Stefanie Sun facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Stefanie Sun
Sun at a concert in 2016
Born	Sng Ee Tze (1978-07-23) 23 July 1978 (age 46) Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Alma mater	Nanyang Technological University
Occupation	Singer songwriter record producer actress dancer businesswoman author
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Nadim van der Ros ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Musical career
Origin	Singapore
Genres	Pop Alternative
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Labels	Universal Capitol Warner
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	孙燕姿
Traditional Chinese	孫燕姿
Hanyu Pinyin	Sūn Yànzī
Teochew Peng'im	Sung1 In3 Ze1

Stefanie Sun is a famous singer and songwriter from Singapore. Her full name is Stefanie Sun Yanzi, and she was born Sng Ee Tze on July 23, 1978.

She released her first album, Yan Zi, in 2000. It helped her win an award for Best New Artist. Later, her album Stefanie (2004) won her another big award for Best Mandarin Female Singer. Stefanie Sun has sold over 30 million records. She is very popular in the Chinese-speaking world.

Early Life and School

Stefanie Sun was born in Singapore on July 23, 1978. She went to several schools there. These included Nanyang Primary School and Raffles Girls' School. She also attended Saint Andrew's Junior College. In 2000, she earned a degree in Marketing from Nanyang Technological University.

Her Singing Career

Starting Out in Music

While she was still at university, Stefanie wrote her first song. It was called "Someone." This song later appeared on her 2002 album, Start.

She also took music lessons at LWS School of Music. There, her amazing singing talent was noticed by her teacher, Paul Lee. He then introduced her to Samuel Chou, who was in charge of Warner Music Taiwan at the time. This meeting helped her start her music journey.

In 2002, a magazine called Yazhou Zhoukan wrote a long article about Stefanie Sun. They called it the "Stefanie Sun phenomenon." This showed how much her music was loved across Asia.

Stefanie was chosen to sing the theme songs for Singapore's National Day Parade. She sang "We Will Get There" in 2002. In 2003, she sang "One United People." Both songs were in English and Mandarin.

In 2006, the National Parks Board of Singapore named a special orchid after her. It is called Dendrobium Stefanie Sun. She also has a wax figure of herself at the Madame Tussauds Singapore museum. The figure shows her look from her 2014 Kepler World Tour. Making the wax figure took about four months. It cost 300,000 Singaporean dollars.

Music in the 2010s

Stefanie Sun shared that one of her proudest moments was singing a favorite song of Kwa Geok Choo. Kwa Geok Choo was the wife of Singapore's former prime minister. Stefanie also sang "Que Sera Sera" at an event in 2011. This was a favorite song of Lee Kuan Yew, the former prime minister himself. The song made Mr. Lee, whom Stefanie greatly admired, cry.

Music in the 2020s

In early 2020, Stefanie worked with the Taiwanese band Mayday. They released a new version of Mayday's hit song "Tenderness" from 2000.

On May 27, 2022, Stefanie Sun held an online concert. More than 240 million people watched her perform. The concert was streamed on Douyin.

Her Personal Life

In May 2011, Stefanie Sun married Nadim van der Ros. He is from an Indonesian and European background. They had secretly registered their marriage in March 2011. Stefanie and Nadim have two children. Their son was born in October 2012. Their daughter was born in July 2018.

Albums

Here are some of the studio albums Stefanie Sun has released:

• Yan Zi (2000)
• My Desired Happiness (2000)
• Kite (2001)
• Start (2002)
• Leave (2002)
• To Be Continued... (2003)
• Stefanie (2004)
• A Perfect Day (2005)
• Against the Light (2007)
• It's Time (2011)
• Kepler (2014)
• No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh (2017)

Concert Tours

Stefanie Sun has performed in many concert tours around the world.

• Start World Tour (2002–2004)
• Stefanie Sun World Tour Concert (2005–2006)
• The Answer is World Tour (2009–2010)
• Kepler World Tour (2014–2015)
• Aut Nihilo: Sun Yanzi in Concert (2025)

Film

Stefanie Sun has also appeared in one film:

See also

In Spanish: Stefanie Sun para niños