For instance, who could have predicted that Wang Xinling would suddenly become massively popular at the age of 40, attracting hordes of middle-aged men to her concerts?
Even she was dumbfounded!
Wang Xinling debuted in 2003, and her songs "Love You" and "Honey" were huge hits in 2004 and 2005, respectively, but by 2006 her popularity and sales slumped with "Curly Eyelashes," and by the release of her new album in 2007, she had all but disappeared, a typical Taiwanese pop shooting star of the time.
Her fame was short-lived, with hardly any activities in Mainland China, and in an era when other popstars were dominating, she wasn't the most popular among her peers, so where could she have garnered such a large fanbase on the mainland?
Thus, her comeback wasn't a case of "regaining popularity," since a comeback involves reconnecting with former fans, but she hardly had any real fans back then, with domestic album sales being quite ordinary.
