Elva Hsiao

Elva Hsiao
Birth name	Hsiao Ya-Hsuan (蕭亞軒)
Born	August 24, 1979 Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Republic of China
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Label(s)	Sony Music Entertainment

Elva Hsiao (Chinese: 蕭亞軒, born August 24, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer.

Biography

She was educated at John Casablanca's College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is fluent in both written and spoken English. While in Vancouver, she attended the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition in 1998 with her birth name of Hsiao Ya-Chih (蕭雅之). She became one of the 12 finalists but did not place in the top 5. She sang CoCo Lee's "Love Me A Little Longer (Chinese: 愛我久一點)". In that competition there were 3 other Taiwanese recent singers, 183 Club member Jacky Chu (祝釩剛), who was the winner, DJ Ruby Lu (盧春如), 1st Runner-Up and Michelle*Vickie (蜜雪薇琪) member Michelle Hsu (now known as Mimi or Michelle). In 2010, she admitted to receiving double eyelid surgery at a media event, after years of speculation from netizens.^[1]

Film and other media work

In Taiwan, she has done television commercials for a wide diversity of products, ranging from mobile phones to jewellery to makeup, for major brands such as Avon, De Beers, Motorola, Pantene, and Sprite. She has had film roles in two movies: Infernal Affairs (2002) and The Butterfly Lovers (2004). She is no longer participating in Fresh Tomato for Sauce (Announced 2007).

Discography

Studio

#	English Title	Chinese Title	Released	Label
1st	Elva Hsiao Self-Titled Album	蕭亞軒同名專輯	17 November 1999	Virgin Records Taiwan
2nd	Blossom In Red	紅薔薇	15 August 2000	Virgin Records Taiwan
3rd	Tomorrow	明天	21 April 2001	Virgin Records Taiwan
4th	4U		11 February 2002	Virgin Records Taiwan
5th	Theme Song of Love, Kissing	愛的主打歌，吻	1 November 2002	Virgin Records Taiwan
6th	So Elva	愛上愛	16 May 2003	Virgin Records Taiwan
7th	The Fifth Ave	第五大道	31 December 2003	Virgin Records Taiwan
8th	1087	1087	22 December 2006	Warner Music Taiwan
9th	3-Faced Elva	3面夏娃	15 June 2008	EMI Music Taiwan
10th	Diamond Candy	鑽石糖	9 October 2009	Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)
11th	Miss Elva	蕭灑小姐	24 September 2010	Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)
12th	I'm Ready	我愛我	23 December 2011	Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)
13th	Shut Up and Kiss Me	不解釋親吻	1 September 2014	Sony Music (Taiwan)

English album

#	Name	Released	Label
1st	Elva First	23 October 2001	Virgin Records Taiwan

Compilations

#	English Title	Chinese Title	Released	Label
1st	Beautiful Episode	美麗的插曲	16 July 2004	Virgin Records Taiwan
2nd	Love Elva... Remix & More	最熟悉的...蕭亞軒	8 December 2006	Virgin Records Taiwan
3rd	Super Girl	愛無畏	22 December 2012	Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nomination	Result	Ref
2000	Hong Kong TVB8 Awards	Best New Artist (Bronze)	Elva Hsiao	Won	[2]
2001	World Music Awards	Best Selling Chinese Artist	Elva Hsiao	Won	[3]
2008	Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards	Songs of the Year	"I'll Be There" from 3-Faced Elva	Won	[4]
		Best Singer Dancer	Elva Hsiao	Won
		Best Female Singer (overseas)	Elva Hsiao	Won
		Best Asia Singer	Elva Hsiao	Won

References

1. "Elva Hsiao confesses to double eyelid surgery". Xin MSN Entertainment. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
2. (Chinese) TVB8 2000 TVB8 Awards winners list Retrieved 2011-07-02
3. Lucky 13 For Monaco’s World Music Awards Radio Caroline. Europa Productions. 2001-05-02. Retrieved 2011-02-21
4. (Chinese) Metro Radio 2008 Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards winners list Retrieved 2011-04-27

External links

• Elva Hsiao at the Internet Movie Database