Janice Vidal

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Janice Vidal
Vidal in 2020
Background information
Born	(1982-04-13) 13 April 1982 (age 42) British Hong Kong
Genres	Cantopop
Occupations	Singer, actress
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Amusic (2004–2015) Warner Music (2015–2023)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	衛蘭
Simplified Chinese	卫兰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wèi Lán Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wai6 Laan4

Janice M. Vidal (born 13 April 1982) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. She was discovered by music producer Mark Lui and initially began her career as a back-up singer for Leon Lai.^{[citation needed]} She debuted as a solo artist in 2004 under Lai's label, Amusic, where she remained until signing with Warner Music in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

She is of mixed Filipino, Chinese, and Korean descent,^[1] and she has a twin sister, Jill Vidal, who also sings.

Vidal was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, to a Filipino father and a mother of mixed Chinese and Korean descent. She worked as a bar singer under the name Renee^[2] and joined the 2000 New Talent Singing Awards as Ming Lok Tai (明樂蒂),^[3] before adopting her current Chinese name, Wei Lan (衛蘭).

In December 2004, Vidal attracted media attention by covering one of Leon Lai's hits, "Long Distance" (情深說話未曾講), in English.^{[citation needed]} She soon followed it with a Christmas version of another Lai song, "Bu Ke Yi Shi" (不可一世), sung in Cantonese.^{[citation needed]} Vidal was signed to Lai's label, Amusic, the same year,^{[citation needed]} and she released her debut album, Day & Night, in April 2005. Her second album, My Love, followed in November 2005.

Vidal issued her third studio album, Do U Know, in 2006, and she held her first concert series from 29 March to 1 April 2007, as part of a four-night stint at the Hong Kong Coliseum; it was called "My First Concert".^{[citation needed]} A year later, she published her fourth album, Serving You. Her first English-language record, Morning, came out in 2009.

From 28 April 2007 to 13 May 2007, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong organised the "Madame Tussauds – Your Celebrity Choice for This Summer" competition, with the aim of selecting a new wax portrayal to be displayed in the museum.^[4] Vidal won the competition, and her wax portrayal went on display in the glamour section on 18 July 2007. The statue is dressed in a green ballet dress, which she wore during "My First Concert".^[5]

In November 2009, Vidal released her first greatest hits album, titled Wish (New + Best Selection). She returned with a new Cantonese album, Love Diaries, in 2010. She followed it with Imagine (2012), E11 (2014), and Love and Other Things (2017). Also in 2017, she published her first Mandarin-language album, simply titled 衛蘭 (Vidal's Chinese name). Two further Cantonese records followed: In His Name in 2019 and Daughter in 2022.

Vidal appeared in the 2008 Leon Lai-led musical film A Melody Looking, alongside her sister.

In a 2009 interview with South China Morning Post, Vidal stated that she had become Buddhist about six years prior. She has since converted to Christianity, together with her sister.^[6]

• Fairy Concert 2010 (2010)
• 3000 Day and Night Concert 2012 (2012)

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