During university, Sun wrote her first song titled "Someone", which later appeared on her 2002 album, Start. She attended LWS School of Music, and her vocal talent was discovered by her mentor Paul Lee, who later introduced her to Samuel Chou, the chairman of Warner Music Taiwan at the time.
In 2002, Hong Kong-based Yazhou Zhoukan, published a 15-page article on the "Stefanie Sun phenomenon", citing the impact that her music had made on Asia.
Sun was selected to sing the English and Mandarin versions of the Singapore National Day Parade theme songs for 2002 – "We Will Get There" (一起走到) and 2003 – "One United People" (全心全意).
In 2006, National Parks Board of Singapore named an orchid, Dendrobium Stefanie Sun, after her.[2] Sun also has a wax figure of herself at the Madame Tussauds Singapore wax museum which portrays her signature look during her 2014 Kepler World Tour. The wax figure took around four months to make, costing $300,000 Singapore dollars.[3]
Stefanie Sun revealed that her proudest moments as a singer was when she sang the favourite song of Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore's former prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, "Que Sera Sera", at the Business China Awards in 2011, not long after her demise. The song had moved Mr Lee, a person whom Sun had the highest respect for, to tears.[4]
In May 2011, Sun married Nadim van der Ros, who is a Eurasian Indonesian and the founder of Be An Idea,[7] a part of The Good Bean Consultancy.[8] They had secretly registered their marriage in March 2011.[9] In October 2012, Sun gave birth to her son,[10] followed by a daughter in July 2018.[11]
^"曝孙燕姿重庆演唱会后昏倒 下台瘫软急送医" [It was revealed that Stefanie Sun fainted after her Chongqing concert, collapsed and was rushed to the hospital after leaving the stage]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿巡演成都站落幕4万人"蓝色手幅"造幸福海洋" [Stefanie Sun's tour in Chengdu ends with 40,000 people 'creating a sea of happiness']. Xinhua News Agency. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿巡演新加坡站落幕 两万乐迷嗨爆国家体育场" [Stefanie Sun's tour in Singapore ends with 20,000 fans filling the National Stadium]. Nanyang Post (in Chinese). 7 July 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿持续"票房完胜" 世界巡演郑州站引3万人欢唱" [Stefanie Sun continues to "win at the box office" and attracts 30,000 people to sing at the Zhengzhou stop of her world tour]. China Economic Net (in Chinese). 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿巡演武汉站落幕 粉丝集体放飞黄色气球" [Stefanie Sun's tour in Wuhan comes to an end as fans collectively release yellow balloons]. NetEase (in Chinese). 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿巡演杭州站落幕 入围EMA东南亚最佳艺人" [Stefanie Sun's tour ends in Hangzhou, nominated for EMA Southeast Asia's Best Artist]. NetEase Entertainment (in Chinese). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿久别8年再到南京开唱 星河中拥抱感动(图)" [Stefanie Sun returned to Nanjing after 8 years to sing and embrace in the stars (pictures)]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿克卜勒巡演收官在即 青岛站庆出道15周年" [Stefanie Sun Kepler’s tour ends in Qingdao to celebrate her 15th anniversary]. Tencent Entertainment. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^"孙燕姿克卜勒巡演内地终场大连落幕" [Stefanie Kepler’s mainland tour ends in Dalian]. Sina Entertainment (in Chinese). 29 June 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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