Jay Chou was born in Taiwan, China, and his ancestral home is Quanzhou, Fujian. An outstanding Chinese musician, pop singer, songwriter, producer, MV film director, and screenwriter. He is the most revolutionary singer-songwriter in the Asian pop music scene after 2000. He has sold more than 31 million records in Asia and is known as the "King of Asian Pop." In 2005, he got involved in movies with "Initial D". In 2007, he established JVR Co., Ltd., wrote, directed and starred in the movie "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable". In 2009, he directed and starred in the TV series "Pandaren". In 2010, he hosted the TV show "Mr. J Channel", entered Hollywood with "The Green Hornet" in 2011
Character profile
Gender and blood type: Male/O
Height and weight: 175cm/60kg
Zodiac sign: Capricorn/Horse
Family members: Zhou Yaozhong (father)/Yip Huimei (mother)/Yip Zhan Amei (grandmother)\
All occupations: pop singers, composers, lyricists, music producers, screenwriters, directors, actors, hosts, chairman of Jewel Music Co., Ltd., Metersbonwe fashion consultants, ASUS laptop designers
Education experience: Yamaha Kindergarten/Zhongxiao Elementary School (Class C, Grade 3)/Jinhua Junior High School ( Grade 3, Class 8)/Taipei County Private Tamkang Senior High School (Music Department)
Leisure hobbies: playing basketball, doing magic, playing musical instruments, practicing martial arts (practicing nunchucks), playing diabolo, driving a sports car
Specialized musical instruments: piano/cello/guitar/jazz drums/electronic keyboard/guzheng/flute
Appreciation artist: Jet Li /The person Chow Yun-fat respects: Ms. Ye Huimei
The thing that hates: being followed closely by the paparazzi
The thing that worries me: There are more and more things I want to do, but there is never enough time
The most satisfying thing: Successfully getting rid of the paparazzi
Favorite genre: Chinese style/R&B
The most common words: Blind/Ouch, not bad!
The biggest wish: to travel to every corner of the world and give my mother, grandmother and family a stable life.
Favorite collection: Antique furniture/antique lamps/sneakers/hats/various musical instruments/cool cars
Favorite dishes: chicken leg bento/steak/tomato scrambled eggs
First director's film debut: "The Secret That Can't Be Told"
First director and actor in a TV series: "Pandaman"
First host program: "MR. J Channel"
Early Life
On January 18, 1979, Jay Chou was born in Taipei County, Taiwan Province (his ancestral home was in Putian, Fujian from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and in Yongchun County, Fujian Province after the Song Dynasty). His father, Zhou Yaozhong, is a physics teacher, and his mother, Ye Huimei, is an art teacher. His first teachers were Dai Guoying and Gan Bowen. In 1982, he began to learn piano. Seeing his amazing talent for music, Ye Huimei bought a good piano for him and started Zhou Jie's career. Lun's "severe discipline" musical childhood;
In 1993, his parents divorced, and 10 years of piano lessons ended, and he grew up under the care of his mother;
In 1995, he tried composing at the age of 15, and became famous in Jinhua Junior High School where he studied. In high school, he studied in the music department of Tamkang Middle School, majoring in piano and minoring in cello. He developed a deep friendship with his high school classmate Huang Yue, but later lost contact. His parents' divorce, failure in the college entrance examination, and suffering from illness brought Jay Chou to a low point in his life, but he still did not forget music, and it became one of the driving forces for his persistence in music. His superb on-site improvisation ability and profound knowledge of Chinese and Western classical and modern music have laid a solid foundation for his future music career.
