Jeff Chang Shin-che ( zh, t=張信哲, poj=Tiuⁿ Sìn-tiat;

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: Chong Sìn-chet; born 26 March 1967) is a Taiwanese singer and actor, who is known for his numerous chart-topping sentimental

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ballads.

Early life

Chang was born in

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Township,

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, Taiwan. He started his philanthropic works as a voluntary teacher in impoverished areas of Taiwan since he was in high school.

Career

Chang started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college, in which Hsiao-Wen Ting was a judge. Since 1989 he has released a string of highly successful albums and is known as the "Prince of Love Ballads" in the Chinese pop world. His name is well known across Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and

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. After completing his military service in 1992, Jeff Chang returned to the music scene and his album Knowing is still a best-seller. However, at this time, Jeff Chang felt that his music career had reached a bottleneck period and began to seek transformation and breakthroughs. He refused various commercial performances and stayed silent for a year to create a new album "

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". The song "Love Like Tide" in this album became the most classic love song that pushed Jeff Chang to the peak of his career, and the musical style of "Zhe-style love songs" began to take shape. In 1994, Jeff Chang released the album "

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", and the title song "Don't Be Afraid that I'll Be Sad" became another classic work of Jeff Chang; "A Little Touched" sung with

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is still one of the most popular duet songs in KTV. Besides singing, Chang's interests include arts, antiques, traveling and water sports, and stage production. He became

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's leader in a stage theatre team in 2011. In 2016, Chang participated in the fourth season of the Chinese reality show ''

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'' and eventually achieved second place.

Discography

Compilations are listed only if they contain never-released-before singles.

Mandarin

* ''Lie'' (1989) * ''Blue'' (1989) * ''Forget Me Not'' (1989) * ''Knowing'' (1992) * ''Worrying'' (1993) * ''Waiting'' (1994) * ''Possession'' (1995) * ''Intoxicated'' (1995) * ''Generosity'' (1995) * ''Dream'' (1996) * ''Adore'' (1997) * ''Intuition'' (1997) * ''Please Come Back'' (1999) * ''Faith'' (2000) * ''How I Miss'' (2001) * ''Beginning → Now'' (2002) * ''The Next Eternity'' (2004) * ''Be Your Man'' (2006) * ''Escape'' (2008) * ''Genesis'' (2010) * ''Unfinished Childhood'' (2011) * ''Spare Time'' (2012) * ''Love Jeff'' (还爱) (2015) * ''Song Era''(歌时代) (2016) * ''Everlasting'' (擁恆) (2017) * ''Song Era II'' (歌時代II) (2018) * ''See the Light'' (就懂了) (2021)

Cantonese

* ''Deep Love'' (February 1996) * ''Longing'' / ''Thinking'' (January 1997) * ''The Best Collection of Jeff Chang'' (1998) *''Full of Mercy'' (July 1998) * ''August Snow'' (2007)

English

* ''My Eyes Adored You'' (1992) * ''Somewhere in My Broken Heart'' (1995) * ''The Color of the Night'' (1996) *''A Matter of Love'' (Jan 2021)

Selected filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Official blog

Official website

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