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Angela Zhang
Angela Zhang Shao-han (traditional Chinese: 張韶涵; simplified Chinese: 张韶涵; pinyin: Zhāng Shàohán; born 19 January 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.
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 of Taoyuan in Changde, from the Jian family descended from Uyghur Buddhist general Hala Bashi who came to Taoyuan in Changde over 600 years ago, she is related to Jian Bozan, 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.[citation needed]
Zhang gained recognition in 2002 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 "The Beautiful Days We Lost" (遺失的美好) and "Journey", a cover of Corrinne May's 2001 song.
Zhang first signed with Linfair Records, making her music debut. She released her first two albums, Over the Rainbow (Chinese: 飛越彩虹) and Aurora (Chinese: 歐若拉), in 2004, and her third album, Pandora (Chinese: 潘朵拉), in 2006.
In 2007, Zhang released her fourth and fifth albums, Flower in the Wonderland (Chinese: 夢裡花) and Ang 5.0. She played in another TV drama, Romantic Princess, and sang the theme song "Don't Want to Understand" (Chinese: 不想懂得).
Zhang took a break from her career in early 2008 and went to Canada for medical treatment. In June 2008, Zhang became a torchbearer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Angela Zhang
Angela Zhang Shao-han (traditional Chinese: 張韶涵; simplified Chinese: 张韶涵; pinyin: Zhāng Shàohán; born 19 January 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.
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 of Taoyuan in Changde, from the Jian family descended from Uyghur Buddhist general Hala Bashi who came to Taoyuan in Changde over 600 years ago, she is related to Jian Bozan, 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.[citation needed]
Zhang gained recognition in 2002 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 "The Beautiful Days We Lost" (遺失的美好) and "Journey", a cover of Corrinne May's 2001 song.
Zhang first signed with Linfair Records, making her music debut. She released her first two albums, Over the Rainbow (Chinese: 飛越彩虹) and Aurora (Chinese: 歐若拉), in 2004, and her third album, Pandora (Chinese: 潘朵拉), in 2006.
In 2007, Zhang released her fourth and fifth albums, Flower in the Wonderland (Chinese: 夢裡花) and Ang 5.0. She played in another TV drama, Romantic Princess, and sang the theme song "Don't Want to Understand" (Chinese: 不想懂得).
Zhang took a break from her career in early 2008 and went to Canada for medical treatment. In June 2008, Zhang became a torchbearer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.