Basic information
- real name：周杰伦
- Foreign Name：Jay Chou
- Nickname：周董、小公举
- Birthplace: New Taipei City, Taiwan Province
- Date of birth: January 18, 1979
- Graduated from Tamkang High School
- Blood type: O type
- Height: 175 cm
Occupation: Singer, Musician, Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Jay Chou is a very talented musician, who composes all of his own songs as well as produces songs for other artists. His new album “Opus 12″ was released by the end of 2012. Two songs from the album got 1000 hits within one hour after their release, showing his unparalleled popularity. In addition, his movie “The Rooftop,” which was also directed by him, will bereleased in July.
Occupation: singer, actor
Income: 104.2 million yuan (US$16.86 million)
Wealth ranking: 3
Media Exposure Ranking (Internet): 9
Media Exposure Ranking (Newspapers): 13
Media Exposure Ranking (Magazine &TV): 38
Early experiences
Jay Chou was born in New Taipei City, Taiwan, with ancestral roots in Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. At the age of 4, his mother Ye Huimei sent him to the Danjiangshan Ye Preschool Music Class to learn piano. In the second year of junior high school, Jay Chou was raised by his mother Ye Huimei after his parents divorced due to personality differences. During the middle school entrance examination, he did not get into a regular high school. In the same year, he was admitted to the first music class of Tamkang High School because he was good at piano. After graduating from high school, I was not admitted to the music department of Taipei University twice, so I started working at a restaurant.
In September 1997, encouraged by his mother, Jay Chou signed up to participate in the entertainment program “Super Newcomer King” on Taipei Starlight TV, and invited others to sing his independently created song “Dreams with Wings” on the program; When host Wu Zongxian saw the score of this song, he invited Jay Chou to work as a music assistant at Alpha Music Company. At that time, the entire record company had only four employees, including Jay Chou and lyricist Fang Wenshan. In 1998, Jay Chou created the song “Tears Know”, which was returned after the company gave it to Andy Lau. The song “Ninja” (later included in Jay Chou’s personal music album “Fantasy”), which was later created for A-Mei, was also returned. In 2000, musician Yang Junrong was immediately attracted upon hearing the cassette of Jay Chou’s independently composed song “Lovely Woman”, and with the support of Wu Chung hsien, he fought for NT $20 million in funding to promote Jay Chou.
Performing experience
In 2000, Jay Chou began singing his own songs on the recommendation of Yang Junrong; On November 7th, released his debut music album “Jay”, And he also took charge of the composition, harmony writing, and production of all the songs on the album. The album combines various music styles such as R&B and hip-hop, and was released in the first year of the 21st century. Jay Chou also sparked a frenzy of R&B trend with his R&B music style at a time when popular music was weak. Jay Chou tried to express the difficult Spanish style string performance in many of the songs on the album, making the overall atmosphere of the album very close to movie music. After its release, it won the IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award for Top 10 Sales Mandarin Albums, and his hit song “Star Clear” won the Gold Award for Excellent Mandarin Song in the 24th Chinese Gold Song Awards. He also gained attention in the Chinese music industry with this album and was held in the 12th Chinese Music Awards the following year. At the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards ceremony, she won the Best Pop Music Vocal Album award for this album Nominated for Best Album Producer Award and nominated for Best Composer Award for the song “Lovely Woman” in the album.
In September 2001, Jay Chou released his second music album “Fantasy”. In addition to serving as the producer of the album, he also composed all the songs in the album. This album was Jay Chou’s work to establish his music style, which not only included lyrical R&B songs, but also expanded his imagination by incorporating rock, accelerated rap, and Japanese ethnic music styles into the album. The title track “Double Stick” that combined Chinese and Western music elements became one of the representative rap songs in the album. The release of this album also opened up the music market in Southeast Asia, and the following year, Jay Chou won the Best Album Producer Award and Best Pop Music Award at the 13th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards with this album. Album Award, as well as the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums at the Hong Kong Record Sales Awards Ceremony, Jay Chou also won the Best Composer award at the 13th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his song “Love Before the Common Era” from his album; In October, I created a song called “Dao Ma Dan” for Li Wen, which combines elements of Chinese and Western music; On December 24th, he released his personal music EP “Fantasy Plus”, which includes songs such as “You’re Happier Than Before” and “The End of the World” that he performed at the Taoyuan Dome concert; In the same year, he won awards such as the Most Popular Singer songwriter Gold Award at the 19th Top Ten Song Awards and the Male Singer Gold Award at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards.
