From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stevie Hoang
Stevie Hoang
Stevie Hoang in the 1980s. There have been numerous comments and
debate in his YouTube videos from Vietnamese viewers
Born 9 June 1985 (1985-06-09) that claim his ethnicity solely based on his last name.
Origin Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Hoang acknowledges this in his interview with the Sun-
day Times.[7] Stevie and his sister have both stated that
Genres R&B, hip-hop, Dance
they’re of Chinese descent. [8][9]
Occupations Producer, singer-songwriter, musician,
multi-instrumentalist
Touring
Years active 2008 – present
Stevie Hoang supported N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder on
Labels Mercury (UK), Avex (Japan) their 2009 ’Uncle B’ tour
Associated Shay, Iyaz, May J.
acts
Discography
Stevie Hoang ’(pronounced Ho-awng)’ is a Chinese-Bri-
(pronounced Albums:
tish RnB singer / producer [1] signed to Mercury Records • This Is Me (2008)
[2] and AVEX [3] • All Night Long (2009)
Stevie started his musical career as a producer, work- • Unsigned (2011, UK)
ing from his parents house. He has been playing the pi- Singles:
ano since he was young, and often uploads home videos • Addicted
of him performing informal acoustic tracks at home. • No Coming Back
In early 2008 Hoang’s debut "home-made" self-pro- • I’ll Be Fine
duced, self-recorded and self-promoted debut album • Fight for You (feat. Iyaz)
’This Is Me’ brought him to the attention of the Japanese • Ex Player (feat. Blacc Boi)
market, where - after repeated trips to Tokyo - he has • All Around the World (feat. May J.)
since gone on to sell over 65,000 albums.[4]
References
Personal life [1] ^ McLean, Craig (26 February 2010). "Stevie Hoang:
Stevie Hoang was born in Birmingham, England.[1][5]
He out to break Vietnam". The Times (London).
migrated to London, England with his parents when he http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/
was one years old. He learned piano at the age of eleven arts_and_entertainment/music/
and showed his talent with it. Stevie Hoang also penned article7041606.ece. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
the hit single Fight for you, which he originally recorded [2] "Mercury Music Group : Home". Mercury Records.
with Iyaz, and produced with super producer RedOne in http://www.mercuryrecords.co.uk. Retrieved
Los Angeles, but was later given to R&b superstar Jason 2010-05-08.
Derulo, for his 2011 Future History album. Stevie was re- [3] "Stevie Hoang （スティーヴィー・ホアン）
munerated £7 each time the track was played on UK Ra- Official Website". Avex Marketing Inc.
dio and appears in the credits for the track, as a writer on http://www.avexnet.or.jp/stevie/index.html.
the album. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
He supports Manchester United Football Club.[6] [4] Stevie Hoang interview by Pete Lewis, ’Blues &
Soul’ April 2010
[5] Coleman, Andrew (5 February 2010). "Birmingham-
Controversy and misconcep- born Chinese star to support JLS at LG Arena".
tion over ethnicity Birmingham Mail.
http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-
Since Hoang’s surname is a Vietnamese name, many of birmingham/rock-and-pop/2010/02/05/music-
his fans assume that he’s automatically of Vietnamese birmingham-born-chinese-star-to-support-jls-at-
descent; However his family are ethnic Chinese from lg-arena-97319-25765150/. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
Vietnam, also known as Hoa, who later moved to England
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stevie Hoang
[6] "Twitter / Stevie Hoang". Twitter.com. 1 ~March
2010. http://twitter.com/steviehoang/status/
External links
9828816128. Retrieved 2010-05-08. "BIG Up • Official website (English)
manchester united, the first trophy of many • Official website (Japanese)
hopefully this season, ROOOONEEYYYYY" • Stevie Hoang on Facebook
[7] McLean, Craig (26 February 2010). "Stevie Hoang • Stevie Hoang Japan Page on Facebook
out to break Vietnam". The Times (London). Persondata
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/
Name Hoang , Stevie
arts_and_entertainment/music/
article7041606.ece. Alternative names
[8] http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5933/ Short description
ninjendo92.jpg Date of birth 9 June 1985
[9] McLean, Craig (26 February 2010). "Stevie Hoang
Place of birth
out to break Vietnam". The Times (London).
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ Date of death
arts_and_entertainment/music/ Place of death
article7041606.ece.
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