listened Duets – "24"
2006 Apr IFPI Hong Kong – 2005 Ten Best Sales Local Artists
IFPI Hong Kong – 2005 Most Sales Female Newbies [14]
2007 1 Jan Commercial Radio Best Female Singer – Bronze Award
2007 Metro Radio Best Female Singer
Metro Radio Karaoke Hit Song: My Love My Fate
Metro Radio Hit Song: Run Away from Home
2007 29th (2008) RTHK Top Ten Singers 2007
2007 29 Jan Sina Music No 3 Most Listened – "離家出走" (Run Away from Home)
Sina Music Direct Most Listened Program – Janice x Jill new album
2008 30th (2009) RTHK Top Ten Singers 2008
2008 Metro Radio My Most Admired Female Singer
Metro Radio Hit Song: Doesn't Matter
2010 30 Jan 32nd (2009) RTHK Top 10 Song Award – "就算世界無童話" (If the World Has No Fairy Tales)
32nd (2009) RTHK Vocalist Award (Commonly known as Top 10 Singer, was awarded to more than 10 singers in 2009)
2010 26 Jan 2009 Sina Music Most Listened 20 – "就算世界無童話" (If the World Has No Fairy Tales)
2009 Sina Music Most Listened Album – "Wish"
2010 7 Apr IFPI Hong Kong – 2009 Ten Best Sales Releases, Cantonese – Serving You
IFPI Hong Kong – 2009 Ten Best Sales Releases, Cantonese – Wish
IFPI Hong Kong – 2009 Ten Best Sales Local Artists
IFPI Hong Kong – 2009 Ten Best Sales Local Female Vocalists[15]
2010 29 Dec Metro Radio Hit Song: "愛在天地動搖時" (Love While the World Is Shaking)
Metro Radio Hit Duet Song: "男人信甚麼" (What Men Believe) – With JW
Metro Radio Best Female Singer
Metro Radio Best Song: "男人信甚麼" (What Men Believe) – With JW

References

  1. ^ [1], Star Words – Interview, East Weekly 303 Edition Book B, Retrieved on 20 July 2010
  2. ^ "衛蘭側田改名換姓運轉乾坤". the-sun.on.cc.
  3. ^ Janice: Except God, I trust Leon the Most (Traditional Chinese), Oriental Daily, Retrieved on 8 July 2010
  4. ^ Janice forgive her mother not attending her concert (Simplified Chinese)[permanent dead link], Ta Kung Pao, Retrieved on 16 October 2007 via Google cache
  5. ^ " Is Me" press conference Retrieved 22 December 2008
  6. ^ Janice Vidal Overwhelms Competition in "Your Celebrity Choice for this Summer" Madame Tussauds Set to Bring Summer Freshness To Hong Kong This Season Archived 11 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Madame-Tussauds of Hong Kong, Retrieved on 30 July 2007
  7. ^ Janice Captures the Spirit of Summer at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Madame-Tussauds of Hong Kong, Retrieved on 30 July 2007
  8. ^ "Janice Vidal". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Janice Vidal". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  10. ^ Janice first concert press conference amusic.hk Retrieved 30 August 2007
  11. ^ Budweiser Janice My First Canton amusic.hk Retrieved 17 September 2007
  12. ^ Magic Live Concert (Traditional Chinese) amusic.hk Retrieved 26 September 2008
  13. ^ "SheIsJW" (in Chinese). Amusic. Retrieved 9 July 2010Template:Inconsistent citations {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  14. ^ IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award 2005, IFPI Hong Kong, Retrieved on 20 July 2010 Archived 2 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award 2009, IFPI Hong Kong, Retrieved on 8 July 2010 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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