Faith Yang Naiwen (; born 2 March 1974) is a Taiwanese musician. She grew up in Sydney, Australia and studied biology and genetics at the

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. In 2000, Yang won the

Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer The Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer () is a Golden Melody Awards, Golden Melody Award recognizing outstanding vocal performance by a female in the Mandopop category, the first of which was presented in 1991. In 1990 an award c ...

for the album ''Silence''.

Life and career

After graduating from Sydney University, Yang returned to Taiwan to start a music career. She soon gained recognition at the university and pub circuit in Taiwan while touring with her backing band - Monster. In 1996 she signed with Magicstone records. Her first two albums are heavily influenced by the

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style, with a gothic undertone noticeable in tracks such as "Silence", "Fear" and "Monster", while her third album has a lighter pop style, with only hints of the anger evident in the first two recordings. All three albums were major hits in Taiwan and in 2000 Faith won the Taiwan Golden Music awards for Best Female Performer got nominated for Best Album (''Silence''). Yang did not renew her contract with Magicstone, claiming the label had become too commercial for her style of music. In 2004 it was reported that she had signed with

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label Silver Fish Records. Her first album with Silver Fish Records, ''Continuation'' (女爵), was released December 2007, with ''Self-Selected'', an album of English-language covers, released in April 2009. Yang also works as a fashion and cosmetics model for companies such as Rado and Neutrogena, as well as continuing to tour on the Taiwan pub circuit. She has also considered a number of acting roles. In 2000 Yang played the lead role in the 20-part web movie ''175 Degrees of Colour Blindness'' (175度色盲).

Discography

References

External links

Official site
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Faith 1974 births Living people Taiwanese female models Taiwanese Mandopop singers Women rock singers University of Sydney alumni Musicians from Taipei 21st-century Taiwanese women singers 21st-century Taiwanese singers Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of Taiwanese descent