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Tanya Chua
蔡健雅
Tanya Chua at the 17th Golden Melody AwardsChinese name 蔡健雅 Chinese name 蔡健雅 (Traditional) Chinese name 蔡健雅 (Simplified) Pinyin Cài Jiànyǎ (Mandarin) Ancestry Southern China Origin Singapore Born January 28, 1975
SingaporeOccupation Singer-songwriter, composer, musician, record producer Label(s) Universal Music (1999–2001)
Warner Music (2003–2006)
Asia Muse (2007–present)Years active 1997–present Official Website www.tanyachuamusic.com Awards-
Golden Melody Awards Best Mandarin Female Singer
2006 Amphibian
2008 Goodbye & Hello
Best Album Producer
2008 Goodbye & Hello
Tanya Chua (Chinese: 蔡健雅; pinyin: Cài Jiànyǎ) (born 28 January 1975) is a Golden Melody Award-winning Singaporean singer and songwriter.
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Music career
A former business administration student at Singapore Polytechnic, Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, Bored, in 1997.[1] She was also the first Singaporean to win a prize in the Asia Song Festival,[2] coming in first in the "Unpublished" category in 1998 before she furthered her studies at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.
Chua signed on to Universal Music Taiwan in 1998 and released her first Mandarin album, Breathe, in 1999. That album comprised compositions of her English songs matched to Chinese lyrics by Taiwanese lyricists. In 2001, Tanya performed for her own country during the Singapore National Day Parade 2001 with the theme song titled "Where I Belong".[3]
In 2003 Chua signed with a new contract with Warner Music in Taiwan, releasing the album Stranger,[1] which topped sales charts in Taiwan.[4] Her second Warner album, Amphibian (2005), won her a Best Female Arttist at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards.[5] The 2006 release of her compilation T-time marked an end to her album contract with Warner, and she is currently under record label, Asia Muse.[6] Her Goodbye and Hello (2007) album was nominated 7 times at the 19th Golden Melody Awards where she repeated her Best Female Artist win and also garnered a Best Producer award.[7] She followed up with three Singapore Hit Awards for Best Local Lyrics, Outstanding Local Music Achievement, and Asia Media (Female Artiste) in November 2009.[8]
Tanya has written as well as produced a number of songs for other singers, like Gigi Leung, Fish Leong, Faye Wong, Stephanie Sun[9], Valen Hsu, Karen Mok, A-mei, Sammi Cheng, Sandy Lam, S.H.E, Rene Liu, Tiger Huang, Na Ying and Tarcy Su (all female singers). She was praised by Taiwanese producer and songwriter Jonathan Lee as being a "musician" and not just a mere "performer".[10] In 2008 Lee gifted her a handmade guitar in appreciation of her talents.[11]
In 2009, Chua's seventh album If You See Him (若你碰到他) was awarded one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year at the 2009 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.[12] After 14 years, Chua returns to Singapore to perform for a leg of her "Tanya Chua and the Cities" world tour in 2011.[13]
Discography
Chinese albums
Album # Album information 1st Tanya / 蔡健雅 - Released: January, 1999
- Label: Polygram
- Language: Mandarin
2nd Remember / 記念 - Released: March 23, 2000
- Label: Universal Music
- Language: Mandarin
3rd I Do Believe / 相信 - Released: April 13, 2001
- Label: Universal Music
- Language: Mandarin
4th STRANGER / 陌生人 - Released: June 6, 2003
- Label: Warner Music
- Language: Mandarin
5th Amphibian / 雙棲動物 - Released: January 7, 2005
- Label: Warner Music
- Language: Mandarin
6th Goodbye & Hello - Released: October 19, 2007
- Label: Asia Muse
- Language: Mandarin
7th If You See Him / 若你碰到他 - Released: August 19, 2009
- Label: Asia Muse
- Language: Mandarin
English albums
Album # Album information 1st Bored - Released: December, 1997
- Label: Yellow Music
- Language: English
2nd Luck - Released: December, 1999
- Label: Yellow Music
- Language: English
3rd Jupiter - Released: July 13, 2003
- Label: Warner Music
- Language: English
4rd Just Say So Compilation albums
Album # Album information 1st Tacit Understanding / 默契 - Released: December 12, 2001
- Label: Universal Music
- Language: Mandarin
2nd T-Time (新歌+精選) - Released: June 2, 2006
- Label: Warner Music
- Language: Mandarin
3rd My Space (新歌+精選) Other albums
Album # Album information 1st Secret Lavender - Released: January 2002
- Label: S2S Japan
- Language: English
Soundtracks
Album # Album information 1st Hot Pants - Released: 1997
- Label: WAYANG WAYANG
- Language: English
2nd Chicken Rice War Original Soundtrack - Released: 2000
- Label: Yellow Music
- Language: English
3rd Monga Original Soundtrack - Released: Feb 2010
