Biography
Vidal was born on April 13, 1982 in Kowloon, Hong Kong. She is of mixed parentage with a Filipino father with ancestry in Cebu, Philippines and a Chinese Korean mother from Seoul, South Korea. As a Hong Kong singer, Vidal adopted the Chinese name Wei Lan (衛蘭). She is often credited mononymously as Janice. In the past she also work as a bar singer by names such as "Renee" prior to her debut album in 2005 and "Ming Lok Tai" (明樂蒂) in an EEG singing competition in 2000. As of 2009, her father resides in Hong Kong, while her mother resides in South Korea.
Her singing is widely accepted by fans in Hong Kong, as of 21 November 2010, she is the only female singer occupied 2 spots in the top 10 of MOOV forever chart (the only other singer is Justin Lo), they are "離家出走" (Run Away from Home) currently number 1 and "愛才" (Love Talent) currently number 6. Her single "離家出走" (Run Away from Home) was recognised by the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong Sir Donald Tsang.
She admitted in a radio interview that she cannot read Chinese and uses English Romanization to help her pronounce words that she sings in the recording studio. In an interview with South China Morning Post in 2009, she states that she has converted to Buddhism about 6 years prior to that interview. She has since become Christian along with her sister Jill, following her sister's scandal in Japan.
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