Jay Chou was born on January 18, 1979 in New Taipei City, Taiwan Province. His ancestral home is Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. He is a Taiwanese pop music male singer, musician, actor, director, screenwriter, and graduate. At Tamkang Middle School.
It was established on May 18, 2001 with the approval of China Securities Regulatory Commission Chairman Zhengjian Fund No. 20019. In 2000, he released his first album "Jay". The album "Fantasy" released in 2001 established his style of integrating Chinese and Western music. In 2002, "The One" world tour was held. In 2003, he became the cover character of Time Magazine in the United States. In 2004, he released his solo album "Qilixiang". In 2005, he won the Golden Horse Award and the Academy Award for Best Newcomer for his action film "Initial D". Since 2006, he has won the World Music Awards China's Best-Selling Artist Award for three consecutive years; in the same year, he released his solo album "Still Fantasy". In 2007, the literary film "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable", which he wrote and directed, won the Taiwan Outstanding Film Award at the Golden Horse Awards; in the same year, he released his solo album "I'm Very Busy". In 2008, he won the Best Song of the Year Award and the Best Composer Award at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his song "Blue and White Porcelain".
In 2009, he was selected as one of the "25 Most Influential People in Asia" by CNN in the United States. In the same year, he won the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award at the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album "Capricorn". In 2010, he was selected as one of the "Top 100 Creative Figures in the World" by the American "Fast Company"; in the same year, he released his solo album "Cross Era", for which he won the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for Best Mandarin Male Singer and Best Mandarin Album. . In 2012, he topped the Forbes China Celebrity List. In 2014, he released his first digital album "Oh, Not bad". In 2023, he won the first place in the IFPI global best-selling album list with the album "The Greatest Work".
In addition to his acting career, he is also involved in business, design and other fields. Jewelry Co., Ltd. was established in 2007. In 2011, he served as ASUS laptop designer.
Jay Chou is enthusiastic about charity and has donated money and materials to disaster-stricken areas in mainland China many times. In 2008, donations were made to aid the construction of Hope Primary School.
Early life
Jay Chou was born in New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, and his ancestral home is Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. When he was 4 years old, his mother Ye Huimei sent him to Tamkang Shanye Kindergarten Music Class to learn piano. When he was in the second grade of junior high school, his parents divorced due to personality differences, and Jay Chou was raised by his mother Ye Huimei. During the high school entrance examination, he was not admitted to an ordinary high school. In the same year, he was admitted to the first music class of Tamkang Middle School because he was good at piano. After graduating from high school, I applied for the music department of Taipei University twice but was not admitted, so I started working in a restaurant.
In September 1997, with the encouragement of his mother, Jay Chou signed up to participate in the entertainment program "Super Rookie King" on Taipei Star TV, and invited people to sing his own song "Dreams Have Wings" on the program. . When the host Wu Zongxian saw the score of this song, he invited Jay Chou to work as a music assistant at Alfa Music Company. In 1998, he composed the song "Tears Know". The company gave this song to Andy Lau but was withdrawn from the song. Later, he wrote the songs "Nunchaku" and "Ninja" for Zhang Huimei (later included in Jay Chou's solo album "Fantasy" ) was also returned.
Character Evaluation
Jay Chou is a revolutionary and iconic original singer in the pop music market. He is also a musician who has deeply influenced the Chinese music scene. His songs are well-matched with lyrics and music, and have lasting appeal. He combined China's local culture with R&B music and completely Chineseized the R&B music form, which to a great extent elevated the status of original songwriters in the Chinese music industry. He broke through the original themes and forms of Asian music and created a variety of song styles. Not only is he good at rhythm and blues, rap, Western classical piano, etc., but one of his characteristics is that each album has Chinese-style songs. He integrated Hip-Hop and R&B singing into traditional Chinese music, making Chinese style the mainstream style of Chinese pop music. What is unique about Jay Chou is that while pursuing Chinese-style music, he injects literary beauty and artistic conception into the music, making him an idol without losing cultural taste.
Jay Chou has a unique singing voice. He relies on a personalized, natural and frank singing style to complete the shaping of his voice, and increases the expressiveness of his works through the right falsetto and control of modal particles. Jay Chou's pronunciation is also part of his distinctive style. He breaks the principle of singers' clear enunciation and instead sings his personality in a way that emphasizes the melody regardless of flatness and obliqueness. He combines this personality with the young audience's interest in fashionable music styles. The needs are properly connected.
