Timi Zhuo

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor

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Timi Zhuo Yi-Ting (linktext|卓|依|婷) (born October 2 1981) is a prominent singer from Republic of China (Taiwan). She has recorded more than 600 songs in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Biography

Timi was born Hsinchuang, Taiwan on October 2, 1981. When she was about the age of 3 or 4, her parents introduced her to show business (singing, music, acting). She did many TV commercials and advertisement until the age of 6, when she released her first Hokkien album.

She was skilled at the piano at a very young age. Zhuo was such a young and beautiful girl when she started her singing career that she was given the name "Small Princess."

From 1986 to 1991, she starred in many hokkien movie series, including: 酒矸通卖否, 风雨情, 君在何处, 爱你入骨, 隔壁亲家, 顺天圣母, 忠义八犬传, 你是我最爱的人, 小天才, 妈妈, 冷冷的怒, 三八亲母, 春风秋雨, 盖世皇太子 and 菜鸟配凤凰. In that time period, she also recorded many music albums, mostly in hokkien. [ [http://www.timistudio.cn/licheng.asp 卓依婷官方网站 ] ]

She released a series of hokkien classical songs 歌坛小公主 (The Singing Princess), featuring her playing the piano or guitar as she sings or dancing. A famous release when she was 9 was the 黄金九岁山歌黄梅调 (Golden 9 years: Huang mei diao Chinese opera) mandarin opera songs where she starred as both boy and girl in each duet and her first Chinese New Year album. She came out with her first original hokkien hit, 妈妈在哪里 (Where’s Mama?) in 1990. In 1993, she got a role in a Chinese opera play at the Taipei Theater where she acted and sang folk and opera songs. The crowd went wild during this play. The following year, 1994, she recorded 民歌小调 (Folk Melodies) of famous folk songs, 恋恋风情 of the classic mandarin songs, and the popular 怀念邓丽君金曲 (Remembering Teresa Teng’s golden hits) album in tribute to the remembrance of the famous Taiwanese singer, Teresa Teng.

In 1995, she recorded 春风妙舞 (Exquisite spring dance) as a continuance to 恋恋风情, 春风舞曲 (Dance songs of the spring winds) the CNY album, and 闽南语情歌大对唱 (Minnan love songs duet) of hokkien love duets with 林正桦.

In 1996 when she was 15, she moved to Beijing, China for the first time and also, released her first very famous, special edition MTV 蜕变 (Transformation) 少女的心情故事 (The mood story of a young girl), the first two out of the five in the series, the very famous 校园青春乐 (Youthful happiness of school) school songs, and 款款柔情甜歌集 (Collection of sweet love music), of oldies sung with 凌一惠 (Ling Yi Hui).

In 1997, she recorded 猜心 (Guess the heart) of popular pop songs, the Spring/CNY album 春语 (Spring Language), and her self-album (hokkien) 恋梦 (Love dream).

In 1998, she recorded 化蝶 (Change to a butterfly) of classic pop music and 皇牌影视金曲 (Television golden hit songs) of famous television songs.

In 1999, she recorded the Tibetan album 风之谷 (Mountain valley) and also 蜕变-谜 (Mystery), the third in the special edition series.

In 2000, her self-album of more modern pop music 伪装 (camouflage) was released as well as an informational album, 飞舞写真 (Dancing in the air photograph).

Afterwards, Timi took a two years unannounced break from her singing because all the stress of work was making her unhealthy and ill. Because nobody knew where she went, there was a rumor that was passed saying that she had died in either a car accident or of stomach cancer. [http://www.zs-114.com/commercehtm/2007-10-19/20071019142450.htm]

But two years afterwards, in 2002, Timi went back on stage again and released her first two 八大巨星 (eight superstars) CNY album, 拱照北京城大团圆 and the hokkien 百万巨星大赚钱 and also the first album in the series of two, 祝福 (Luck wish).

In 2003, she released her second eight superstars CNY album, 霸气如虹迎新年, the Tibetan 天地情 山地情歌 (Sky earth love), 中国时代经典 (China’s era classics) that expressed her love for China, 黄梅戏经典名曲精萃 (Chinese opera classics) of Chinese opera classics, and the 婷不了的爱 (Endless love) the fourth in the 蜕变 series. In 2004, she recorded, 祝福2 (Luck wish 2), the second and last album in the series and 温情脉脉 (Light exquisite feeling) the fifth and last album in the 蜕变 series.

In 2005, she released the famous Chinese New Year album 送你一个大年糕 (Give you a big New Year cake) with her original “Give you a big New Year cake”, another 八大巨星 album 福禄寿喜 (Joy of the Three immortals), and 燃烧 (Burn), which is a DJ remix of some of her old songs.

In 2006, Timi released the modern DJ-type CNY album 热歌辣舞闹新春 (Noisy new spring of hot music) and also, a very famous CD, 我的眼泪不为你说谎 (My tears don’t lie to you) of famous pop songs, along with her own latest and biggest hit song “My tears don’t lie to you”.

