. Alexander Leehom Wang .

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? Who ? A Taiwanese- American singer/songwriter

Has gained success in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan and the rest of East Asia

One of the many new generations of songwriters and musicians that have revolutionized the Chinese music industry

1976 – Born in Rochester, New York

• Parents – Immigrants from Taiwan

1982 – Started to learn violin

• Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

• Youngest violinist in the group

1990 – 1994

• Started to compose and write songs

• Performed in musicals

. Early Life . part 1 .

1994 – Sutherland High School valedictorian

• Accepted by Yale and Princeton

• Williams College ( #1 Liberal Arts School in the U.S. )

• Music and Asian Studies

• Started to learn Chinese (Mandarin 101)

1995 – Signed to record label in Taiwan

• Debut album ‘Love Rival Beethoven’

1999 – 2001 – Berklee College of Music

• Vocal and jazz lessons

. Early Life . part 2 .

. Music . part 1 .5th Album: ‘Revolution’

• Sold 40,000 in the first week

• Best Male Artist of the Year

• Best Producer of the Year

• Youngest in both categories

6th Album: ‘Impossible to Miss You’

• Sold 100,000 in the first ten days

• Won 3 Best Male Vocalist awards

. Music . part 2 .A solid musical background enables him to pull from a variety of musical styles and invent (and continuously reinvent) his sound, that is distinctly Chinese and International at the same time

‘Chinked-out’:

• Blends Chinese traditional music with Western hip-hop

• Despite the derogatory nature of the term, he wanted to repossess the term and ‘make it cool’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lIwdJ48fA4

. Other . part 1 .2002 – Youth Ambassador to Nepal

2003 – Asia’s SARS epidemic

• ‘Hand in Hand’

• All proceeds going to SARS research

2007 – 12th album ‘Change Me’

• Promotes the issue of global warming and social awareness

• Packaging of the CD uses recycled paper and contains no plastic

• CD also came with a pair of reusable metal chopsticks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNBh19rq5c4

. Other . part 2 .2008 Beijing Olympic Games

• Torchbearer #17

• Represented the newest generation of singers from Taiwan and China

• ‘One World One Dream’

World Vision’s Ambassador for Taiwan:

• Charity work in poor areas

• Sponsoring 20 children

• 10 in Laos and 10 in Sierra Leone

. Work Cited .http://www.wangleehom.com/ Official Website

http://www.homsweethome.com/ US and Canada Fan Club

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/01/09/ta.wangleehom/index.html Talk Asia Interview