Jay Chou is an extraordinary artist. His talent is not only reflected in his ability to improvise on the spot and his proficiency in music theory and various musical instruments, but also in his unconventional creative ideas. He incorporates various Eastern and Western music into his music, such as jazz, blues, rock, nakahi, folk, hip-hop, American country music, electronic music, etc. He not only makes complex and subtle fusions of pop music, but also boldly uses and matches various instruments to create unexpected effects.
This kind of unconstrained creative thinking also makes Jay Chou's songs have a strong personal style, and they are not exactly the same as any other music form.
Acting experience
In 2000, on the recommendation of Yang Junrong, Jay Chou began to sing his own songs; on November 7, he released his first solo album "Jay" and arranged all Composing, harmonizing and supervising the song; the album integrates R&B, hip-hop and other music styles. The lead song "Xingqing" won the 24th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Outstanding Mandarin Song Gold Award, and Jay Chou also won the gold medal for the 24th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Outstanding Mandarin Song It attracted attention in the Chinese music scene, and won the Best Pop Vocal Album Award for the album at the 12th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Ceremony held the following year, and was nominated for the Best Producer Award. The song "Lovely Woman" in the album won the Nominated for the Best Composer Award at the 12th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.
In September 2001, Jay Chou released his second music album "Fantasy". In addition to serving as the album's producer, he also arranged the composition of all the songs in the album; the album was Jay Chou's established His record-style works, among which the title song "Nunchaku", which combines Chinese and Western music elements, has become one of the representative works of rap songs; the release of the album also allowed Jay Chou to open up the Southeast Asian market, and the following year he won the 13th Annual Music Awards with this album. Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Best Album Producer Award, Best Pop Music Album Award, and Hong Kong Record Sales Awards Ceremony Top Ten Best-selling Mandarin Albums and other awards. Jay Chou also won the 13th Taiwan Golden Melody Award for his song "Love in B.C." Award for Best Composer; in October, he composed the song "Daoma Dan" for Coco Lee, which combines Chinese and Western music elements; on December 24, the EP "Fantasy + Plus" was released, which included the song he sang at the Taoyuan Dome Concert "You Are Happier Than Before", "The End of the World" and other songs; in the same year, he won the Gold Award for the Most Popular Singer-Singer at the 19th Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony, the Gold Award for the Most Powerful Male Singer at the Chi-Chi Music Popular Chart Awards Ceremony, and other awards.
In 2002, he participated in his first TV series "The Garden of Love"; in February, he held a concert at the Suntec City International Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore; in July, he released his personal music album "Eight Dimensions of Space". In addition to composing all the songs in the album, he also served as the album's producer; the album was mainly composed of rhythm and blues songs, and won the Top Ten Gold Disc Award of the G-Music Billboard Platinum Music Award and the Chinese Pop Music Media Award. The Top Ten Chinese Record Awards, the Singapore Golden Melody Awards, the Best-Selling Male Singer Album of the Year, and other awards; "The One Concert" will be held at the Taipei Stadium on September 28; 5 concerts will be held at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong from December 12 to 16 "THE ONE" concert; on December 25, the "THE ONE" concert was held in Las Vegas, USA; in the same year, he won the Most Outstanding Artist Award in Asia at the 1st MTV Japan Music Video Awards and the 2nd Global Chinese Awards such as the Most Popular Singer-Songwriter Award on the Song Charts and the Most Admired Male Singer Award in the 9th Singapore Golden Melody Awards in the Asia-Pacific region.
In February 2003, he became the cover character of the Asian edition of Time Magazine in the United States; in March, he won the Best Singer-Songwriter of the Year in Hong Kong and Taiwan and the Annual Popularity Award in the 3rd Music Chart. Award, and won the Hong Kong and Taiwan Top Ten Golden Melody Awards for the song "Code"; on May 17, the "THE ONE" concert was held at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; on July 16, the main song in Jay Chou's album "Ye Huimei" The song "In the Name of the Father" premiered on more than 50 radio stations across Asia, with an estimated 800 million people listening at the same time. The day when the title song premiered was also designated as "Jay Chou Day" by these radio stations; on July 31, a personal music album was released "Ye Huimei", he not only composed all the songs, but also served as the album's producer and stylist; the album sold more than 2 million copies in Asia within one month of its release, and won the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Award the following year. Best Pop Music Album Award, Most Popular Album of the Year at the 4th Global Chinese Song Ranking Awards Ceremony, etc.; the album's title song "Dongfeng Po" is one of Jay Chou's representative Chinese-style works, and he also won the award with this song Won the Best Composer Award at the 4th Chinese Music Media Awards; on September 12th, the "THE ONE" concert was held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium; on November 13th, the EP "Looking for Jay Chou" was released, which included Jay Chou's song of the same name. Two songs "Trajectory" and "Broken String" created in the film; on December 12, the "THE ONE" concert was held at the Shanghai Stadium, and a variation version of "Nunchaku" and an extended version of "Grandpa Bubble" were performed. "Tea" and other songs.
