Miriam Yeung
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| Miriam Yeung 楊千嬅 |
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 Miriam Yeung
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| Background information | ||
| Born | February 3, 1974 (age 33) | |
| Origin |  Hong Kong |
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| Genre(s) | Cantopop | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer and actress | |
| Years active | 1995-present | |
| Label(s) | Amusic (2007-present) Gold Label (2003–2006) Cinepoly Records (2001-2003) Capital Artists (1996-2001) |
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Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah, RN (Traditional Chinese: 楊千嬅; Simplified Chinese: 杨千桦; pinyin: Yáng Qiānhuà) (born February 3, 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer.
Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon. She entered the entertainment industry after coming in third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995, and has steadily gained popularity ever since.
Miriam was managed by Gold Label after previously being contracted with Capital Artists and Cinepoly Records, and her manager was the revered Paco Wong. In late 2006, she left the company. It has been confirmed that she will join Amusic, the company where Sammi Cheng is currently working for, in 2007.[1]
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[edit] Singing Career
As a singer, Miriam has had many songs that have been mainstream hits and award winners, such as Why Aquarius (可惜我是水瓶座), Maiden's Prayer (少女的祈禱), "Sisters" and Small City, Important Matter (小城大事). "Small City, Important Matter" and "Maiden's Prayer" have won "Best Song of the Year Award" in 2004 and 2000. She has also been awarded with "Most Popular Female Singer", "2006 CRHK Chik Chak 903 Music Awards Favourite Female Singer", "Female Singer Golden Award", and "HK'S TOP 10 OUTSTANDING YOUTH 2005" which further attested her huge popularity.
Miriam's latest album is "Unlimited", which was released on December 15, 2006. Her music contract with Gold Label also ended on that day, and she will now join Amusic instead.
[edit] Film Career
As an actress, Miriam is known for performing in comedy films often as a silly, naive, and clumsy girl. For example, in one of her very popular earlier films, "Love Undercover", she played a newly graduated police officer who failed every test as a cadet and had entertaining and nonsensical ways of completing her assignments. She tried different roles to good reviews both in 2003 and 2004. In "Sound Of Colors" co-starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Miriam played a blind woman who found love in a unexpected way through a series of fate twisting events. The following year, she tried a darker role, in "Three...Extremes: Dumplings." Miriam played Ching, a former TV actress, who fears of growing old and losing her looks, while trying to keep her cheating husband from abandoning her. She seeks out Mei (Bai Ling), who tells Ching her dark secret to staying young, which is revealed to be eating stillborn foetuses prepared in dumplings. Miriam's greatest critical achievement of her acting career to date came in 2005 when she was nominated for Best Actress in Leading Role at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for her character, Fung Siu-Man, in the comedy "Drink, Drank, Drunk".
Miriam's latest film is "2 Become 1", a "dramedy" which opened in early 2006. She co-starred with Taiwanese actor/singer Richie Jen for a second time. Miriam played Bingo, who is an advertising executive that lives a somewhat carefree lifestyle. She meets a clinical psychologist, V (Richie Jen), one day, and discovers a lump on her breast. The movie chronicles her fight against breast cancer.
[edit] Filmography
- The Heavenly Kings (cameo) (2006)
- 2 Become 1 (天生一對) (2006)
- Drink, Drank, Drunk (千杯不醉) (2005)
- My Sweetie (甜絲絲) (2004)
- Three... Extremes (三更2) (2004) - Dumplings (2004)
- Elixir of Love (花好月圓) (2004)
- Three of a Kind (煎釀三寶)(2003)
- Anna in Kung-Fu Land (安娜與武林) (2003)
- Sound of Colors (地下鐵) (2003)
- Dragon Loaded 2003 (龍咁威 2003) (2003)
- Love Undercover 2: Love Mission (新紮師妹2 美麗任務) (2003)
- My Lucky Star (行運超人) (2003)
- Frugal Game (慳錢家族) (2002)
- Love Undercover (新紮師妹) (2002)
- Dry Wood, Fierce Fire (乾柴烈火) (2002)
- Feel 100% II (百份百感覺2) (2001)
- Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby (玉女添丁) (2001)
- The Group (烈火青春) (1998)
[edit] Discography
Cantonese Albums
- Dream Has Came (2007) (not yet released)
- Unlimited (2006)
- 10x10 Top (2006)
- Single (2005)
- Miriam 2004 傻仔 (2004)
- Electric Girl 電光幻影第二版 (2004)
- Electric Girl 電光幻影 (2004)
- Miriam 2004 Grand Opening 2004開大 (2004)
- Miriam's Melodies (2003)
- Make Up (2003)
- Miriam's Music Box (2002)
- M vs M - Part II (2002)
- M vs M - Part I (2002)
- Miriam (2001)
- My Favourite Hits (2001)
- Kiss Me Soft, Play It Loud (2000)
- A Winter's Tale 冬天的故事 (1999)
- Summer Story 夏天的故事 (1999)
- 1 to 100 EP (1998)
- Yeung Chin Wah Experiencing Collection 楊千嬅體驗入學
- Visit This Place 到此一遊
- My Private Diary 私日記 (1997)
- Feeling 直覺
- The Wolf Is Coming 狼來了 (1996)
Mandarin Albums
- Yang Mei 揚眉 (2003)
- Smile 微笑 (1999)
Concert VCD/DVD
- Miriam Yeung + Chet Lam Music is Live 楊千嬅+林一峰 拉闊音樂會 (2005)
- Yeung Chin Wah Kungheifatchoi V3 In Cheung Wui (2004)
- Anthony Wong + Miriam Yeung 903 Music is Live Karaoke (2004)
- Million Purple Thousand Red M Yeung Live 楊千嬅萬紫千紅演唱會 (2002)
- Miriam Music Is Live 拉闊音樂會 (2001)
- 903 California Red Miriam Yeung Live In Concert 903狂熱份子音樂會 (2000)
[edit] Music Pop Chart
| Year | Single | Peak positions [2] | ||||
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| RTHK Chinese Pop | CTHK Ultimate 903 | Metro Radio Pop Chart | UFO Mandarin Pop | |||
| 2006 | "My Way of Life" | 1 | - | 9 # | - | |
| Total | 1 | - | - | - | ||
(note: # provisional)
