Jane Zhang
Chinese female singer, born in Chengdu, Sichuan on October 11, 1984. In 2005 took part in Hunan TV Super Girl and received national third place; after the contest signed with 华谊兄弟音乐 and 华友世纪 and entered the music scene. People's Daily Online said that with "畫心" Jane Zhang became "the first mainland Chinese singer to receive Best Original Film Song at the Hong Kong Film Awards". On April 27, 2019 issued the first all-English album "Past Progressive" under her own label.
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Jane Zhang is a Chinese female singer, born in Chengdu, Sichuan on October 11, 1984. 环球人物 wrote of being born in a cluster of old buildings in Chengdu. china.org.cn records singing in bars from the age of fifteen. Jane Zhang told Billboard of listening to Mariah Carey from eleven or twelve, and also to Celine Dion and Whitney Houston. In 2003 entered the English department of the College of Foreign Languages of Sichuan University; 环球人物 records choosing this major when applying in order to understand the substance of English songs.
In 2004 took part in the Sparkling Star National University Singers Contest hosted by Warner, and received the national championship. In 2005 took part in Hunan TV Super Girl, and with about 130万 SMS votes received national third place. People's Daily Online records singing high-difficulty dolphin voice in the contest, supporters thus conferring the accolade "Dolphin Princess"; English Wikipedia records being known for the whistle register, and likewise records this name. china.org.cn records singing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "I Still Believe" on the Super Girl stage, and records that the name "Dolphin Princess" came after singing Mariah Carey's "Hero". After the contest signed with 华谊兄弟音乐公司 and 华友世纪; 华谊 deputy general manager 袁涛 at the time said the coming five years would produce four albums, the first single issued in December.
In January 2006 the first personal EP "Jane·爱" was issued, sales reaching 50万 copies; on October 11 issued the first personal album "THE ONE", composed of seven Chinese songs and three English songs. The same month sang the theme song "Only for Love" for the film "夜宴", collaborating with 谭盾 and Lang Lang. In August 2007 issued the second album "Update", folding in R&B and jazz elements; English Wikipedia records this as differing from the Mandarin pop the outside world expected. In 2008, Japan Today records taking part in 胡锦涛's "Warm Spring" visit to Japan, and because of high popularity in the hometown being designated Youth Cultural Ambassador; the same year collaborated with Andrea Bocelli to record "Embrace in Love and Dream" written by David Foster; Jane Zhang told Japan Today of never having dreamed of being able to duet with such a singer.
In October 2008 issued the single "畫心"; the Hong Kong Film Awards official site records the singer of the theme song "畫心" of the film "畫皮" as Jane Zhang; People's Daily Online said this made Jane Zhang "the first mainland Chinese singer to receive Best Original Film Song at the Hong Kong Film Awards". On January 16, 2009 the third album "张靓颖@音乐" was planned by 娃娃, produced by 司徒松, 张亚东 and 郭亮. In May of the same year appeared on Oprah's The World's Got Talent, singing a Chinese song and "Hero"; china.org.cn records this as the singing debut on American television. Jane Zhang told china.org.cn that what was most treasured was the same year's concert "I Love This City" in hometown Chengdu, because that was the first return-home performance after Super Girl, and people who knew her all came to watch.
In 2009 华谊 confirmed it would not renew; 王中军 at the same time mentioned the forthcoming own label Show City Entertainment, afterwards signed with Universal Music; on November 2 Universal formally announced the signing at a press conference in Hong Kong, and Mariah Carey, under the same label and also an idol, sent video congratulations. The mainland China edition of the first album after joining, "我相信", was issued on February 2, 2010. In January 2011, Chinese Wikipedia records going aboard the Navy missile frigate Zhoushan for a deck party; on June 1 announced issuing the fifth album "改變 Reform". From October to November of the same year the "我的模样" tour went from Shanghai and Chengdu to Beijing; 环球人物 records every show packed; that year received Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Asian Artist. 环球人物 records starting from Super Girl third place, invited to sing at the Grammy music festival and Oprah's talk show. In 2012 there was the live album "Listen to Jane Z Live", produced by Jim Lee.
On July 21, 2014 at the 第七感 The Seventh Sense launch, Sony Music Greater China CEO 徐毅 announced the joining of Sony. The same year served as a juror at the 38th Montreal World Film Festival. In the first half of 2015 took part in 我是歌手, singing "Bang Bang" and "All of Me"; English Wikipedia records that at mid-year Paramount announced Jane Zhang and Big Sean singing the theme song "Fighting Shadows" of 終結者:創世紀. On October 10 the BANG the World tour closed in Chengdu; Jane Zhang said at the Chengdu show: "Although my Mandarin is getting better and better, my Sichuanese has not gone backwards."
In October 2016 issued "Dust My Shoulders Off" produced by Timbaland; Jane Zhang told Billboard of hoping to complete the whole English album with Timbaland. In 2017 became the first Chinese female artiste to attend the Billboard Music Awards, and appeared at the Grammy Awards for the third time, namely the 59th. In September the duet with Ne-Yo "Angels and Harmony" was selected as the China-region promotional song of 猩球崛起3; in November served as a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show guest performer, singing "Work For It", "808" and "Dust My Shoulders Off".
On August 27, 2018 announced the management contract with 少城时代 had expired; 张靓颖工作室 opened a Weibo account the same day. On April 27, 2019 issued the first all-English album, also the seventh studio album, "Past Progressive", under her own label; Jane Zhang told Billboard Radio China that these sixteen songs were about her own work and life, that is Past Progressive. Afterwards sang theme songs for two film and television works: 2022 film "暗戀·橘生淮南"'s "暗戀", 2023 drama "长风渡"'s "輕輕". On the evening of October 14, 2023, the "光" 2023 tour concert sounded at Chengdu Dong'an Lake Sports Park Stadium; 四川在线 records Chengdu as the first stop of this tour, also the place of growth, and records that in eighteen years since debut seven Mandarin albums and one English album had been released, nearly three hundred works issued. In 2024 took part in 音乐缘计划 episodes 1 to 4, singing "口头禅", "明知故问" and others; from 2025 there is the "追" tour.
Overview
- Born
- October 11, 1984age 42
- Born in
- Chengdu · Mainland China
- Career start
- Competition · 2005
- Active
- 2005 – present21 years
- Gender
- Female
- Aliases
- 张靓颖, 張靚穎, 靓妹
- Instruments
- Vocals
Catalogued works & releases
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