Friday, November 23, 2007

Profile

  • Name: 田馥甄 / Tian Fu Zhen
  • English name: Hebe Tian
  • Original name: Anita
  • Profession: Singer, actress and host
  • Birthdate: 1983-Mar-30
  • Birthplace: Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Height: 161cm
  • Weight: 43kg
  • Blood type: A
  • Family: Father, mother, older brother

Biography

Hebe appeared on Taiwanese television before she became a celebrity, when she was a 16 year old girl on Jacky Wu's Guess Guess Guess show, where she showed her ability to play the flute. She is known in S.H.E as the feisty, attractive, stubborn and cute member. She started out on a competition, and although she did not come in first (Selina Ren came in first), the judges decided to take the top 3 winners and make them into a band. At first they were worried about the 3 girls not getting along, but after they lived together for 3 months, they became close like sisters.

Hebe Tian was recommended to join by the workers of the television show 'Cruel Stage'. During the first round, her voice started breaking while singing 'Return Home'. Hebe decided to sing a song with a lower key in the final round.

However, because she was unfamiliar with that song, which happens to be Singaporean singer Kit Chan's "Loving You" or "Xi Huan Ni" (喜欢你), she forgot about ten seconds worth of lyrics in the finals, messing up her performance.

Nonetheless, the manager appreciated her straight personality and powerful vocals. Therefore, she became part of S.H.E and she, along with Selina Ren and Ella Chen, were signed under the Taiwanese record label HIM International Music.

Solos

During her career with S.H.E, Hebe has sung two solo songs for her band's albums, "Too Much" and "Someone Loves You Instead of Me" (替我愛你 Ti wo ai ni); both songs are on S.H.E's first album, Girls Dormitory (女生宿舍 Nü sheng su she).

Along with bandmates Selina and Ella, Hebe recorded a solo, "Ferris Wheel" (摩天輪 Mo Tian Lun), for the Reaching for the Stars soundtrack (真命天女 Zhen ming tian nü).

Duets

Hebe was the featured artiste in Fahrenheit's song, "Only Have Feelings For You" (只對你有感覺 Zhi dui ni you gan jue). The song was initially recorded for the Tokyo Juliet OST (東方茱麗葉 Dong Fang Zhu Li Ye), but has found a place in Fahrenheit's first album, which is self-titled.

Hebe and Fahrenheit's duet has also been featured in several of S.H.E's concerts, notably in S.H.E's Singapore 2007 'Moving Castle' Concert as well as S.H.E's Taipei 'Moving Castle' Concert 2006.

At the 2007 Sprite Music Hong Kong Awards, "Only Have Feelings For You" earned Fahrenheit and Hebe the award for Taiwan's Best Duet Song.

Concert Solos and Duets

  • Hebe played a drum solo as one of the segments of the Perfect 3 World Tour concerts.
  • Hebe plays the piano solo at the beginning of the music video for the song "What Happened To Us" (我們怎麼了)
  • Hebe has also done several solo songs for S.H.E's concerts, including She's The One by Robbie Williams, "Xuan Mu" or 旋木 by Faye Wong, as well as Na Ying's "Meng Xing Le" (夢醒了), which was also later covered by Faye Wong.
  • Hebe also sang "Gotta Love" (不得不愛 Bu de bu ai) with Wilber Pan during S.H.E's China portion of their Perfect 3 World Tour as well as played a drum solo.
  • She appeared in Z-Chen's "Cap Girl" MV and so as Jay Chou's MV for "Tui Hou" from his Still Fantasy Album.
  • In S.H.E's 3rd album Mei Li Xin Shi Jie, Hebe wrote the rap lyrics for the song "Ni Kuai Le Wo Sui Yi". She also wrote the lyrics for their song "Shuo Ni Ai Wo" in their latest album Play.

TV Shows

Credits to wiki.d-addicts and Wikipedia

No comments: