1. Elva Hsiao signed to EMI Virgin Records in 1998, as their first artist, after being scouted from the singing competition New Talent Singing Awards, affiliated with Hong Kong TV channel TVB.
20 Facts About Elva Hsiao
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Elva Hsiao was part of a girl group called Phenomenon initially, but pursued a solo career after her bandmates dropped out.
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Elva Hsiao was studying design in Vancouver, Canada, at John Casablancas Institute, at the time.
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Elva Hsiao was tapped to record the jingle for the re-branding effort by the Broadcasting Corporation of China in Taiwan.
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Elva Hsiao collaborated with English boy band Blue that year on a remake of their song "U Make Me Wanna" for her album Theme Song of Love, Kissing.
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That album featured two songs in which Elva Hsiao contributed to production.
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That same year, Elva Hsiao made her feature film debut in the Hong Kong crime thriller, Infernal Affairs in a minor role as the ex-girlfriend of Tony Leung's character.
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Elva Hsiao would lend her voice to the animated film The Butterfly Lovers, based on the classic Chinese fairytale of the same name in 2004.
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Elva Hsiao signed with Warner Music Taiwan but was only able to release her next album, 1087, in December 2006.
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Elva Hsiao returned to EMI Music Taiwan in 2008 after releasing just one album with Warner, reuniting her with former manager Yao Chien.
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Elva Hsiao embarked on a world tour on 31 December 2009.
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Elva Hsiao released another compilation album, Super Girl, in 2013, featuring a new duet with Chinese K-pop star Han Geng.
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Around this time, Elva Hsiao launched a fashion line called Carry Me.
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In 2013, Elva Hsiao signed with Sony Music in the greater China region along with fellow Taiwanese pop star Show Luo.
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Elva Hsiao released Shut Up and Kiss Me, which was preceded by a single of the same name.
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Elva Hsiao went on hiatus in August 2017, disappearing from the public eye for 18 months for undisclosed reasons, delaying the release of a new album that she had reportedly been preparing for three years.
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Elva Hsiao was forced to cancel 13 tour dates scheduled for April 2018 in China as well.
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In November, Elva Hsiao announced that she would be releasing a 10-song album, Naked Truth, in 2020 to coincide with her 20th year as a recording artist.
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Elva Hsiao starred in the Chinese couple reality-show Meeting Mr Right in late 2020, with her boyfriend at the time.
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From November 2023 to July 2024, Elva Hsiao dated Dutch businessman Mick Van Oorschot, who works in real estate in Thailand.