Faith Yang

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| name = Faith Yang

| image = Faith Yang.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|3|2}}

| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan

| years_active = 1996–present

| awards = {{awards|award=Golden Melody Awards|name=Best Female Mandarin Artist
2000 Silence}}

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

| t = 楊乃文

| s = 杨乃文

| p = Yáng Nǎiwén

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| alias = Naiwen Yang

| background = solo_singer

| genre = Cpop
Rock

| label = AsiaMuse Entertainment (????–present)
Silver Fish Records (2004–????)
Rock Records (2001–2004)
Magicstone (1996–2001)

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Faith Yang Naiwen ({{lang-zh|t=楊乃文|p=Yáng Nǎiwén}}; born 2 March 1974) is a Taiwanese musician. She grew up in Sydney, Australia and studied biology and genetics at the University of Sydney. In 2000, Yang won the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer for the album Silence.{{cite news|url=http://english.anhuinews.com/system/2009/06/16/002275654.shtml|title=Faith Yang Sings in Taipei|publisher=Anhui Daily Press Group|work=Welcome to Anhui|date=16 June 2009|access-date=24 February 2010}}

Life and career

After graduating from Sydney University, Yang returned to Taiwan to start a music career. She soon gained recognition at the university and pub circuit in Taiwan while touring with her backing band – Monster. In 1996 she signed with Magicstone records. Her first two albums are heavily influenced by the Australian pub rock style, with a gothic undertone noticeable in tracks such as "Silence", "Fear" and "Monster", while her third album has a lighter pop style, with only hints of the anger evident in the first two recordings. All three albums were major hits in Taiwan and in 2000 Faith won the Taiwan Golden Music awards for Best Female Performer got nominated for Best Album (Silence).

Yang did not renew her contract with Magicstone, claiming the label had become too commercial for her style of music. In 2004 it was reported that she had signed with Sony label Silver Fish Records. Her first album with Silver Fish Records, Continuation (女爵), was released December 2007, with Self-Selected, an album of English-language covers, released in April 2009.

Yang also works as a fashion and cosmetics model for companies such as Rado and Neutrogena, as well as continuing to tour on the Taiwan pub circuit. She has also considered a number of acting roles. In 2000 Yang played the lead role in the 20-part web movie 175 Degrees of Colour Blindness (175度色盲).

Discography

class="wikitable" !align="left"\|Date of release !align="left"\|Label !align="left"\|Title
align="center"\|1997 \|rowspan="3" align="center"\| Magicstone \|align="center"\|One
align="center"\|1999 \|align="center"\|Silence
align="center"\|2001 \|align="center"\|Should Be
align="center"\|2004 \|align="center"\|Rock Records \|align="center"\|First Selection (Best-of Album)
align="center"\|2007 \|align="center"\|{{Ill\|AsiaMuse Entertainment\|zh\|亞神音樂}} \|align="center"\|Continuation
align="center"\|2009 \|align="center"\|Sony Music Entertainment \|align="center"\|Self-Selected (Cover Album)
align="center"\|2013 \|align="center"\|{{Ill\|AsiaMuse Entertainment\|zh\|亞神音樂}} \|align="center"\|Zero
align="center"\|2016 \|align="center"\|{{Ill\|AsiaMuse Entertainment\|zh\|亞神音樂}} \|align="center"\|Centrifugal Force
align="center"\|2019 \|align="center"\|{{Ill\|AsiaMuse Entertainment\|zh\|亞神音樂}} \|align="center"\|The More Beautiful, The More Invisible
align="center"\|2023 \|align="center"\|{{Ill\|AsiaMuse Entertainment\|zh\|亞神音樂}} \|align="center"\|Flow

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Date of release

!align="left"|Label

!align="left"|Title

align="center"|1997

|rowspan="3" align="center"| Magicstone

|align="center"|One

align="center"|1999

|align="center"|Silence

align="center"|2001

|align="center"|Should Be

align="center"|2004

|align="center"|Rock Records

|align="center"|First Selection (Best-of Album)

align="center"|2007