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Stefanie Sun
Stefanie Sun Yanzi (; born Sng Ee Tze; 23 July 1978) is a Singaporean singer and songwriter. Known for her Ballad, ballads and girl next door image, Sun made her debut with the album ''Yan Zi (album), Yan Zi'' in 2000. Featuring the single "Cloudy Day", the album saw immediate success and sold over 330,000 copies in Taiwan and 200,000 copies in China. The album won her various accolades at regional award ceremonies, including the Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. Sun's subsequent studio albums ''My Desired Happiness'' (2000) and ''Kite (Stefanie Sun album), Kite'' (2001) were also successful, with both selling over 300,000 copies in Taiwan. Her first three albums are all some of the List of best-selling albums in Taiwan, best-selling records in Taiwan in the 21st century. Her compilation album ''The Moment (Stefanie Sun album), The Moment'' (2003) sold over 1.5 million copies across Asia and produced the hit single "Encounter". ''Stefanie (album), Stefanie'' (2004) wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun (surname)
Sun () is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname (; pronounced ). It is the third name listed in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Other transliterations include Suen (Hong Kong and regions with Cantonese-speaking populations), Soon (Amoy dialect), Sng and Soon (Teochew dialect), Tôn (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese), Son (Korean surname), Son (Japanese language, Japanese/Korean language, Korean), Soon (regions with Hokkien-speaking populations), Sen/Suan/-son/-zon (Chinese Filipino in the Philippines), and Swen. In 2019, Sun was the twelfth most common surname in mainland China. A 2013 study found it to be the 12th most common name as well, shared by 18,300,000 people or 1.38% of the population, with the province with the most being Shandong. Note that in Hong Kong and regions with Cantonese-speaking populations, the surname Xin (surname), Xin (辛) is also transliterated as Sun. Origins *The name Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖) comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinophone
Sinophone, which means "Chinese language, Chinese-speaking", typically refers to an individual who speaks at least one Varieties of Chinese, variety of Chinese (that is, one of the Sinitic languages). Academic writers often use the term Sinophone in two definitions: either specifically "Chinese-speaking populations where it is a minority language, excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan" or generally "Chinese-speaking areas, including where it is an official language". Many authors use the collocation Sinophone world or Chinese-speaking world to mean the Chinese-speaking world itself (consisting of Greater China and Singapore) or the distribution of the Chinese diaspora outside of Greater China. Mandarin Chinese is the most commonly spoken variety of the Chinese language today, with over 1 billion total speakers (approximately 12% of the world population), of which about 900 million are native speakers, making it the List of languages by number of native speakers, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against The Light
''Against the Light'' () is the ninth studio album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun. It was released on 22 March 2007, by Capitol Music Taiwan, which was under EMI at the time. It is her first and last record to be released under that label. Produced by Paul Lee, Peter Lee and Sun herself, its musical style is mainly based on Mandopop music with some influences of rock and Britpop music. A commercial success, the album sold over 1.5 million units throughout Asia. In Taiwan, it sold more than 130,000 units, becoming the second highest-selling album by a female artist and the third highest-selling album overall in 2007. The album earned five nominations at the 19th Golden Melody Awards, with the nominations being for Song of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, Best Lyricist, and Best Arrangement—Sun was also nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer. After the album's release, Sun went on an extended hiatus and did not release another musical project for four years until '' It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Parks Board
The National Parks Board (NParks) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. History In November 1989, Minister of National Development, S. Dhanabalan, presented the National Parks Bill in Parliament to form a body to manage the three parks, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Fort Canning Park and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, in Singapore. In March 1990, Minister of State for National Development, Lee Boon Yang introduced the National Parks Bill in Parliament to form the National Parks Board as a statutory board. On 6 June 1990, the National Parks Board was formed to manage the three parks. On 1 July 1996, the Parks and Recreation Department was merged with the National Parks Board. Since 1 April 2019, all non-food plant and animal-related functions originally under the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore were transferred to NParks under Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) as part of a reorganisation. In March 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Perfect Day (album)
