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Matthew Yen
Yen (English: Matthew Yen, 1975 -) is a Taiwanese lyricist, writer, and A&R. He graduated from the Department of Land Economics, National Chengchi University. In 2008, he won the “Best Original Song” in the 45th Golden Horse Awards with the theme song for the movie "Cape No. 7 海角七號". In 2013, Jolin Tsai’s “The Great Artist 大藝術家", which he wrote the lyrics for, won the “Song of the Year” in the 24th Golden Melody Awards. Early life Spending his early childhood in the countryside of Nantou, Yen grew up in Minsheng community in Taipei since his student years. He once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. In 1972, he heard Da Yu Lo's “Xian Xiang 72 Bian 現象72變" for the first time at his cousin's house, and was deeply amazed by the music. Since then, he grew into the habit of reading the lyrics pamphlet first when listening to a music album. Growing up, Yen was deeply influenced by Chinese pop music in the 1990s, and a large amount of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyndi Wang
Cyndi Wang Hsin-ling (; born 5 September 1982) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Wang debuted her musical career as she released her debut album, ''Begin...'' (2003). Besides her musical career, Wang has starred in many TV dramas, including ''The Car Is In Pursuit'' (2000), ''Westside Story'' (2003), ''Heaven's Wedding Gown'' (2004), and '' Smiling Pasta'' (2006). She started her first tour in 2016, and second in 2019. Wang has been active in the Taiwanese music scene for more than eighteen years and at one point, she was one of the top female popstars in the Mandopop industry, regularly selling over a million copies of her every album across the Asia continent. She is widely known as one of the Mandopop Princess or The Taiwanese Sweetheart. Career Wang graduated from Okazaki Arts School and completed a drama course at Hwa Kang Arts School. Her father is ''Waishengren'' from Qingdao; while her mother is Hakka. Wang is a Buddhist, and has one younger brother. After their pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Chengchi University Alumni
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Taiwanese Lyricists
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Ailing Tai
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NCT (group)
NCT (; an acronym for Neo Culture Technology) is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment and introduced in January 2016. The group consists of 23 members and divided into four different sub-units: NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV. In South Korean charts, NCT has recorded more than 24 million album sales across all sub-units, making them the best-selling act under SM Entertainment. The group debuted their first sub-unit, the rotational NCT U, on April 9, 2016, with the double digital single " The 7th Sense" and "Without You". It was followed by the Seoul-based sub-unit NCT 127 on July 7, 2016, with their eponymous extended play and the then-teenaged sub-unit NCT Dream on August 24, 2016, with the digital single "Chewing Gum". WayV, a seven-member sub-unit based in China and NCT's first overseas sub-unit, debuted on January 17, 2019, with the single album '' The Vision''. Although each sub-unit promotes separately, NCT has united three times as a group to record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Shi (Taiwanese Singer)
Sun Sheng Xi (; born 13 November 1990), also known as Shi Shi (), is a Taiwanese-South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer. In 2019, Sun won the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album for her fourth studio album, ''Shi's Journey''. It was also her first win at the music awards. Life and career Sun participated in season 2 of ''Chinese Million Star'', and finished in 6th place. In 2015, she was nominated for Best New Artist at the 26th Golden Melody Awards The 26th Golden Melody Awards () ceremony for popular music category was held on June 27, 2015. The TTV network broadcast the show live from the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artist .... Discography Studio albums Singles Filmography Television series Film Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Sheng Xi 1990 births Living people 21st-century Taiwanese singers Taiwanese singer-songwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-Lin
Lisang Pacidal Koyouan (), better known by her stage name A-Lin, is a Taiwanese aboriginal singer and songwriter of Amis descent. Career In 1999, when A-Lin was 16 years old and taught children to sing the hymn " Amazing Grace" after the 921 earthquake in Nantou County, she was discovered by her former agent. However, he was not available when she wanted to give him contact information. Fortunately, four years later, A-Lin met him again in a bar where she sang regularly. She was officially offered a singing contract. A-Lin made her debut in the world of music at the end of 2006, achieving rapid commercial success. She has been called the next A-Mei, who is an aboriginal singer of Puyuma descent. She also got the nickname 天生歌姬, meaning "A Born Diva". A-Lin was often quoted as saying that A-Mei is highly influential to her music and often covers A-Mei's songs in music shows and concerts. A-Lin has won numerous music awards and is extremely popular within Mandarin-sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William So Wing Hong
William So Wing Hong (; born 24 September 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and a Cantopop singer. He began his musical career by participating the New Talent Singing Awards New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA International Fina ... in 1985 and won the competition as the first runner up to Alex To. His performance at that event earned him a record contract with Capital Artists, with which he released an EP. 1998 was the peak year for William So with his hit song ''Kiss More, Sad More'', which is also the theme song for the popular TV Series Healing Hands. Discography Filmography TV series Web Drama Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:So, William 1967 births Living people Big Four (band) members Cantopop singers Hong Kong Buddhists Hong Kong male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Fan
Fan You-chen (; Amis: 林納斯 Lín Nàsī; born 3 November 1978), better known as Van Fan or Fan Yi-chen (), is a Taiwanese singer and actor with ancestry from the Amis aborigine tribe. He is best known for ''Cape No. 7'', the second top-selling film in Taiwanese cinematic history. Fan made his debut in 2002 with the Chinese version theme song ''I Believe'' to the South Korean film '' My Sassy Girl''. After a somewhat mediocre singing career, Fan started to show up in local TV series since 2005, and rose to fame in the Greater China Area in 2008 after the significant success of ''Cape No. 7'', whose two theme songs ''As Happy as Can Be'' () and ''South of Border'' () are also sung by him. In 2014, Fan played a role in the new film ''The Break-Up Artist''. The film was shot in Beijing and Taiwan and was released on June 6, 2014. Filmography *''Mortal Ouija'' (2019) *''52Hz, I Love You'' (2017) *''Days of Our Own'' (2016) *''Chinese Wine'' (2016) *''E-commerce Times'' (2015) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Leung
Gigi Leung Wing-kei (Chinese: 梁詠琪, born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a child, Leung suffered from frequent asthma attacks and it was believed a change of name would bring better health. At 176 cm, Leung earned the nickname of 'Tall Girl'. She has a twin brother named Keith Leung Wing-chun(Leung Wing-chun, ). Gigi Leung attended Maryknoll Convent School. Later, she went to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she gained a diploma from the School of Design. It was during her study at university that she accepted a modelling assignment from the watch company City Chain and caught the attention of film director Lee Chi-ngai who cast her in her very first movie, ''Doctor Mack'' (1995). The success of the movie brought her a further role in '' Full Throttle'' (1995), shot while she was finishing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Huang
Tiger Huang (; born 21 June 1963) is a Taiwanese singer. She is known for her unique voice and cover versions of songs by other artists. Huang was named Best New Artist at the 1990 Golden Melody Awards The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music .... She first performed at the Taipei live house EZ5 when it opened in 1990, and held frequent shows there. Awards and nominations References {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Tiger 1963 births Living people Musicians from Kaohsiung 20th-century Taiwanese women singers 21st-century Taiwanese women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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