Faye Wong

Chinese singer-songwriter and actress (born 1969)

For other uses, see Faye Wong (disambiguation).

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Wong (Wang).

Faye Wong

Wong performing at a concert in Kuala Lumpur (2011)

Born|

Xia Lin

(1969-08-08) 8 August 1969 (age 54)

Dongcheng, Beijing, China

Citizenship| Chinese (Hong Kong)
Occupations|

* Singer-songwriter
* record producer
* actress

Years active|

* 1989–2005

Spouses|

Dou Wei

(m. 1996; div. 1999)​

Li Yapeng

(m. 2005; div. 2013)​

Partner|

* Nicholas Tse (2000–2003, 2014–present)

Children| Leah Dou; Li Yan
Musical career
Also known as| Shirley Wong (王靖雯)
Origin| Hong Kong
Genres|

* C-pop (both Mandopop and Cantopop)
* C-rock
* dream pop
* Buddhist music
* J-pop

Labels|

* Cinepoly
* EMI
* Sony Music

Musical artist

Chinese name
Chinese| 王菲
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Wáng Fēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Wong4 Fei1
Hong Kong Romanisation| Wong Fei
Stage name
Chinese| 王靖雯
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Wáng Jìngwén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Wong4 Zing6man4
Hong Kong Romanisation| Wong Tsin-man
Birth name
Chinese| 夏林
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Xià Lín
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Haa6 Lam4
Hong Kong Romanisation| Ha Lam

Faye Wong (Chinese: 王菲; pinyin: Wáng Fēi; born on 8 August 1969) is a Chinese-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress. Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong (Chinese: 王靖雯). Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong at the age of 18. Debuted with the Cantonese album Shirley Wong (1989), she came to public attention by combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop.[1] Since 1994, she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin. In 2000, she was recognised by Guinness World Records as the "Best Selling Canto-Pop Female".[2] Upon her second marriage in 2005, she withdrew from the limelight, though sporadically returned to the stage.[3][4]

One of the biggest pop stars in the Chinese-speaking world, Wong has also gained followings in Japan and Southeast Asia. In the West she is perhaps best known for starring in Wong Kar-wai's films Chungking Express (1994) and 2046 (2004).[1][5] While she has collaborated with international acts such as Cocteau Twins, Wong has recorded only a few songs in English, including "Eyes on Me" (1999), the theme song of the video game Final Fantasy VIII (1999). Wong is known to be a "diva with few words" in public, and has gained a reputation for her "cool" personality.[6][7] In Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture, Jeroen de Kloet characterised her as "singer, actress, mother, celebrity, royalty, sex symbol and diva all at the same time".[8]

## Life and career[edit]

### 1969–1987: Early life and career beginnings[edit]

The daughter of a mining engineer and a revolutionary music soprano,[9] Wong was born at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Dongcheng District, Beijing [10] in the midst of China's Cultural Revolution.[fn 1] She has an elder brother named Wang Yi (王弋).[12] As a student, Wong already was involved in singing and attracted interest from several publishers [citation needed]. On occasions, the school had to hide her artistic activities from her strict mother,[13] who as a professional saw singing as a dead-end career.[14] Despite her mother's opposition, Wong released 6 low-cost cover albums from 1985 to 1987 while still in high school, all in the form of cassettes, mostly consisting of songs by her personal idol, iconic Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng. For the last of these early recordings, the producer Wei Yuanqiang chose the title Wong Fei Collection, intending to show that he recognised a distinctive talent in the teenager.[15]

In 1987, after being accepted to Xiamen University to study biology, she migrated to Hong Kong to join her father, who had been working there for a few years. The plan was for her to stay there for a year to fulfill the permanent residency requirement, and go to a university abroad thereafter.[14] However, since Wong did not know a word of Cantonese, the language spoken in the Hong Kong, she experienced great loneliness.[9] Following a brief modeling stint, she began singing lessons with Tai See-Chung (戴思聰), who was also from Mainland China and had previously tutored Hong Kong superstars Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok.[16] Under Tai's tutelage, the 19-year-old signed with Cinepoly Records after winning third place in an ABU singing contest in 1988.[14] It was a risky move on the part of Chan Siu-Bo, Cinepoly's general manager, since Mainlanders were stereotyped as "backwards" in Hong Kong.[17]

As a result, Cinepoly asked Wong to change her "Mainland-sounding" name to a "sophisticated" stage name Wong Jing Man. (Her English name was to be "Shirley".)[18]

### 1989–1991: Shirley Wong, Everything, You're the Only One[edit]

In 1989, her debut album Shirley Wong sold over 30,000 copies [citation needed] and won her bronze at the "Chik Chak New Artist Award". [citation needed] Two more albums (Everything and You're the Only One) followed, similarly featuring many cover songs by artists from the US and Japan. However, they sold worse than her debut album, despite relentless promotions by the company. Many in Hong Kong perceived her to be "backwards", lacking personality.

Frustrated with her career decision, in 1991 she travelled to New York City for vocal studies and cultural exchange. Because it was a hurried decision, she also ended up missing the registration deadline for her classes in New York. Faye Wong explained in 1996,

> I wandered around, visited museums and sat at cafes. 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.[9]

Wong returned to Hong Kong and found a new agent in Katie Chan, who would remain her agent ever since.

### 1992–1995: Coming Home, Regrets, 100,000 Whys, Random Thoughts, Mystery, Sky, Decadent Sounds of Faye and Di-Dar[edit]

The 1992 album Coming Home incorporated R&B influences and was a change in musical direction from the more traditional Cantopop fare of her earlier albums. One song by her of this time was "Fragile Woman", a cover of a Japanese song "Rouge" originally composed by Miyuki Nakajima and sung by Naomi Chiaki. (Thanks to Wong's cover, this 1972 song—in different language versions—would in the early 1990s become a huge regional hit in Thailand, Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia and even Turkey; the most popular English version was titled "Broken-Hearted Woman".) Coming Home also included her first English-language number, "Kisses in the Wind". Wong stated in a 1994 concert that she very much liked this song,[19] after which various websites listed it as her personal favourite;[20][21][22] however, in a 1998 CNN interview she declined to name one favourite song, saying that there were too many,[23] and in 2003 she stated that she no longer liked her old songs.[24]

The cover of Coming Home prominently featured her new English name "Faye", a homophone to her given Chinese name, and the Chinese character "Jing", a reference to her hometown Beijing. From then on she changed her stage name back to "Wang Fei" (王菲)[citation needed]. In 1992–93 she also starred in TVB shows such as File of Justice II and Legendary Ranger. On February 1993, she wrote the Mandarin lyrics for her ballad "No Regrets" (執迷不悔) which led many to praise her as a gifted lyricist. In February, it became the title track to her album No Regrets. No Regrets features soft contemporary numbers, a few dance tracks and two versions of the title ballad: Wong's Mandarin version, and a Cantonese version (lyrics by Chen Shao Qi). On September 1993, her next album 100,000 Whys showed considerable alternative music influences from the West, including the popular song "Cold War" (冷戰), a cover of "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos.

