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S.H.E


S.H.E
Hebe, Ella, Selina (From left to right)
Hebe, Ella, Selina (From left to right)
Background information
Origin Republic of China
Genre(s) Mandopop
Years active 2001-present
Label(s) HIM International Music
Avex Asia
EMI Music (PRC only)
Members
Selina Ren
Hebe Tian
Ella Chen

S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group that specializes in pop music, and consists of Selina Ren, Hebe Tian, and Ella Chen. The group's name is an alphabetism derived from the first letter of each member's name. S.H.E is managed by HIM International and records albums with Avex Asia, a subsidiary of Avex Trax. EMI Music China distributes their music in the People's Republic of China.

Having recorded nine studio albums - a number that includes two compilation albums - and two live albums, S.H.E has sold over 4,500,000 records during their five year career. Super Star, from the group's fifth album, has been one of their more notable songs. The song charted for at least three weeks on five different charts, and reached #1 on three of those charts. However, S.H.E has received their fair share of criticism for covering songs of numerous artists. The group has not only acted in seven drama series, but also hosted two television shows and contributed ten songs to six drama soundtracks.

Since 2001, S.H.E has participated in endorsement campaigns for over 30 companies. In 2003, the group took part in a series of commercials for Coca-Cola.[1] In 2005, Blizzard Entertainment asked the band to help them advertise their best-selling MMORPG computer game, World of Warcraft.[2] The commercial was mostly a computer generated video, where the girls were put into the context of a fantasy gaming world.[3] In addition to their album sales and endorsement revenue, S.H.E managed to set a new ticketing record in 2004 during their Fantasy Land Tour.[4] In 2006, during their Perfect 3 Tour, they set a new attendance record at the Shanghai Stadium, selling approximately 50,000 tickets[5] and filling 60% of the stadium.[6]

Contents

[edit] Background

[edit] The Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest

Searching for new talent to complement Power Station, HIM International held open auditions on August 12, 2000.[7] The final round of their contest would be held in late August on the "Cruel Stage" portion of the show, "TV Citizen." Tian Fuzhen participated in the contest because her mother would not entertain the idea of getting a job at such a young age.[8] Ren Jiaxuan's younger sister wanted to participate to get the chance to meet her favourite television host, Jacky Wu, but she was too young; as a result, Ren Jiaxuan signed herself up in her sister's place.[8] Chen Jiahua and her little brother wanted to sign up, but the contest was only open to females. Moreover, Chen was worried that she looked too much like a boy.[7] Both siblings had already left the contest area when Chen Jiawei persuaded her younger sister to stay in line and participate in the contest.[7]

In the open auditions, Ren Jiaxuan sang Coco Lee's "Before I Fall In Love," Tian Fuzhen sang Shunza's "Write a Song," and Chen Jiahua sang Mayday's "Gentle and Soft."[7] All three passed, and were recommended to the Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest. The preliminary rounds of the Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest were held on August 20, 2000 in New York City, New York.[7] Entering the final preliminary round of the contest, Ren Jiaxuan was slated to sing Elva Hsiao's "The Closest Stranger," while both Tian and Chen planned on singing Karen Mok's "Cloudy Sky."[7] All three girls passed, and secured three of seven spots in the TV round.

On August 22, HIM notified the contestants that they would have to undergo further training, which included dancing lessons.[7] Once the contestants reached the TV portion of the contest, Tian Fuzhen was slated to perform first, followed by Ren Jiaxuan. However, Jacky Wu, then host of "TV Citizen," forgot the order of contestants, so he called on Ren first.[7] In the TV portion of the contest, each of the five judges would turn on lights when flaws in singing were identified; a combined total of three lights would result in elimination.[7] Ren Jiaxuan sang Christina Aguilera's "Reflection," but her singing flaws earned her two lights.[7] Tian Fuzhen sang Kit Chan's "Loving You"; despite forgetting the majority of the lyrics, she was given only two lights.[7] Chen Jiahua chose Rene Liu's "Afterwards," but was eliminated after receiving four lights.[7] At the end of the round, only four contestants remained, two of whom were Ren Jiaxuan and Tian Fuzhen; among the four, the judges selected Ren as the winner, and awarded her a record contract with HIM International. Later that summer, HIM International contacted Chen and Tian, and asked both girls to audition once again.[7] After a few test recordings, HIM signed both Chen Jiahua and Tian Fuzhen to record contracts.

[edit] The Girls Dormitory

After the three of them were signed to HIM, the company did not immediately make them into a group because their different personalities and looks did not fit with what audiences were used to. However, since Taiwan had never had an all-girl group made up of different personalities and appearances, the company thought that the idea would be new and fresh, and boldly put the three girls together. When the three girls initially heard this, they did not readily accept the decision because forming a girl group was not what they had in mind. All three of them came from different places, never telephoned each other and only said 'Hi' when they met briefly. Because most of the songs in the album did not require them to sing together, their relationship at the outset was not very good, which gave the company reason for concern. When the company had them stay in the same room, in the same dormitory, the girls worried that conflict would arise.