In 2002, participated in my first TV drama “Star Love Garden”; In February, a concert will be held at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore; In July, he released his third music album “Eight Dimensions”. In addition to composing all the songs on the album, he also served as the producer of the album. The album mainly features rhythm and blues style songs and has won awards such as the Top 10 Gold Disc Award at the G-Music Billboard Platinum Music Awards, the Top 10 Chinese Albums Award at the Chinese Pop Music Media Awards, and the Best Selling Male Album Award at the Singapore Golden Melody Awards; On September 28th, the “The One” concert was held at Taipei Stadium; From December 12th to 16th, five “The One” concerts will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum; On December 25th, the “The One” concert was held in Las Vegas, USA; In the same year, he won awards such as the Asia’s Most Outstanding Artist Award at the 1st MTV Japan Music Video Awards, the Most Popular Singer songwriter and Best Producer Award at the 2nd Global Chinese Song Chart, and the Asia Pacific Most Admired Male Singer Award at the 9th Singapore Golden Melody Awards.
In February 2003, he became the cover person of Time magazine’s Asian edition; In March, he won awards such as Best Songwriter of the Year and Best Music Award at the 3rd Music Billboard Awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan. His song “Secret Code” won the Top 10 Golden Melody Awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan; On May 17th, the “The One” concert was held at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; On July 16th, his song “In the Name of My Father” premiered on over 50 radio stations in Asia, with an estimated 800 million people listening simultaneously. The day of the song’s premiere was also designated as “Jay Chou Day” by these radio stations; On July 31st, he released his fourth music album “Ye Huimei”. He not only composed all the songs on the album, but also served as its producer and stylist. The album sold over 2 million copies in Asia in its first month of release and won awards such as the Best Pop Music Vocal Album at the 15th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards and the Most Popular Album of the Year at the 4th Global Chinese Song Chart the following year. The album’s lead single “East Wind Breaks” is also one of Jay Chou’s representative Chinese style works, and he also won the Best Composer Award at the 4th Chinese Music Media Awards for this song; On September 12th, the “The One” concert was held at the Beijing Workers’ Stadium; On November 13th, the personal music EP “Searching for Jay Chou” was released, which includes two songs “Trajectory” and “Broken String” created by Jay Chou for the movie “Searching for Jay Chou” of the same name; On December 12th, the “The One” concert was held at the Shanghai Sports Stadium, where songs such as the variation version of “Double Knuckle” and the extended version of “Grandpa’s Tea” were performed; In the same year, the guest starring film debut “Searching for Jay Chou” was released.
On January 21, 2004, he made his debut on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed the song “Dragon Fist”; In March, won awards such as Taiwan’s Most Popular Male Singer Award, Annual Billboard Award, and Best Producer of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Overseas Chinese at the 4th Music Billboard Awards; On August 3rd, a fusion of hip-hop and R&B、 Classical music and other styles of music album “Qili Xiang”, which is a music work with a strong oriental lyric rock style, and maintains Jay Chou’s consistent high style, the style is more unified. Jay Chou also mobilized all the spiritual imagination of folk music in the local culture that has been repeatedly ignored or misinterpreted by the pop music world, showing its unique musical talent. The first month sales of the album in Asia exceeded 3 million in the month of its release, while the title song of the same name “Qili Xiang” won the 27th Top Ten Golden Melody Awards in Chinese, Top Ten Golden Melody Awards in Outstanding Popular Mandarin, and the 5th Global Chinese He also won many music awards such as the Best Selling Artist Award in China at the 16th World Music Awards for his album; From October, the “incomparable” world tour concert will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, China Province, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Monteville and other places.
