Candy Hsu (; born 10 February 1998) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress. She writes, composes her own songs, and plays instruments such as piano, saxophone and guitar.
Biography Candy Hsu's parents are professional musicians.
In 2006, 8-year-old Candy entered a singer-songwriter contest with the song "Vanilla Kitty", that she composed at the age of 6, in 2004. The large competition, called Chunghwa Telecom MOD Star Contest, made her a star. After the 6 long months of preliminaries, semi-finals and finals, Candy Hsu was declared winner.
Candy's first official album, also titled "Vanilla Kitty", was released by Avex Taiwan on 29 February 2008. All the songs on the album were written by her. "Vanilla Kitty" topped sales charts.
In January 2012, Candy Hsu started filming in her debut movie, Kidnapping of a Big Star (), directed by Zhang Jiabei, notably the director of Midnight Beating. She has a leading role in it, playing alongside Daniel Chan and Kristy Yeung.
As of September 2012, she was endorsing the trade fair Music China Shanghai (), that would take place from 11 to 14 October.
Discography
Albums Vanilla Kitty () (Avex Taiwan, 29 February 2008) Angel () (Pure Music, 15 July 2010)
EPs "Yongyuan De Chengnuo" () (with Devin Wu ()) (Pure Music, 4 July 2011)
Music videos 2008 "Candy Box" "Vanilla Kitty" () "Xingfu De Maopao" () 2010 "Tianshi Zhi Lian" () "Sui Boli" () "Ya Da Di" 2011 "Yongyuan De Chengnuo" ()
Filmography
Movies Year English titleOriginal title Role Notes 2008 My So-called Love 愛的、發聲練習 Cat (Barbie Shu's character) as a child Released in Taiwan on 21 November 2008 2013 Kidnapping of a Big Star 綁架大明星 Gao Xiao-chan (the main heroine) Released in China on 12 July 2013
References
External links
Official website by Avex Taiwan Pure Music profile Pure Music's official blog Xu Yahan story by eNet Candy Hsu "Tianshi Zhi Lian" music video – Pure Music official site