[edit] Origin of the name

After recording the songs for their first album, Ren Jiaxuan, Tian Fuzhen and Chen Jiahua needed a group name. The company suggested several names, including H.B.O, Digi Girl, 3C Girls (3C 美少女), and S.H.E Girl Friends (S.H.E 女朋友). The name Digi Girl would have reflected HIM's endorsement of Digimaster products, whereas H.B.O would have coincided with one of the songs on the girls' first album.[9] HIM finally decided on S.H.E; as a result, Ren Jiaxuan became Selina, Tian Fuzhen became Hebe, and Chen Jiahua became Ella. The name "Selina" initially had two possible spellings: Selina and Selena. Ren Jiaxuan eventually chose "Selina" simply because she would be able to dot the i.[9] When Ella tested out her signature, HIM employees were concerned that the signature would be easily forged due to its simplicity; thus, during S.H.E's early days, Ella signed autographs using the last character of her name, "樺" (pinyin: huà). However, as S.H.E's autograph sessions drew larger audiences, Ella reverted to her simpler, English signature.[9]

The group's name, S.H.E, was selected for two reasons. Once the dots in S.H.E were removed, the resulting word would emphasize the fact that S.H.E was a girl group; the dots would have symbolized individual differences between the three members. Secondly, by having an English name, the group would be more accessible to an international audience.[9] However, there were concerns about how audiences would react to such a name. Selina was certain that the name would never catch on.[9] Moreover, S.H.E would have been perceived as plagiarists by having a name that was eerily similar to S.E.S., a girl group that was already making a name for themselves in South Korea.[9] HIM had already known this, so they provided local audiences with an alternative Chinese name for their new group: 女朋友 (pinyin: nǚ péngyŏu; literally: "girl friends"). Although "Girl Friends" remains the official Chinese name, it is no longer used to publicize the group.

[edit] Musical Career

[edit] Early Years (2001-2002)

S.H.E had the misfortune of releasing their first album on September 11, 2001, the same day that the World Trade Center collapsed. The album was called Girls Dorm (女生宿舍) in memory of the dormitory that S.H.E lived in for a few months prior to the album's release. In spite of the 9/11 tragedy, the album ended up selling approximately 150,000 units.[10]

S.H.E promoting Fuzion Smoothie in one of their first endorsements.
S.H.E promoting Fuzion Smoothie in one of their first endorsements.

Girls Dorm was the first and only studio album in which each member had her own solos: Hebe's solos were "Someone Loves You Instead of Me" (替我愛你) and "Too Much", Selina's was "Forgotten to Forget About You" (忘記把你忘記), and Ella's was "Don't" (別). Labelmates Power Station composed the songs "Fridge" (冰箱) and "Are You All Right" (你還好不好). Three days after the album's release, S.H.E held their first ever outdoor performance in Taipei.[11] Since HIM could not afford to shoot music videos for all of S.H.E's songs at the time, only "Not Yet Lovers", "Beauty Up My Life", "Too Much", and "Fridge" had choreographed music videos, while the remaining tracks relied heavily on concert footage. On November 26, they went to Japan to guest star in a television show, where they sang "Beauty Up My Life". On January 29, 2002, their second album, Youth Society (青春株式會社), was released. On the cover of Girls Dorm, the group was referred to as "S.H.E Girl Friends"; however, since the release of Youth Society, that name has been used much less frequently. From then on, "S.H.E Girl Friends" became simply "S.H.E". Similar to Girls Dorm, not all of the songs in Youth Society had music videos. S.H.E's second karaoke VCD combined the music videos from Youth Society with all four videos from Girls Dorm.

S.H.E in a promotional poster for the online game, N-age.
S.H.E in a promotional poster for the online game, N-age.

S.H.E's third album, Genesis (美麗新世界), was released on August 5, approximately six months after Youth Society was released. The Genesis karaoke VCD was the first to feature music videos for every track; the trend would continue for each subsequent album. Since they were released only a few months after each other, Youth Society and Genesis appeared to be less original than Girls Dorm. Of the 20 songs in S.H.E's second and third albums, 11 were covers. Nevertheless, Youth Society sold 250,000 units[12] while Genesis sold 180,000[10] - a figure which included 20,000 pre-order sales. Although the title song of Genesis seemed upbeat and lively, S.H.E regarded it as their most difficult song at the time.[12] While both Girls Dorm and Youth Society had songs that were sung entirely in English ("H.B.O" and "I've Never Been To Me", respectively), "Woman In Love", a cover of Rebekah Ryan's original in the Genesis album, would be the last English song that S.H.E would sing. N-age sponsored S.H.E's first major concert in Tainan (N-age美麗新世界演唱會), which attracted over 20,000 fans;[13]in return, S.H.E incorporated N-age into some of their music videos. The MV for "Genesis" prominently featured a plane with the N-age brand, while "Watch Me Shine" featured computer animations simulating gameplay in N-age.

