Zheng Jun (; born 6 November 1967) is a

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singer-songwriter. Originally from

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, he attended Hangzhou Institute of Electrical Engineering (renamed

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). His first album, ''

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'' (), was released by

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in 1994, achieving immediate success. He went on to release ''Third Eye'' three years later and ''Bloom'' two years after that. Zheng Jun won the MTV International Viewer's Choice Award for his song "1/3 Dream" in 2002, and is only one of two music artists from China to have received the international MTV award; the other being

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for "Wild in the Snow" in 1991. Asides from his own compositions, Zheng Jun has recorded a

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version of

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's song "

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", entitled "流星" ("shooting star,"

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: ''Liú Xīng''), which was included in the soundtrack of the 2001 Taiwanese television series '' Meteor Garden I'' and the 2018 film ''

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''. He has since released three albums entitled '' Zhengjun=zj,'' '' Our Life Is Full Of Sunshine'' and '' Chang An Chang An''. In 2007, Zheng joined the judges' panel of ''

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'', a sequel to Hunan Satellite Television's '' Super Girl''; a controversy developed over his quarrel with fellow judge

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over her ranking of a contestant from his hometown of Xi'an. In 2016, Chinese-American 3D animated feature film ''

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'' was released in China on 8 July by distributor

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. The film is based on Zheng's manga ''Tibetan Rock Dog''. Zheng also serves as one of the producers on the film.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Filmography

Variety and reality show

References

External links

Zheng Zun Info Page (Mandarin)
Chinese male singers Musicians from Xi'an 1967 births Living people Chinese Mandopop singers Chinese rock singers Chinese male singer-songwriters Singers from Shaanxi Writers from Xi'an {{China-musician-stub