Angela Zhang

Angela Zhang Shao-han (; born January 19, 1982), also known as Angela Chang, is a Taiwanese and Canadian singer and actress.

Zhang gained recognition with the Taiwanese television dramas ''My MVP Valentine'' (2002) and ''At Dolphin Bay'' (2003). Since 2004, following the instant success of her first album, ''Over the Rainbow'', she has focused on her singing career, releasing popular albums like ''Aurora'' (2004) and ''Pandora'' (2006), along with starring in another hit TV drama, ''Romantic Princess'' (2007). Her career was derailed in 2008 by a public row with her family, which was further worsened by a falling out with her label, Linfair Records. She did not revive her career until the Hunan TV reality show '' Singer 2018'', where she participated as both a host and contestant. Since then, she has shifted her focus to mainland China.

Zhang has embarked on seven concert tours since her debut, including three stadium tours. Her Fable World Tour (2019–2024) spanned 36 shows across mainland China and attracted over one million people.

Early life

Zhang was born into a Hakka family from Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan, as the eldest of three children. She has a sister, Connie Chang Shao-hsuan, and a brother, Carson Chang Po-yu, who is the youngest of the three. Zhang's maternal grandfather was ethnic Uyghur, with the rest of her family Hakka. At the age of ten, Zhang moved to Singapore to study. After a few months, she returned to Taiwan because she "was not able to adapt (to life) there". At 12, she and her family migrated to Vancouver, where she attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. She moved back to Taiwan at 19.

Career

Zhang gained recognition when played a leading role in the Taiwanese television drama ''My MVP Valentine'' with Taiwanese boy band 5566, followed by a leading role in another Taiwanese television drama ''At Dolphin Bay'' with Taiwanese actor Wallace Huo, in which she also sang the ending theme song (Yi Shi De Mei Hao) and English song (Journey). She has been nominated twice for Best Actress at Golden Bell Awards. She also has been nominated twice for Best Mandarin Female Singer at Golden Melody Awards. In 2010, Zhang became a spokesperson of Shanghai Expo 2010 and sang the theme song "The Window of the City". Zhang performed at the first Formula 1 Festival in Shanghai.

Controversy

In 2008, Zhang was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse and disappeared from the public eye, traveling between Taiwan and Canada for medical treatment. During her break from the showbiz, her mother Jiang Rouyi, her father Zhang Zhihong, and her uncle Jiang Lile spoke out against her in a magazine interview in 2009. Her family claimed that she neglected parental support, abused alcohol and drug and came out as gay. Zhang counterclaimed that her mother took off with her savings amounting to NT$100 million (approximately $3.41 million). Zhang also presented her drug test results to prove her innocence. Zhang's sister and brother stood by her. On January 19, 2011, which marked Angela Zhang's 29th birthday, her parents, uncle, and grandmother got into a street brawl while meeting with Zhang's brother, who was serving in the military, along with his friend.

Zhang's career did not revive from the prolonged family row until her participation in the reality show '' Singer 2018'', after which her uncle again accused Zhang of unfilialness, claiming that she had promised to provide NT$60,000 per month to support her parents and to buy each of them a house, but failed to fulfill these commitments. According to her uncle, her father was living in poverty, burdened with debts of NT$500,000 to NT$600,000 and struggling to afford food, while her mother had to work as a low-paid domestic worker in Vietnam to make ends meet.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

Concert tours

* Angela Chang Concert Live (2006–2008)
* Angela Singing on Pandora World Tour (2010)
* 100% Angela Zhang World Tour (2015–2018)
* Journey World Tour (2018–2019)
* Fable World Tour (2019–2024)
* Angela Zhang World Tour (2024–2025)
* Seek For Light World Tour (2025–present)

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Music Programs & Variety Shows

Special Programs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Angela
1982 births
Living people
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
21st-century Taiwanese singers
21st-century Taiwanese women singers
Canadian people of Chinese descent
Canadian people of Uyghur descent
English-language singers from Taiwan
Hakka musicians
Naturalized citizens of Canada
People from Zhongli District
Taiwanese emigrants to Canada
Taiwanese film actresses
Taiwanese Mandopop singers
Taiwanese people of Hakka descent
Taiwanese people of Uyghur descent
Taiwanese television actresses
Taiwanese activists for Chinese unification