Who is Jay Chou?

Who is Jay Chou?

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    A Taiwanese pop star who is THE most famous singer/songwriter in Chinese-speaking countries. He first came onto the scene in 2000 with his self-titled debut album Jay and has been wildly popular since. Although he isn't nearly as handsome or as charismatic as one might expect of a pop star, nor as talented vocally (he is often criticized for mumbling his lyrics), he is well-known to be a phenomenal songwriter, composing all of his own music and well as songs for many other popular artists. In recent years he has also branched out into acting and moviemaking. His music can be described as pop infused with R&B, rock, rap, and traditional Chinese music. He is classically trained and plays piano and cello. Here's an article in Time Magazine about him: http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501030303/ The Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Chou

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More specifically, Jay Chou is a Taiwanese pop star, born and raised in Taiwan.  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/ta.jaychou/index.html#cnnSTCText Although Jay Chou's songs generally have lyrics sung in Mandarin, Jay has also sung/rapped in Taiwanese dialect, such as in his song 爸,我回来了(Dad, I'm home), which mixes Mandarin and Taiwanese. Although he is most well-known across Asia for his musical talent (writing and performing music that is a blend of pop/hip hop/traditional/other styles), he could be considered a bona fide pop star because, since 2005, he has also branched out to other entertainment media as a film and TV actor.  He has acted in several movies, including Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) and Initial D (2005).  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727100/ He is working on developing a TV series called Panda Men, which he will direct, and in which he will have a minor acting role. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-08/12/c_13442175.htm

