Tan Weiwei (; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress.
She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of ''
Super Girl'' (), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated
''I Am a Singer'' (season 3), where it was revealed that she is a vegan.
Early life
Tan Weiwei was born in
Fushun County,
Zigong
Zigong (, ), formed by the merger of the two former towns of Ziliujing (Tzuliuching, literally "self-flow well") and Gongjing (Kungching, literally "offering well"), is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, southwestern China.
Demographics
Accord ...
,
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
province, on 8 October 1982. She spent her childhood in Zigong with her parents. As a teenager, she became interested in pop music. In 1997, she won first places in the Students Art Festivals in both her primary and secondary schools. At the end of 1998, she began to perform in bars. When she was 19, she entered the
Sichuan Conservatory of Music
The Sichuan Conservatory of Music (SCCM, ), founded in 1939, is an interdisciplinary music institution in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. SCCM is one of the select conservatories authorized by the State Council to confer graduate degrees to its music and ...
, where many the biggest names of the mainland Chinese
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Standard Chinese, Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; with later influences coming from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Ta ...
singer had been trained. Although her marks were not very high, she managed to improve her vocal technique thanks to Lanka Dolma, a Chinese vocal trainer of
Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
ethnicity, who discovered the hidden talent of the young singer. Thanks to Lanka Dolma, she learned many traditional singing techniques which nowadays, Tan uses in her recordings. And at the same year, she was honored as Top Ten singers of Sichuan province.
Music career
In 2020 Tan Weiwei released her album '3811'. Since July, Tan Weiwei has been releasing new singles from her album “3811,” with each of the 11 songs chronicling stories of women from diverse backgrounds, including a taxi-driving single mom, an illiterate elderly woman, and a female poet from the Tang dynasty. In December she released the song '
Xiao Juan'. “Erase our names, forget our beings, same tragedy continues and repeats,” Tan sings. (Xiao Juan is a name, like
Jane Doe
John Doe (male) and Jane Doe (female) are multiple-use placeholder names that are used when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed. In the context of law enforcement in the United States, such names are ofte ...
in English, that is used to anonymize women's names in court cases.) The groundbreaking song, which went viral in China, refers to domestic violence and misogyny, citing recent violent deaths of real women in China.
Personal life
She married Taiwanese actor
David Chen
David Chen (born 29 January 1979), also known as Chen Yifei () and Chen Yufan () is a Taiwanese actor.
Personal life
He married Chinese singer Tan Weiwei after proposing to her in 2016 during a trip to Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (als ...
after he proposed in 2016 during a trip to
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Standard Tibetan, Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It h ...
. In 2018, they collaborated on a song for the TV series ''The Legend of Jade Sword'' (莽荒紀) which he acted in.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended Plays:
* (2016) 夏長 Long Summer EP
* (2016) 秋收 Golden Harvest EP
* (2017) 春生 Season of Rebirth EP
* (2017) Winter EP
* (2020) 姐码3811 Sister Ma 3811 EP
* (2020) 姐放3811 Sister Fang 3811 EP
Singles
* "If I Haven’t Fell Into Love" (如果我没有爱过)(September 2006)
* "I forgot to say" (我忘了说) (January 2008)
* "Encounter" (遇见) (August 2010)
* "In the Shu river" (在束河里) (October 2010)
Filmography
Film
*''
Chengdu, I Love You'' (2009)
* ''East Meets West 2011'' (2011)
* ''Secret Garden'' (, 2012)
* ''
Forget All Remember'' (2014)
* ''
Love Education
''Love Education'' is a 2017 Chinese-Taiwanese drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang. It stars Chang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lang Yueting, Song Ningfeng, and Wu Yanshu. It focuses on three generations of women in Henan Province.
The fi ...
'' (2017)
Variety shows
*
Keep Running - Season 4 Episode 6 (guest)
References
External links
Tan Weiwei's Sina Weibo
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1982 births
Living people
People from Zigong
Super Girl contestants
Musicians from Sichuan