Faye has named the Scottish post-punk group Cocteau Twins among her favourite bands,[23] and their influence was clear on her next Cantonese album, Random Thoughts. Her Cantonese version of The Cranberries' "Dreams" was featured in Wong Kar-wai's film Chungking Express, and gained lasting popularity.[25] Besides covering songs and learning distinctive vocal techniques, Wong recorded her own compositions "Pledge" (誓言), co-written with ex-husband Dou Wei, and her first and only spoken-word song "Exit" (出路), which expresses some of her pessimism about the future. Besides two Cantonese albums in 1994, Wong released two other albums in Mandarin in Taiwan, Mystery and Sky. The runaway hit "I'm Willing" (我願意) in Mystery became her trademark hit in the Mandarin-speaking communities for years, and has been covered by other singers such as Gigi Leung, Sammi Cheng and Jay Chou. Sky was seen by fans as a successful amalgam of artistic experimentation and commercialism. While her hits in Hong Kong were noticeably alternative, her two Mandarin albums were more lyrical and traditional. Critics generally credit Taiwanese producer Yang Ming-huang for their success. Four best-selling albums in Cantonese and Mandarin, a record-breaking 18 consecutive concerts in Hong Kong, and a widely acclaimed film (Chungking Express) made Faye Wong the most eminent female Hong Kong singer in the mid-1990s. Meanwhile, her distaste for the profit-oriented HK entertainment industry became more and more apparent. She was frequently in touch with the rock circle in Beijing. Given her somewhat reticent and nonchalant personality, she would sometimes give terse, direct, and somewhat unexpected answers when asked personal questions by the HK media.

In 1995, she released Decadent Sounds of Faye, a cover album of songs originally recorded by her idol Teresa Teng, one of the most revered Chinese singers of the 20th century. A duet with Teng was planned for the album, but she died before this could be recorded.[26] Decadent Sounds sold well despite initial negative criticism, and has come to be recognised as an example of imaginative covering by recent critics.

Faye Wong along with her then yet-to-be husband and rock music icon Dou Wei, were the winner and the runner-up to the 1995 MTV International Viewer's Choice Award; claiming first and second-place respectively with the music videos "Chess" and "Black Dream". In December, she released her Cantonese album Di-Dar which mixes an alternative yodelling style with a touch of Indian and Middle Eastern flavour. This album was a success, partly because it was so different from the mainstream Cantopop music, but—ironically—a couple of very traditional romantic songs topped the charts.

### 1996: Fuzao and Cinepoly EPs[edit]

1996 saw the release of what many would consider her boldest and most artistically coherent effort to date, Fuzao, usually translated as Restless or Impatience. This was her last album with Cinepoly, and Wong felt she could take more artistic risks. The album contains mainly her own compositions, with an aesthetic inspired by the Cocteau Twins, who penned two original songs for the album, "Fracture" (分裂) and "Repressing Happiness" (掃興). As Wong had covered their work in 1994, she had established a remote working relationship with them—even laying down vocals for a special duet version of "Serpentskirt" on the Asian release of the group's 1996 album, Milk And Kisses.

Although the album was Wong's personal favourite, the response from Hong Kong and Taiwan was less supportive. Many fans who enjoyed her previous three Mandarin albums turned their back on Restless, which they considered to be too alternative and self-absorbed. There were few ballads which were radio-friendly and some became disenchanted with Faye's experimental style of recording. However, hardcore fans, known as Fayenatics,[27] adored the album and it became a cult hit. Wong has not released another fully artistic album since. After the release, Wong became the second Chinese artist (after Gong Li)—and the first Chinese singer—to be featured on the cover of Time magazine.[28]

From 1993 to 1995, Cinepoly released an EP of Wong's songs each year: Like Wind (如風), Faye Disc (菲碟), and One Person, Two Roles. Then in 1996–97, she recorded ten original songs in Cantonese, all written by lyricist Albert Leung and various composers, such as Wong Ka Keung, Adrian Chan, and Chan Xiao Xia, before her departure from Cinepoly. After her contract with Cinepoly expired, the company released eight of these songs in the two subsequent EPs entitled Toy (玩具) and Help Yourself (自便). Although the EPs contained new songs—ballad hits like "Undercurrent" (暗湧), "Date" (約定), and "On Time" (守時)—and were welcomed by fans, they received lukewarm critical responses. The other two songs were included in later compilations; the last to be released was "Scary" (心驚膽顫) in 2002.

### 1997-1998: Faye Wong and Sing and Play[edit]

Wong signed for the recording giant EMI in 1997 after her first daughter was born, in a contract worth HK$60 million (approx. US$7.7 million), to release 55 songs in five albums. While most of her earlier albums were sung in Standard Cantonese, Wong has since sung almost exclusively in Mandarin, her mother tongue, although she recorded Cantonese versions of a couple of songs in each of her last four albums with EMI to please her Hong Kong audience. Having gone through a period of experimentation, Wong stated that she wished to make "music that I like. I do not care if others don't, though I would be delighted if they do".

Her first album with EMI was Faye Wong (王菲 1997), released in autumn 1997. Critics expecting another artistic breakthrough after 1996's Restlessness found—much to their dismay—a much more inoffensive and commercially oriented musical album. Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins wrote two original compositions for the album, but only one, "The Amusement Park" (娛樂場), was used. This release included an acoustic cover of the Cocteau Twins' "Rilkean Heart", renamed "Nostalgia" (懷念).[29]

This album is filled with feelings of lethargy, languor and disengagement, yet most of the tracks sound warm and sweet, as opposed to those piquant self-centered ones before her motherhood. Reporters noticed that she began to smile more often in public and was not as icy or aloof as before. However, the album was released during the Asian financial crisis which swept East and Southeast Asia. Wong's old company Cinepoly, which retains the copyright on her previous records, released a Mandarin compilation at the same time in 1997 to counteract her new EMI album (and indeed outperformed it). Later, Cinepoly would release two compilations each year to compete with Faye's new releases, a tactic which has come under fire from her international fans. Faye Wong did not sell well in Hong Kong, but did quite well in Taiwan and mainland China. Although Wong had garnered some popularity with her 4 previous Mandarin albums, it was really this sweet yet slightly alternative album which had the Mainland Chinese audience listening. Her profile began to rise sharply in Asia.

