Dong Zhen (born 27 August 1986) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and lyricist best known for performing the theme songs of many Chinese

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s, including ''

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'' series, '' Jade Dynasty'' and ''Zu Online''.

Career

Dong graduated from the

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. After her graduation, she went to pursue her career as a singer with the Beijing Musical Organisation (). In 2006, Dong was a judge at the auditions of the ''Woxing Woxiu'' () reality television show, jointly organised by

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and SMG. She also participated in the 2009 ''Super Girl'' (2009快樂女聲) contest and was one of the top 300 finalists from all over China. Dong is best known for performing the theme songs of several Chinese

s, including ''

'' series, '' Jade Dynasty'' and ''Zu Online'', as well as for some television series and commercials. She is the first singer to use the ''Zhongguo Feng'' () style (a form of modern Chinese music which fuses traditional instruments and styles with R&B or rock) for theme songs from video games. Dong also writes lyrics for songs by other singers, including

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and Jeong Jae-yeon. She released a total of six albums from 2007 to 2011.

Discography

Albums

''Zhen Ai Yi Hui''

''Tui Bian''

''Diao Hua Long''

''Fan Pu Gui Zhen''

''Zhen Jiang Hu''

''Jiu Yin Zhen Jing''

Original singles

Vocals

Duets

Non original singles

Notes

External links

*
Dong Zhen's official website
*
Dong Zhen's blog
on

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