Y2J () is a

Taiwanese rock The Taiwanese rock scene is nurtured by regular festivals, notably the annual Spring Scream, Hohaiyan and Formoz festivals. Major Taiwanese rock acts include: *1976 *Blacklist Studio *Chang Chen-yue * Cherry Boom *ChthoniC *Dong Cheng Wei *E ...

band composed of two participants (Yuming Lai and Jane Huang) from the 2007 season of

One Million Star ''One Million Star'' () is a television singing competition in Taiwan broadcast on China Television (CTV). It debuted on 5 January 2007, filling the 10pm to midnight time slot on Friday evenings. The show is hosted by Tao Ching-Ying (陶晶瑩) a ...

, a singing competition. The band released its debut album "Live For You" on 25 August 2008. The two-member band's English name is derived Yuming Lai's first initial (Y), the number of band members (2), and Jane Huang's first initial (J).Y2J's page at Universal Music Taiwan
> The band's Chinese name "Shenmu yu Tong", means "sacred tree and pupil (of the eye)". "Shénmù" (神木), meaning "sacred tree", comes from a large tree in Lai's village which shares the name "Yuming". "Little Tong" (瞳 tóng, "pupil")" is a nickname Jane Huang has had from childhood.

Member history

Yuming Lai Y2J () is a Taiwanese rock band composed of two participants (Yuming Lai and Jane Huang) from the 2007 season of One Million Star, a singing competition. The band released its debut album "Live For You" on 25 August 2008. The two-member band's En ...

(Lai Ming Wei) (25 June 1984 -), was born in

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangji ...

(now Taoyuan City),

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, to a mother of the

Atayal Atayal may refer to: * Atayal people * Atayal language The Atayal language is spoken by the Atayal people of Taiwan. Squliq and C’uli’ (Ts’ole’) are two major dialects. Mayrinax and Pa’kuali’, two subdialects of C’uli’, are uniqu ...

indigenous tribe. He graduated from Yongfeng High School and the Grand Cathay Institute of Technology. In 2007, he decided to participate in the

Taiwanese singing competition. In January 2008, he was crowned champion of the competition.

Jane Huang Jane Huang ( Puyuma: Alines, ; born 19 January 1983) is a Taiwanese singer. She was born in Taitung County, Taiwan. She is a member of Taiwan's Puyuma aboriginal people. In 2007, she finished seventh in the One Million Star Taiwanese singing c ...

(Huang Mei Zhen) (19 January 1983 -), was born in

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island' ...

, Taiwan. She is a member of Taiwan's Puyuma aboriginal people. In 2007, she finished seventh in the

Taiwanese singing competition, but her strength in the rock genre was clear. With the strong support of her fans, she became the popular vote winner. In January 2008, the duo got their big break when they were signed to the

Universal Music Taiwan Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its o ...

record label. Since then, they have released a Chinese version of the song "We Rock" from the

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movie

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. In August 2008, their debut album was released in China,

, and other parts of East Asia, with music videos for the first single "Live For You" and several other songs.

Discography

Studio albums

Track lists

Live For You (standard edition) # 為你而活 / Live For You / Wei Ni Er Huo # 武裝的薔薇 / Armed Rose / Wu Zhuang De Qiang Wei # 愛在末日前 / Love Before Doomsday / Ai Zai Mo Ri Qian # 理由 / Reasons / Li You> # 愛鍊 / Chains Of Love /Ai Lian # Be Your Love # 草戒指 / Grass Ring / Cao Jie Zhi # 終結 / The End / Zhong Jie # 美麗 / Beauty / Mei Li # 不放 / Not Letting Go / Bu Fang Live For You (deluxe edition) # 為你而活 / Live For You / Wei Ni Er Huo # 武裝的薔薇 / Armed Rose / Wu Zhuang De Qiang Wei # 愛在末日前 / Love Before Doomsday / Ai Zai Mo Ri Qian # 理由 / Reasons / Li You # 愛鍊 / Chains Of Love /Ai Lian # Be Your Love # 草戒指 / Grass Ring / Cao Jie Zhi # 終結 / The End / Zhong Jie # 美麗 / Beauty / Mei Li # 不放 / Not Letting Go / Bu Fang # 法仔鼓 / Fa Zi Gu # Se-Ma-Se-Nay Ku # 組曲:理由/愛鍊 / Zuqu: Li You/Ai Lian / Suite: Reasons/Chains of Love Guardian # 崩裂前聲嘶力竭 # 守護者 (主唱︰黃美珍) # 好想為你哭 (主唱︰賴銘偉) # 寬恕 # 轉淚點 (主唱︰賴銘偉) # 跟我一起怪 (主唱︰黃美珍) # 信徒 # 耶路撒冷 # 捍衛真愛 # Q & A # 親愛的是我 (Demo版) (主唱︰賴銘偉) (hidden track)

References

External links

Universal Music Taiwan official websiteUniversal Music Chinese blog
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