In 1997 singer Na Ying signed with EMI and struck a lasting friendship with Wong. Na had been a regular at the annual CCTV New Year's Gala, the highest-watched TV show in Mainland China, and she invited Wong to do a duet with her on the upcoming show in 1998. The collaboration by the "Mainland Diva" and "Hong Kong Diva", titled "Let's Meet in 1998", became an instant hit and arguably the most played song in Mainland China that year.[30] Thanks to this exposure[fn 2], in late 1998 Wong finally held her first concert in her native Mainland China, and continued her tour in 9 cities.

Sing and Play was released in October, and contained four songs composed by Faye: the opening track "Emotional Life", "Face", "A Little Clever" and "Tong" (both written for her daughter, the latter produced by Dou Wei). Amongst other songs were "Give Up Halfway" (sung both in Mandarin and Cantonese), which was one of the more commercially successful tracks from the album, along with the successful ballad "Red Bean" (紅豆).

It was the best selling Chinese album in Singapore in 1999. Together with Lovers & Strangers and the compilation album Wishing We Last Forever, it gave Faye Wong 3 albums in the Singapore top 10 selling Chinese albums of 1999,[32] making her one of the best selling artists in Singapore in 1999.[33]

In Japan, the album sold close to 90,000 copies in the first three months after its release.[34]

### 1999: "Eyes on Me" and Lovers & Strangers[edit]

The video game Final Fantasy VIII was released in Japan in February 1999, for which Faye Wong recorded the ballad "Eyes on Me" in English. It was the first time that a Japanese video game featured a Chinese singer for its theme. The "Eyes on Me" single sold over 335,620 copies in Japan and 500,000 worldwide,[35] making it the best-selling video game music disc to that date, and winning "Song of the Year (Western Music)" at the 14th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.[36][37] When the game was released in North America later that year, the theme song became very popular among gamers in the West; while it was not a mainstream hit there (as Wong had no desire to explore these markets), she gained many fans who were not previously familiar with her music.[38]

In March, she held two concerts in Nippon Budokan, with tickets for the first show on 11 March being sold out in one day and an extra show added on 12 March;[34] she was the first Chinese singer to perform in that venue.[39][40] Earlier in the year, Pepsi-Cola had made Wong a spokesperson, and after these concerts she shot the promotional music video for "Spectacular" (精彩), which Pepsi used in commercials.

The album Lovers & Strangers was released in late September,[41] and sold over 800,000 copies, topping the charts in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.[42] This was her first album after she parted from her husband Dou Wei, and her first without any musical collaborations with him since their relationship began. The title track was featured in Sylvester Stallone's remake of Get Carter. Wong also became a spokesperson for JPhone in October, performing in several commercials which aired in Japan.

In addition, she began filming for 2046 in August, a project she would pursue on and off over the next few years when her schedule permitted.

### 2000–2004: Fable, Faye Wong and To Love[edit]

Faye Wong in concert, Hong Kong, 2003.

The new millennium saw a shift in Wong's musical career with the album Fable. The prominent feature of this album is its segregated and distinguishable halves—songs in the first half of the album running in an almost continuous manner and in a format that is akin to a song-cycle, and the second half of discrete, chart-friendly numbers. The album itself derives its artistic merits from the first half, notable for its unique thematic and continuous sequencing of songs unprecedented in the Chinese music industry. The theme itself is ambiguous and the lyrics subject to multiple interpretations, though it is quite certain that the theme of Fable forms the main thematic reference, derived from the motivic elements of the prince and princess in fables and fairytales of European origins. Elements of spirituality, metaphysics and Buddhism hold an important place in the lyrics as well, penned by Albert Leung who has by then, been unanimously identified as Faye's lyricist par excellence. Musically the arrangements display influences of drum and bass, electronica, east-west collage and lush string orchestral infusions. Her other activities during this year included the Pepsi promotional duet and music video of "Galaxy Unlimited" with Aaron Kwok, the filming of Okinawa Rendezvous, as well as several concerts in China and Taiwan.

By this time, Faye had forged a famous alliance with producer/musician Zhang Yadong and lyricist Albert Leung, often referred to by the HK public as the 'iron triangle'. However, due to Zhang Yadong's unavailability during this period (he was engaged on other projects), Faye decided to treat this last album with EMI as an experiment whereby she would collaborate with new producers/musicians/lyricists and 'see what their vision of her will be'.

Nevertheless, the response from the public and critics alike were lukewarm at best. Faye herself admitted that she was not totally satisfied with some tracks, namely those produced by Taiwan 'father of rock' Wu Bai,[citation needed] which had an industrial electronica flavour reminiscent of Karen Mok's 'Golden Flower' album. She cited the two folk-style songs written by Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua as her favourite picks on her album. The song that generated most noise from the press turned out to be "Vertigo" (迷魂記), a ballad penned by former love Nicholas Tse. Faye Wong (王菲 2001) reached number 14 on the Japan Oricon charts.

While she was under contract with EMI and later Sony, she performed in the ensemble movie 2046 which had been in production since 1999 and finally wrapped in 2004. She performed at fund-raising concerts to benefit various charities, including ones that helped those who suffered from AIDS and SARS. She sang on tracks with other celebrities such as Tony Leung, Anita Mui, and Aaron Kwok. She also starred in a Japanese TV serial, Usokoi, and the film Leaving Me Loving You with Leon Lai.

The theme song for Usokoi, titled "Separate Ways", was released as a single; it was one of her few Japanese songs (another being "Valentine's Radio").[43] She recorded several other solo non-album tracks, such as the eponymous hit theme song to Hero and a Buddhist song containing similar sounds to some of her work on her album Fu Zao. In addition, she recorded a recitation of the Heart Sutra. Meanwhile, her former record companies released several more compilations and boxed sets of her records.

For her Sony album To Love, released in November 2003, she recorded 13 tracks, 10 in Mandarin and 3 in Cantonese. She wrote the music and lyrics for 3 songs, the title track "To Love" (將愛), "Leave Nothing" (不留), "Sunshine Dearest" (陽寶), as well as the music for "April Snow" (四月雪). Before the album's release, her Cantonese song "The Name of Love" (假愛之名), with lyrics by Albert Leung, was banned in some areas such as mainland China because the lyrics mentioned opium.[44] According to interviews, she said that she preferred the Mandarin version of the song (the title track); she had penned these lyrics herself, and they made no reference to drugs.[24] She also recorded "Passenger" (乘客), a cover of Sophie Zelmani's "Going Home". The album became more successful than her previous self-titled album, both financially and critically. Afterwards, she held numerous successful concerts for over a year.

