Hanjin Tan (born 27 January 1976) is a Singaporean record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor based in Hong Kong.

Life and career

Hanjin Tan was born on 27 January 1976 in

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in a conservative

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family of two siblings. His father worked in the shipping industry and his mother is a housewife. At age 12, he was diagnosed with only half of his hearing in his right ear and 75% in his left. While attending

Anglo-Chinese School Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) is a family of Methodist schools in Singapore and Indonesia. It was founded in 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham as an extension of the Methodist Church. Anglo-Chinese School is usually abbreviated as "ACS", wit ...

, Tan sang in the choir and picked up some vocal basics. He started learning

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

at 19, playing in pubs at 20, and writing songs at 21. Tan graduated from the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

with a degree in

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. While there, he got opportunities to write and produce songs for

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and

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which helped kickstart his music career. Tan moved permanently to

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

in 2009. With over 400 songs to his songwriting credit, he has also worked with various other artistes, including

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, and

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over the years. In 2022, Tan had a coaching role on

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's singing competition show '' Stars Academy 2''.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Raw Jazz'' (2009) *''Contradiction'' (矛盾) (2013) *不求人大樂隊 (2016) *''Buy 1 Get 1 Free'' (買一送一) (2017) *''Who Is Hanjin Tan'' (誰是陳奐仁) (2017) *''Clouds In My Coffee'' (差不多人生) (2017) *''He Is Hanjin Tan'' (他是陳奐仁) (2017) *''Afterthought'' (2018) *''Little Song'' (小小歌) (2019)

Concerts

*''Happiness Can Be Simple'' (2012) *''Hanjin & Harris – Little Soldiers Concert'' (2019)

Filmography

Television series

Film

Awards and nominations

References

Footnotes

External links

* {{Authority control 1976 births Living people 21st-century Singaporean male singers National University of Singapore alumni Anglo-Chinese School alumni Singaporean Mandopop singers Singaporean singer-songwriters Mandopop singer-songwriters Cantopop singer-songwriters 21st-century Singaporean male actors Singaporean male television actors Singaporean male film actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male singers Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male television actors Hong Kong singer-songwriters Singaporean television presenters Hong Kong television presenters