Zhang Liangying

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Jane Zhang, born on October 11, 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, is a female pop singer and songwriter in China.

In 2004, he won the national championship of "shining star college student singer trial" by Warner records. In 2005, he took part in the program "2005 Super Girl" of Hunan Satellite TV. In 2006, he released his first music album "the one", and won the popular actress award of the 6th China Gold Record Award. In 2007, he became the second mainland Chinese singer to hold a concert in the United States after Cui Jian. In 2008, he attended a state banquet held by the Japanese government for the Chinese President's state visit to Japan and sang the song impression of rain on the West Lake. In 2009, as the representative of Asian talent show, she appeared on the interview program "Oprah Winfrey Show" of CBS television station in the United States. In 2010, he appeared at the 52nd Grammy Awards and became the first Chinese singer to appear at the Grammy Awards ceremony. In 2011, he won the best Asian Artist Award of Mnet Asia Music Festival (Mama); in the same year, "change" album won the IFPI "double platinum" sales certification.

In 2014, he was the judge of the 38th Montreal International Film Festival. In 2015, he sang the global theme song "fighting shadows" of the American film Terminator: Genesis. In 2016, the first English single "dust myShoulders off" was broadcast on CBS, ABC, NBC and fox. In 2017, he appeared in the 59th Grammy Awards and Billboard Music Awards of the United States, and was invited to be a guest of Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. In March 2018, the English single "808" entered the Billboard Hot Dance / electronic song charts of the United States for a total of eight weeks, with the highest number of 23 in history. In 2019, he will release his English album "pastprogressive" and cooperate with the National Tourism Administration to launch his personal micro variety show "journey of love". In 2021, he participated in the Yoshiki Music Documentary under the sky.

Early experience

When she was 2 years old, Zhang Liangying followed her grandfather and grandmother to Zhaojue temple in Chengdu every morning to worship Buddha and listen to the monks sing sutras. She spent four years of her childhood in the temple. During this period, I contacted and recited many scriptures. Because her parents like music very much, under the influence of her parents, Zhang Liangying first came into contact with Teresa Teng's songs. When she was 11 years old, she began to contact with English songs. The theme song beauty and the beast of Disney cartoon is her English Enlightenment song. At the age of 14, he won the second place in Chengdu ailang cup singing competition. When he was 15 years old, after his father died of illness and his mother was laid off for some reason, he took the initiative to shoulder the burden of family economy and went to Chengdu music house bar to sing in his spare time. In 2002, he performed "my heart will go on" with Symphony Orchestra in Sichuan Jincheng art palace. In 2003, he won the champion of "shining star college student singer trial" in Chengdu.

Acting experience

In March 2004, Zhang Liangying participated in the "shining star college student singer selection competition" held by Warner records, and won the national championship in the Finals held on July 25. After the competition, she did not sign a contract with Warner records. On July 31, he took part in the Hunan Satellite TV singing competition "national Pu singer victory battle", and won the national championship in the Finals held on September 3. In 2005, after being eliminated by the Oriental satellite TV entertainment program "2005 my show", Zhang Liangying took part in the Hunan Satellite TV entertainment program "2005 Super Girl", and won the national third place in the finals on August 26. After the competition, she took part in the "2005 Super Girl singing Tour China Tour" sponsored by Tianyu media. In October of the same year, Zhang Liangying signed a contract with Huayi Brothers and Huayou century, and her personal brand "Dolphin music studio" was officially established on December 20.