Acting experience
In September 1997, without his knowledge, others helped Jay Chou to sign up for Taiwan's "Super Rookie King" entertainment program, and unexpectedly won the runner-up. I entered the competition with a very strange song. Because I was shy, I asked a friend to sing and accompanied me. My friend sang poorly. Wu Zongxian glanced at the score over the referee's shoulder and was amazed. It is very complex and cannot be arranged and played by ordinary musicians. "Wu Zongxian, who founded Alfa Music by himself at the time, went backstage to find Jay Chou after the performance and signed him. However, no one in the music circle liked his songs;
In 1998, he became a resident singer at Xiubi Duhua Restaurant;
In December 1999, Wu Zongxian made an appointment with Jay Chou for ten days. If he could write 50 songs, he would help him select 10 for a record. Jay Chou started composing immediately. Within ten days, Jay Chou came up with 50 songs, each of which was beautifully written and perfectly composed. In November 2000, he released the album "Jay"; in 2001, he released the album "Fantasy", gradually establishing Jay Chou's leading position in the Chinese music scene. In February 2002, Jay Chou held his first solo concert in Singapore and Malaysia. In April 2002, his personal European EP - Nunchaku European EP was released in Europe. In July 2003, more than 50 radio stations across Asia simultaneously premiered the title song "In the Name of the Father" from "Ye Huimei". July 16 was designated as "Jay Chou Day", with a listening rate of 800 million people across Asia; In 2003, he was featured on the cover of the Asian edition of Time magazine, which praised him as "the new generation of Asian music kings." Jay Chou is the third Chinese singer to appear on the cover of the famous "Time" magazine after Faye Wong and Zhang Huimei, and is also the only Chinese male singer. In 2003, British pop star Craig David said: "Jay Chou's music has dominated and may even change Asian music." In 2004, according to the world's most authoritative International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) data, Jay Chou's annual record sales ranked 42nd in the world, becoming the only Chinese singer in the world's top 50 in the 21st century. Jay Chou also won the World Music Awards for the best-selling artist in Greater China for the first time. On May 18, 2006, Jay Chou's wax figure was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Hong Kong; in 2007, Jay Chou sang at the Shanghai Stadium with 80,000 people, and the whole place was full. It set a record for the highest number of artists from all over the world performing at a concert in this stadium. In 2007, Jay Chou completed two world tours, "THE ONE" and "UNIQUE", and held many solo concerts in Connecticut, Nevada, Canada, Tokyo, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and various regions in mainland China. In April 2007, Jaywell Music Company was established; In 2008, following artists Wang Leehom, Zhang Huimei, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and F4, he became the fifth interviewee of CNNTalkAsia, a US news network; In 2008, when the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake hit, Jay Chou donated a total of more than 42 million yuan, the most among Taiwanese artists. He changed his solo concert to a disaster relief concert, personally played "Snail" and other aspirational songs, and shouted "Come on Wenchuan!" In 2008, the lyrics of the song "Blue and White Porcelain" related to the college entrance examinations in Shandong and Jiangsu, becoming the first pop song with lyrics appearing in the college entrance examination. Previously, Jay Chou's lyrics "Snail", "Shanghai 1943" and "Listen to Mom" have been written into primary and secondary school textbooks, and the lyrics of "Hair Like Snow" have been written into the Japanese book "Remember Chinese through Singing". A large number of lyrics have appeared in primary and secondary Chinese language and history examination questions. Many education personnel lamented that no pop singer has had such "close contact" with education; in 2008, the American "Fast Company" magazine selected "The 100 Most Creative People in Business" (The 100 Most Creative People in the World). He, Lady Gaga and Jay-Z became the "only three" singers on the list, and he was also the only Asian singer; In November 2008, with the album "I'm Very Busy", he won the "Highest Selling Singer (Greater China)" award from the "World Music Awards" held every year in Morocco. He has won it three times in a row (2006, 2007, 2008), breaking the record of singer Jacky Cheung for two consecutive years; plus 2004, Jay Chou has won four World Music Awards. In 2008, KBS1TV, South Korea's central television station, broadcast the film "The Untold Secret" directed and starred by Jay Chou during the Mid-Autumn Festival, setting off a craze in South Korea for the second time. This film has been shown in major theaters in South Korea before and is very popular in South Korea, not losing to other