Faye Wong was awarded pan-Asian female artist of the year at the sixth CCTV-MTV Music Honors.[45] At the 2004 Golden Melody Awards, she was awarded Best Female Artist after being nominated many times. Her acceptance speech, in which she quipped "I've known that I can sing, therefore I will also confirm this panel's decision", was controversial to the local Taiwanese media.[46][47]

### 2005–2009: Hiatus[edit]

In January 2005, during the last concert of her tour, the usually reticent Faye Wong left a quote that left her fans wondering: "If I ever retire from showbiz, I hope you all forget about me."[48] In May 2005 her agent Katie Chan confirmed that Wong was "resting indefinitely".[49] Two months later Wong wed actor Li Yapeng, and their daughter was born in the following year.

In the four years that followed, Faye Wong would not return, ignoring Live Nation's offer of 100m-HKD[50] as well as the 3m-yuan offer for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sing at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on her birthday,[51] even though the Beijing native was the choice of over 63% netizens in a CCTV online poll.[52] She did, however, came out to sing "Wishing We Last Forever" in May 2008 at a CCTV fundraising event for Sichuan earthquake victims,[53] and "Heart Sutra" in May 2009 for a Buddhist ceremony at the Famen Temple.[54]

In May 2009, Wong appeared in an ad for "Royal Wind" shampoo, sparking speculation that it would be the first step in her comeback.[55]

In June 2009, a compilation of 3 CDs and 1 DVD of her songs was released by Universal Music.[56][57]

### 2010-Present: Partial Comeback[edit]

Main article: Faye Wong's Comeback Tour 2010–2012

One of Wong's comeback concerts in Beijing Wukesong Arena in November 2010. The concert was directed by Wong Kar-Wai.[58]

Wong made her comeback at the 2010 CCTV New Year's Gala, covering Li Jian's ballad "Legend" (傳奇).[59] From October 2010 to June 2012, she hosted a successful concert tour across Asia.[60]

Since then, Wong has sporadically released singles, mostly theme songs for Chinese movies. She also attends fashion shows, participates in advertising shoots, and makes appearances in gala performances on national TV.

On 30 December, 2016, Wong hosted a concert, "Faye's Moments Live 2016” (幻樂一場), in Shanghai's Mercedes-Benz Cultural Centre, with a VR live webcast via the Tencent Video website.[61]

In 2018, Wong participated in two variety shows, Hunan TV's PhantaCity (幻樂之城) and CCTV-3's National Treasure II (國家寶藏第二季).

## Personal life[edit]

### Vegetarianism[edit]

Wong used to be a vegetarian. In 2008 and 2011, she was named Asia's sexiest vegetarian woman by animal rights group PETA.[62][63]

### Socia media[edit]

Wong used to be an active Weibo user under the name "veggieg," with a talkative, surprisingly funny presence online.[64] The Weibo account has not been active since early 2015.

Wong also has a private Instagram account under the name “feibeing.” [65]

### Religion[edit]

Wong has been a Buddhist since the early 1990s, releasing many Buddhist songs over the years.

In 2011, Wong, in a Weibo post, associated the power of religion with the survival of a wooden Buddhist object in a fire in Shenyang earlier that year, inciting an online spat with Fang Zhouzi, a popular science writer who ridiculed her belief.[66][67]

In 2016, Wong, with some other celebrities, was warned by the Chinese government against fraternising with the Dalai Lama after attending a Buddhist assembly in India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile.[68][69]

### Relationships[edit]

In the early 1990s, Wong had a relationship with Luan Shu, the bassist of the Beijing rock band Black Panther. The relationship prompted Dou Wei, the vocalist, to leave Black Panther in 1991. Wong then started dating Dou and, in June 1996, the couple married.[70] Their daughter, Dou Jingtong, meaning "child of Dou and Jing" (from Wong's given name Jingwen), was born on 3 January 1997. The baby's voice appears in the song "Tong" on the 1998 album Sing and Play, as well as the title track of the album Lovers & Strangers released in 1999. Wong and Dou divorced in late 1999[70] with Wong claiming the rights to the daughter and waiving child support.[citation needed]

Wong had an on-and-off relationship with Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse from 2000 to 2003.[71]

Wong began dating Chinese television actor Li Yapeng in 2004; their wedding took place in July 2005, after which she took a long break from the entertainment business.[72] In 2006, Wong gave birth to their daughter, Li Yan. On 13 September 2013, Wong and Li announced that they had divorced.[73]

In 2014, Wong and Tse rekindled their relationship.[74]

### Charities[edit]

Wong (far right) and friends attend the Beijing premiere of Eternal Moment (starring Li Yapeng), all wearing red scarves which symbolizes youth in China, February 2011

In August 2006, Li Yapeng published a public letter, "Gratitude (感謝)", on his Sina.com blog,[75] showing Wong and his gratitude towards all concerned parties, and confirming rumours their daughter, Li Yan, was born with a congenital cleft lip. He expressed their reason for seeking medical treatment in California: due to the severity of Li Yan's cleft, the special reconstructive surgeries she needed were not available in China. Citing a South American folk tale, Li described his daughter as a special child and her cleft as a mark of an angel. The couple has since established the Smile Angel Foundation to assist children with clefts.[76]

On 26 December 2006, Wong made her first public appearance since 2005 at the foundation's inaugural fundraising ball. She opted not to speak or sing, but her new composition "Cheerful Angel" (愛笑的天使) debuted at the event as the official theme song of the charity.[77][78] At the second fundraising ball on 8 December 2007, Wong sang an electronica-infused version of the Diamond Sutra for the event.[79] For the foundation's publicity event on 27–28 November 2008, Wong and her husband visited children in Tibet who were in various stages of recovery after being cured with the help of the charity.[80]

In May 2008, following the disastrous earthquake in Sichuan, the couple accepted a local girl who lost a leg trying to save her classmates, to their family as she underwent recuperation and treatments in Beijing. The middle school student returned to her hometown a year later.[81] The Lis agreed to continue paying for her medical needs until she turns 22 and visit her at least once a year.[82] In March 2012, the Smile Angel Foundation donated 15 million Japanese yen to ChildFund Japan to help needy children after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[83]

In April 2010, the China Social Sciences Press recognised Wong as one of the 13 "richest souls" in China.[84][85] In 2012, Smile Angel Foundation established China's first charity paediatric hospital in Beijing. In May 2013, Wong and Li topped the inaugural "China Celebrity Philanthropist List" compiled by the China Philanthropist magazine.[86]

On 19 May 2013, Faye sang four songs in a memorial concert celebrating Teresa Teng's 60th birthday, with a portion of the concert proceeds going to the charity.

