Chang Chen-yue
Taiwanese Amis singer-songwriter. Released debut album "就是喜歡你" in 1993, played drums in Superband in 2008, and won Best Mandarin Album at the 25th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for "我是海雅谷慕".
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About the artist
Chang Chen-yue, whose Amis name is 海雅·谷慕 (Ayal Komod), is a Taiwanese Amis singer-songwriter, born on May 2, 1974, and has also acted in films. After signing to a record company, Chang Chen-yue transferred from National Su'ao Maritime & Fisheries Vocational High School to Taipei, released the debut album "就是喜歡你" in December 1993, and released the second album "花開了沒有" on June 23, 1994.
Chang Chen-yue and the band Free Night first played restaurants and bars in Kaohsiung, returned to Taipei a year later, and mailed out a demo tape; in October 1997 the album "這個下午很無聊" came out billed as "Chang Chen-yue + Free Night". The English Wikipedia says the song Chang Chen-yue is best known for is the 1998 track "愛我別走". In 1999 "分手吧" won a song award at the sixth "华语榜中榜'99".
In 2000 the album "有问题" was released and named one of the top ten Chinese albums at the 1st Chinese Music Media Awards; the same year Chang Chen-yue starred with Karen Mok and 姜武 in the romance film "走到底". In April and July 2001, under the name "DJ Orange", two electronic albums, "ORANGE" and "ORANGE2", were released.
In 2003 Chang Chen-yue played the House of Blues in Los Angeles; invited again in 2004, Chang Chen-yue opened in San Francisco on October 7, then went through ten North American cities including Los Angeles, Vancouver and Boston, with MC HotDog along. In May 2005 the EP "马拉桑" was released; in Taiwanese indigenous languages "马拉桑" means "drunk". In 2007 the album "思念是一种病" (also known as "OK") came out, including songs such as "路口" and "OK", and won the most popular Hong Kong–Taiwan album of the year at "2007年星光大典".
In August 2008, Chang Chen-yue formed the band Superband with Lo Ta-yu, Jonathan Lee and Wakin Chau, and played drums. The band kept its agreement to break up after one year, and in January 2010 the members went their separate ways.
In 2011 the album "我想要的感觉" was released, with songs in slow ballad, dance, hip-hop, rock and blues styles. From June 2013 the world tour "艳阳天世界巡回演唱会" began, opening in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, then at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai; on July 5 the album "我是海雅谷慕", titled with the Amis name, was released, and in 2014 that record won Best Mandarin Album at the 25th Golden Melody Awards.
On July 10, 2015, Chang Chen-yue, MC HotDog and 頑童MJ116 held a press conference in Beijing and announced the start of the world tour "兄弟本色日落黑趴世界巡回演唱会". In 2018 and 2019 Chang Chen-yue was a star producer and judge on "中國新說唱第一季" and "中國新說唱第二季". In March 2021 Chang Chen-yue and 頑童MJ116 released "慢飞"; in December Chang Chen-yue joined Zhejiang Television's band show "闪光的乐队"; in May 2024 the iQIYI rap show "新说唱2024", which Chang Chen-yue helped record, went online.
On February 18, 2025, the single "我到底是怕你什么", with words and music by Chang Chen-yue, went online. On June 27, 2026, with the record "跟著感覺走", Chang Chen-yue won Best Composer, Best Male Mandarin Singer and Best Mandarin Album at the 37th Golden Melody Awards, the first Best Male Mandarin Singer award since Chang Chen-yue's debut.
Overview
- Born
- May 2, 1974age 52
- Born in
- Su'ao Township · Taiwan
- Career start
- First album · December 1993
- Active
- December 1993 – present33 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 张震岳, 阿岳, A-Yue, A-Yue Chang, 장진악
- Instruments
- Vocals, Guitar, Drums / Percussion
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