[edit] Together (2003-2004)

On January 23, 2003, S.H.E released their fourth album, Together, which was a compilation album featuring four new songs. On April 19, HIM held a "S.H.E/Power Station Big Stars Concert," featuring both titular artists as well as Z-Chen. Despite having already held their own concert in Tainan in 2002, S.H.E was relegated by HIM to opening act status, while Power Station was pencilled in as the main act.[14] Both S.H.E and Z-Chen performed for a combined 65 minutes before making way for Power Station.[14] 2003 was also the year of the SARS epidemic; on April 24, on her way back from Singapore, Hebe experienced fever-like symptoms.[15] Since Ella was living with Hebe at the time, both were forced into quarantine for 10 days, leaving Selina as the only one in the group who could host Happy Sunday.[16] In the face of speculation that she might have SARS, Hebe said that, after a day of quarantine, her fever had already gone; she speculated that despite wearing a face-mask on the flight back to Taiwan, she likely caught a cold, causing the fever that put her in quarantine.[17] However, at a point when Ella and Hebe became extremely frustrated with living in isolation, they received notice that their quarantine would be extended to 14 days, prompting further misery.[18] On July 29, Ella suffered a hip injury while performing a stunt for Happy Sunday. She would be released from the hospital three weeks later.

Promotional image for the album Super Star; the album sold over 250,000 copies. The title track would go on to become a hit.
Promotional image for the album Super Star; the album sold over 250,000 copies.[19] The title track would go on to become a hit.

On August 22, 2003, the day Ella was discharged from the hospital, S.H.E's fifth album, Super Star, was released. However, due to Ella's absence, the music videos for the album mainly featured Selina and Hebe; during public appearances, Selina and Hebe ended up singing Ella's parts as well. In order to accommodate Ella's injury, HIM not only gave her less demanding roles in the album's music videos, they had also filmed her parts separately. To date, the albums Together and Super Star have combined to sell over 580,000 copies.[20] As S.H.E's first rock song, "Super Star" not only stayed on Singapore's YES 93.3 music charts for fourteen weeks, but also stayed in the top four spots for ten weeks between September 14 and November 22.[21][22]

S.H.E reacts to Hebe (far left) falling on a live news show in 2004.
S.H.E reacts to Hebe (far left) falling on a live news show in 2004.

On February 6, 2004, S.H.E released Magical Journey (奇幻旅程) in two different versions: a Magical Version and a Journey Version. The miniature diorama featured on the cover of the Magical Version was created in collaboration with the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan, while HIM rented a bus for use on the Journey Version.[23] To commemorate S.H.E's trip to Hokkaido, Japan to film the music video for the song "He Still Doesn't Understand" (他還是不懂), the Magical Version featured an hour of video footage while the Journey Version featured a 24-page album. Magical Journey went on to sell over 1.5 million copies in all of Asia,[24] including 160,000 copies in Taiwan alone.[10]

On June 11, Selina graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University[25] with a Bachelor of Education degree, majoring in Civic Education and Leadership.[26] On September 4, 2004 S.H.E began their first major tour, the Fantasy Land Tour (奇幻樂園), starting in Taipei and ending in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. During their tour, they managed to gather an audience of over 25,000 in Taipei,[27] and subsequently broke an attendance record in Shanghai.[4] Because of Selina's graduation, the release of S.H.E's seventh album, Encore (安可), was pushed to November 12. Nevertheless, Encore sold 1 million units in Asia within one week of its release;[28] since then, that number has reached over 2 million.[29] By the time Encore was due for release, media outlets had already begun labelling S.H.E as "The Number One Chinese Girl Group" (華人女子偶像第一天團).[30][a]

Even though the three girls earned slightly less than 100 million New Taiwanese Dollars in 2003, they combined to earn over NTD230,000,000 in 2004.[31] From 2001 to 2004, S.H.E's income was estimated at over NTD400,000,000, a value which included approximately NTD15,000,000 in endorsement revenue.[32] Magical Love (2001) raked in approximately seven digits' worth of income, whereas The Rose (2003) and Say Yes Enterprise (2004) were estimated to have provided an additional NTD1,000,000 in revenue.[32]

[edit] Trials and tribulations (2005)

