Johnny Yin ( zh, 殷正洋, t=殷正洋, p=Yīn Zhèngyáng, w=Yin Cheng-yang; born ) is a Taiwanese singer and host. Born in

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, Yin has won three

Golden Melody Awards The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music in ...

for Best Male Mandarin Singer. He has also won the Golden Tripod and two

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, earning him the name "Three Gold Singer". Yin is known for his thick and loud singing voice.

Life and career

Yin was born on 23 January 1961. His

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is Hanyang County,

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(now

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). In 1986, he published his first album, "Misty Regrets" (雨中的歉意). In 1990, he won the 1st Golden Melody Award for Best Male Singer. Yin would later win the 5th and 6th Golden Melody Awards, holding a record for most times a male singer has won the award until

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tied it in 2018.

Personal life

Yin is currently a co-host with his wife, Li Wenyuan, for Da AI TV programs "Yin-Yuan and Friends" (殷瑗小聚) and "Music has Love" (音樂有愛).

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Johnny 1961 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese male singers 21st-century Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese Mandopop singers National Central University alumni