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In 1997 Cheer Chen made and released three limited handmade demos. In 1998 Cheer Chen signed with Magic Stone Records. The parent company, Rock Records, put Cheer Chen together with 徐懷鈺, 李心潔 and 吳佩慈 as "少女標本" to enter the Hong Kong music scene, and released a compilation of the same name. The same year the first solo album, "讓我想一想", was released. Cheer Chen began a singing tour of Eslite bookshops, and with this album was shortlisted for Best New Artist at the 10th Golden Melody Awards. In 1998 Cheer Chen also held a first ticketed concert, "溫室花朵". Later concerts include "吉他手", "花的姿態", "A Piece of Summer", "Pussy Tour", "夏季練習曲" and "時間的歌". In April 2000 the second album, "還是會寂寞", was released. The title song was shortlisted for Best Music Video and Best Composer at the 12th Golden Melody Awards, and the album was chosen as one of the top ten excellent albums of 2000 by 中華音樂人交流協會. In 2001 Cheer Chen published a first book, "不厭其煩". In 2002 Cheer Chen performed in "十八相送" with the Hong Kong dance theatre 非常林奕華, and in August of the same year released the third album, "Groupies 吉他手". The music video for "躺在你的衣櫃" was shortlisted for Best Music Video at the 14th Golden Melody Awards.

In 2003 Magic Stone Records closed, and Cheer Chen's contract also ended and Cheer Chen left Rock Records. The same year Cheer Chen founded the independent music label "好小氣音樂 Cheerego Ltd." and the website of the same name, cheerego.com, and began releasing independently by putting out singles and video DVDs on Cheer Chen's own. From 2003 to 2005 Cheer Chen performed in "地下鐵", a musical created by 幾米.

In September 2005 Cheer Chen released the fourth album, "華麗的冒險". The next year 鍾成虎 won Best Album Producer at the Golden Melody Awards for this album. In 2005 Cheer Chen also played 小嵐 in the television drama "愛絲希雅的夢中夢". In 2006 the EP "快樂の夏天" was released. In 2007 Cheer Chen held the "夏季練習曲" concerts. In 2008 Cheer Chen held large ticketed tour concerts in Beijing and Hong Kong, and the same year held the online photography exhibition "天空之上". In January 2009 the fifth album, "太陽", was released, and won 勁爆國語專輯 and 亞洲勁爆創作女歌手 at Hong Kong's 新城勁爆頒獎禮. The same year, under the name 威廉霍華, Cheer Chen wrote the lyrics of "再見勾勾" on Crowd Lu's album "七天". From 2010 to 2011 Cheer Chen held the Asian tour "夏季練習曲2". In 2012 Cheer Chen held the Asian charity photography exhibition "Trip to Cuba 背對哈瓦那", and all the proceeds from selling the works were given to 中華育幼協會. On August 25 of the same year Cheer Chen took part, without a fee, in the 核電歸零 concert jointly held by 綠色公民行動聯盟 and The Wall.

In January 2013 Cheer Chen formed the French electronic group "THE VERSE" with 鍾成虎 and 陳建騏, and released the album "52赫茲". From the same year the record company Cheer Chen belonged to was 添翼創越工作室. That year the sixth original album, "時間的歌", was released, and in November and December four concerts of the same name were held at Taipei Arena. The 2014 "時間的歌" world tour had 30 dates. In 2014 Cheer Chen published a second essay collection, "不在他方", and the same year released the EP "偶然與巧合". On December 30, with THE VERSE and for the album "52赫茲", Cheer Chen won Best New Band/Group at the 14th Chinese Music Media Awards.

In 2016 Cheer Chen held "房間裡的音樂會2016巡迴演唱會" in Macau and in many cities in mainland China, and afterwards held "房間裡的音樂會2017巡迴演唱會" in Hong Kong and in many cities in mainland China. On July 30, 2016, Cheer Chen's creative exhibition "移動的房間 being, not being" was held at 華山藝文中心. In August of the same year "瞬：陳綺貞歌詞筆記" and "吉他手的小動作" were published. On April 12, 2017, the single "我喜歡上你時的內心活動" was released as the theme of the film "喜歡·你". 韩寒 wrote the words and 陳光榮 wrote the music. In February 2018 this song was nominated for Best Original Film Song at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2018 the album "沙發海" was released. In 2019 "傷害", from the album, was chosen as one of the top ten singles of 中華音樂人交流協會 and was shortlisted for Best Composer at the 30th Golden Melody Awards. Cheer Chen also held the 20th-anniversary concerts "漫漫長夜 Cheer 20" and "房間裡的音樂會2019巡迴演唱會".

On November 5, 2020, Cheer Chen released the duet single "完整的我", included on the album "不完美人生指南". In 2021 the EP "夏天" was released, and on November 13 of the same year Cheer Chen sang the theme "盡在不言中" for the film "美國女孩". On June 13, 2023, Cheer Chen announced on a newly opened personal Instagram account that the contract with 添翼 had ended, and the same year moved to 有有音樂股份有限公司. In 2024 Cheer Chen worked with the band TRASH on the song "一切的原因", and co-wrote the words and music with 林志融 and 林頤原.