Janice Vidal
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 衛蘭 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 卫兰 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | wèi lán (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | wai6 laan4 (Cantonese) |
| Origin | Philippines |
| Born |
13 April 1982 Hong Kong |
| Other name(s) | Janice, Wei Lan (衛蘭), Ming Lok Tai (明樂蒂), Renee |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop, Hong Kong English pop, soul, jazz, blues, R&B |
| Instrument(s) | Vocal |
| Label(s) | A Music(2005–2015), Warner Music |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Ancestry | Filipino, Korean |
| Website | [2] |
Janice M. Vidal, often credited as "Janice", is a Cantopop, Hong Kong English pop, Jazz, and R&B singer based in Hong Kong. She is the twin sister of singer Jill Vidal.
Debuting in 2005, Vidal has performed in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese, although she knows Tagalog, French, and Korean as well.
Vidal was born on 13 April 1982 in Kowloon, Hong Kong. She is of mixed parentage with a Filipino father with ancestry in Cebu, Philippines, and a Korean mother from Seoul, South Korea. As a Hong Kong singer, Vidal adopted the Chinese name Wai Lan (衛蘭). She is often credited mononymously as Janice. In the past she has also worked as a bar singer under other names such as "Renee" prior to releasing her debut album in 2005, and "Ming Lok Tai" (明樂蒂) in a EEG singing competition in 2000. As of 2009[update], her father resides in Hong Kong, while her mother lives in South Korea.
Her singing is widely popular with fans in Hong Kong, and as of 21 November 2010, she is the only female singer who has occupied 2 spots in the top 10 of the MOOV forever chart (the only other singer is Justin Lo) with the songs "離家出走" (Run Away from Home), currently number 1 and, "愛才" (Love Your Talent), currently number 6.
She admitted in a radio interview that she cannot read Chinese and uses Romanization to help her pronounce words that she sings in the recording studio. In an interview with South China Morning Post in 2009, she stated that she had converted to Buddhism about 6 years prior to that interview. Vidal has since become a Christian along with her sister Jill, following her sister's scandal in Japan.
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