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Ye Qianwen

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Sally Yeh Chien-Wen (English: Sally Yeh Chien-Wen, September 30, 1961 -) is a Hong Kong female singer and actress born in Taiwan. He made his debut in the entertainment industry in Taiwan at the age of 18 in 1979. He became a singer in 1980 and later moved to Hong Kong in 1984 to develop his career. He became an instant hit with his debut Cantonese pop song "Zero Hour Ten", composed by George Lam. He also acted in many Hong Kong movies. In 1988, Ye Can's "Blessing" swept all the music awards of the year and came to prominence. From 1990 to 1993, she won the "Most Popular Female Singer" award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony for four consecutive years. She was awarded the title of "Queen of Music" in the era when the four kings dominated the music industry. Only the 10 albums with the highest sales recorded by Ye Cui-wen in Hong Kong and Taiwan are selected ("Live a Life Sincerely" 600,000, "Mingyue Heart" 500,000, "Blessings" 350,000, "Thirteen Classic Blessings" 300,000, "Walk in a Chic" "Return" 300,000, "True Heart" 300,000, "Red Dust" 200,000, "Cherish" 200,000, "Autumn Goes and Autumn Comes" 180,000, "Women's Weakness" 180,000), and its total album sales have reached approximately 3.11 million (not included in cumulative sales). Ye Canwen is the winner of the "Golden Award for Female Singer in the Music World" at the first China Music World Popular Chart Awards Ceremony. In addition, Ye Canwen has also won the "Golden Melody Award" twice at the TVB Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony, the "Chizha Music World Supreme Song Award", the "Chizha Music World My Favorite Song Award", and the "Chizha Music World Album IF" PI Awards" (i.e. "The Supreme Music Awards") twice, Radio Television Hong Kong's "Best Female Singer", Hong Kong Metro Radio's "Best Female Singer Gold Award", Hong Kong Film Awards "Best Original Film Song" and many other important awards. On January 7, 2011, she was awarded the Golden Needle Award, the highest honor in the music industry, by Radio Television Hong Kong in recognition of her years of hard work and contribution to the music industry. Her representative works of Cantonese songs include "Ten Hours", "My Love Goodnight", "Cheers", "Blessings", "Dawn Never Comes", "Cherish", "Burn the Heart with Fire", "Autumn Goes and Autumn Comes", "Believe in Myself", "Lover's Confidant", "You're Leaving Today", "Women's Weakness", "It's All About You", "Talk about Love" and even the millennium song "Sorrow", etc. In terms of Mandarin songs, Ip Chan-man became well-known in the early 1990s with "Walk Away" and "Choice", a duet with Lin Zixiang. The songs were sung throughout the country.

Category
Musicians
Nationality
Canada
Born
1961-09-30
Wikidata
Q283110
Occupations singeractormovie actor
Aliases Sally YeSally YehSally Yeh Chien-WenYe QianwenYeh Chien-WenYe QianwenYe Cuiwen

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