Stefanie Sun facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sun Yanzi  ​
Sun at a concert in 2016
Born	Sng Ee Tze (1978-07-23) 23 July 1978 (age 47) Singapore
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūn Yànzī Southern Min Teochew Peng'im Sung1 In3 Ze1

Stefanie Sun Yanzi (Chinese: 孫燕姿; pinyin: Sūn Yànzī, born Sng Ee Tze on July 23, 1978) is a famous singer and songwriter from Singapore. She is well-known for her beautiful slow songs, called ballads, and her friendly, approachable image. Stefanie started her music career in 2000 with her first album, Yan Zi.

This album was a huge success, selling over 330,000 copies in Taiwan and 200,000 in China. It also won her many awards, including the Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. Her next albums, My Desired Happiness (2000) and Kite (2001), were also very popular. Each sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan. Her first three albums are among the top-selling records in Taiwan in the 21st century.

Stefanie's compilation album The Moment (2003) sold over 1.5 million copies across Asia. It featured the popular song "Encounter". Her album Stefanie (2004) sold over 2.2 million copies in Asia. This album earned her another Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer. By 2007, five of her albums had each sold over 1 million copies in mainland China.

Stefanie Sun is one of the best-selling music artists from Singapore. She is also very popular in the Chinese-speaking world. She has sold over 30 million albums throughout her career. Since 2000, she has had five concert tours. Her Kepler World Tour (2014–2015) attracted more than 760,000 fans. She has won many awards, including twenty Singapore Hit Awards, three Golden Melody Awards, and five MTV Asia Awards.

About Stefanie Sun

Early Life and Education

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

Music Career Beginnings

While in university, Stefanie wrote her first song called "Someone". This song later appeared on her 2002 album, Start. She studied at LWS School of Music. Her amazing singing talent was discovered by her mentor, Paul Lee. He then introduced her to Samuel Chou, who was in charge of Warner Music Taiwan at that time.

In 2002, a magazine called Yazhou Zhoukan published a long article about "the Stefanie Sun phenomenon". This showed how much her music had impacted people across Asia. Stefanie was chosen to sing the theme songs for the Singapore National Day Parade. She sang "We Will Get There" (一起走到) in 2002 and "One United People" (全心全意) in 2003.

Sun in 2006

Success with A Perfect Day and Against the Light

In October 2005, Stefanie released her album A Perfect Day. It sold over 1 million copies in Asia in less than a month. In Taiwan, it sold more than 100,000 copies. This made it the 10th best-selling album of 2005 in Taiwan. In 2006, the National Parks Board of Singapore named an orchid, Dendrobium Stefanie Sun, after her.

In March 2007, Stefanie released her ninth album, Against the Light. It sold over 1.5 million copies across Asia. In Taiwan, it sold 130,000 copies, becoming the third highest-selling album there in 2007. This album included popular songs like "What I Miss" and "Against the Light". In 2009, Stefanie Sun started her third world tour, "The Answer is World Tour". This tour was very expensive to produce, costing over NT$100 million. It featured special diamond-shaped stages and unique lighting effects.

Stefanie was named one of the Ten Most Influential Music Figures of the Decade. This was at the Top Chinese Music Awards 10th Anniversary Ceremony. Her 2003 song "Encounter" was also named one of the Top Ten Golden Songs of the Decade in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Recent Music and Tours

In 2010, Stefanie Sun became the spokesperson for the Singapore Tourism Board. She has shared that singing songs loved by important people in Singapore made her very proud. She sang "Que Sera Sera" at the Business China Awards in 2011. This song was a favorite of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's former prime minister.

Sun performing in 2016

In February 2014, Stefanie released her eleventh album, Kepler. She also started the Kepler World Tour that same month to support the album. The tour ended in July 2015 and attracted over 760,000 people. Stefanie also has a wax figure of herself at the Madame Tussauds Singapore wax museum. The figure shows her look from the 2014 Kepler World Tour. It took about four months to create and cost SG$300,000.

In early January 2020, she worked with the Taiwanese band Mayday. They released a new version of Mayday's 2000 hit song "Tenderness". On May 27, 2022, over 240 million people watched Stefanie perform in a one-hour online concert streamed on Douyin. Stefanie began her new world tour, "Aut Nihilo: Sun Yanzi in Concert", on April 5, 2025. This was her first world tour in a decade.

Personal Life

Sun's Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist on display at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

In May 2011, Stefanie Sun married Nadim van der Ros. He is of Eurasian Indonesian descent and founded a company called Be An Idea. They had secretly registered their marriage in March 2011. Stefanie gave birth to her son in October 2012. Her daughter was born in July 2018.

Music Albums

Studio albums

• 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

• 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 Appearances

Movies

See also

In Spanish: Stefanie Sun para niños