Tao Zhe

essential information

David zeetao, born in Hong Kong, China on July 11, 1969, is a male singer and musician of Chinese pop music. He graduated from UCLA.

In 1993, he entered the music circle as a music producer. In 1997, he became a singer. In the same year, he won attention with his first album "David Tao" and introduced R & B style music to Taiwan pop music. In 2000, he won the best Album Producer Award of the 11th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album I'm ok. In 2002, he released the album "black Liuding", which combines jazz, electronic rock and other music styles. In 2003, he won the silver award of the 25th Chinese golden melody and the most popular male singer in China.

In 2005, he released his album Taiping Shengshi, and won the Best Producer Award in the 5th global Chinese song list in the same year. In 2006, she released the album "too beautiful". The song "you are going to marry me today" won the best song award of the year at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Award. In 2010, he won the best Mandarin male singer award of the 21st Taiwan Golden Melody Award for his album 69 movements. In 2013, he released his album goodbye, how are you. Released the song "Mars baby" in 2017.

Early experience

Tao zhe was born in Hong Kong, China on July 11, 1969. He spent his childhood in Taipei, Taiwan, China, and graduated from Bernie American School of Taipei mansion. In 1984, Tao zhe left Taiwan and settled in California. While studying at UCLA, he majored in psychology with a minor in film.

In 1986, Tao Zhe and his classmates organized an orchestra called "instant picture" in the school. After graduating from University, Tao zhe worked as a civilian in Los Angeles police department for 18 months. In 1988, he worked in the United States, including sugar factories, musical instrument stores, shoe stores, clothing stores and so on.

Acting experience

Behind the scenes period

In the spring of 1993, Tao zhe met music producer Wang Zhiping in a record store in Los Angeles, USA. at the invitation of Wang Zhiping, Tao zhe returned to Taiwan, China for development, and began to participate in music production. In the same year, he made the album Alton for Zhou Baoyuan, and wrote love songs such as love is not easy for the album. In 1994, he made the English album "somewhere in my broken heart" for Zhang Xinzhe.

In 1995, he participated in the production of Chen Shuhua's album "Shuhua in full bloom" and wrote five R & B style songs for the album; in the same year, he produced the album "laughing and weeping" for Yang Caini and created American style songs such as "do you do".

In January 1996, he participated in the production of Eric Suen's album habits, and wrote American style songs "Hello Strider" and "midnight rosemary" for the album; in July, he produced album "pure energy" for l.a.boyz, which included black jazz songs such as "silent night in memory" and "clown and balloon"; in the same year, he also contributed to Zheng Zhongji's album "left" I miss your love.

Chivalrous record period

In 1997, Tao zhe went from behind the scenes to on stage development, and joined Xiake record company. In the same year, he released his first album David Tao and served as the producer of the album. In this album, he combined R & B style with Taiwan local songs, created 8 songs, including 10:30 in the airport, beach, love, simple, and adapted the Minnan ballad wangchunfeng From this, it gained attention in Taiwan pop music.

In 1998, he won the best composer award, the best record producer award, the best Rookie Award and the best Mandarin male singer award in the 9th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album "David Tao", and won the best Rookie Award and the best record producer award. Later, he made the album "love or not" for Zhao Yonghua. In the same year, he also wrote "don't love" for Zhang Huimei's album "hand in hand" Lie to me and high.

In 1999, he released the album "I'm OK". In this album, Tao zhe added other music elements except R & B. the song of the same name "I'm OK" combines elements of national music, rock and roll, and electronic music. After the release of the album, it has achieved sales of more than 500000 pieces. The song "small town girl" in the album won the top ten single award of the Chinese musicians Exchange Association, and another song《 "Find yourself" won the top ten Golden Melody Award of Hong Kong YMC.

