Shen Show-len (born October 18, 1978), better known by her stage name Showlen Maya (or Xiulan Maya), is a Taiwanese singer of

Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctiv ...

(father) and Bunun (mother) descent. While she also sings in

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

, Showlen Maya is primarily a

Hokkien pop Hokkien pop, also known as Taiwanese Hokkien popular music, T-pop (), Tai-pop, Minnan Pop and Taiwanese song (), is a popular music genre sung in Taiwanese Hokkien and produced mainly in Taiwan. Hokkien pop is most popular amongst Hoklo people in ...

singer, even though she doesn't speak

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...

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/ref> Showlen Maya has released 20 albums to date. She has been nominated for "Best Hokkien Female Singer" (or "Best non-Mandarin Dialect Female Singer" before 2004) at the

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 ...

a record 15 times, including in 11 consecutive years from 2004 to 2017.

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1978 births Living people Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers Taiwanese Mandopop singers 21st-century Taiwanese singers People from Hsinchu County Bunun people 21st-century Taiwanese women singers {{Taiwan-singer-stub