In 2007, she released 八大巨星 (eight superstars) 好日子 (Good day) and her famous CNY album 恭喜发财 (May you be prosperous) with some of her original Chinese New Year songs. She also starred in a movie series, released October of that year called 丁家有女喜洋洋 (There’s a happy girl in the Ding family), playing a role as the office lady. This year, 2008, she had a duet with 罗宾 on the song 採紅菱 (Picking red chestnuts) in the eight superstars album 百福临门满人间. [ [http://www.timistudio.cn/album.asp 卓依婷官方网站 ] ]

Now, she is currently working on a new album that is supposed to be released in September or October. Timi has also sang at many concerts, beginning from 2003 until now. She is very famous for Chinese New Year songs and she enjoys singing pop and folk music. She currently lives and sings in mainland China and has toured and sang in Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan.

She was given a nickname of "Queen of all soft song singers."Fact|date=February 2008

Original songs

Here's the list of all of her own songs:

From the album when she was younger - 9 years old 1990
* 妈妈在哪里 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8b8rjU3ieM] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmr1bD8Qlls]

恋梦1 (Hokkien) 1995 "Love Dream 1"
* 不应该的爱 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxduLEep4_g]
* 风 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRc3JAkZvcI]
* 不该来熟悉 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZEp9GdjUA]
* 流浪儿 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DYSuseY-dk]
* 勤俭卡有底 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG4ymXqMG9Q]
* 浊水溪的恋情（吴庆昌VS卓依婷） [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKqNtnInWM]
* 心惊惊 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1Y8lFuL60]
* 空杯 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFjMOzXucQY]
* 甭相辞 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMb2kTikzzU]
* 秋风扫落叶 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7so_sPrupn4]
* 阿娘的梦 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-_9QGAvnmg]
* 舞伴嘛是有知己（吴庆昌VS卓依婷） [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF1dTsQiIF4]

恋梦2 (Hokkien) 1995 "Love Dream 2"
* 伸手等你牵 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0axvvnA0bQA]
* 愈想心肝愈呒甘 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s16FIMFZi_c]
* 心锁等你合 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzcvh_p9WUA]
* 认真爱一人 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLPC-14aTm0]
* 伤心也好 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msDch3xQvoY]
* 爱情的故事哪电影 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8KC10jYVlg]
* 爱阮有几分 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSLGqbPZvfA]
* 无情的班机 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSdQ0ZySXko]
* 少女的恋梦 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=218SyZu8QaQ]
* 请你呒通放舍我 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAsuU2jzg3g]
* 月娘可比阮心肝 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1P5QTJPN7A]
* 留乎天安排 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFVVAI6iMHo]

伪装 (Camouflage) This is also called "Wake up, Angel" 2000
* 伪装 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQIOpq3sFd4]
* 离水之鱼 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9TVJr-SSuA]
* 都依你 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU5CYeS20uQ]
* 天使快醒来 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fha99BH15Ts]
* 从来都不知道 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0S4GA-P62k]
* 美人鱼 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBfHci66knY]
* 坏一点 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYR7VuHsiCA]
* 第一次失恋 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Z0U6BpfTs]
* 夜舞 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOrR1jHQvIo]
* 悄悄话 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8icmydUKbo]
* 情比海更深 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1C3FSupD-o]

蜕变5 "温情脉脉1" (Transformation album 5: Affectionate Tender Feelings) 2004
* 踏红尘 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlA6sxgUqOA]
* 流星雨 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06oJQjhM0MA]
* 爱你千万遍 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FzpDLFBmQ]

送你一个大年糕 (Give you a big New Year Cake) 2005 New Year album
* 送你一个大年糕 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7RyhGMhEwg]

我的眼泪不为你说谎 (My Tears don't lie to you) 2007
* 我的眼泪不为你说谎 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HpZWsRos0]

恭喜发财 (Gong Xi Fa Cai - Happy New Years!) 2007
* 小小贺年片 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBLclPavRZw]
* 日进千乡万里财 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omjAkQ_ZidA]
* 情人拜年 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5coL6PGmtM]

This wasn't recorded in an album but she sang it on her 2007 concert.
* 别怕 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqz2BJRxDZU]

Zhuo is also famous for her Chinese New Year songs, and for Chinese opera songs such as "Liang San Bo Yu Zhu Ying Tai" (梁山伯与祝英台) from "The Butterfly Lovers".

Her cover versions of Teresa Teng's songs are also very popular, including:
*"Sweet Honey" (甜蜜蜜)
*"Don't Pick the Roadside Flowers" (路边的野花不要采)
*"Rhyme of the Sea" (海韵)
*"Thousands of Words" (千言万语)
*"I Only Care About You" (我只在乎你)
*"Small Town Story" (小城故事)
*"Like Your Tenderness" (恰似你的温柔)
*"The Moon Represents My Heart" (月亮代表我的心)
*"Good-bye, my love" (再见我的爱人)
*"How would you say" (你怎么说)
*"On the water side" (在水一方)

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