Christine Fan, better known by her stage name FanFan or her Mandarin name Fan Wei-chi, is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, TV presenter, record producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She sings mostly in Mandarin, but has also recorded in English. A popular singer, she has 3 million followers on Facebook and over 47 million fans on the Chinese portal Sina Weibo. She speaks Mandarin fluently but is also proficient in English.
Fan was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 18, 1976. She is the elder of two children and has a younger brother.
She attended Pomona College, and then transferred in her second year to Harvard Extension School, a distance-education branch of Harvard University. She subsequently dropped out to pursue her musical career.She hosted the variety show, Bang Bang Tang (模范棒棒堂) on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has also starred in various commercials. On 1 November 2008, she held her first ticketed concert in Taipei. She later held concerts in Hong Kong and in the Chinese cities of Taichung and Beijing. She was also the special guest in JJ Lin's concert in Singapore.
She has composed and written lyrics for herself as well as other artists, including Claire Kuo, Angela Chang, Freya Lim, and the girl group Hey Girl. In 2015, she and Blackie Chen founded a talent agent company and signed Kimberley Chen, and she became her mentor, talent agent and record producer while she was pregnant with twin boys.
Country | United States of America |
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Current City | Ohio |
Language | English |
Reference | IMDB |
Aliases | FanFan |
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Spouses | Chen Chien-chou |
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