On January 21, 2004, he appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage for the first time and sang the song "Dragon Fist"; in March, he won the most popular male singer in Taiwan in the 4th Music Chart. Annual Awards, Best Producer of the Year from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese; on August 3, the music album "Qili Xiang", which combines hip-hop, R&B, classical music and other genres, was released; the album's sales in Asia exceeded 300 in the month of release With this album, Jay Chou also won the Best-Selling Artist Award in China at the 16th World Music Awards, and the album's title song "Qili Xiang"; the album's sales in Asia exceeded 3 million in the month of its release. The album won the Best-Selling Artist Award at the 16th World Music Awards in China, and the album's title song "Qili Xiang" won the 27th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards, the Gold Award for Outstanding Popular Mandarin Songs, and the 5th Global Chinese Songs Award. Ranking of the Top 25 Golden Songs of the Year and other awards; starting from October, the "Unparalleled" world tour concert will be held in Taipei, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Montville and other places.
On January 11, 2005, at the 11th Global Chinese Chart Awards Ceremony, he won the Best Male Singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Most Popular Male Singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the Best Singer-Songwriter in Hong Kong and Taiwan, etc. Awards; In April, he was nominated for the Best Mandarin Male Singer and Best Pop Vocal Album Awards at the 16th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album "Qili Xiang", and was nominated for the Best Composer Award at the 16th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his song "Qili Xiang". ; On June 23, Jay Chou's first movie "Initial D" as the leading actor was released, and won the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Actor Award for this film; July 1 On July 9, the "Unparalleled Tour Concert" was held at the Shanghai Stadium; on July 9, the "Unparalleled Tour Concert" was held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium. On August 31, the collection "Initial J" was released in Japan; on November 1, the personal music album "Chopin in November" was released, and he arranged the composition of all songs in the album and the design of the album.
On January 11, 2006, at the 12th Global Chinese Chart Awards Ceremony, he won the Best Male Singer Award, the Best Singer-Songwriter Award, and the Most Popular Male Singer Award for his song " "Nocturne" and its video won the Best Song of the Year Award and the Most Popular Music Video Award respectively; on January 20, the EP "Huo Yuanjia" was released. The title song "Fearless" is a reference to the movie of the same name starring Jet Li. Theme song; On January 23, he won the Outstanding Pop Singer Award and the Male Singer Award for the Highest Selling Singer of the Year at the 28th Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony; From February 5 to 6, the performance was held in Tokyo, Japan will; in September, he released his seventh music album "Still Fantasy"; the album continues Jay Chou's previous music style and incorporates Chinese style, rap and other genres. Among them, the Chinese style song "Thousand Miles" due to Fei Yuqing "Outside" won the 13th Global Chinese Music Chart Annual Best Song Award, the 29th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs National Most Popular Chinese Song Award and other awards; after the album was released, it ranked among the top five in Taiwan with a sales share of 5.34%. Ranked first in the album rankings, and won awards such as the Top Ten Outstanding Albums of the Year by the Chinese Musicians Exchange Association, the Highest Selling Mandarin Album at the IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award, etc. In December, the EP "Golden Armor" was released. In the same year, he won the Best-Selling Artist Award at the World Music Awards in China; on December 14, the costume action film "The City of Golden Armor" starring Jay Chou was released in mainland China. In the film, he played the second prince Yuanjie with outstanding martial arts skills. He won the Best Actor at the 16th Shanghai Film Critics Awards for this film, and the theme song "Chrysanthemum Terrace" he wrote and sang for the film won the Best Original Film Song Award at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In February 2007, he served as director for the first time and directed and starred in the romance film "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable". After the film was released, it won the 44th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards and the 27th Taiwan Outstanding Film Award. He was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Asian Film and other awards, and the theme song of the same name "The Untold Secret" he wrote and sang in the film won the Best Original Film Song Award at the 44th Taiwan Film and Golden Horse Awards; in May, with " Thousands of Miles Away" and "Red Imitation" were nominated for the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for Best Song of the Year, Best Music Video Director and other awards respectively; in June, with the single "Huo Yuanjia", he won the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for Best Single Producer Award; On November 2, he released his eighth music album "I'm Very Busy", and tried American country style for the first time in the album; Jay Chou also won the following year with the Chinese style song "Blue and White Porcelain" in the album Won the Best Composer Award and the Best Song of the Year Award at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards; on November 4, he won the Best-Selling Artist Award in China at the World Music Awards for his album "Still Fantasy"; on November 24, in Shanghai A concert was held in a stadium with 80,000 people, and he imitated Vitas' falsetto singing method during the concert; in December, 7 "Jay Chou 07-08 World Tour Hong Kong Station Concert" was held at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong.
