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Kulilay Amit, better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, Sisters. Her albums Truth (2001), Amit (2009), and Faces of Paranoia (2014) each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer and made her one of the singers who won the category the most times. Having sold more than 50 million records, she has achieved success in the Mandarin-speaking world, and she is often referred to as the "Queen of Mandopop".
Deng is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. It is a transcription of 邓 or 鄧 (traditional). It is transliterated as Dèng in pinyin and Teng, or Then, in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan or Taiwanese, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The surname originating from the same Chinese character in Vietnamese is Đặng and it is one of the top ten surnames in Vietnam. The name is transliterated as Deung in Korean but is very rare in Korea. Deng is one of the surnames of the Nanyang, Henan ancestral hall (南陽堂).
Charlene Choi Tsoek-jin is a Hong Kong-Canadian actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.
Luo or Lo refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 羅 and 駱. Of the two surnames, 羅 is much more common among Chinese people.
Hacken Lee Hak-kan is a Hong Kong singer, television host and actor, active from the 1980s until today. In 2013, Lee's song "House of Cards" swept multiple awards in many Hong Kong award ceremonies, including "World's Best Song" and "Broadcasting Index" in Metro's Awards. As of 2013, he has reached 14 times in receiving the "Outstanding Pop Singer Award" at RTHK's "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards" and has established an irreplaceable status in the music industry of Hong Kong and Asia.
Eason Chan Yick-shun is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Chan was ranked number "6" in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List.
Juan is a given name, the Spanish language and Manx language versions of John. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man. The feminine form in Spanish is Juana, or Juanita in its diminutive.
Mandopop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of the 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu, later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, and Taiwan's Hokkien pop—in particular the Campus Song folk movement of the 1970s. In contemporary times, it has become strongly influenced by K-pop. 'Mandopop' may be used as a general term to describe popular songs performed in Mandarin. The English term was coined around 1980 soon after "Cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese; "Mandopop" was used to describe Mandarin-language popular songs of that time, some of which were versions of Cantopop songs sung by the same singers with different lyrics to suit the different rhyme and tonal patterns of Mandarin.
Elva Hsiao is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and businesswoman. Since being signed to a record deal in 1998 after competing in a singing competition, Hsiao has gone on to release fourteen studio albums and has achieved great commercial success within the Chinese pop music industry. Known for her R&B influenced ballads, the artist's first album, Elva Hsiao (1999), was considered one of the first to incorporate R&B in the Chinese market. Her most recent album Shut Up and Kiss Me was released in 2014.
George Canyon is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of Nashville Star in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west to Calgary, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
Tsai is a Chinese surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in Mainland China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan, where it is usually romanized as Tsai, Tsay, or Chai based on Wade-Giles romanization of Standard Mandarin and the 8th most common in Singapore, where it is usually romanized as Chua, which is based on its Teochew and Hokkien pronunciation. Koreans use Chinese-derived family names and in Korean, Cai is 채 in Hangul, Chae in Revised Romanization, It is also a common Cantonese name in Hong Kong where it is romanized as Choy, Choi or Tsoi. In Macao and Malaysia, it is spelled as Choi, in Malaysia and the Philippines as Chua or Chuah, in Thailand as Chuo (ฉั่ว). Moreover, it is also romanized in Cambodia as either Chhay, Chhuor or Chhor among Chinese Cambodians and as Tjoa or Chua in Indonesia.
Erik Gustaf David Norén is a Swedish musician. He was one of the two frontmen of the Swedish band Mando Diao.
Lin is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林. It is also used in Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines among the Chinese Filipino community. It is also common among overseas Chinese families, in which it is at times pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora and speak Min Nan. In Cantonese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam.
Taiwanese drama refers to dramatic programming of television programming extended stories usually dramatizing relationships through the general range of ten to forty one-hour episodes. They are produced in Taiwan and have gained increasing popularity in the Mandarin-speaking community internationally. The term "Taiwanese drama" is applied to Taiwanese miniseries in general, even including those with greater elements of comedy than of drama.
Daniel Chan Hiu-tung is a popular Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is most notable as one of the young talents in the 1990s music scene.
Bii is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actor.
Trevor Slattery is a character portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). An actor hired to portray the legendary terrorist the Mandarin, he first appeared in the 2013 film Iron Man 3. General response to the character was mixed, with many comic fans criticizing the character and how his reveal affected the film's Mandarin portrayal, while others defended the twist by noting its social commentary and how it avoided the supposedly racist caricature of the comics' Mandarin. Kingsley reprised the role in All Hail the King, a 2014 Marvel One-Shots short film also set in the MCU.
Ling is a surname which can be of either Chinese, English, or Nordic origin.
Swedish Arabs are citizens and residents of Sweden who emigrated from nations in the Arab world. They represent 5.3% of the total population of the country.
Zhuo is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 卓 in Chinese character. It is romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Cheuk in Cantonese, and Toh or Tok in Teochew and Hokkien. Zhuo is listed 277th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 224th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people.