Jeff Chang Shin-che (;
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
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: Chong Sìn-chet; born 26 March 1967) is a
Taiwanese
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* Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien
* Something from or related to Taiwan (Formosa)
* Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan
* Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan
* Taiwanese people, r ...
singer and actor, who is known for his numerous chart-topping sentimental
Mandarin pop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to 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, Taiwan's Hokkien ...
ballads.
Early life
Chang was born in
Xiluo
Xiluo Township or Siluo Township () is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.
History
The place was originally called ''Sailei'' by the native Babuza people, which later become ''Xiluo'' by translating from Hokkien to Mandarin. It is als ...
Township,
Yunlin County
Yunlin County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County ...
, Taiwan. He started his philanthropic works as a voluntary teacher in impoverished areas of Taiwan since he was in high school.
Career
He started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college, in which
Hsiao-Wen Ting was a judge. Since 1989 he has released a string of highly successful albums and is known as the "Prince of Love Ballads" in the Chinese pop world. His name is well known across Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and
mainland China
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.
Besides singing, Chang's interests include arts, antiques, traveling and water sports, and stage production. He became
Taipei
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's leader in a stage theatre team in 2011.
In 2016, Chang participated in the fourth season of the Chinese reality show ''
I Am A Singer
''I Am a Singer'' () is a popular South Korean singing competition program; a part of MBC's '' Sunday Night'' lineup. Seven talented, veteran Korean singers perform for a selected audience, which votes to eliminate one singer after each week's ...
'' and eventually achieved second place.
Discography
Compilations are listed only if they contain never-released-before singles.
Mandarin
* ''Lie'' (1989)
*''Blue'' (1989)
* ''Forget Me Not'' (1989)
*''Knowing'' (1992)
* ''Worrying'' (1993)
* ''Waiting'' (1994)
* ''Possession'' (1995)
* ''Intoxicated'' (1995)
*''Generosity'' (1995)
* ''Dream'' (1996)
* ''Adore'' (1997)
* ''Intuition'' (1997)
*''Please Come Back'' (1999)
*''Faith'' (2000)
*''How I Miss'' (2001)
*''Beginning → Now'' (2002)
* ''The Next Eternity'' (2004)
*''Be Your Man'' (2006)
*''Escape'' (2008)
* ''Genesis'' (2010)
* ''Unfinished Childhood'' (2011)
* ''Spare Time'' (2012)
*''Love Jeff'' (还爱) (2015)
*''Song Era''(歌时代）(2016)
*''Everlasting'' (擁恆) (2017)
*''Song Era II'' (歌時代II) (2018)
*''See the Light'' (就懂了) (2021)
Cantonese
* ''Deep Love'' (February 1996)
* ''Longing'' / ''Thinking'' (January 1997)
* ''The Best Collection of Jeff Chang'' (1998)
*''Full of Mercy'' (July 1998)
* ''August Snow'' (2007)
English
* ''My Eyes Adored You'' (1992)
* ''Somewhere in My Broken Heart'' (1995)
* ''The Color of the Night'' (1996)
*
A Matter of Love' (Jan 2021)
Selected filmography
Film
Television series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
Official blog
Official website
1967 births
Living people
20th-century Taiwanese male singers
21st-century Taiwanese male singers
Taiwanese male film actors
Taiwanese male stage actors
21st-century Taiwanese male actors
Cantopop singers
Taiwanese Mandopop singers
Ballad musicians
Taiwanese Christians
People from Yunlin County
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