In spite of their success, S.H.E became involved in the ongoing political debate over the sovereignty of Taiwan. While travelling in Lanzhou, PRC, S.H.E reportedly said that they were not Chinese, but Taiwanese.[33][34] At a time when cross-strait tensions were particularly high, the Mainland Chinese media was furious. HIM International denied the rumours, and went on to say that S.H.E was never even interviewed in Lanzhou.[33][35] Furthermore, on August 6, Selina's father, who frequents S.H.E's discussion board on HIM's website, claimed that S.H.E would never say such things.[36]

By the end of October, S.H.E had still not released a studio album; the only album that they had contributed to at the time was the Reaching for the Stars OST. The soundtrack started off strong at the #2 spot, but immediately fell to #11 three weeks later.[37] The OST would end up selling only 50,000 copies.[10] Already an entertainment juggernaut in Hong Kong, Twins began sowing the seeds of competition by releasing their first mandarin album, Trainee Cupid (見習愛神) in the Taiwanese market. Twins attempted to downplay any potential rivalry by stating that they wanted to learn from S.H.E;[38] however, the Hong Kong duo certainly made a statement by selling 800,000 copies of Trainee Cupid in two months.[39] In the face of less-than-spectacular drama ratings, losing endorsement deals, and the emerging Twins threat, S.H.E released their eighth album, Once Upon A Time (不想長大), on November 25, 2005. Not to be outdone by Trainee Cupid, Once Upon A Time sold over 1 million copies in Asia,[40] including a record-breaking 50,000 pre-orders.[41] The album debuted on the G-music Chinese language album charts at #1, retained that position for four consecutive weeks, and stayed on the charts for a total of 13 weeks.[42] The music video for "Don't Want To Grow Up," the title track of the album,[c] cost over one million New Taiwanese Dollars, a value that included hiring approximately 20 extras from Brazil, the United States, and Russia, as well as moving 100 trees onto the set to generate a forest effect.[43] Although the music video would not win any awards, "Don't Want To Grow Up" would go on to win Song of the Year at Hong Kong's TVB8 Awards.

[edit] Forever (2006-present)

On July 21, 2006, S.H.E released their ninth album, Forever. Similar to Together, Forever is a compilation album; however, the latter album has five new songs instead of four. Three of the songs in Forever - "Flowers Have Blossomed", "Star Light", and "A Vision of Eternity" (一眼萬年) - had not appeared on previous albums, but are in fact from older drama soundtracks: The Rose, Reaching for the Stars, and The Little Fairy (天外飛仙), respectively. The song "Solo Madrigal" (獨唱情歌), a duet between Selina and Tank, was initially recorded for the latter artist's debut album, Fighting! (生存之道); however, the song would end up finding a place in Forever.[44] Hebe also recorded a duet, "Only Have Feelings For You" (只對你有感覺), with new labelmates Fahrenheit for the soundtrack of Tokyo Juliet. The song went on to win several duet-related awards, including Taiwan's Best Duet Song at the 2006 Sprite China Music Awards.[45] Having penned the song "River Shore Park" (河濱公園) and directed the music video for "Not to Be Your Friend" (不作你的朋友), Jay Chou composed "Electric Shock" (觸電) for Forever. In return, Hebe agreed to work with Chou on the music video for his song, "Retreat" (退後), as the female lead.[46] However, by having Chou collaborating with them once again, S.H.E became the subject of rumours romantically linking him with Hebe.

In September, Selina released her first book, Selina Loves Beading (愛的小珠珠), which taught readers how to use beads to make designs. S.H.E's second major concert tour, The Perfect 3 World Tour (移動城堡), commenced on July 8, 2006 in Shanghai, where they set yet another attendance record.[5] In order to give maximum exposure to their newest boyband, HIM took the opportunity to promote Fahrenheit during S.H.E's Taipei and Singapore concerts, where Fahrenheit was pencilled in to sing "Only Have Feelings For You" along with Hebe. After their Perfect 3 concert in Hong Kong, which was recorded and released as the group's second live CD, S.H.E was commended for their perserverance, amount of dance preparation, and ability to hit their notes.[47] On March 13, 2007, the three girls left for India on a five-day humanitarian trip.[48] Prior to the trip, Ella purchased 30,000 New Taiwanese Dollars' worth of stationery, including 200 notebooks and 50 boxes of crayons.[49]

[edit] Television and Acting Career

[edit] Early Success (2001-2002)

From late 2001 to early 2002, Hebe and Ella acted in the drama, Magical Love (愛情大魔咒); Selina was absent because she was attending the National Taiwan Normal University.[50] The songs "Remember" and "Belief" were used as the drama's opening and ending themes, respectively. On February 2, S.H.E signed on to be co-hosts on Jacky Wu's show, Guess Guess Guess. During S.H.E's tenure on the show, ratings averaged over 3.5, putting the show in the top 10 for weekend shows on a regular basis.[51] S.H.E stopped hosting Guess Guess Guess in July.

