Vivian Xu: Chinese Female Pop
The second of three children, Vivian was born Xú Shújua-n, and used this name until she began modeling nude. Her parents divorced when she was a child. She attended Taipei Jianxing Elementary School and Taipei Shulinguo Junior High School.
She got her start in entertainment after winning first place in
a "Talented Beautiful Girl" contest held by Taiwan CTS TV in
1990. At this point, she was working by delivering food on her
bicycle, and her customers began to recognize her from her
television appearances. The same year she joined a musical duo
named ??? (py. Shàonu( Dùi, en. Girls Team). They released two
albums, in 1991 and 1992, then broke up. Following this, Vivian
got her start in modeling.
She made her music debut in 1991 at the age of 16 as a member of
a female trio named ShaoNuDui (Literally, Girl's Group). This
group, however, never achieved popularity and Vivian temporarily
parted from singing to explore the opportunities available to
her in modeling and acting. After going to Japan and achieving
some popularity, she once again entered the music industry
starting in 1996 by releasing a few singles and then her first
solo album, all in Japanese. It's remarkable enough that she
became famous in a culture and language different from her own.
Learning one foreign language must not have satisfied her
enough, as she went through a speed course on "how to speak
Korean in one week" and released a Korean music album in the
latter part of 1996.
Due to rising stardom in Japan as well as a multi-million dollar
contract from her planning agency, Vivian left her activities in
Korea relatively un promoted and focused back to her activities
in Japan. Halfway through 1997, she joined two comedian program
hosts to form a music group called the Black Biscuits. Black
Biscuits was formed as a rival group to another popular Japanese
music group named Pocket Biscuits. As silly as that seems to me,
their songs are upbeat and pretty catchy. Now, she has returned
to the Chinese music scene once again, releasing her debut solo
Chinese album in Taiwan recently.
Featured Vivian Xu Music Videos
MERMAID --美人鱼
Vivian Xu Rou Xuan & Nicky Li Jiu Zhe - Soso MV
Vivian Hsu ruo xuan_jue ding ai ni MV
Vivian feat Gary - I still believe
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