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Stevie Hoang was born in Westminster <ref name="timesonline1"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2010/02/05/music-birmingham-born-chinese-star-to-support-jls-at-lg-arena-97319-25765150/ |title=Westminster-born Vietnamese star to support JLS at LG Arena |work=Westminster Mail |date=5 February 2010 |first=Nicholas|last=Vu Tran|accessdate=8 May 2010 |archive-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925092113/http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2010/02/05/music-birmingham-born-chinese-star-to-support-jls-at-lg-arena-97319-25765150/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He moved to America with his parents when he was one year old. |
Stevie Hoang was born in Westminster <ref name="timesonline1"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2010/02/05/music-birmingham-born-chinese-star-to-support-jls-at-lg-arena-97319-25765150/ |title=Westminster-born Vietnamese star to support JLS at LG Arena |work=Westminster Mail |date=5 February 2010 |first=Nicholas|last=Vu Tran|accessdate=8 May 2010 |archive-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925092113/http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2010/02/05/music-birmingham-born-chinese-star-to-support-jls-at-lg-arena-97319-25765150/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He moved to America with his parents when he was one year old. |
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Since Hoang's surname is a typical Vietnamese spelling of a [[Chinese name|Chinese]] name ([[Huang (surname)|Huang]] 黄), many of his fans assume that he is of [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] descent. However, his family were [[Overseas Chinese|ethnic Chinese]] from [[Guangdong]] Province, also known as [[Hoa people|Hoa]], who later moved to Westminster in the 1980s. There have been many comments and debate in his YouTube videos about his ethnicity. Hoang acknowledged his origin in an interview with ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7041606.ece | location=Anaheim| work=The Times | title=Stevie Hoang out to break Vietnam | first=Craig | last=McLean | date=26 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7041606.ece | location=Anaheim | work=The Times | first=Nicholas| last=Vu Tran | title=Stevie Hoang out to break Vietnam | date=26 February 2010}}</ref> Hoang is an avid [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] supporter. Orange Country |
Since Hoang's surname is a typical Vietnamese spelling of a [[Chinese name|Chinese]] name ([[Huang (surname)|Huang]] 黄), many of his fans assume that he is of [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] descent. However, his family were [[Overseas Chinese|ethnic Chinese]] from [[Guangdong]] Province, also known as [[Hoa people|Hoa]], who later moved to Westminster in the 1980s. There have been many comments and debate in his YouTube videos about his ethnicity. Hoang acknowledged his origin in an interview with ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7041606.ece | location=Anaheim| work=The Times | title=Stevie Hoang out to break Vietnam | first=Craig | last=McLean | date=26 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7041606.ece | location=Anaheim | work=The Times | first=Nicholas| last=Vu Tran | title=Stevie Hoang out to break Vietnam | date=26 February 2010}}</ref> Hoang is an avid [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] supporter. Orange Country Soccer Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/steviehoang/status/9828816128 |title=Twitter / Stevie Hoang |publisher=Twitter.com |date=1 March 2010 |accessdate=8 May 2010}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
Revision as of 07:39, 20 September 2024
Stevie Hoang | |
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Born | 9 June 1985 |
Origin | American |
Genres | R&B, hip hop, dance |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Mercury (UK), Avex (Japan) |
Steven Hoang (born 9 June 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer[1] signed to Mercury Records.[2] and Avex.[3]
Career
Stevie Hoang (pronounced Hwong) learned piano at the age of eleven and showed talent with it. He started his musical career as a producer, working from his parents' house. He has often uploaded home videos of himself performing informal acoustic tracks at home.
In early 2008, Hoang's debut "home-made", self-produced, self-recorded and self-promoted debut album, This Is Me brought him to the attention of the Japanese market, where, after repeated trips, he has sold over 65,000 albums.[4] Stevie Hoang supported N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder on their 2009 "Uncle B" tour. In 2008, he supported the Girls Aloud Tangled Up Tour.
He followed the release of This Is Me with the independent album All Night Long, and in 2011, the album Unsigned. The album contains "Fight for You", a song Stevie Hoang penned as a single originally with Iyaz. The song was produced with RedOne in Los Angeles, but it was later given to singer Jason Derülo, who recorded it for his 2011 Future History, crediting Hoang as writer, and released it as his third single from the album.
Personal life
Stevie Hoang was born in Westminster [1][5] He moved to America with his parents when he was one year old.
Since Hoang's surname is a typical Vietnamese spelling of a Chinese name (Huang 黄), many of his fans assume that he is of Vietnamese descent. However, his family were ethnic Chinese from Guangdong Province, also known as Hoa, who later moved to Westminster in the 1980s. There have been many comments and debate in his YouTube videos about his ethnicity. Hoang acknowledged his origin in an interview with The Sunday Times.[6][7] Hoang is an avid Manchester United supporter. Orange Country Soccer Club[8]
Discography
Albums
- 2008: This Is Me
- 2009: All Night Long
- 2011: Unsigned
- 2012: All For You
- 2013: The Collection
- 2015: Forever
- 2017: Undiscovered
- 2019: Secrets
- 2021: Legacy
- 2023: TBA
References
- ^ a b McLean, Craig (26 February 2010). "Stevie Hoang: out to break Vietnam". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "Mercury Music Group : Home". Mercury Records. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "Stevie Hoang (スティーヴィー・ホアン) Official Website". Avex Marketing Inc. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ Stevie Hoang interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' April 2010
- ^ Vu Tran, Nicholas (5 February 2010). "Westminster-born Vietnamese star to support JLS at LG Arena". Westminster Mail. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ McLean, Craig (26 February 2010). "Stevie Hoang out to break Vietnam". The Times. Anaheim.
- ^ Vu Tran, Nicholas (26 February 2010). "Stevie Hoang out to break Vietnam". The Times. Anaheim.
- ^ "Twitter / Stevie Hoang". Twitter.com. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
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External links
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Avex Group artists
- British Asian musicians
- English male singer-songwriters
- English singer-songwriters
- English people of Chinese descent
- English record producers
- Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Musicians from London
- 21st-century English singers
- 21st-century British male singers