''A Perfect Day'' () is the eighth studio album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun. It was released on 7 October 2005, by Warner Music Taiwan. Produced by Jia Minshu, Peter Lee, and Paul Lee, it incorporates a variety of popular music genres such as pop, rock, electronic and lounge music. Though ''A Perfect Day'' album did not reach the heights of her previous studio albums, it still fared well commercially by selling over 1 million copies in Asia less than a month after it was widely released throughout Greater China. In Taiwan, the album sold more than 100,000 copies, becoming the country's 10th best-selling album of the year 2005, as well as the year's fourth best-selling album by a female artist. ''A Perfect Day'' was ultimately Sun's last original studio album to be released under Warner Music Group, since she left the company the following year in 2006 to go to Capital Music Taiwan. Background and development On 29 October 2004, Sun released her seventh studio albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yazhou Zhoukan
''Yazhou Zhoukan'' () is a Chinese-language international affairs newsweekly. It was launched in 1987 by Michael O'Niell as a sister magazine to '' Asiaweek''. It is published by Yazhou Zhoukan Limited (a subsidiary of Media Chinese International Limited), and provides international political, economic and cultural news. In December 2011, its circulation reached 150,000. History 1975–1987 ''Asiaweek'' was founded in 1975 by Michael O'Neill, a New Zealander, and T. J. S. George, an Indian, who had worked together at the '' Far Eastern Economic Review''. O'Niell's experience in Asia confirms his belief that "the Asian century is coming". In 1985, Time, Inc. (as it was then known) acquired 84% of ''Asiaweek'', buying out '' Reader's Digests 80% stake and 4% local interests. The remaining 16% was owned by Michael O'Neill. The Chinese edition of Asiaweek, ''Yazhou Zhoukan'', was launched in 1987 as a sister magazine to ''Asiaweek''. O'Neill was a founding Editor-in-Chief of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Start (Stefanie Sun Album)
''Start'' is the fourth studio album and first cover album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun (), released on 1 February 2002 by Warner Music Taiwan. Warner Music Taiwa''Start'' album info 1 February 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2011 Track listing # "Hey Jude" – originally by the Beatles # " Silent All These Years" – originally by Tori Amos # "橄欖樹" (Olive Tree) – originally by Chyi Yu # "沒時間" (Too Little Time) – originally by Karen Mok # " Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" – originally by Patty Smyth & Don Henley # "原來你甚麼都不要" (Nothing You Want) – originally by A–mei # "That I Would Be Good" – originally by Alanis Morissette # "Venus" – originally by Shocking Blue # "Someone" # "天空" (Sky) – originally by Faye Wong # "就是這樣" (That's the Way It Is) # "Up 2U" Sales See also *List of best-selling albums in China This is a list of the best-selling albums in China. As of 2023, China was the world's 5th largest music mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Andrew's Junior College
St. Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university courses leading up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. It is an Anglican mission school, part of St. Andrew's School. It is affiliated to schools under the Anglican Diocese of Singapore, as well as Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School and Presbyterian High School. History St. Andrew's Junior College (SAJC) has its origins in St. Andrew's School, which was founded in 1862 by the Anglican Diocese of Singapore. SAJC is an aided mission school which was started as a vision of faith when the Anglican Church took up the challenge of building a junior college in line with national educational developments in the 1970s. The Lutheran and Presbyterian Churches also joined in the building project. SAJC had its origins as pre-university classes began in 1969 as part of Saint Andrew's Secondary School. In 1978, the college was formally established with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore. Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six-year Raffles Programme, which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations and proceed to take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations at the end of Year 6. The school was recognised by the Ministry of Education in 2006 by being awarded the School Excellence Award (recognising schools with 'exemplary school processes and practices'), among other awards. It was a member of Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. History Before RGS became a school in its own right, it existed as a section of Raffles Institution (RI). The precursor to RGS opened in the RI campus of Bras Basah Road on 4 March 1844 with 11 students, five day-scholars and six boarders, who were clothed, fed and instructed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Award
This is a partial list of award ceremonies that recognize achievements in Hong Kong's popular music industry. In January 2001, IFPI Hong Kong had considered for a music award that would have similar categories to American Grammy Awards and British Brit Awards, but the event has yet to be held as of 2014. The Four Major Awards Each year Hong Kong's four main media outlets; RTHK, TVB, CRHK, and Metro Radio; hold their own music award ceremonies. These are the four music awards that are given the most attention by the media, fans, and record companies. Metro Radio Music Awards Metro Radio Music Awards ( 新城勁爆頒獎禮) is usually the first of the four major music award ceremonies and is considered "music's first report card". The awards ceremony always takes place on December 26, Boxing Day. Metro Radio is known for giving out the most number of awards, with the number of awards increasing almost every year. In 2000 they gave out 53 awards, but in 2008 they gave out 137 award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