## Artistry and legacy[edit]

### Concerts[edit]

Faye Wong in concert, Hong Kong, 2011.

The focus of Faye Wong's concerts has always been on her vocal performance. She seldom dances or speaks to the audience, and there are generally no supporting dancers. There were two exceptions to the latter in the 1994–95 live concerts; first, many dancers joined Faye on stage for the lively song "Flow Not Fly". In the second half, Faye and a line of male dancers were menaced by a giant mechanical spider overhead during the song "Tempt Me".

Another trademark is her unconventional fashion on stage.[87] Her 1994 concerts were memorable for dreadlocks and extremely long sleeves, as well as for the silver-painted tears. She later said "I wore long sleeves because usually I don't have choreography; I don't know what to do with my hands." Her 1998 concerts saw her sporting the "burnt" cheek makeup, the "Indian chief" look, and the soleless strap-on boots.[88] At the start of her 2003 concerts her headgear was topped by an inverted shoe supporting a very long feather, and her makeup for that concert went through several changes of painted eye-shades.

She does not perform encores, and usually exits by sinking below the stage via a platform. After her release of Miyuki Nakajima's "Mortal World" (人間) in 1997, she ended her concerts for the next few years with this song while shaking hands with the audience, then taking a deep bow to a horizontal position before leaving the stage. However, during her Comeback Tour from 2010 to 2012, she ended with "Flower of Paradise" (彼岸花), a song from the album Fable (2000).

She has also given concerts in North America, Australia and Southeast Asia.

### Public image[edit]

Dutch scholar Jeroen Groenewegen credits Wong's mass appeal to some of her perceived "cool" traits including autonomy, unique artistry and childishness.[89] The part of Faye Wong's personality that resonated most with her audiences is her independence and her courage to be different. As she wrote for the lyrics of "No Regrets",

> This time I stubbornly face [the problem].

> [I'm] inadvertently indulgent.
>  I don't care whether it's correct or not.
>  Even if it is a trap, I dare to [face it].

> Even if it is stubbornness, I am still stubborn and regretless.

Katie Chan, Wong's agent, once said "Faye does whatever she wants... it's really quite a miracle that she became a success."[9]

In addition, Wong is seen and thus idolised by many as a woman willing to sacrifice for love. In 1994, on one of the many trips to Beijing to see Dou Wei, Hong Kong paparazzi from Next Magazine followed her and tracked her down. The photographs taken, showing her entering an unhygienic community toilet in a narrow hutong to dump urine—in sharp contrast to the modern and glamorous lives Hong Kong celebrities led—caused quite a stir, with some in Cinepoly fearing that her diva image would be tarnished.[17] But many were impressed, as Taiwanese lyricist Chien Yao, who initially declined to write lyrics for Wong because he never met and knew very little about her, recalled in 2012,

> it just happened that I took a business trip to Hong Kong and on the flight back, I saw that tabloid magazine with photos from Beijing, of her coming out in the morning carrying the chamber pot to dump in the public toilet ... That piece from the tabloid moved me ... Such a famous female celebrity, willing to do that, and she only had a 2-day break (from work), most of that time must have been spent traveling. Just to be with (him). So the first line (I wrote down) was, "I'm willing to forget even my name". Also "running towards you", they all describe how I felt when I saw those pictures. That's how I wrote "I'm Willing" (for Faye Wong).[90]

### Legacy[edit]

In 2004 and 2005, Faye Wong was ranked in the top five on the Forbes China Celebrity 100, as well as in 2011 and 2012 after her hiatus. In a 2011 "most popular celebrity in China" marketing study, she was also ranked in the top 5.[91] In 2008, Wong was voted Asia's sexiest vegetarian woman in a poll run by animal rights group PETA.[92] In 2009, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, a government web portal conducted an online poll on The Most Influential Chinese Cultural Celebrity in the Past 60 Years; out of 192 candidates, Wong received over 7 million votes, second only to the deceased Teresa Teng from Taiwan, Wong's own personal idol.[93] In 2014, she was named one of the 10 most admired female singers in Asia by RHA media.[94] Chen Tao, a China Radio International DJ, compares Wong's influence in the Sinophone world to Madonna's in America: "She represents a certain era of pop music, a certain trend, and a vision of being unique."[25]

In the 2010s, fans have started Faye Wong-themed small businesses in Beijing[95][96] and Wuhan.[97][98] Wong probably also has more Western fans than most of her C-pop peers, collectively referred to as "Fayenatics".[1] Songs or albums specifically paying tribute to her include:[99]

* "(I Want to See) Faye Wong" (and an alternate version titled "More Faye") by American punk rock band J Church[100]
* "Faye Wong" by Norwegian band Green Club Riviera[101]
* "Wong Fei, gwanyu nei dik mei" (王菲，關於你的眉; Faye Wong, about your eyebrows) by Hong Kong band my little airport[102]
* "Wang Fei de huimou" (王菲的回眸; Faye Wong's back glance) by Chinese band YuFeiMen[103]
* I Love Faye Wong (我愛王菲), debut album of Taiwanese singer Maggie Chiang[104]
* "We are not romantic in this age" (在這個年代我們不浪漫) by Taiwanese band Easy Weeds (溫室雜草).[105][106]

Wong's songs have been covered in other languages, for example "Meteor" (流星) was covered in Japanese by Hanayo,[107] "Chanel" (香奈兒) in Korean by Lim Hyung-joo,[108] and "Red Bean" (紅豆) in Vietnamese by many different artists.[109] Lene Marlin's "Still Here" is an English cover of "I'm Willing" (我願意).[110]

The female protagonist in the 2013 Chinese film Beijing Flickers was prototyped after Wong, according to director Zhang Yuan. Zhang remembered when he shot his 1993 hit Beijing Bastards with Dou Wei, Wong as Dou's girlfriend would visit the set every day.[111] Japanese director Shunji Iwai had explained that the titular pop-star character of his 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou was conceived after attending a Faye Wong concert.[112] Wong's name was also mentioned in the 2003 Japanese film The Blue Light as one of the protagonist's favourites.[113]

China's 2007 spacecraft Chang'e 1 played Faye Wong's version of "Wishing We Last Forever" (但願人長久).[114]

## Discography[edit]

Main article: Faye Wong discography

### Cantonese-language studio albums[edit]

* Shirley Wong (1989)
* Everything (1990)
* You're the Only One (1990)
* Coming Home (1992)
* No Regrets (1993)
* 100,000 Whys (1993)
* Random Thoughts (1994)
* Please Myself (1994)
* Di-Dar (1995)
* Be Perfunctory (2015)

