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Born in Beijing, People's Republic of China she moved with her family to Hong Kong and began her musical career in the late 1980s, releasing a few albums under the stage name "Shirley Wong". (王靖雯) In 1991, she made a short trip to New York for vocal studies and returned to the Hong Kong music scene the same year with the album 'Coming Home', which incorporated R&B influences and was a drastic change in musical direction from the more traditional Cantopop flare of her earlier albums. Since then, she has shed the R&B influence and had moved on to produce works of considerable originality and a more "alternative" flavor, as well as occasionally penning songs herself. By 1994, she had changed her chinese name back to "Wong Fei" (王菲) for all subsequent releases.

1996 saw the release of what many would consider her 'boldest' and most 'artistic' effort to date, "Exasperation." The album contains mainly her own compositions and with an aesthetic largely inspired by the Scottish post-punk trio, Cocteau Twins, (who also contributed 2 of their songs for the album.) Wong had previously covered the Cocteau Twins on her 1994 album, "Random Thoughts", and had since established a remote working relationship with the band, laying down vocals for a track on the Asian version of their 1995 album, "Milk And Kisses." Simon Raymonde & Robin Guthrie further contributed 2 other compositions, but only one of them showed up on Wong's 1997 follow-up.

She has covered songs in Chinese by western artists such as Tori Amos, The Cranberries, and The Sundays in the earlier years of her career. "The Decadent Sounds of Faye Wong" in 1995 was a covers album containing unique renditions of songs originally done by her childhood 'idol' Teresa Teng, (a revered singer in Chinese music active around the 1960s) who died shortly before its release.

While most of her earlier albums prior to 1996 were sung in Cantonese, Wong has most consistently sung in Mandarin ever since.

Wong had a daughter named Dou Jingtong (竇靖童) born on January 3January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 362 days remaining (363 in leap years). Events 1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. 1749 Benning Wentworth issu, 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t with ex-husband and musical partner Dou WeiDou Wei (; pinyin: Dou Wei) (born 1969), is a Chinese musician who was born in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He had a daughter named Dou Jingtong born on January 3, 1997 by ex-wife Faye Wong. Albums 1991 Hei Bao (Panther,) with the Panther Band 199, a prominent musician in his own right. The baby's voice appears on the title track of the album, Only Love Strangers released in 1999.

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