Sandee Chan (); born 19 July 1970) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, music producer and director.

Early life

Chan was born in the

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on 19 July 1970. Her family has Chinese roots, and she has Shanghai ancestry. Due to her father's factor, her family moved to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. Chan holds a BA in journalism at

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

Career

Chan began playing the piano as a child and created her own songs while a student at

in Taiwan. She was signed by an independent record label after performing on university music contest Young Star in 1991, and wrote songs for Jeff Chang and

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before releasing her debut single and album in 1994. She has released 14 solo albums.

Studio albums

*1994: ''Washington Chopped Down the Cherry Tree'' (華盛頓砍倒櫻桃樹) *1995: ''Leaving on a Jet Plane'' (乘噴射機離去) *1996: ''Sing till the End of the World'' (四季) *1999: ''I’m Not the Kind of Girl'' (我從來不是幽默的女生) *2000: ''Perfect Moan'' (完美的呻吟) *2004: ''Then, We All Wept'' (後來我們都哭了) *2008: ''What If It Matters'' (如果有一件事是重要的) *2011: ''I Love You, John'' *2013: ''A Low-Key Life'' (低調人生) *2015: ''When Sorrow Being Downloaded Twice'' (如同悲傷被下載了兩次) *2017: ''Martial God Cardea'' (戰神卡爾迪亞) *2019: ''Juvenile A'' *2022: ''Discipline'' (調教)

Other albums

*1997: ''The Night When Bad Guys Weren't So Bad'' (Live Album) *1997: ''Cannot Be Ignored Collection 1994–1997'' (Best of Album) *2000: ''Sandee Chan Collection 1994–1999'' (Best of Album) *2004: ''Happy Together 2003'' (Live Album) *2004: ''An Addiction Of Beauty'' (Live Album) *2004: ''Material-Girl Coin'' (Sandee + Li Duan Xian + Wang Ke Le Album) *2005: ''Material-girls.com 2005'' (Sandee + Li Duan Xian + Wang Ke Le Album) *2009: ''What If It Matters'' (English Album) *2009: ''A Tale of Two Chens'' (Sandee + Kimmy EP) *2011: ''19'' (Sandee + Chen Chien Chi Album)

Awards

Chan was awarded Best Album and Best Album Producer at the

16th Golden Melody Awards The 16th Golden Melody Awards were held on 28 May 2005 at the Kaohsiung Cultural Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Summary Sales of popular music had dropped more than 60 percent since its 1998 peak, leading to a few appeals during the night for peop ...

in 2005. At the

20th Golden Melody Awards Ceremonies of the 20th Golden Melody Awards were held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan on June 27, 2009. Registration process Registration for entry into the 20th Golden Melody Awards was opened December 1–31, 2008. In order to enhance the ...

in 2009, she won Best Mandarin Female Singer. 20th Golden Melody Awards Registration Information

References

External links

* 1970 births Living people Taiwanese pop singers Taiwanese women singer-songwriters National Chengchi University alumni Musicians from Taipei Filipino emigrants to Taiwan Writers from Taipei 21st-century Taiwanese women singers Taiwanese women record producers 20th-century Taiwanese women singers {{Taiwan-singer-stub