Penny Tai

Infobox musical artist
Name = Penny Tai 戴佩妮


Img_capt = Promotional photo from 7th album "iPenny"
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1978|4|22
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Origin = flagicon|Malaysia Malaysia
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Genre = Mandarin pop
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1999–present
Label = EMI (1999-present)
URL = [http://www.emimusic.com.tw/pop/penny/ www.emimusic.com.tw]

Penny Tai (zh-cp|c=戴佩妮|p=Dái Peìnī; born: April 22, 1978) is a Malaysian Chinese singer and songwriter in the Mandarin pop scene. Since her debut in 2000, she has released seven albums.

Biography

Penny Tai was born in Johor, Malaysia, to a Hakka family. She started song-writing at the age of 17, participating in the Halo Song-writing Contest [http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=/2003/5/31/people/bnpenny&sec=miPeople] in Kuala Lumpur, a platform which also launched the career of fellow Malaysian singer, Fish Leong. In 1999, she was offered a contract by EMI Music (Taiwan) and moved to Taiwan pursue a career in singing and song-writing. She released her self-titled first album, "Penny", in January 2000. Her latest album is "Who I Am", released in June, 2008. She is marketed by her company as a talented singer-songwriter who is responsible for both the compositions and performance of her songs.

Discography

Albums

# "Penny" (February 1, 2000)
# "How's That?" ("怎样") (January 22, 2001)
# "Just Sing It" (April 13, 2002)
# "No Penn, No Gain" (March 24, 2003)
# "So Penny" (February 9, 2004)
# "Crazy Love" ("爱疯了") (March 31, 2005)
# "iPenny" (October 6, 2006)
# "Who I Am" (June 10, 2008)

Her most popular song to date internationally was the end theme for the Taiwanese drama "Meteor Garden" and "Meteor Garden 2" entitled Ni Yao De Ai (The Love You Want).

Awards

2006

* Golden Melody Awards (金曲奖) - Best Composer ("爱疯了")

External links

* [http://www.emimusic.com.tw/pop/penny/ Penny Tai official website]
* [http://www.ilovepenny.com Penny Tai Malaysia Fan Club website]
* [http://www.amw168.com/search-lyrics/artist/Dai,%20Penny%20戴佩妮-8950.html Penny Tai albums lyrics]