Adrienne Lau
Native name劉晨芝
Other namesAsian Janet Jackson or Beyoncé
Birth date7 September 1983 (age 43)
Birth placeNga Wing Lau
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Known forsinging

Adrienne Lau (born 7 September 1983) is an Asian-American singer, actress and TV personality. She is the first Chinese-American female singer to reach the Top 20 on the U.S. Pop Billboard Sales Chart.[1] Adrienne is the Executive Producer and the main cast of the 7 episode English reality show 'Crazy Celeb Social' on Amazon Prime. [2]

Early life

Born in Hong Kong in 1983,[3][4] Lau grew up splitting her time between Hong Kong and Los Angeles.[1][5] She speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.[4]

Lau graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a double major in Communications and Sociology.[4]

Career

Lau participated in an advertising campaign and was the spokesmodel for Vigoss Jeans in China.[4] In January 2005, her debut album, Hypnotic, was released. Her first single, "Hypnotic Love," features Jin tha MC and the single's music video includes an appearance by Mike Tyson.[citation needed] Additionally, Lau collaborated with Mýa, who produced the song "Xtacy" in the album. Lau performed at the MTV Chi Rocks concert for MTV Chi in September 2006.[6] In December 2006, she performed on The V Party for Channel V in Singapore.[7] In March 2007, Lau made an appearance in the Bangkok International Fashion Week in Thailand with a performance on the catwalk.[citation needed]

In 2008, Lau sang the song "Olympics Beijing" ("Ao Yun Beijing") for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8]

In 2010, she released her single "Coming" in Hong Kong. The single ranked number one on the HMV Charts. [citation needed] She started a fashion business, a restaurant, and bar businesses in Hong Kong.[9] Hosting TV shows in Hong Kong, Lau invited her K-Pop star friends to appear on her show Seoul Stars, which she hosted for TVB. [10]

Adrienne is the actress and co Executive Producer of the movie 'The Card Counter', executive produced by Martin Scorsese starring Oscar Issac, which premiered in the Venice Film Festival. [1]

Controversy surrounding MIG Records and Henry Jones

In the early 2000s, Lau received a record deal from Henry Jones of MIG Records (later renamed to Global Village Records). Jones used the proceeds from Tri Energy to fund his MIG Records enterprise.[11] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a suit against Henry Jones and argued successfully that Jones was operating Tri Energy as a Ponzi scheme.[12] Although Jones (sentenced to 20 years in prison) claimed Lau had nothing to do with the scheme and that usage of Lau's bank account was just an innocent mistake,[11] Lau was named a Relief Defendant and ordered to pay a disgorgement of $200,000 plus prejudgment interest of $20,000.[13]

Videography

  • Hypnotic Love
  • Magic Tricks
  • You're The One

References

  1. ^ "First Asian Chinese American Pop Star Adrienne Lau to Hit the U.S. Billboard Sales Chart with a Bullet". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. ^ Ross, Jessica (2025-05-23). "Amazon Series Crazy Celeb Social Premieres at Zouk LA with Creator and Star Adrienne Lau". hollywoodmagazine. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  3. ^ "Adrienne Lau 劉晨芝 on Instagram: "Wonderful home cooked birthday dinner. Thanks bro @hakkaphil and ah so @myoliemyolie for arranging 💋💋See you guys this Sat night at Hanjan.…"". Instagram. Archived 26 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. ^ Ferrantino, Jeff (31 March 2006). "Adrienne Lau Looks to Break Down Pop Music Barriers". American Superstar Magazine. Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  5. ^ Sun, Andrew (3 October 2013). "I know a place: Singer Adrienne Lau likes her food hot and spicy". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. ^ "Adrienne Lau Biography", retrieved 2024-02-12
  7. ^ "Adrienne Lau - Magic Tricks", 14 September 2008, archived 2021-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2020-05-19
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Adrienne Lau". South China Morning Post. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  10. ^ "出盡人情牌！劉晨芝邀宣美上節目晒姊妹情" (in zh-hk). on.cc東網. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  11. ^ Hansen, Chris (2010-04-05). "Too Good To Be True". msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  12. ^ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, "Litigation Release No. 21000," 15 April 2009
  13. ^ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, "Litigation Release No. 20239," 13 August 2007