VANESS WU

Chinese name 吳建豪 (Traditional)
Chinese name 吴建豪 (Simplified)
Pinyin Wu Jian Hao (Mandarin)
Origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Born August 7, 1978 (age 32)
Santa Monica, California USA
Occupation singer, actor, dancer, model, songwriter, spokesperson
Genre(s) Mandopop, R&B, Dance, Taiwanese hip hop, Chinese Hip-Hop, J-pop
Label(s) Sony Music Taiwan
Pony Canyon Japan
SM Entertainment
Universal Music Taiwan
Associated acts

BIOGRAPHY

Wu starred as Mei Zuo (美作), one of the F4 members, in Taiwanese drama series Meteor Garden. At the conclusion of the series, they continued to perform together and released three studio albums as boy band F4. In 2002, Wu was the second F4 member, after Vic Chou, to release his debut solo album, Body Will Sing. The track, "我討厭我自己" (I Hate Myself) is listed at number 95 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2002. The album was awarded one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year at the 2002 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.

He has also collaborated with Korean singer Kangta to produce one album, Scandal and is featured on singles by Beyoncé and Coco Lee. Wu has directed two music videos from his second album V.DUBB, as well as a video for Nike's "This is Love" campaign in Hong Kong. He was also executive producer with Terry Tye Lee on the Nike track, "She's Not Sorry."

Wu has appeared in several Taiwanese drama both with and without other members of F4, and has starred in three motion pictures. In 2009, Vanness starred in Autumn's Concerto along with Ady An.