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Da Mouth
Da Mouth at 2007 Taipei IT MonthChinese name 大嘴巴 Pinyin Dà Zuǐ Bā (Mandarin) Origin Taipei, Taiwan Other name(s) DM Genre(s) Mandopop, hip-hop, urban Label(s) Universal Music Taiwan Years active 2007–present Current Members Aisa
DJ Chung Hua
MC 40
HarryOfficial Website www.umusic.com.tw Awards-
Golden Melody Awards Best Singing Group
2008 Da Mouth
Best Singing Group
2011 One Two Three
Da Mouth (Chinese: 大嘴巴; pinyin: dà zui ba; literally "Big Mouth") is a Taiwanese hip hop band made up of MC 40, DJ Chung Hua, male vocalist Harry, and female vocalist Aisa. They are considered the Asian The Black Eyed Peas due to the group's diversity. The band's Chinese band name directly translates into "big mouth". Their English band name is derived from the concatenation of the Chinese character for "big" 大, which when romanized using pinyin becomes "dà", and the translation of the second half of their Chinese band name. They released their self-titled debut album Da Mouth on 16 November 2007.
The group won Best Singing Group at the 19th Golden Melody Awards in 2008[1] and at the 22nd Golden Melody Awards in 2011.[2]
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Members
- Chung Hua - Taiwanese / Japanese - DJ
- Harry (張懷秋) - Korean / Taiwanese - male lead vocalist
- MC 40 (薛仕凌) - Canadian / Taiwanese - MC/Rapper
- Aisa (or Aisha) (千田愛紗) - Japanese - female lead vocalist
Career
Da Mouth's young, upbeat club hip-hop music brings something different to mainstream Mando-pop, as does their unique member composition. The group is formed by many hyphens: Canadian-Taiwanese MC 40 (薛仕凌), Korean-Taiwanese-American male vocalist Harry (張懷秋), Japanese-Taiwanese DJ Chung Hua (宗華), and Japanese female vocalist Aisa (千田愛紗).[3]
Harry grew up in San Mateo County, California, located around San Francisco. MC 40 was raised in Vancouver, Canada. He writes most of Da Mouth's lyrics on the album and is considered one of the best and fastest rappers in Taiwan with his multi-language rapping ability. Aisa was born in Japan, and was originally a member of Sunday Girls from the popular Taiwanese television program Super Sunday before she joined the group. DJ Chung Hua was transferred to Japan at the age of 14 because his parents worked there. He is known as the producer of the group and he had won many DJ awards internationally.[citation needed]
Their debut album titled Da Mouth was released on 16 November 2007. In 2010 they released their third album One Two Three (万凸3). The lead track "喇舌" is listed at number 42 on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2010.[4]
Discography
Album Information Tracklisting Da Mouth - Released: November 16, 2007
- Format: CD
- Label: Universal Music
Tracklisting- The Starting 4
- Kao Guo Lai / 靠過來
- Get You Back
- Jie Guo Lie / 結果咧 Intro
- Jie Guo Lie / 結果咧
- Step On The Beat
- Wo Yuan Yi / 我願意
- Wo Jiu Shi Xi Huan Ni / 我就是喜歡你
- Cool Boy
- Da Zui Ba / 大嘴巴
- 119
- Wu Ke Qu Dai / 無可取代
- Huai Qiu / 懷秋
王元口力口 (Wang Yuan Kou Li Kou)(player) - Released: December 19, 2008
- Format: CD
- Label: Universal Music
Tracklisting- Intro
- Da Now Yi Chang / Da Now一場
- Guo Wang Huang Hou / 國王皇后 (Puma Ad Song)
- Jin Gu Zhou / 緊箍咒
- Ai De Xuan Yan / 愛的宣言 (Kobayashi Glasses Ad Song)
- Yong Yuan Zai Shen Bian / 永遠在身邊
- Falling Like Dat
- Asalato Box
- We Wanna Party
- Xiao Xin Yan / 小心眼
- Down
- You Are My Angel
万凸3 (One Two Three) - Released: January 23, 2010
- Format: CD
- Label: Universal Music
Tracklisting- 3010
- Rock It
- La She / 喇舌
- Green Kicks
- Ai Bu Ai Wo / 愛不愛我
- Sou Xun You Xi / 搜尋遊戲
- Qian Xin De Peng You / 牽心的朋友
- Back To The Future
- Wei Lai Pai Dui / 未來派對
- Turn Up The Music
- Happy Birthday My Dear
- ShInInG
Awards and nominations
22nd Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan - 2011 Year Award Category Nomination Result Ref 2008 19th Golden Melody Awards Best Singing Group Da Mouth for Da Mouth Won [1] 2011 22nd Golden Melody Awards Best Singing Group Da Mouth for One Two Three Won [2] References
- ^ a b (Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 19th Golden Melody Awards winners list 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2011-06-12
- ^ a b (Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 22nd Golden Melody Awards winners list 20 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-20
- ^ (Chinese) Universal Music Taiwan Da Mouth profile
- ^ (Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart- 2010 (#1 to 50) Retrieved 2011-05-10
External links
- (Chinese) Da Mouth@Universal Music Taiwan
Categories:- Taiwanese hip hop groups
- Taiwanese singer-songwriters
- Mandopop musical groups
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