On January 10, 2008, Jay Chou directed and acted in the romantic literary film "The Secret That Cannot Be Telled", which was released in South Korea. In the same year, he starred in the romantic comedy "Slam Dunk", playing the role of a brave and courageous man who takes action for justice. Shijie, who loves to fight against injustice; on February 6th, he sang the song "Blue and White Porcelain" on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Later, the lyrics of "Blue and White Porcelain" appeared in the college entrance examination questions in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; on February 16th, he sang the song "Blue and White Porcelain" at the Japanese Budokan He held two concerts and became the third Chinese singer to sing at the Budokan after Teresa Teng and Faye Wong; on April 30, he released the song "Thousands of Mountains and Waters" written and sung for the Beijing Olympics; in July, he At the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Ceremony, Jay Chou won the Best Album Producer Award in the Performance Category for his album "The Untold Secret Original Soundtrack" and the Best Composer Award in the Performance Category for "Piano Room"; released on October 15 The personal music album "Capricorn", which combines hip-hop, folk and other genres, won the first place on the G-MUSIC chart and the five major album charts in the first week of its release, and sold more than 1 million copies in Asia within one week of its release; In November, he won the Best-Selling Artist Award in China at the World Music Awards for the fourth time with his album "I'm Very Busy", and became the first Chinese singer to win this award for three consecutive years.
On January 25, 2009, he sang the song "Compendium of Materia Medica" with Song Zuying on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala; in May, he held a concert at the Kunshan Sports Center Stadium; in June, he performed at the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody At the awards ceremony, Jay Chou won the Best Song of the Year Award for "Daoxiang", the Best Music Video Award for "Mr. Magic", and the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award for the album "Capricorn"; in July, Jay Chou The box office of the Sydney concert ranked second on the US Billboard, becoming the second highest box office revenue of a single concert in the world that year, and breaking the box office record of a Chinese singer's concert in Australia; starting from August, Century Lotus in Foshan Personal tour concerts were held at the Sports Center Stadium, Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium and other venues; in December, he was selected as one of the "25 Most Influential People in Asia" by CNN in the United States.
In February 2010, he starred in the costume martial arts film "Su Qier", playing the cold and unsmiling God of War in the film; in the same year, he directed the science fiction drama "Pandaman" and created "Panda" for the drama. People", "Love Gravity" and other songs; on March 28, he won the 12530 Wireless Music Annual Award at the 14th Global Chinese Chart and Asian Influence Ceremony; on May 18, he released his personal music album "Cross Era", And arranged the composition and production of all the songs in the album; the album won the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album and the Best Album on the China Original Music Pop Chart the following year. Jay Chou also won the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Award for the album. Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Male Singer; in June, he was selected as one of the "Top 100 Creative Figures in the World" by the American magazine "Fast Company" and became the first Chinese male singer to be included in the list; on June 11, at Taipei Xiaoju Dan held the first performance of the "Super Era" concert; in August, in a survey called "Singer with the Most Downloaded Songs in the World" (from the beginning of 2008 to August 10, 2010), Jay Chou's song downloads ranked Ranked third in the world; in December, the asteroid numbered 257248 was named "Jay Chou's Star", and Jay Chou also composed the song "Flight of Love" based on this asteroid; on December 30, Cooperstown in the United States Tinu City announced that December 31st of each year will be designated as "Jay Chou Day".
In January 2011, he entered Hollywood with the action film "The Green Hornet" and was selected as one of the "Top Ten Most Anticipated Rookie Actors" by the American film website Screen Crave; on February 11, it was announced that Appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala to perform and sing the song "Lanting Preface" with Lin Chiling; on February 23, filmed a Sprite commercial and MV with Kobe Bryant, and created the advertising theme song "A Fight between Heaven and Earth"; on April 21, the United States " Time Magazine selected "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World", and Jay Chou ranked second; on May 13, he was shortlisted for his album "Across the Ages" and the songs "Superman Can't Fly" and "Fireworks Easily Cold". The 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Album Producer, Best Song of the Year, Best Composer and other awards; in May, he won the 20th American MTV Movie and TV Award for Best Newcomer for the action film "The Green Hornet" Nominated; on November 11, the personal music album "Exclamation Mark!" was released. "; The album combines heavy metal rock, hip-hop, rhythm and blues, jazz and other music styles, and introduces electronic dance music for the first time.
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