Zhang Xianzi (

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: 张弦子;

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: 張弦子;

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: Zhāng Xiánzǐ; born April 22, 1986) is a Chinese singer of Zhuang ethnicity. She is professionally known by her given name 弦子 (Xianzi) which translates to "harp" in English.

Biography

Zhang's father is a train conductor. She studied in No.12 High School in

Maoming Maoming, alternately romanized as Mowming, is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guangdong province, China. Facing the South China Sea to the city's south, Maoming city borders Zhanjiang to the west, Yangjiang to the east, and Y ...

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province. While Zhang was in high school, she composed several songs with her classmates and posted them on the internet. She became famous among internet composers in Guangdong province. After Zhang graduated from high school, she went back to Guangxi. In Guangxi, she went to Guangxi Art College in

Nanning Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of ...

where she majored in dance. In 2005, she was discovered by

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 ...

ese producer Zihong Chen and became a singer. In 2006, she collaborated with

Will Pan Wilber Pan (; born 6 August 1980), also known as Will Pan, is a Taiwanese-American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and entrepreneur. He started his career as a host of Channel V programs. In 2011, Pan was awarded Best Actor for ''Endless Lo ...

on the song “I Have to Love (不得不愛; ''Bu De Bu Ai'')” from his fourth studio album '' The Expert'', a Chinese-language remake of the 2004

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song, "Y (Please Tell Me Why)" by Freestyle. This song made her popular in both Mainland China and Taiwan. In 2007, she was nominated for the Best Rookie singer in

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 ...

, which is the biggest music award in Taiwan.

Discography

*2006: The First Album (弦子首張專輯) *2007: Wrong Direction (EP) *2008: The Queen of Love (不愛最大) *2010: Innocent (天真) *2011: Roses In The Wind (逆風的薔薇) *2013: What's What (看走眼) *2019: Big till the End (大条到底)

References

External links

Zhang's Forum on Baidu

Zhang's Blog
1986 births Living people Chinese women singer-songwriters Chinese Mandopop singers People from Baise Zhuang people Singers from Guangxi 21st-century Chinese women singers {{China-singer-stub