Janice Vidal

Hong Kong female singer, born on April 13, 1982, English name Janice M. Vidal, of mixed Chinese, Filipino and Korean ancestry, with twin sister 衛詩. On April 13, 2005, on the twenty-third birthday, released the first solo album "Day & Night". Sources disagree on the years of signing and of formal debut. In January 2018 received Ultimate Song Chart Female Singer Gold.

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Janice Vidal is a Hong Kong female singer, born on April 13, 1982, English name Janice M. Vidal. English Wikipedia records mixed Filipino, Chinese and Korean ancestry, and that twin sister Jill Vidal (衛詩) also sings. The father is a Cebuano from the Philippines, immigrated to Hong Kong in the 1980s, and was a resident performer at a Tsim Sha Tsui bar; Janice Vidal has said the earliest contact with music was in the mother's womb, and at home the father often played music. Chinese Wikipedia records that after the age of ten Janice Vidal was arranged to return to Hong Kong, and only at eleven learned there was a twin sister.

In 2000 once took part in the New Talent Singing Awards under the stage name 明樂蒂. Janice Vidal has said that at eighteen, while helping DJ Tommy record, was heard by Mark Lui, then sang backing vocals for Leon Lai, and after listening Leon Lai said on the spot he wanted to sign; that article and Oriental Daily News both record that Janice Vidal had signed with A Music at eighteen and was the first singer under Leon Lai. Wen Wei Po and SundayMore respectively record signing in 2003 and a formal debut in 2004, while Janice Vidal and The Beijing News call the April 13, 2005 release date of the first album the formal entry into the industry / formal debut. Mark Lui later said that the two already knew each other before Janice Vidal signed with Leon Lai, and that it was Mark Lui who brought Janice Vidal into the industry. Leon Lai found the Cantonese not good enough, and arranged for Janice Vidal to work at the company as a switchboard operator and to buy takeaway in order to train speaking skills; Janice Vidal has said that before the first album was released the company gave five years to learn Cantonese well. At the end of 2004 Leon Lai arranged English-language covers of "我這樣愛你" and "情深說話未曾講". Sina records that the record company built a mysterious image, the voice heard but the face not seen, and also records that Janice Vidal originally sang backing vocals for Leon Lai, was then discovered by Mark Lui, and was known as "黎明師妹".

Overview

Born
April 13, 1982age 44
Born in
Hong Kong
Career start
Official debut · 2005
Active
  • 2005 – present21 years
Gender
Female
Aliases
卫兰, 衛蘭, Janice
Instruments
Vocals

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