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Shawn Tng

Singaporean singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ7491474
Source-derived summary

Shawn Tng, 唐志瑋, is a singer and composer from Singapore.

Early life and education

Tng studied Computer Science at National University of Singapore.

Career

Music career

Tng started his music career with the release his first solo album "相信" in 1994, followed by his second album "觉醒" in 1995.

In 1995, Tng was part of a Singaporean pop group, Three Springs (三個春天), comprising Jeremy Wong, Willie Tan and himself. Tng was dubbed by Hong Kong's media as the new Eric Moo.

Tng wrote a theme song titled "决定" for the popular TCS Channel 8 TV serial "真心男儿".

In 1995, Tng subsequently launched his singing career in Taiwan releasing his first album "爱你的我能怎么做". Tng also released a duet with Annie Yi titled "守侯".

In 1996, Tng wrote a theme song titled "See The Sunrise" for RTHK's annual "Solar Project"(太阳计划) which was performed by popular singers Kit Chan, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Vivian Chow, Samuel Tai and some other RTHK's DJs.

In 1996, Tng performed the theme song for the animation series Street Fighter (街頭霸王).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Shawn Tng” as singaporean singer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 1995, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1901. The account is most persuasive where Shawn, Singaporean and singer can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as singaporean singer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7491474. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1994, 1995 and 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from Shawn Tng” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.