Jay Chou Most Successful Mandarin Male Solo Singer

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FEMUSINDO.com - Jay Chou is a Taiwanese singer and actor of pure Chinese descent who is popular among listeners of Mandarin Pop songs.

Jay Chou, who was born in Linkou, Taipei, January 18, 1979, has received widespread attention from Mandarin song listeners.

His fans are not only in his native Taiwan, but also in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam.

His global success as a C-Pop singer is unquestionable. He has sold more than 30 million copies of his music albums and singles internationally. So he was given the title of World Best-Selling Chinese Artist by the World Music Award.

First Time Entering the Music Industry

Jay Chou first entered the music industry when he appeared with his friend at a talent show in 1998 as a pianist and songwriter.

Although their performance was not extraordinary, the producers could see Jay's extraordinary talent. Eventually, Jay was hired as a composer and songwriter for other artists.

In 2000, Jay released his first album titled "Jay", which became a hit in Taiwan and ranked in the top 3 of G-Music's CD sales list.

Since then, Jay has been releasing albums every year. In 2001, he released his second studio album titled "Fantasy" which was a success in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

This album also won him the nominations for "Best Composer" and "Best R&B Song" for the single titled Simple Love at the Golden Melody Awards.

His album titled Yeh Hui-Mei was released in July 2003 and was a success in physical sales in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Topping the Charts

In late 2014, Jay Chou completed the album Aiyo, Not Bad. The album topped the QQ Music, KuGou, and NetEase apps, as well as the album sales charts in Singapore, Malaysia and Macau.

The album's huge success managed to penetrate the music album sales list in the United States, bringing the album to position #1 on the Billboard World Albums chart.

The album also made Jay Chou the first mandopop singer to reach that position and made history as a Mandarin-language music album that penetrated the global music album sales chart.

His success, by the Financial Times gave him the nickname as "The Most Successful Mandarin Male Solo Singer".

Debut in Acting

In 2005, Jay made his acting debut through the film Initial D, a popular manga series in Japan that was adapted for the big screen.

There, he played the main character, Takumi Fujiwara. In the film, Jay was able to show his extraordinary acting talent.

Finally, Jay won the award for best newcomer at the 42nd Golden Horse Award for his role in Initial D.

Starring and Directing Films

Consecutively, Jay began to appear on the big screen, namely in the colossal film Curse of Golden Flower with Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li which was released in 2006.

Not only that, he also starred in and directed the romantic drama film "Secret" which was released in 2007.

Then, in 2008 Jay released the sports comedy film Kung-Fu Dunk. In the films he starred in, Jay always composed songs and sang them for the film's soundtrack.

In fact, in one of the latest action films "Fearless", starring kung fu superstar Jet Li, Jay was also asked to compose and sing the soundtrack of the film. (*)