Stanley Huang (born 21 September 1974) is a

Taiwanese-American Taiwanese Americans ( Chinese: 臺灣裔美國人; pinyin: ''Táiwān yì měiguó rén''; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Tâi-Bí-jîn'') are Americans of Taiwanese ancestry, including American-born descendants of migrants from the Republic of China (Taiwan) ...

singer and actor.

Early life

Huang was born and raised in Orange County,

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. His family moved there before he was born. He is the brother of Jeffrey Huang and cousin of Steven Lin. His cousin is Hollywood film producer

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Career

Huang started his career in the boyband L.A. Boyz with his older brother, Jeffrey and a cousin, Steven Lin.Huang, Stanley. "立行之間(Between Stanley)" After leaving the band, Huang started a solo career with his debut album, ''Your Side'', in 2000. He has made five studio albums up to 2008, and one compilation album in 2003. Most notable are ''Circus Monkey'' (2001) and ''Shades of My Mind'' (2004). He received several nominations at the

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for the latter, Taiwan's version of the Grammys. He ended up winning the Best Male Mandarin Artist award, beating media favourites such as

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and

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. Over his career, Huang has collaborated with several singers, including Elva Hsiao,

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, and

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. Huang has remained active in writing and producing songs for his older brother's hip-hop band, Machi. Huang has seldom received criticism for his music. Many appreciate Huang's rock and heavy metal style. In 2006, Huang wrote and featured in

song, "Nice Guy" (乖乖牌), for the 2006 album '' Dancing Diva'', after signing to Capitol Music.

Other

Aside from music, Huang also acted in the provocative Taiwanese film, ''Twenty Something Taipei'' (台北晚9朝5), which is about the clubbing scene of Taipei. He featured in a 1992 video called ''Modern Republic'' (摩登共和国) when he was part of the L.A. Boyz. He published a book, ''Between Stanley'', that tells the story of being caught in between two worlds, one of his life in LA and his roots in Taipei.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

*3 December 2008: 皮在癢 (Pi Zai Yang) (

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ese song) *25 August 2011: 向完美說不 (Xiang Wan Mei Shuo Bu) (used in commercial for

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Xing Cheng) *16 March 2010: 成吉思汗 (Cheng Ji Si Han) – Genghis Khan (theme song for Genghis Khan Online, a Chinese MMORPG online game) *5 December 2010: 我是明星 (Wo Shi Ming Xing) – I'm a Star (used in a commercial for

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G-Shock) *14 March 2010: Go,

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theme song *5 December 2011: 超新星 (Chao Xin Xing) – Supernova, Dear Enemy theme song ent.ifeng.co
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Photo books

*2007: ''I Love Super!'' (我愛大明星：驚嘆號) with

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, and

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Filmography

References

External links

Stanley Huang @ Warner Taiwan
(Chinese)
Stanley Huang's blog
(Chinese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Stanley 1974 births Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from Taipei Record producers from California Musicians from Los Angeles Singers from Taipei American musicians of Taiwanese descent American people of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese hip-hop musicians Taiwanese Mandopop singers Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers Taiwanese male television actors