[edit] Becoming cultural icons (2003-2004)

In April 2003, S.H.E were guest hosts for two episodes of the Taiwanese variety show, Happy Sunday before signing on as co-hosts in May.[52] All three members appeared in the drama, The Rose (薔薇之戀), where Ella had a starring role. Each episode of The Rose was expected to cost 1 million NTD,[53] but that number quickly rose to 1.3 million by the time filming had finished.[53] In spite of the high costs, The Rose managed to win Most Popular Drama at the 2004 Golden Bell Awards.[54] Of the dramas in its time slot, The Rose garnered the highest ratings among viewers in the 15-24 age bracket.[55] Unfortunately for Happy Sunday, The Rose was being broadcast in the same time slot, causing Happy Sunday 's ratings to fall from 6.0 to 4.5.[56] Ratings for The Rose averaged around 4.13.[55] S.H.E sang "Flowers Have Blossomed" (花都開好了) for the drama's soundtrack. The song not only debuted at #1 on the UFO Music Charts,[57] but it also stayed on the YES 93.3 charts for ten weeks, holding the #1 position for two consecutive weeks.

On July 29, as part of a Happy Sunday segment, Ella performed a stunt for a public service video explaining proper fire escape procedures.[58] The first time around, she followed protocol and harmlessly jumped off the second floor of a building.[59] The second time around, Ella was asked to jump off the third floor. However, as she jumped off, Ella became nervous, forgot about protocol, and subsequently shattered her hip.[60] Paramedics transported her to the Neihu Tri-Service General Hospital before being redirected to the National Taiwan University Hospital.[59] Ella was released from the hospital after a 23-day stay,[61] but she went home to Pingtung for five months in order to recuperate.[58] She eventually returned to the group in January.[58]

As co-hosts of Happy Sunday, Selina and Hebe became involved in a segment called Yokoso! Japan, where they explored numerous facets of Japanese culture.[62] Ella returned to hosting after her recuperation period and appeared in the final two episodes of Yokoso! Japan. However, during Yokoso! Japan 's four-episode run, producers were already searching for S.H.E's replacements and finally settled on Zhang Yu. S.H.E discontinued hosting Happy Sunday after the February 15 episode was aired. In January, Selina and Hebe were cast for the drama series Happy New Year 2004 and co-starred in the movie, A Disguised Superstar (冒牌天皇), with Miriam Yeung one month later. However, since A Disguised Superstar was produced primarily for a Hong Kong audience, Selina and Hebe's voices were dubbed over in Cantonese. In April, Hebe acted in the role of the female love interest in the first episode of Say Yes Enterprise. The episode would earn a rating of 1.93, third behind My Secret Garden II (我的秘密花園II) and Snow Angel (雪天使).[63]

[edit] Rising doubts (2005)

In October 2005, all three members of S.H.E starred in the drama, Reaching for the Stars (真命天女),[b] and sang its opening theme, "Star Light" (星光). The drama's soundtrack also featured solo recordings by each member: Selina sang "Can't Worry" (管不著), Hebe sang "Ferris Wheel" (摩天輪), and Ella sang "Only Then" (只是當時). During the filming of Reaching for the Stars, Ella burned her ears and hair on a candle, prompting crew members to send her to the National Taiwanese University Hospital.[64] In order to recover, Ella stayed away from filming for two days, during which she cut off approximately two centimetres of dead hair on both sides of her head.[64] Reaching for the Stars had the misfortune of airing its pilot episode during the final episode of The Prince Turns Into A Frog (王子變青蛙). While the average rating for the pilot episode of Reaching for the Stars was 1.17, the final episode of The Prince Turns Into A Frog set a 2005 record for highest average episode rating (6.93) and highest episode rating (11.35).[65] The second episode of Reaching for the Stars hadn't fared much better; pitted against the final episode of It Started With A Kiss, Reaching for the Stars averaged a rating of 1.45, while It Started With A Kiss averaged 3.85, including a rating of 7.56 for the 15-24 age bracket.[66]

[edit] Revival (2006-present)

On January 15, 2007, S.H.E and Wu Bai were invited to voice over several characters for the Taiwanese rendition of Luc Besson's movie, Arthur and the Minimoys.[67] A week later, Selina and Hebe signed half-year contracts to be the co-hosts of Guess Guess Guess (我猜我猜我猜猜猜),[68] the show that they had hosted five years earlier.

