Taiwan Beautiful Pop Singer: Elva Hsiao

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Elva Hsiao, also known as Elva Siu, is a Taiwanese Mandarin pop singer. Elva was originally signed to Virgin Records Taiwan, a sub-label of EMI, which created the stage name of 蕭亞軒 for her. Her self-titled début album in 1999 sold over 1 million copies in Asia and cemented her status in the Chinese music industry. Elva Hsiao sang the song “U Make Me Wanna”, which appeared on her album Love’s Theme Song, Kiss (2002), with British boy band Blue. Virgin Records and Elva parted ways in summer of 2004. Elva signed into Warner Music on March 23rd, 2005, making her Warner Taiwan’s “fifth diva” (after Sammi Cheng, A-Mei Chang, Na Ying, and Stefanie Sun). In June 2006, she released a new single, entitled “The World I Want” [我要的世界]. Elva and Warner Music announced in November that her newest album would be released on 22 December. The album is entitled [1087], signifying the number of days Elva had been absent from the Mandopop scene. She released the music video for her single called “Confession” in mid-2007. Elva switch back to EMI Virgin Records in 2008. Elva’s first album back with EMI,三面夏娃, was originally set to be released in late May 2008. But due to the delay in production and of China’s approval due to the Olympic Games, the album was pushed back and released on 13 June 2008. In Taiwan, she has done television commercials for a wide diversity of products, ranging from cellular phones to jewelry 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).

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English Name: Elva Hsiao/Elva Siu
Chinese Name: 蕭亞軒
Birth name: Ya-chih Hsiao (蕭雅之)
Date of birth: August 24, 1979
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Horoscope: Virgo
Height: 162cm
Weight: 47kg
Spoken Languages: Chinese, English
College: John Casablancas College (Vancouver, Canada)

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