### Mandarin-language studio albums[edit]

* Mystery (1994)
* Sky (1994)
* Decadent Sounds of Faye (1995)
* Fuzao (1996)
* Faye Wong (1997)
* Sing and Play (1998)
* Lovers & Strangers (1999)
* Fable (2000)
* Faye Wong (2001)
* To Love (2003)

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## Tours[edit]

Concert Series  | Dates & venues  | Cover songs by Faye Wong first recorded on concert albums  | Availability and trivia

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Faye Wong Live in Concert 1994–95 (王菲最精彩的演唱會)  | 18 concerts in Hong Kong (Dec 1994 – Jan 1995), 2 in Taipei, 2 in Kuala Lumpur and 6 more in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Atlanta, San Francisco, New York City, and 2 in Singapore

Total: 30

| (i) "I Will Marry You Tomorrow" (Mandarin song: 明天我要嫁給你 originally performed by Emil Chau); (ii) "One Thousand Words, Ten Thousand Phrases" (Mandarin song: 千言萬語 originally performed by Teresa Teng)  | One of the concerts in Hong Kong was published on CD, VHS and LaserDisc. The visual designer for the concerts was the film director Wong Kar-wai. Unlike later series of concerts, these performances included dancers and encores.
Faye Wong Scenic Tour 1998–2001 (王菲唱遊大世界演唱會)  | 17 concerts at Hong Kong Coliseum: 24 December 1998 – 9 January 1999, 19 concerts in Mainland of China, 1 in Taipei, 1 in Melbourne, 1 in Sydney, 2 in Japan, 2 in Singapore, 2 in Malaysia and 1 in Las Vegas

Total: 46

| (i) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (English song originally performed by Queen);[88] (ii) "Awakening from Dreams" (Mandarin song: 夢醒了 originally performed by Na Ying)  | The New Year's Eve concert in Hong Kong was published on CD and VCD. "Auld Lang Syne" is included in the recording, but was actually sung by the background vocalists rather than Faye Wong. In the Japan concert, she covered "Don't Break My Heart", a Mandarin song originally performed by Dou Wei.
Faye Wong Tour 2001 (全面體演唱會)  | 3 concerts in China and 3 in Japan

Total: 6

| "Thank You for Hearing Me" (English song originally performed by Sinéad O'Connor)  | One of the concerts in Budokan concert hall, Tokyo, Japan was released on VCD and DVD.
No Faye! No Live! Tour 2003–05 (菲比尋常)  | 8 concerts in Hong Kong (Dec 2003), 8 more in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Beijing, Taipei and Guangzhou

Total: 16

| (i) "Heart of Glass" (English song originally performed by Blondie); (ii) "The Look of Love" (English song originally performed by Dusty Springfield)  | One of the concerts in Hong Kong was published on CD, SACD, VCD and DVD. The title sponsor was the clothing company Baleno. "Those Flowers" (Mandarin song originally performed by Pu Shu) was covered in the concerts in China.
Comeback Tour 2010–12 (巡唱)  | 36 concerts in different cities of Mainland China, 5 in Hong Kong, 3 in Taipei, 1 in Kuala Lumpur and 1 in Singapore

Total: 46

| None released  | See above

### Setlists[edit]

The following setlists only include songs published in the concert albums, not all songs performed throughout the tours.

Faye Wong Live in Concert (王菲最精彩的演唱會)

1. 夢遊
2. 夢中人
3. 多得他
4. 無奈那天
5. 靜夜的單簧管
6. Medley:
1. Miss You Night & Day
2. Summer of Love
3. 又繼續等
4. Everything
5. 不再兒嬉
7. 從明日開始
8. 明天我要嫁給你
9. Medley:
1. 天與地
2. 用心良苦
10. Medley:
1. 如風
2. 季候風
3. 有一天我會
4. 浪漫風暴
5. Kisses in the Wind
11. 流非飛
12. 愛與痛的邊緣
13. 知己知彼
14. 胡思亂想
15. 誓言
16. 誘惑我
17. 棋子
18. 執迷不悔
19. 容易受傷的女人
20. 冷戰
21. 千言萬語
22. 出路
23. 我願意

Faye HK Scenic Tour (唱遊大世界王菲香港演唱會)

1. Overture
2. 感情生活
3. 浮躁
4. 悶
5. 暗湧
6. 天空 (unplugged)
7. 臉
8. 迷路
9. 夢中人
10. 夢遊
11. 原諒自己
12. 末日
13. 墮落
14. 天使
15. 懷念
16. 夢醒了
17. 但願人長久
18. 情誡
19. 一人分飾兩角
20. 為非作歹
21. Di-Dar
22. 曖昧
23. Bohemian Rhapsody
24. 你快樂 (所以我快樂)
25. Auld Lang Syne
26. 約定
27. 償還
28. 我願意
29. 執迷不悔

Faye Wong Tour 2001 (王菲全面體演唱會)

1. Overture
2. 我願意
3. 再見螢火蟲
4. 悶
5. 矜持
6. Medley:
1. 半途而廄
2. 只愛陌生人
7. 開到茶靡
8. 過眼雲煙
9. 流浪的紅舞鞋
10. 新房客
11. 香奈兒
12. 感情生活
13. 掙脫
14. 推翻 (unplugged)
15. 你 (unplugged)
16. 但願人長久
17. 天空
18. Separate Ways
19. 天使
20. Eyes on Me
21. Thank You For Hearing Me
22. 人間

No Faye! No Live! Tour (菲比尋常)

1. Overture
2. 天空
3. 誓言
4. Medley:
1. 純情
2. 背影
3. 夢中人
5. 流浪的紅舞鞋
6. 我願意
7. 假如我是真的
8. 只願為你守著約
9. 但願人長久
10. 新房客
11. 香奈兒
12. 將愛
13. 開到荼蘼
14. 償還
15. 紅豆
16. 暗湧
17. 光之翼
18. 悶
19. Heart of Glass
20. 旋木
21. 只愛陌生人
22. The Look of Love
23. 如風
24. 愛與痛的邊緣
25. 精彩
26. Medley:
1. 尾班車
2. 靜夜的單簧管
3. 守時
27. 約定
28. 給自己的情書
29. 冷戰
30. 人間

Comeback Tour (巡唱)

