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Jill Vidal

Hong Kong pop singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ717337
Source-derived summary

Jill Vidal (Chinese: 衛詩) often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong–based urban pop singer and actress. She is of Filipino, Korean, and Chinese ethnicity. Her twin sister, Janice Vidal, is also a singer in Hong Kong.

Career

Music

In 2005, Jill Vidal entered the music industry by signing with Amusic, a subsidiary of East Asia Record Production. She released her first song, "Lonely", in December 2005, and her debut album, Hit Me, came out in 2006.

In 2015, she joined Warner Music Hong Kong, along with her twin sister, Janice Vidal. Her first single under the label, "Fulfilled Love" (被滿足的愛) (feat. San E), was released on 16 May 2016. An English version, "I Can See" (feat. San E), came out on 24 June.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jill Vidal” is hong Kong pop singer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jill, Vidal and Hong, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2006, 2015, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-04-13. For this dossier, Jill, Vidal and Hong is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “hong Kong pop singer” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q717337. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005, 2006, 2015 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from Jill Vidal” 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.