In the spring of 2006, Ella was cast for the lead female role of the Taiwanese idol drama, Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu(花樣少年少女); the drama would be aired from November until March of the following year. S.H.E sang the song, "What to do?" (怎麽辦) as the drama's opening theme. Although the soundtrack only began charting four weeks after its release, it debuted at #3,[69] charted for over 10 weeks,[70] and earned an award for Best Soundtrack at the 2007 KKBOX Music Awards. Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu 's pilot episode started off strong, posting a rating of 3.05[71] The drama would encounter little competition until the premiere of Show Luo and Barbie Xu's Corner With Love. Before Corner With Love 's pilot episode was aired, Barbie Xu bet that Corner 's highest rating would hover around 2.9, while Chai Zhiping bet on ratings of around 3.3. Corner would end up posting a final average of 2.81, with a peak at around 3.25, but it was no match for Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu 's average rating of 3.91 that week.[72] The Corner With Love threat would be held off for yet another episode, as Hua Yang 's 8th episode posted ratings of 3.88, compared to Corner 's 3.17 - a difference of nearly 150,000 viewers per minute.[73] By its 12th episode, Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu had already cracked 5.0.[74] During its 15-episode run, the drama never relinquished its ratings crown. Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu would end off on a high note, finishing off its final episode with an average rating of 5.98.[75]

[edit] Endorsements

See also: S.H.E Endorsements

In 2001, S.H.E began participating in their first of many promotional campaigns. That year alone, the group was photographed for six series of advertisements, which included Digimaster and beverage chain Fuzion Smoothie. The songs "Too Much" and "Beauty Up My Life" were used in commercials for SoGo and bra company Wacoal, respectively.[76] After the release of Genesis in 2002, S.H.E began endorsing N-age, an interactive online game that originated in South Korea.[77] The songs "Genesis" and "Watch Me Shine" were used as the main themes for the game.[78] In 2003, S.H.E became the spokespeople for Bobson Jeans at a time when "idol jeans" were a popular trend; while S.H.E endorsed Bobson, Jolin Tsai endorsed IBS and Ayumi Hamasaki endorsed Levi's.[79] S.H.E was also involved in acting for commercials for Coca-Cola and World of Warcraft.[1][2] After the release of Encore, the song, "Piquancy" (痛快), another Geo-composed rock number, was used in the commercial for the online game, New Legendary Twins (新絕代雙嬌). In 2005, the group endured a bout of bad luck when they lost their endorsement deals with OKWAP and Heme to Twins and Ariel Lin, respectively.[10] As a result, the three girls' income was a mere 10% of what they earned in 2004.[37] As spokespeople for 7-11 in Taiwan, S.H.E, along with Fahrenheit, recorded Always Open as a promotional song in 2007.[80]

[edit] Musical Style

See also: S.H.E discography
Audio samples of S.H.E songs

S.H.E has released nine studio albums to date, a number that includes two compilation albums. All of S.H.E's studio and compilation album covers display an oxalis, the symbol for the group. On some covers the clover is easy to spot (Girls Dorm, Together, Encore, Forever) while on others its appearance is more subtle (Super Star, Once Upon a Time). Their other contributions include songs in the soundtracks of Magical Love, The Rose, Reaching for the Stars, Tokyo Juliet, The Little Fairy, and Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu.

The three members of S.H.E have different vocal ranges to complement each other when singing. Ella sings within the alto to mezzo-soprano range, while Hebe and Selina sing within the mezzo-soprano to soprano range.[81][d] As a result, Ella sings more parts if the song is intended for a lower key, whereas Hebe and Selina are the predominant voices if the song is intended for a higher key. Although the majority of their songs fall into the category of pop music, some songs, particularly those in the Genesis album, fall into the genre of R&B.[12] S.H.E has also sung two pop/rock songs: "Piquancy" and "Super Star." The songs that fall into the genre of pop music consist of light melodies,[82] simple drum beats, and the occasional piano or synthesizer accompaniment. In Girls Dorm and Youth Society, acoustic guitar melody lines would be used as well.

[edit] Covers

See also: List of S.H.E covers

S.H.E has quite a number of cover songs, which is not surprising given that they have released nine albums in five years. In the majority of the covers, the songs' original titles are usually kept; other original works, such as Westlife's "Soledad", were given new Chinese titles. The lyrics of the original songs are usually rewritten, but some songs, such as Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me," are re-sung in English. While the musical style is usually maintained, some covers, such as "Only Lonely" and "I.O.I.O," have a lighter, bubblegum pop feel. Their 2005 album Once Upon A Time contains no pop covers but has one parody of European classical music.

It is a common misconception that S.H.E's 2003 hit "Super Star" is a cover song. The German songwriter Geo composed "Super Star" for S.H.E.[83] After it became popular, Geo had the lyrics rewritten for his Euroband, Sweetbox, as the song "Chyna Girl". The same situation occurred for the song "I Love You" (我愛你),[84] with Sweetbox re-singing it as "More than Love."

