18 Facts About Prudence Liew

Prudence Liew Mei-Gwan was born on 10 December 1964 and is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress.

In 1986, while working as a film producer, Liew was approached to sing the theme song for a movie.

Prudence Liew still holds the record in Hong Kong for the most albums sold by a debuting local artist for that album.

Between the period of 1986 and 1995, Prudence Liew has released 11 studio albums under Current Records, which was bought out by BMG Music in 1989 and later Columbia Records from 1992 to 1995.

In 1995, Prudence Liew decided to leave the Hong Kong music industry after the divorce from her director husband, Tai-Loi Wong and due to having problems with her vocal cords.

Prudence Liew then relocated to the US city of San Francisco with her children to find peace.

Prudence Liew met her second husband, whose name she will only disclose to the media as "Mr Yan" for privacy reasons, while in San Francisco.

In 2000, with help from her longtime friend and fellow singer, Sandy Lam, Prudence Liew landed a record deal with Taiwan-based record company, Rock Records and released her first mandopop studio album entitled Love Yourself.

Prudence Liew was a student of Eleonor England, a San Francisco-based vocal coach.

In 2009, Prudence Liew was announced as the host for season 1 of the TVB program, The Voice, a reality-show type singing competition.

On October 22,2009, Prudence Liew released her first Cantonese studio album in 15 years, titled The Queen of Hardships.

Prudence Liew, who is currently signed to Cinepoly Records under the Universal Music label governed by the HKRIA, was part of the group of Hong Kong singers all signed to HKRIA record labels that were banned from appearing on all TVB programming until the issue was resolved late 2011.

In 2010, Prudence Liew spent most of the year in the United States.

In 2011, Prudence Liew returned to Hong Kong and released her second mandopop album, the cover album Love Addict in June.

In 2012, Prudence Liew released another cover album, albeit in Cantonese this time, entitled Stolen Moments in July.

Prudence Liew announced that a third cover album, in English, would be recorded and released in the future.

In 2013, Prudence Liew signed with Hong Kong Television Network, a new television station in Hong Kong, and filmed the drama series, To Be or Not to Be, formerly titled Hakka Women, in which she spoke her native Hakka dialect.

Prudence Liew recorded the theme song for the drama, "Two Cups of Tea".