1. N/A (Not yet officially released)

## Filmography[edit]

### Films[edit]

Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Role  | Notes

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1991 | Beyond's Diary | BEYOND日記之莫欺少年窮 | Mary |
1994 | Chungking Express | 重慶森林 | Faye | Nominated - 14th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
Won - Stockholm Film Festival for Best Actress
Nominated - 31st Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
2000 | Okinawa Rendez-vous | 戀戰沖繩 | Jenny |
2002 | Chinese Odyssey 2002 | 天下無雙 | Princess Wushuang | Nominated - 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
Won - HK Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress
2004 | 2046 |  | Wang Jingwen |
Leaving Me, Loving You | 大城小事 | Xin Xiaoyue |

### Television[edit]

Year  | English Title  | Original Title  | Role  | Notes

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1991 | Traces of the Heart | 別姬 | Mei-fong | TVB movie
1992 | File of Justice II | 壹號皇庭 II | Mandy Tong Yuk-man | TVB series
1993 | Legendary Ranger | 原振俠 | Hoi-tong | TVB series (20 episodes)
Eternity | 千歲情人 | Bou Ging-hung | TVB series (20 episodes)
1994 | Modern Love Story: Three Equals One Love | 愛情戀曲：愛情3加1 | Wun-gwan | one part of TVB series
2001 | Love from a Lie | ウソコイ | Lin Fei | Kansai TV series (11 episodes)
2018 | Phantacity | 幻乐之城 | Herself | Hunan Television series (10 episodes)

## Awards and achievements[edit]

Awards and achievements

Top Chinese Music Chart Awards
Preceded by

Stefanie Sun

|  Best Female Artist, Hong Kong & Taiwan
2004  | Succeeded by

Stefanie Sun

Golden Melody Awards
Preceded by

Karen Mok

|  Best Female Artist
2004  | Succeeded by

Stefanie Sun

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ It has been claimed [by whom?] that before the age of 15 she was called Xia Lin, adopting her mother's surname since her paternal family was persecuted in the Cultural Revolution, but this claim has not been confirmed by her or her family. Some of Wong's former neighbours also could not remember this name.[11]
2. ^ In 2009, former CCTV president Yang Weiguang revealed that Faye Wong had been "banned" by the station for some time, after refusing to change the lyrics of a song when the station invited her once before (which she did not participate as a result).[31]

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81. ^ Faye Wong's Smiling Angel
82. ^ 发起"新家庭"助养计划 李亚鹏：还孩子一个家 Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
83. ^ (in Japanese) 李亜鵬、大船渡児童に義援金1500万円 Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
84. ^ "China's First 'Soul Rich List' Published". Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
85. ^ (in Chinese) “心灵富豪” 袁隆平当首富
86. ^ (in Chinese) 美即2013中国慈善名人榜 Archived 25 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
87. ^ "Prelude for Faye Wong Beijing solo concert", Crienglish.com, 8 August 2004. "the Hong Kong star's eclectic outfits"
88. ^ a b 實況更勝精選，「黃金組合」終極登場 (in Chinese). EMI Taiwan. 5 January 2000. Archived from the original on 26 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
89. ^ Groenewegen, Jeroen (2009). "Faye Wong: Stardom in Chinese Popular Music". International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management. 2 (3). Inderscience Enterprises: 248–261. doi:10.1504/IJCCM.2009.029405.
90. ^ (in Chinese) 姚谦：看到王菲倒夜壶 来灵感创作出《我愿意》
91. ^ "Local endorsers key in China". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
92. ^ "Faye Wong is Asia's sexiest vegetarian". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
93. ^ 新中国60年最有影响力文化人物网络评选
94. ^ "My Tam named Top 10 Most admired Female Singers in Asia". Hanoitimes. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
95. ^ Zhao Ziyun (赵子云) (12 November 2010). 去贫去天籁 [Go "pin", go "voice of heaven"] (PDF). The Beijing News (新京报) (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
96. ^ (in Chinese) 菲比寻常酒吧 Feibixunchang Bar – 新浪微博 Sina Microblog
97. ^ Wang Jin (王瑾) (11 April 2013). 菲迷出列 六二班集合！ [Fayenatics come forward, 6-2 class unite!]. New Life (新生活) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
98. ^ (in Chinese) 六二班咖啡馆 62 Café – 新浪微博 Sina Microblog
99. ^ (in Chinese) 等待王菲(Waiting for Faye Wong)
100. ^ The song is originally from their 1996 split 7-inch with Discount. The record cover is a photo of Wong (see [1]). Alternate version appeared on Cat Food in 1998.
101. ^ The song is from their 1998 album The Boring Days Are Over Now.
102. ^ The song is from their 2004 album the ok thing to do on sunday afternoon is to toddle in the zoo (在動物園散步才是正經事).
103. ^ The song is from their 2005 album A Logic (A逻辑).
104. ^ I love Faye Wong on Amazon UK
105. ^ 溫室雜草Easy weeds-在這個年代，我們不浪漫demo, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 8 May 2021
106. ^ "【StreetVoice新歌週報】溫室雜草致敬王菲金曲 看日早晚新EP受多方推薦". Blow 吹音樂 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
107. ^ The song, "Namida de dekita amanogawa" (涙でできた天の川), is included as "Liulei de yinhe" (流淚的銀河) in composer Tats Lau's 1996 album Numb (麻木) which also included Wong's 1995 original.
108. ^ The song, "Gieogui sup" (기억의 숲), is from his 2005 album The Lotus.
109. ^ Vietnamese covers of the song include SIM Band's "Cánh Đồng Mùa Đông", Quỳnh Nga's "Níu Giữ Giấc Mơ", and Phan Hà Anh's "Đồng Cỏ May".
110. ^ The song is included as a bonus track in many Asian editions of her 2005 album Lost in a Moment. A music video is also available on DVD.
111. ^ Zhang Yuan: Faye Wong Casts Light on 'Beijing Flickers'
112. ^ Out of the ether
113. ^ Blue Light, The (2004): Full transcript in English language
114. ^ China publishes first moon picture

## External links[edit]

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Faye Wong

* Discography

Cantonese albums|

* Shirley Wong (1989)
* Everything (1990)
* You're the Only One (1990)
* Coming Home (1992)
* No Regrets (1993)
* 100,000 Whys (1993)
* Random Thoughts (1994)
* Please Myself (1994)
* Di-Dar (1995)
* Be Perfunctory (2015)

Mandarin albums|

* Mystery (1994)
* Sky (1994)
* Decadent Sound of Faye (1995)
* Fuzao (Restless) (1996)
* Faye Wong (1997)
* Sing and Play (1998)
* Lovers & Strangers (1999)
* Fable (2000)
* Faye Wong (2001)
* To Love (2003)

