Vivian Chow

Hong Kong female singer and actor, born November 10, 1967. In 1985 took part in the new-talent singing contest jointly held by TVB and 華星; after taking second place in an RTHK amateur DJ contest in 1986, began a singing-and-film career. In 1988 starred in the first film "Heart to Heart" and was nominated for Best New Performer at the Hong Kong Film Awards; in 1989 received the Most Promising Newcomer Outstanding Award at the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. In November 1997 announced would no longer sing in public and faded from the music scene; in 2006 returned to hold the "Back For Love" concert.

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About the artist

Vivian Chow is a Hong Kong female singer and actor, born in Hong Kong on November 10, 1967, the only daughter of the family; the father died of heart disease before the birth, and Vivian Chow was raised by the mother and grandmother. Graduated from St. Stephen's Church College, and obtained Grade 6 in piano. MusicBrainz lists Vivian Chow as a Hong Kong singer.

In 1985 took part in the new-talent singing contest jointly held by TVB and 華星; after taking second place in an RTHK amateur DJ contest in 1986, began a singing-and-film career. In 1988 invited by TVB to host the television music programme "勁歌金曲", and in the same year starred in the first film, English Wikipedia recording the title as "Heart to Heart", and was nominated for Best New Performer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1989 received the Most Promising Newcomer Outstanding Award at the Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, and thereafter with 倪震 hosted a youth current-affairs programme of RTHK's television division, English Wikipedia recording its name as "Modern Era". In 1990 made a television-drama debut in "烏金血劍" on a per-production basis, becoming a singer-film-TV-host multi-hyphenate. The year of the first album "Vivian", the two Wikipedias record differently: English Wikipedia records joining 藝視唱片 in 1988, with "Vivian" sales receiving platinum certification; Chinese Wikipedia records issuing the first "Vivian" in April 1990, and in December of the same year issuing the second studio album "情迷". MusicBrainz also lists this "Vivian".

Overview

Born
November 10, 1967age 58
Born in
Hong Kong
Active
  • 1986 – 1997
  • 2004 – present
Gender
Female
Legal name
Chow Wai-man
Aliases
周慧敏
Instruments
Vocals, Piano / Keyboard

Catalogued works & releases1 works

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