[edit] List of albums released

  1. Girls Dorm (2001)
  2. Youth Society (2002)
  3. Genesis (2002)
  4. Together (2003)
  5. Super Star (2003)
  6. Magical Journey (2004)
  7. Encore (2004)
  8. Once Upon A Time (2005)
  9. Forever (2006)

[edit] Criticism

[edit] Lack of originality

An album review for Once Upon A Time stated that the majority of S.H.E songs are "mundane", "predictable" and were no better than "mushy pop standards," indicating that little has changed over their five year career.[85] Others have stated that their songs are hardly artistic,[47] and that the girls are merely "industry-created" idols.[86] The group's regular covering of songs has also earned some ire over the years. In 2005, a netizen lashed out at the group for singing 25 covers, a number that was regarded as too many.[87] However, according to the Epoch Times, S.H.E fans felt the netizen was slightly uptight about the issue, and stated that "as long as the song is nice, [there's no] point worrying about whether the song is a cover."[87]

[edit] Plagiarism

There have been a few instances in which S.H.E was accused of plagiarism. In April 2003, after the release of Genesis, artist Chen Mingzhen accused S.H.E of stealing one of his songs, "Thinking of Your Moment" (想你的瞬間), to produce "Ocean of Love" (愛情的海洋).[88] According to Chen, he composed "Thinking of Your Moment" one year before S.H.E had put it on Genesis; the only reason S.H.E managed to sing "Ocean of Love" prior to the release of his album was due to delays caused by manufacturing problems.[88] After the release of the Reaching for the Stars OST in 2005, there were accusations on Internet forums stating that the song "Star Light" sounded suspiciously similar to Ayumi Hamasaki's "about you." However, S.H.E publicly declared that "Star Light" and "about you" were completely different, and did not even sound similar to each other.[89]

[edit] Influence and impact

In 2001, the vast majority of notable singing groups in Taiwan[e] were male. By the time S.H.E was formed, other girl groups were beginning to earn their fame in the Taiwanese music industry, but few would last more than two years. In 2000, BMG formed 4 in Love by packaging four girls aged 16 to 19 with doll-like voices,[90] and marketed them as "The World's First 3D Group."[91] 4 in Love had similar success to S.H.E during their first year in the entertainment business, but broke up less than two years later after releasing a total of two albums. Among the former members of 4 in Love, Rainie Yang is the only member to have continued her singing career. Thai duo China Dolls broke into the Taiwanese music scene at around the same time. Adding onto their success in Thailand, they released five Mandarin albums in slightly more than two years,[92] but stopped releasing Mandarin albums in 2002. China Dolls, however, managed to retain their fame in their home country. Another group that formed around the same time was ASOS, which consisted of two sisters, Barbie and Dee Hsu. The duo would release only one album before going on to host numerous variety shows on a full-time basis. Other groups, such as Walkie Talkie (錦繡二重唱), were formed as a result of talent competitions, but were less notable during the course of their careers.[93] One year after S.H.E's formation, the state of girl groups in Taiwan had changed little. In January 2003, radio station UFM1003 released a list of its Top 10 Taiwanese Pop Groups for the year 2002; although S.H.E was ranked first, they were the only all-female group on the list.[94]

During their career, S.H.E influenced the formation of 7 Flowers, i.n.g, and the boyband G-Boys. According to Jungiery Star manager Sun Derong, 7 Flowers was formed to provide some competition for S.H.E in the girl group category.[95] Although 7 Flowers started off with seven girls, they ended up promoting their self-titled debut album in 2005 with only four members. The foursome became increasingly involved with drama serials since then, but have not yet released a second studio album. The members of i.n.g stated that, although their intentions were not to copy S.H.E, they considered S.H.E to be their idols and hoped to duplicate their idols' success.[96] Of the three groups mentioned, G-boys, as a boyband, was, ironically, the most influenced by S.H.E. When Warner Music Taiwan wanted to form a three-person boyband, they planned on marketing them as "the male version of S.H.E" before coming up with the name "G-Boys."[97]

[edit] Books

Title Chinese Author Publishing Date Publisher
So Young! 真青春! Huang Ziming (photographer) September 15, 2002 Jie Bi Books
S.H.E Daybook S.H.E時光日記簿 S.H.E January 17, 2003 Ping Zhuang Ben (平裝本)
S.H.E's Crazy Battle Vol. 1 S.H.E瘋狂大作戰 第1彈 Bi Er Jia (比爾賈) July 1, 2004 Crown Publishing
Travel Along With Me 跟我一起去旅行 S.H.E July 26, 2004 Taiwan Television Culture (台視文化)
Selina Loves Beading Selina愛的小珠珠 Selina Ren September 25, 2006 Ru He (如何)