Extended plays|

* Like Wind (1993)
* Faye Disc (1994)
* One Person Playing Two Roles (1995)
* Toy (1997)
* Help Yourself (1997)

Songs|

* "Vulnerable Woman"
* "Separate Ways"

Soundtracks|

* Chinese Odyssey 2002 Original Soundtrack (2002)

Concert tours|

* Comeback Tour (2010–12)

Awards for Faye Wong

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Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

* Joan Chen (1994)
* Siqin Gaowa/Josephine Siao (1995)
* Maggie Cheung (1996)
* Jacklyn Wu (1997)
* Sandra Ng (1998)
* Law Lan (1999)
* Qin Hailu (2000)
* Sammi Cheng (2001)
* Faye Wong (2002)
* Cecilia Cheung (2003)
* Zhang Ziyi (2004)
* Zhou Xun (2005)
* Gong Li (2006)
* Siqin Gaowa (2007)
* Paw Hee-Ching (2008)
* Kara Wai (2009)
* Miriam Yeung (2010)
* Deanie Ip (2011)
* N/A (2012)
* Zhang Ziyi (2013)
* Zhao Wei (2014)
* Jessie Li (2015)
* Zhou Dongyu (2016)
* Stephy Tang (2017)
* Zeng Meihuizi (2018)
* Cecilia Choi (2019)
* Gong Li (2020)
* Cya Liu (2021)
* Sammi Cheng (2022)
* Jennifer Yu (2023)

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Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer

1990s|

* Sarah Chen (1991)
* Sammi Kao (1992)
* Sally Yeh (1993)
* Stella Chang (1994)
* Sarah Chen (1996)
* Stella Chang (1997)
* Chyi Yu (1998)
* Shunza (1999)

2000s|

* Faith Yang (2000)
* Na Ying (2001)
* A-Mei (2002)
* Karen Mok (2003)
* Faye Wong (2004)
* Stefanie Sun (2005)
* Tanya Chua (2006)
* Jolin Tsai (2007)
* Tanya Chua (2008)
* Sandee Chan (2009)

2010s|

* A-Mei (2010)
* Karen Mok (2011)
* Tanya Chua (2012)
* Sandy Lam (2013)
* Penny Tai (2014)
* A-Mei (2015)
* Julia Peng (2016)
* Eve Ai (2017)
* Lala Hsu (2018)
* Sandy Lam (2019)

2020s|

* Waa Wei (2020)
* Hebe Tien (2021)
* Tanya Chua (2022)
* A-Lin (2023)

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Forbes China Celebrity 100 top 10 (by year)

2004|

1. Yao Ming
2. Zhang Ziyi
3. Zhao Wei
4. Faye Wong
5. Gong Li
6. Zhang Yimou
7. Zhou Xun
8. Leon Lai
9. Sun Nan
10. Jet Li

2005|

1. Yao Ming
2. Zhang Ziyi
3. Liu Xiang
4. Zhao Wei
5. Faye Wong
6. Zhang Yimou
7. Zhou Xun
8. Sun Nan
9. Carina Lau
10. Fan Bingbing

2006|

1. Yao Ming
2. Zhou Xun
3. Zhang Ziyi
4. Zhao Wei
5. Liu Xiang
6. Li Yuchun
7. Fan Bingbing
8. Chen Kaige
9. Sun Nan
10. Li Bingbing

2007|

1. Yao Ming
2. Liu Xiang
3. Zhang Yimou
4. Zhang Ziyi
5. Gong Li
6. Zhou Xun
7. Fan Bingbing
8. Li Yuchun
9. Xu Jinglei
10. Carina Lau

2008|

1. Yao Ming
2. Liu Xiang
3. Jet Li
4. Yi Jianlian
5. Zhang Ziyi
6. Fan Bingbing
7. Zhao Wei
8. Zhou Xun
9. Li Bingbing
10. Zhao Benshan

2009|

1. Yao Ming
2. Zhang Ziyi
3. Yi Jianlian
4. Guo Jingjing
5. Liu Xiang
6. Jet Li
7. Zhao Wei
8. Fan Bingbing
9. Zhou Xun
10. Li Bingbing

2010|

1. Jackie Chan
2. Jay Chou
3. Andy Lau
4. Yao Ming
5. Zhang Ziyi
6. Zhao Benshan
7. Jolin Tsai
8. Donnie Yen
9. Liu Xiang
10. Fan Bingbing

2011|

1. Andy Lau
2. Jay Chou
3. Faye Wong
4. Jackie Chan
5. Yao Ming
6. Donnie Yen
7. Zhang Ziyi
8. Jet Li
9. Fan Bingbing
10. Zhao Benshan

2012|

1. Jay Chou
2. Andy Lau
3. Fan Bingbing
4. Faye Wong
5. Li Na
6. Zhao Benshan
7. Jolin Tsai
8. Yao Ming
9. Jackie Chan
10. Lin Chi-ling

2013|

1. Fan Bingbing
2. Jay Chou
3. Andy Lau
4. Jackie Chan
5. Zhang Ziyi
6. Eason Chan
7. Yang Mi
8. Huang Xiaoming
9. Jolin Tsai
10. Lin Chi-ling

2014|

1. Fan Bingbing
2. Andy Lau
3. Jay Chou
4. Huang Xiaoming
5. Zhang Ziyi
6. Yang Mi
7. Lin Chi-ling
8. Li Na
9. Nicky Wu
10. Jackie Chan

2015|

1. Fan Bingbing
2. Jay Chou
3. Nicholas Tse
4. Jackie Chan
5. Huang Xiaoming
6. Sun Li
7. Zhao Wei
8. Andy Lau
9. Li Yifeng
10. Eason Chan

2017|

1. Fan Bingbing
2. Luhan
3. Yang Mi
4. Zhao Liying
5. Yang Yang
6. Liu Tao
7. Jackie Chan
8. Angelababy
9. Jay Chou
10. Kris Wu

2019|

1. Wu Jing
2. Huang Bo
3. Hu Ge
4. Xu Zheng
5. Jay Chou
6. Shen Teng
7. Zhou Dongyu
8. Jackson Yee
9. Yang Mi
10. Kris Wu

2020|

1. Jackson Yee
2. Xu Zheng
3. Zhou Dongyu
4. Jay Chou
5. Lay Zhang
6. Yang Mi
7. Zhao Liying
8. Kris Wu
9. Wang Yibo
10. Wang Junkai

2021|

1. Jackson Yee
2. Wang Yibo
3. Jia Ling
4. Yang Mi
5. Jay Chou
6. Lay Zhang
7. Zhao Liying
8. Yang Zi
9. Wang Junkai
10. Jackson Wang

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Artists|

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