In January 2006, Zhang Liangying released her first Music EP "Jane love", which included three songs including "light", "tobeloved" and "counter clockwise", and was sold in China through Huayi music. The sales volume of EP entity version exceeded 200000 in three days after it went on the market, and exceeded 500000 in two months after it went on the market. The EP also launched a digital distribution on the global website of the search engine "Yahoo". The digital version was downloaded 200000 times in three days and made a profit of 400000 yuan. In order to promote EP songs, Zhang Liangying performed EP Chinese and English songs "to be loved" in "Boao night - 2006 Boao Forum for Asia charity dinner", which was praised by former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. In October, she released her first music album "the one", which included 10 songs including "if you love", "miss you, 0.01" and "this damned love", and was sold in mainland China and Hong Kong through Huayi music. The physical version of the album became the annual sales champion of the record chain store, and exceeded 1 million copies in three months after its launch. Zhang Liangying won the first prize with the album He won the "popular actor award" of the 6th China Gold Record Award and the "best female singer of the year" of Beijing pop music ceremony in 2006. In addition, she also sang the theme song "I repay love with all I have" for the palace tragedy movie "Banquet", which won the "mainland outstanding female singer award" and "Xincheng Mandarin Female Singer Award" at the 2007 Xincheng Mandarin power award ceremony.

In 2007, Zhang Liangying released her music album "update * Jane", which included 10 songs including "we agreed", "sadness in G major" and "dreamparty", and was sold in mainland China and Hong Kong through Huayi music. Among them, "we are together", composed by her, was selected as the theme song of "university volunteer project" by the United Nations Children's Fund After the physical version of the album broke through the small platinum sales in Hong Kong, "we agreed", "sadness in G major" and "dreamparty" were introduced to KTV in Hong Kong and Taiwan; Zhang Liangying won the "outstanding singer of the year" award at the 14th Singapore Golden Melody Award, the 7th global Chinese song list and other music ceremonies. In order to cooperate with the promotion of the album, Zhang Liangying held "music let me say update concert" and "we say good concert" in Beijing and Chengdu respectively. As the bequest song of "update * Jane", Zhang Liangying completed the three songs of "dearjane", "after I leave" and "besieged city" through the Music EP "dearjane", with the music theme of "heart · love: private collection in winter" Collection and distribution. In the same year, the Wenzhou fellow townspeople's Association in the United States invited Zhang Liangying to give a concert hosted by her name. After being sponsored by more than 30 local enterprises in the United States, and with the support of the Los Angeles government, she completed her first ticket selling American solo concert at the Pasadena Theater. As a result, Zhang Liangying became the second mainland Chinese singer to hold a concert in the United States after Cui Jian.

In 2008, Zhang Liangying sang the theme song "painted heart" for the Oriental love magic film "painted skin", which has been downloaded 100 million times in the field of mobile digital music. In 2013, the Japanese version of the song was released by Japanese female singer Tanmu Mayi. With the song, Zhang Liangying won the "best female singer of the year" award and fashion magazine "fashion cosmopolitan" at the 2008 Beijing popular music ceremony She was awarded the "fashion musician of the year award", the "most popular mainland female singer of the year award" by the search engine "Baidu", and the "Best Original Film Song Award" by the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. As a result, she became a mainland Chinese singer with this honor. In the same year, on the occasion of Hu Jintao's state visit to Japan, Zhang Liangying sang the song "impression of the rain on the West Lake" for the heads of state of China and Japan as well as Japanese prime ministers at a state banquet held at the official residence of the Japanese Prime Minister. As the theme song of "impression of the West Lake", the song was also performed for Turkmen, Fiji and Madagascar during several years of the performance There are more than 100 politicians in China.

In 2009, Zhang Liangying released her music album @ music, which includes 10 songs, including "it can't be love", "embarrassment" and "light in the dark night", and has been sold in China through Huayi music. The number of physical versions of the album has reached 100000. Zhang Liangying won the 2009 Beijing pop music ceremony, the 14th Global Chinese list, and the 2009 China Music Awards "Best female singer of the year" was awarded by music ceremony such as original music pop list. In order to promote this album, she performed in Tokyo. During the promotion of the album, along with the expiration of Zhang Liangying's contract with Huayi Brothers, the two MVs of "dilemma" and "light in the dark" were snowed, and the subsequent development plan to Japan was interrupted. In the same year, Zhang Liangying was invited to appear on CBS's talk show Oprah Winfrey, sing the songs "impression of the rain on the West Lake" and "let me talk about my music", and accepted Oprah Winfrey and Simon cowey

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