| Stevie Hoang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 June 1985 |
| Origin | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | R&B, hip-hop, Dance |
| Occupations | Producer, singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
| Labels | Mercury (UK), Avex (Japan) |
| Associated acts | Shay, Iyaz, May J. |
Stevie Hoang is a Chinese-British RnB singer / producer [1] signed to Mercury Records [2] and AVEX [3] He is best known for co-authoring "Fight for You", a hit single by Jason Derülo.
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Stevie Hoang (pronounced Ho-awng) learned piano at the age of eleven and showed his talent with it. He started his musical career as a producer, working from his parents' house. He has been playing the piano since he was young, and often uploads home videos of him 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 several repeated trips has been able to sell over 65,000 albums there.[4] Stevie Hoang supported N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder on their 2009 'Uncle B' tour.
He followed release of This Is Me by independent album All Night Long, and finally in 2011 the well-received album Unsigned. The album contains "Fight for You, a song Stevie Hoang penned as a single originally with Iyaz. The song was produced with producer RedOne in Los Angeles. But it was later given to singer Jason Derülo, who recorded it for his 2011 Future History crediting Hoang as co-writer and released it as his third single from the album.
Stevie Hoang was born in Birmingham, England.[1][5] He moved to London with his parents when he was just one year old.
Since Hoang's surname is a Vietnamese, many of his fans assume that he's automatically of Vietnamese descent; However his family were ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, also known as Hoa, who later moved to England in the 1980s. There have been many comments and debate in his YouTube videos that debate his ethnicity. Hoang acknowledged his origin in an interview with the Sunday Times.[6]. Both Stevie and his sister have stated that they're of Chinese descent.[7][8]
Hoang is an avid Manchester United Football Club supporter.[9]
