FayeWong-TheDivasofPop同步文字解说.doc

Faye Wong The Divas of Pop（PPT同步讲解文字）Slide 021969, a baby girl came to this world with a loud cry1989, an album named Shirley Wong hit the music market2009, a pop queen left the stage saying“Forget About Me”However, those bygones, the harder we try to forget about them, the tighter they seem to obsess us.Two decades, long enough to make a legend.Slide 03Faye Wong(Wang Fei, 王菲) is a Chinese singer, songwriter, actress, model, and philanthropist. She is one of the most successful eastern pop artists of recent times, having sold more than nine million albums throughout her career.Slide 04Among all these studio albums, compilation albums, or just extended plays, Id like to pick up some of them which are so classic that I think you must be interested in.Slide 05They are Shirley Wong (1989) Mystery (1994) Random Thoughts (1994) Sky (1994) Ingratiate Oneself (1994) Restless (1996) and Fable (2000)Slide 06In 1987, after being accepted to college, she immigrated to Hong Kong, where she was given a stage name Wong Jing Wan (Shirley Wong for English) and then had her first album released. Shirley Wong was a surprising success, selling over 30,000 copies and helped her won bronze at the Chik Chak New Artist Award.Slide 07Four 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. She finally became the true Hong Kong diva and that was in 1994.Slide 08This one is definitely unique. The album contains mainly her own compositions and of course it was Fayes personal favorite. However, 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. But good news was, after the release, Wong became the second Chinese artist (after Gong Li)and the first Chinese singerto be featured on the cover of TIME magazine.Slide 09It was famous for its distinguishable halves songs in the first half were likely to be a concept album while the second half being more “traditional”, or I would say, much more commercially oriented.Slide 10Faye is not only an excellent singer but also a great actress. In 1994 she starred in Wong Kar-wais film Chungking Express, for which she won a best actress award in Sweden.Slide 11-12And we can also find her in the following movies.Slide 13-14In 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.“Later in July, she wed actor Li Yapeng, and just disappeared from public ever since.The next year, they had a daughter. But unfortunately, the baby girl was born with a congenital cleft lip. And this became the couples direct motive for establishing the Smile Angel Foundation assist children with clefts. So far the foundation has helped more than 2008 children.Slide 15Good news is, after 5 years hiatus, Faye finally decided to come back.In February 2010, she performed at the CCTV New Years Gala watched by over 700 million people, which made it clear that she was back. Soon afterwards, she announced a series of comeback concerts and spent most of her time on the “Faye Wong Tour 2011”, which took place in many cities in China and in Malaysia.Slide 16 (end)Faye is loved by all, men and women, young and old, and I would go so far as to say that she is Chinas most valuable cultu