In 2000, Ren, Tian and Chen signed up for a singing contest, and the winner, Ren, was awarded a record contract. Tian and Chen, who were both finalists, joined Ren to form S.H.E. The trio frequently covers songs by other artists, and performs original compositions. The group produces albums under the HIM International Music label. Avex Asia distributed S.H.E’s music in Hong Kong, but transferred this role to WOW Music in 2007. EMI Music China is the distributor in Singapore and the People’s Republic of China.

Background

The Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest

On August 12, 2000, Taiwanese record label HIM International held open auditions, searching for new talent to complement Power Station. During the auditions, Taipei native Jen Chia-Hsüan sang Coco Lee’s “Before I Fall In Love,” Tien Fu-Chen, who hailed from Hsinchu, sang Shunza’s “Write a Song”,and Chen Chia-Hwa, from Pingtung, sang Mayday’s “Gentle and Soft.”All three were successful and were recommended to be included in the Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest. The preliminary rounds of the contest were held on August 20, 2000 in New York City. Entering the final preliminary round, Jen Chia-Hsüan was slated to sing Elva Hsiao’s “The Closest Stranger;” both Tien and Chen planned on singing Karen Mok’s “Cloudy Sky”. All three girls were successful again and secured three of seven spots in the TV round.

For the televised portion of the contest, to be aired on CTV’s “TV Citizen,” Tien Fu-Chen was scheduled to perform first, followed by Jen Chia-Hsüan.During the television round, each of the five judges would turn a light on if a singing flaw was identified — a total of three lights resulted in elimination. Jen Chia-Hsüan sang Christina Aguilera’s “Reflection” with her singing flaws resulting in two lights. Tien Fu-Chen sang Kit Chan’s “Loving You.” Despite forgetting the majority of the lyrics, she received only two lights. Chen Chia-Hwa chose Rene Liu’s “Afterwards,” but was eliminated after receiving four lights. At the end of the round, only four contestants remained, two of whom were Jen Chia-Hsüan and Tien Fu-Chen. Among the four, the judges selected Jen as the winner, and awarded her a record contract with HIM International. Later that summer, HIM International contacted Chen and Tien, and asked both girls to audition once again. After a few test recordings, HIM signed both Chen Chia-Hwa and Tien Fu-Chen to record contracts.

 Origin of the name

After recording the songs for their first album, the trio needed a name for the group. 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. HIM finally decided on S.H.E; as a result, Jen Chia-Hsüan became Selina, Tien Fu-Chen became Hebe, and Chen Chia-Hwa became Ella.

The group’s name, S.H.E, was selected for two reasons. With the dots in S.H.E removed, the resulting word would emphasize the fact that S.H.E was a girl group; the dots symbolized individual differences with the three members. In addition, having an English name made the group more accessible to an international audience. However, there were concerns about how audiences would react to such a name; it was sufficiently similar to S.E.S., a then-established Korean girl group, that it was thought S.H.E might be labelled as plagiarists. As a result, HIM provided local audiences with an alternative Chinese name for their new group: 女朋友 (pinyin: nǚ péngyŏu; literally: “girl friends”).

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Career
Yang was a member of 4 in Love before the group disbanded. However, she continued to pursue a career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as the “Guess Guess Show”. After playing the supporting roles in several dramas (including the mega hit Meteor Garden), she landed the starring role (Qi Yue) in the CTV drama Devil Beside You opposite Mike He. Devil Beside You proved to be very popular, and Rainie’s career really took off. The same year, she released her debut album, My Intuition featuring her hit songs Ai Mei and Li Xiang Qing Ren (Both from Devil Beside You). My Intuition made Chinese history as the only debut album to reach platinum status. In 2006, she released Meeting Love, which also sold very well. She has another album set to be released during the summer of 2007.

In early January 2007, Rainie Yang recorded her last Guess show due to her busy schedule.She is currently starring in a new TV series called Why Why Love opposite of Mike He and Kingone Wang. She is also set to to star in the pilot of a romantic-comedy tentatively titled as Fresh Tomato for Sauce alongside Cyndi Wang, Elva Hsiao and Roy Chai.

On September, 7 2007, she released her third album titled My Other Self aka Free Gate.

Criticism
In 2003, Yang mistook the eight-year Second Sino-Japanese War as having been eleven years in length during a television program. After having learned the actual length of the war, she responded with “Only eight years?” This response generated anger in mainland China, leading to boycotting of Hunan Satellite Television’s airing of Devil Beside You, in which she acted. Upon learning the widespread boycott, Hunan TV replaced the show’s airtime with Green Forest, My Home.

Trivia
She used to be linked with her co-star Roy Chiu. It was rumor that the two became a lover..
She’s bestfriend with Xu Wei Lun,Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng.

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