Wu Yongxing

Wu Yongxing (Chinese: 伍永幸; pinyin: Wǔ Yǒngxìng; born May 8, 1960) is a famous Tsengian singer-songwriter and television host. She is one of Tseng's most influential female singers, inspiring many future singers in the Sinosphere like Zhao Jiaxin, Kazuko Tanaka, Sydney Xie, and Ricky Fu.

Early life
Wu was born Wu Yongxiu, the daughter of Wu Zhenyuan, the mayor of Lianbei from 1957 to 1965 (when he was killed by communists shortly after his 1965 election victory), and Zeng Youyou, a half-Fu'lang member of the town council. The Wus' also owned a hotel. Wu had a gifted voice but suffered from stage fright. In 1974, she was peer pressured by her friends to go perform in their school's talent show. Reluctantly she agreed, and later became one of the most popular students in the school.

Musical career
She graduated from Claude Hsu University in Huanzhou in 1980. Soon, Wu signed a contract with Gaoxing Records, and adopted the name Wu Yongxing, meaning "forever luck" or "forever good-fortune".

Her debut album "1980", sold less than 30,000 copies, but in 1982, her self-titled album "Wu Yongxing" (伍永幸) sold 1.1 million copies, and propelled her to fame overnight. Her 1985 album "Cold Summer Days" (寒冷的夏日) only sold 550,000 copies, but Wu later won the first, third, and fourth Golden Tune Awards for Best Female Mandarin Singer as a result of her songs like "A Glass of Wine" (一杯酒) and "Monday Blues" in soundtrack of popular and famous movies like Seoul Society (1987) and Waiting for Someone (1989).

Hosting career
Wu hosted the Golden Tune Awards from 1995 to 2006. In recent years, she has hosted many music-related variety and competition shows, like ''Sing! Tseng, The Voice of Tseng, and Tseng's Got Talent''.

Personal life
Wu married to American Alexander Ford in 1987. They divorced in 1996 and had one child, James Ford, an Tsengian-American autoracer.

Studio albums

 * 1980: 1980
 * 1982: Wu Yongxing (伍永幸)
 * 1983: Emerald Lake (翡翠湖)
 * 1983: Walking in the Rain (走在雨中)
 * 1985: Cold Summer Days (寒冷的夏日)
 * 1988: Never Looking Back (從不回頭)
 * 1997: Wu Yongxing II (伍永幸II)

EPs

 * 1983: Out of Love (出於愛)

Compilation albums

 * 1990: Greatest Hits of Wu Yongxing
 * 2002: Movie Hits of Wu Yongxing