films released in South Korea at the same time.2008: He held two concerts at the Japanese Budokan, becoming the third Chinese singer to sing at the Budokan after Teresa Teng and Faye Wong, and the only Chinese male singer. The Chinese-style songs "Thousands of Miles Away" and "Fearless Fearless" sung at the concert were strongly welcomed by Japanese fans. In 2009, CNN selected Asia's 25 most influential people, and Jay Chou was shortlisted and described as an "extraordinary artist" In July 2009, Jay Chou's Australian tour, the box office of the Sydney concert ranked second on the US Billboard (Billboard), beating the world's R&B queen Beyoncé, becoming the second highest box office revenue of a single concert in the world that year, and also breaking the record for the highest box office of a Chinese concert in Australia. In 2009, Jay Chou completed his third [2007-2009 World Tour] and has held multiple solo concerts in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Connecticut, Toronto, Vancouver, Australia, Tokyo, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and various regions in mainland China. In 2010, Mayor Huang Shaoxiong of Cupertino, USA, designated the last day of the first decade of this century as "Jay Chou Day" in Cupertino, in order to commemorate Jay Chou's contribution to Chinese music. In 2010, Jay Chou's global song downloads ranked third in the world, second only to Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson. In 2010, Japan's "Island Song Prince" Kosuke paid tribute to Jay Chou and sang a cover of his song "Sea of Flowers". The lyrics were rewritten into a Japanese version and included in the personal album "Sound Like an Instrument". In December 2010, the International Asteroid Nomenclature Center approved the official naming of the asteroid numbered 257248 as Jay Chou. This asteroid was discovered in 2009 by astronomy enthusiasts from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Jay Chou composed the song "Flight of Love" based on this star. In 2011, Jay Chou entered Hollywood with "The Green Hornet". The well-known American movie website "Screencrave" selected the top ten most anticipated new actors. Jay Chou, who will enter the overseas market with "The Green Hornet", has become a "potential stock" in the eyes of Western media. Not only has he successfully entered the top ten, he has also become the only Asian actor representative on the list. In 2011, Jay Chou and NBA basketball superstar Kobe Bryant endorsed Sprite ads. Jay Chou composed the theme song "A Fight Between Heaven and Earth" and co-produced the MV with Kobe Bryant, which premiered in Los Angeles, California, on February 21, 2011. All proceeds from downloads of the song will be donated to the China Hope Project (more than 2 million yuan has been raised). In December 2011, the popular Japanese group Exile paid tribute to Jay Chou by covering Jay Chou's song "Say Goodbye" and rewriting the lyrics into the Japanese version of "Real Valentine", which was included in their personal single. They also invited Jay Chou as a guest at Exile's Tokyo concert, with Jay Chou responsible for the piano accompaniment. Jay Chou and Exile sang with Chinese and Japanese lyrics respectively, and the 50,000 Japanese audience at the scene burst into applause. In 2012, Jay Chou personally went to the Hope Primary School in Zhifeng Township, Miluo City, Hunan Province, where he donated, to inspect the implementation of the donation, interacted with the children, played the inspirational song "Daoxiang" himself, and played basketball with his classmates. In 2012, Jay Chou sang at the Singapore F1 (Formula One World Championship) racing track, becoming the first Chinese singer to be officially invited by F1. In May 2012, Jay Chou ranked first on the Forbes China Celebrity List with absolute leadership in various indicators. Jay Chou is the most revolutionary singer-songwriter in the Asian pop music scene after 2000. His talent is not only reflected in his strong on-site improvisation ability and mastery of music theory and various instruments, but also in subverting ordinary people's unconventional creative ideas.Jay Chou incorporates a variety of Eastern and Western classical music into his music, from the oldest Chinese style to European medieval baroque music, Gregorian chant music, classical sonatas, symphonies, cross-border modern pop music, various Jazz, blues, rock, nakahi, folk, DJ scratch, hip-hop, gospel music, American country music, electronic music, etc., creating a complex and subtle fusion. Jay Chou also boldly experimented with the use and combination of various musical instruments to create unexpected effects, and even used ultra-difficult Spanish-style string performances in the album's songs. Each attempt was an unprecedented development in the Chinese pop music world. Jay Chou's unconstrained creative ideas make his songs completely different from any other music form, forming a strong personal style; in terms of lyrics, in addition to Fang Wenshan's help, Jay Chou himself also shows