[edit] Major concerts

[edit] Previous concerts

[edit] Fantasy Land World Tour

S.H.E's Fantasy Land World Tour Promotion Image
S.H.E's Fantasy Land World Tour Promotion Image
Date Tour Location Special guests
September 4, 2004 奇幻樂園台北演唱會 Taipei, ROC
October 30, 2004 奇幻樂園上海演唱會 Shanghai, PRC
November 6, 2004 奇幻樂園吉隆坡演唱會 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 25, 2004 S.H.E 銀色聖誕演唱會 Las Vegas, Nevada Nick Cheung, Z-Chen
January 8, 2005 奇幻樂園新加坡演唱會 Singapore, Singapore
September 23, 2005 奇幻樂園北京演唱會 Beijing, PRC
September 25, 2005 奇幻樂園西安演唱會 Xi'an, PRC
November 12, 2005 奇幻樂園南京演唱會 Nanjing, PRC
January 7, 2006 星光燦爛云頂演唱會 Genting Highlands, Malaysia Kaira Gong

[edit] Perfect 3 World Tour

S.H.E's Perfect 3 World Tour Promotion Image
S.H.E's Perfect 3 World Tour Promotion Image
Date Tour Location Special guests
July 8, 2006 移動城堡上海演唱會 Shanghai, PRC Jay Chou, Wilber Pan, Tank
July 13, 2006 移動城堡香港演唱會 Hong Kong SAR, PRC Jay Chou, Z-Chen, Tank
October 14, 2006 移動城堡瀋陽演唱會 Shenyang, PRC Jay Chou, Wilber Pan, Tank
October 21, 2006 移動城堡武漢演唱會 Wuhan, PRC Jay Chou, Wilber Pan, Tank
November 11, 2006 移動城堡深圳演唱會 Shenzhen, PRC Jay Chou, Wilber Pan, Tank
December 16, 2006 移動城堡台北演唱會 Taipei, ROC Coco Lee, Fahrenheit, Tank
January 27, 2007 移動城堡新加坡演唱會 Singapore, Singapore Stefanie Sun, Fahrenheit
Unconfirmed Date 移動城堡吉隆坡演唱會 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Unconfirmed Date 移動城堡北京演唱會 Beijing, PRC

There will be more Perfect 3 World Tour Concerts and information about them will be available when notifications are released.

[edit] Drama series

Date Name S H E
November
2001		 愛情大魔咒
Magical Love		 x x
May
2003		 薔薇之戀
The Rose		 x x x
January
2004		 新年快樂2004
Happy New Year 2004		 x x
February
2004		 冒牌天皇
A Disguised Superstar		 x x
March
2004		 求婚事務所
Say Yes Enterprise		 x
October
2005		 真命天女
Reaching for The Stars		 x x x
November
2006		 花樣少年少女
Hanazakarino Kimitachihe		 x


[edit] Notes

  • a.^  If you search "女子第一天團" with "奇幻旅程", the only results will be articles written after the release of Encore.
  • b.^  The Chinese name for Reaching For The Stars, Zhen Ming Tian Nü (真命天女), is also the Chinese name for the group Destiny's Child. Coincidentally, the plot of the drama revolves around three girls who seemed destined to meet each other.
  • c.^  Although the English translations of the song and album are different, the Chinese names are the same (Chinese: 不想長大; pinyin: Bù Xiáng Zhǎng Dà).
  • d.^  The article states that Ella is an alto, but there have been instances when Ella sings slightly above the alto range (i.e. into the mezzo soprano range) in songs such as "What to Do?" and "Don't Wanna Grow Up." Similarly Hebe and Selina are listed in the article as sopranos, but there have been songs, such as "Persian Cat," where they sang notes more fitting for a mezzo-soprano.
  • e.^  "Taiwan" here, and in the remainder of this section, refers to the Taiwanese music industry (as opposed to the Mainland China and Hong Kong music industries).

[edit] References

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  44. ^ (Chinese) China West News. Tank produces his first album, Fighting!. June 26, 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
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  55. ^ a b (Chinese) The Rose is the ratings king. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
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[edit] Further reading

  • (Chinese) Jiaozi (角子). The Girls Dormitory (半熟卵女生宿舍). Republic of China: Linking Books. 2001. ISBN 9570823178
  • (Chinese) Zhang Guoxiang (张国祥). Reaching for the Stars: S.H.E - Idol Series (真命天女S.H.E - 偶像集中营). People's Republic of China: China Broadcasting Television Publishing Company (中国广播电视出版社). 2006. ISBN 7504349208

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Selina | Hebe | Ella
Albums
Studio albums: Girls Dorm | Youth Society | Genesis | Super Star | Magical Journey | Encore | Once Upon A Time
Compilation albums: Together | Forever
Live albums: Fantasy Land Tour 2004 in Taipei | Perfect 3 World Tour Live @ Hong Kong
Promotional singles
3+2 | Always Open
Full discography
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