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Jay Chou: King of  Asian Pop Jay Chou,the King of  Asian Pop ( 2000-2015),has written hundreds of unparalleled hits, won 15 seat Golden Melody Award (Chinese Grammy) and top the Forbes China celebrity list the first three  from 2010 to  2015. In 2003,he boarded the coverwho of “TIME"(Asia)” called “the NEW KING OF ASIAN POP" . To Forbes:http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2012/05/21/taiwan-singer-jay-chou-tops-the-2012-forbes-china-celebrity-list/ To Time:http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047401,00.htmlhttp://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,425958,00.html As the most popular Asian male singer, Jay Chou created the highest sales record for the Asian male singer in twenty-first Century(25 million copies,Piracy rate: 90ï¼…).Every year, as many as more than 1 billion people search Jay Chou in  Baidu (Asian Google search engine) with 20 billion network song playback volume .In 2009 ,he was evaluated as one of "the most influential figures in Asia"by CNN. To CNN:http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/ta.jaychou/index.html?iref=newssearch&http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/none/who-mattered-most-2009-regional-978863 &http://travel.cnn.com/tags/jay-chou :https://www.http://youtube.com//watch?v=1WhgeckEKos As a contemporary C-Pop Godfather,Jay Chou arranges all compose, produce, one fifth of the lyrics and one fifth of the arrangement.His team give C-Pop music new modes of expression and pick up C-Pop  original music banner.MTV EMA  describes  Him as “the Asian music industry's Bruce Lee”. To MTV EMA:http://asia.mtvema.com/_/jay-chou Review of the Chinese pop music history, There are  two iconic figures, one  is a superstar such as Teresa Teng , Leslie , Jacky Cheung,the other is a standard bearer of the humanistic spirit  such as Cui Jian, Luo , lizongcheng . To '00 ,"Jay" , as a  iconic leader, doubles the two  identity, dominating  Chinese music industry for 15 years Just like one “Legend of the Eastern Dragon" To Facebook & Wikipedia:https://www.facebook.com/jay?ref=stream&https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Chou Deng Ke: In the last third years, Jay Chou, a successful music production assistant, finally get the opportunity to realease one album  . "Jay" debut, vague pronunciation, Chinese theme mix and R&B fusion to the great shock to Chinese music. And in Jay into singing in later stage of his career now and then look back at "Jay" this debut album, unexpectedly faint outline the Jay in the style of music on several main creative direction: warm and soft lyrical R & B; fresh rhythm song; scene of the themes and the world music elements of appropriate mix; the popularization of Chinese traditional music expression. Just a year later, "fantasy" released. This can be regarded as a "landmark" album from various angles, to a considerable extent, extending the first album's musical imagination. Domestic violence is depressed, the shogunate ninja, haunted old house, Kung Fu family, and the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates crossing and Shanghai alley nostalgia, so gorgeous theme in Jay's powerful and unconstrained style mix and match approach, and musical style conforms very subtle, with a little polish, began to fade the "Jay" Silk sentimental, the achievements of the "fantasy" a legend. Fang Wenshan clear and meaningful words with by Jay Chou in music of Chinese traditional music elements analysis and choice, making Jay by "China Wind" mountains Leekpai, reached an unprecedented height. By "east wind is broken", Jay has gradually formed the orchestration by slow R & B backing with Chinese color instrument, occasionally dotted warm electronic sound, the main song Fu chorus of Bi Xing music forms. Such as the critically acclaimed "blue and white porcelain", and based on the added rap, rhythm increased Chinese song "Grandpa bubble tea", "compendium of Materia Medica" and so on. The very imaginative and scene feeling, or the exotic, or the fantasy of the song, is another distinctive label on Jay Chou. This kind of works in the form of music often copied some elements of folk music, and then projected in or lyric, or joy, or burst of anger arranger. Such as "in the name of the father" in the opera, "flowers" in the island, "oversized" chant shoes in ragtime Jazz. Strong emotional and dramatic tension, cover songs in a graceful color, for the beautiful songs catalytic out an extra layer of musical tension. Jay assumed since the debut albums of the songwriting, Eason Chan, Jolin Tsai, S. h. E and star created a lot of works and matchless rhythm and whimsy mix and match for its creation provides solid guarantee. Rich in place of articulation for Jay, he in A4 and B4's voice change area can freely switch true sound, and in bE5 treble area still can provide short and stable mixed sound, at the same time, the rap and to master complex segmentation are called the top, the singing ability makes him able to manage a variety of novel style. To Itunes&Spotify:https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jay-chou/id300117743&https://play.spotify.com/artist/2elBjNSdBE2Y3f0j1mjrql?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open&https://play.spotify.com/artist/2elBjNSdBE2Y3f0j1mjrql?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open To  Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/user/JayChouHD&JVR Offical https://www.youtube.com/user/JVRmuzic Advantage: revolutionary contribution Complete domination To preserve the traditional cultural characteristics of China Weaknesses: Did not lead C-Pop to the world To Time: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047401,00.html :http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,425958,00.html & http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2059991,00.html In 2015,Jay Chou got married with   .Then,countless fans cry and shed bitter tears for their idol  Jay chou ’s “ The wedding of the century”,who  was called by Chinese people as “A Generation of  Youth and Dreams”. This summer,Jay Chou became a greatest mentor in the TV Show “the Vocie of China S4”,which is s called the “2015 Jay Chou concert" He is also the spokesman of WarIII,LoL,Pesi,Sprit,Sony......According to the LOL designer’s  twitter , Carmen IV is according to the image design of the Jay Chou. He loves basketball while Kobe’s best Chinese friend is Jay Chou. Jay Chou is also a creative business talent  ranking among “THE 100 MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE in 2010” by  “Fast Company ” Comment:Once a behind-the-scenes guy who penned songs for other musicians and subsisted on instant ramen, Jay Chou has parlayed his wild success as a singer-songwriter—he reportedly made $17.5 million last year—into other ventures. His debut as a movie director, the 2007 film Secret, was an instant hit. When the film was released, he opened his second Mr. J restaurant in Taiwan, with servers wearing costumes from the film. Last year, the 31-year-old launched a dessert shop filled with Chou memorabilia; directed his first television series; and made his first foray into Hollywood, playing Kato in Michel Gondry's Green Hornet, set to release in December. This year, he says, will be devoted to music; his latest album debuted in May. To Fast Company :http://www.fastcompany.com/3018785/most-creative-people-2010/70-jay-chou Yes, he is the richest singer in Asia ranking among “the Richest singer All the time” by “the richest”. Taiwanese actor, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and musician Jay Chou has an estimated net worth of $185 million in 2013. Currently, he runs JVR Music, his own recording company. From 1999 through 2007, he was signed by Alfa Music. It was in 2000 when his first album titled Jay was released under the company. Since then, Jay Chou kept on releasing another album every year except in 2009. Each of his albums sold several million copies. Through the years, he has made his name rise to prominence in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, India, Mainland China, Taiwan, and various countries in Asia. As of 2010, he has already sold more than 28 million copies of his albums. On the other hand, his acting career debuted with Initial D in 2005. His role in the project earned him the Best Newcomer Actor during the Golden Horse Awards and Hong Kong Film Awards. Since 2007, he has been associated with JVR Music and since 2008, he was also associated with Sony Music Taiwan. To the Richest:http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/singer/jay-chou-net-worth/ Movie Jay Chou is also a good actor, screenwriter and director, who is called (Joked) “the next Jackie Chan" by Jackie Chan. To IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727100/?ref_=tt_cl_t3 In the  MV  "Dragon Kungfu " ,Jay chou  cosplay Goku playing the plot " fists of Fury "(Bruce Lee). Look, this is Pepsi version of the kamehameha,HaHa! 2005 Jay Chou played a shy boy  Fujiwara Takumi in the famous Japanese comic book movie "initial D",which is called Asian“ The Fast and the Furious ” .(China's box office Top6) 2006 Jay Chou played  Prince Jie in director Zhang Yimou's costume Chinese blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower" . He was shortlisted for the Hong Kong Awards for best supporting actor whose song "菊花台(Ju Hua Tai)" finalists for the Oscar  best movie song . 2007 Jay chou  released his first self-directed  movie " Secret"  which was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for best film music, best song from a movie, best visual effects, best supporting actress, best Taiwan's annual film. Jay Chou was  Finalisted personally Outstanding Taiwanese worker of the Year Award , with a total of six nominations becoming  equal to Ang Lee's works "lust, caution" . Eventually the film gains the best original film song, best visual effects, best outstanding Taiwanese film (China's box office Top 9) IMDB NAVER(South Korea's largest search engine and film score website) As a classic movie in the eyes of the Korean people, Secret is equivalent to the Titanic. 2011 Jay Chou starred in the super hero class Hollywood Movie"the Green Hornet", nominated for the MTV movie http://award.by/ the way,the ending song is named after Bruce Lee's weapon“ Nunchaku”. 2014 Jay Chou's song "cowboy on the run  became the "The Interview" episode. 2016 Jay Chou starred in "Now I See You 2" in Macao antique collectors and the magician Tang. Unfortunately, Jay Chou's music has no influence in Europe and the United States. To billboard:http://www.billboard.com/artist/6437434/jay-chou Hope you can enjoy his music and  open the door to the C-POP!Thanks! ======================End============================== Tasy Fan ,Kungfu in Beijing!

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