- Label: Sony Music / Wonderful Music
- Language: Mandarin
Singles
Single # Single information 1st Where I Belong - Released: 2001
- Label: Yellow Music
- Language: English Mandarin
3nd Treasure The World/珍爱这世界 - Released: 2003
- Label: Yellow Music
- Language: Mandarin
Awards
Years Awards 1998 - Asia Song Festival 1998 (Philippines), Best Music Composition (Hear Me)
1999 - 6th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Local Music Composition (好無聊)
2000 - 7th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Local Music Composition (记念)
2004 - 11th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Local Music Composition (夜盲症)
- 11th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Local Music Arrangement (無底洞)
2005 - 12th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Composing Artiste
- 5th Global Chinese Music Awards, Most Popular Composing Artiste
- 5th Global Chinese Music Awards, Most Popular Duet "原點"
2006 - 17th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Best Annual Female Vocalist (Amphibian 雙棲動物)
- 6th Global Chinese Music Awards, Top 20 Songs for 'Beautiful Love'
- 6th Global Chinese Music Awards, Best Composition for '障眼法'
2007 - 第14屆東方風雲榜, Top 5 Regional Artise (Singapore)
2008 - 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Best Annual Female Vocalist (Goodbye & Hello)
- 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Best Album Producer (Goodbye & Hello)
- 14th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Local Artiste (Goodbye & Hello)
- 14th Singapore Hit Awards, Best Composing Artiste (Goodbye & Hello)
- 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Best Album (Goodbye & Hello)
- 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Best Album Producer (Goodbye & Hello)
- 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Regional Most Outstanding Award(Singapore)
- 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Most Popular 20 Golden Hits for '达尔文'
- 8th Global Chinese Music Awards, Regional Most Outstanding Award(Singapore)
References
- ^ a b "Chua Goes Hip-hop In Cover Version .". New Straits Times. 16 September 2003. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=R0EhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vnsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4266,3767652&dq=tanya-chua+universal&hl=en. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Composers and Authors Society of Singapore. 1st Singaporean to Win Asia Song Festival. June 1998.
- ^ "National display of joy". Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.mfa.gov.sg/experience/Oct2001/InSingapore.htm. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Singapore girl does it again". New Straits Times. 31 July 2003. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23995140_ITM. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Tanya Chua, Leehom Wang win top music awards". The China Post. 11 June 2006. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=38890. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ "MTV Asia artist profile". MTV Asia. http://www.mtvasiaawards.com/Singapore/Nominees/show/artist/32. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Singaporean Tanya Chua scoops top honours at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards". Channel NewsAsia. 6 July 2008. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/358468/1/.html. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Tanya Chua wins rights to own songs". Channel NewsAsia. 12 November 2009. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1017670/1/.html. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ http://www.ewen.cc/yx/bkview.asp?bkid=167002&cid=514980
- ^ http://stars.zaobao.com.sg/pages8/caijianya091110.shtml
- ^ http://ent.ifeng.com/music/hk/200803/0328_1839_466708.shtml
- ^ IFPI Hong Kong 2009 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Retrieved 2011-04-19
- ^ "Tanya Chua returns to Singapore for her Tanya and The Cities world tour". Asia Pacific Arts. 04/13/2011. http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?tanya_chua_returns_to_singapore_for_her_tanya_and_the_cities_world_tour_16641.aspx.
External links
- Alchemy's Jennifer Ho speaks to Tanya Chua on the Asian Pop Show SBS Radio in English 2008
- Tanya Official Site
- Tanya's Blog
- Tanya Chua at MySpace
Awards and achievements Top Chinese Music Chart Awards Preceded by
Fish LeongBest Female Aritist, Hong Kong & Taiwan
2009Succeeded by
not awarded yetCategories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- Mandopop singer-songwriters
- Singaporean composers
- Singaporean female singers
- Singaporean Mandopop singers
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