In 2000, he sang the theme song "please raise your head" of the 13th sun project with Wang Leehom, Eason Chan and other singers. In the same year, he won the best record producer award of the 7th Singapore Golden Melody Award, the best potential artist of the Chinese musicians Exchange Association, and the best album Producer Award of the 11th Taiwan Golden Melody Award. In July 2001, the song Ibelieve created by Tao zhe was selected by Disney as the theme song of the international Chinese version of the animated film "Lost Empire"; in the same year, he produced the album "smart" for tension.

In 2002, the album "black Liuding" was released. Tao zhe not only arranged the composition and arrangement of all the songs in the album, but also served as the producer of the album. The album combines jazz, electronic rock, country rock, blues, R & B and other music styles. The album's title song "black Liuding" won the annual Top Ten Golden Melody Awards of the 2nd Golden Melody Award Ceremony and TVB8 Golden Melody list Another song in the album "angel" won the best single award in the third season of the Chinese Pop Music Media Award; in November, the "903 Tao zhe 1120 black auspicious day concert" was held at the Hong Kong Kowloon Bay International Exhibition and Trade Center, and the revised version of "whose heart does the moon represent" was performed live; in December, the song "wind sand" and "the most beautiful" were composed for Tony Leung The last dance.

Yidai entertainment period

In 2003, he joined Yidai Entertainment Co., Ltd.; in January, he won the silver award of the 25th top ten Chinese Golden Melody national most popular male singers; in May, he produced the album "be your man" for tension; in August, he released the double CD concept album "ultra sound road 1997-2003"; the album included 24 works created by Tao Zhe in six years; in the same year, with the album "black willow" Ding won five awards, including the most popular songwriter award of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 9th global Chinese language list, and Hito Asia media recommended album. Later, he worked as the producer of Chen Xiaochun's album Suan you hen, and wrote songs Suan you hen and 0932 for the album.

In April 2004, he produced the album "love planet" for tension; in September, he won the award of the most popular songwriter, the most popular 20 Golden Songs and the best album producer at the 4th global Chinese song ranking ceremony; in the same year, he wrote the rock and roll love song "I all know" for Liang Jingru.

In January 2005, the album "peaceful and prosperous times" was released. Among the 13 songs included in the album, 11 were composed and arranged by Tao Zhe. Among them, the representative works include "Susan said" combining Chinese minor with Western R & B and the song "art of war" combining Western musical instruments with national musical instruments. The sales volume of the album in Asia exceeded 900000 in the first week of its release, and it won the 6th Pepsi music awards In the same year, he wrote a retro rock song "one to one" for fan Weiqi.

In June 2006, he won the best pop music album award of the 17th Taiwan Golden Melody Award for his album "peace and prosperity"; in August, he released and created the album "too beautiful"; ten of the 13 songs in the album were composed by Tao Zhe, among which the representative work "never forget" was adapted from the song "no love", and combined with music elements such as funk and soul rhythm; another song in the album "Today you are going to marry me" is sung by Tao Zhe and Cai Yilin. This song is not only popular in Chinese speaking areas, but also won the Hito pop music award for audience's favorite song of the year and the Hito pop music award for top 10 Chinese songs of the year.

In February 2007, Tao Zhe and Cai Yilin sang the song "you are going to marry me today" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala; from October 26 to 27, they held the "1.2.3 we are all wooden people concert" in Taipei little dome; they also sang the soul Blues version of "the moon represents my heart" and the heavy rock version of "small town girl"; in October, they performed in the 7th Global Chinese song rehearsal At the awards ceremony, he won five awards, including top five most popular male singers, best male singer and best producer.

Gold medal gale period

On March 1, 2008, he held "1.2.3 we are all wooden people concert" in Beijing Capital Gymnasium; most of his 25 live songs were rearranged; from March 23 to 25, he held three concerts in Hong Kong honghom gymnasium; in August, he joined Goldwind record company. In August 2009, he released the rock style album "69 movements"; in addition to the behind the scenes production of the album, Tao zhe also acted as a director, shooting music videos and documentaries for the album, and directing the first video work "secret love".

In April 2010,

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