Stefanie Sun
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| Chinese name | 孫燕姿 (traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 孙燕姿 (simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Sūn Yànzī (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Birth name | Sng Ee Tze | ||||||||
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23 July 1978 Singapore |
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| Occupation | Singer-songwriter | ||||||||
| Genre(s) | Mandopop | ||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Voice, piano | ||||||||
| Voice type(s) | Mezzo-soprano | ||||||||
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Universal Music (2013–present) Wonderful Music (2011–2012) Capitol Music (2006–2008) Warner Music Taiwan (2000–2006) |
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| Years active | 2000–present | ||||||||
| Associated acts | see Collaborations | ||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Nadim Van Der Ros (m. 2011) | ||||||||
| Ancestry | Chaozhou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||
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Sng Ee Tze (born 23 July 1978), better known as Stefanie Sun, Sun Yanzi, and known to fans as 13姐 ("13th sister"), is a singer-songwriter. She is known as the Singaporean Mandopop queen. She has sold over 30 million copies of her albums during the span of her career thus far. She is based in Taiwan, as she does the majority of her recordings there. Her popularity extends to China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and her native Singapore.
Sun has an elder sister named Sng Yee-kia (孙燕佳) who is three years older, and a younger sister named Sng Ee-mei (孙燕美) who is six years younger.
Sun was educated at Nanyang Primary School, St. Margaret's Secondary School, Raffles Girls' School and went on to attend Saint Andrew's Junior College. She later attended Nanyang Technological University, where she obtained a degree in Marketing, and was said to stay at Hall 6 where she was known for her singing talent. Her voice talent was discovered by her music teacher Lee Wei Song.
In the Mandarin-speaking world, Sun is more popularly known by her Mandarin name, Sun Yan-zi or Sun Yanzi. Sun has sold over 30 million copies in Asia. With twelve albums to her name, she is arguably the most successful singer from Singapore.
On 8 May 2011, Sun married Nadim Van Der Ros, 34, a Dutch-Indonesian and founder of The Good Bean Consultancy. They had met through a mutual friend and dated for five years, but their relationship was revealed only when she was spotted supporting him at Aviva Singapore's Ironman Triathlon in 2009. They had earlier secretly registered their marriage on 31 March 2011. On 30 October 2012, Sun gave birth to her first child, a baby boy weighing approximately 3.4 kg.
Most of her songs are sung in Mandarin Chinese, with a few in English. Sun's ability to speak various dialects is reflected in the songs she sings. In the song "Cloudy Day" (天黑黑), she sang in both Mandarin and Hokkien. It is an adaptation of a traditional Hokkien folk song that included the first six words in the original Hokkien- Thiⁿ-o͘-o͘, beh lo̍h-hō͘ – in the chorus. Her second song in her career sang in both Mandarin and Hokkien was released in her 2014 album Kepler, entitled "Best Youth" (尚好的青春).
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