On January 11, 2005, he won awards such as Best Male Singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Most Popular Male Singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and Best Creative Singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan at the 11th Global Mandarin Chart Awards Ceremony; In April, he was nominated for Best Mandarin Male Singer and Best Pop Music Album at the 16th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album “Seven Miles Fragrance”, and for Best Composer at the 16th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his song “Seven Miles Fragrance”; On June 23rd, the movie “Initial D” starring him as the male lead was released. He played Takumi Fujiwara in the film, which was also his first film as a lead actor. He also won the Best New Actor Award at the 42nd Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Best New Actor Award at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in the film; On July 1st, an unparalleled concert tour was held at the Shanghai Sports Stadium; On July 9th, an unparalleled concert tour was held at the Beijing Workers’ Stadium. On August 31st, he released his debut compilation album “Initial J” in Japan, which includes Jay Chou’s theme songs “All the Way North” and “Drift” for the movie “Initial D”; On November 1st, he released his sixth music album “Chopin in November” and was responsible for composing all the songs and designing the album’s styling. After its release, the album won the top spot on the Taiwan G-MUSIC year-end chart with a sales share of 4.28%; In the same year, his song “Snail” was selected for the “Recommended Catalogue of Patriotic Songs for Shanghai High School Students”.
On January 11, 2006, he won the Best Male Singer Award, Best Creative Singer Award, and Most Popular Male Singer Award at the 12th Global Chinese Billboard Awards Ceremony. He also won the Best Song of the Year Award and Most Popular Music Video Award for his song “Nocturne” and its MV, respectively; On January 20th, released a personal music EP “Huo Yuanjia”, with the title track “Huo Yuanjia” being the theme song of the movie “Huo Yuanjia” starring Jet Li; On January 23rd, he won the Outstanding Pop Singer Award and the Male Singer Award for the highest selling singer of the year at the 28th Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony; A concert will be held in Tokyo, Japan from February 5th to 6th; In September, he released his seventh personal music album “Still Fantawild”, which continued Jay Chou’s previous music style and integrated Chinese style, rap and other music styles. Among them, the Chinese style song “Thousands of Miles Away” sung with Fei Yuqing won the Best Song Award at the 13th Global Chinese Music Chart and the Most Popular Chinese Song Award at the 29th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs in China. After its release, the album ranked first on Taiwan’s top five record charts with a sales share of 5.34%, and won awards such as the Chinese Musicians Exchange Association’s Top Ten Excellent Albums Award and the IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award for the highest sales Mandarin Record Award; In December, released the personal music EP “Golden Armor”, which won the IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Award for Top 10 Best Selling Mandarin Albums; In the same year, he won the Best Selling Artist Award in China at the World Music Awards; On December 14th, the costume action film “Curse of the Golden Flower” starring him was released in mainland China. He played the role of the second prince Yuan Jie with outstanding martial arts skills in the film and won the Best Actor award at the 16th Shanghai Film Critics Awards. The theme song “Chrysanthemum Terrace” he wrote and sang for the film also won the Best Original Film Song award at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In February 2007, he made his directorial debut and directed and starred in the romantic film “Secret”. After its release, the film won awards such as the Outstanding Taiwanese Film Award at the 44th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and was nominated for Best Asian Film at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. His film’s eponymous theme song “Secret” won the Best Original Film Song Award at the 44th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards; In May, he was nominated for Best Song of the Year and Best Music Video Director at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his performances of “Thousands of Miles Away” and “Red Imitation”; In June, he won the Best Single Producer award at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his single “Huo Yuanjia”; On November 2nd, he released his eighth music album “I’m Busy” and attempted American country music style for the first time in the album. The following year, he won the Best Composer and Best Song of the Year awards at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his Chinese style song “Blue and White Porcelain” in the album; On November 4th, she won the Best Selling Artist award in China at the World Music Awards for her album “Still Fantasy”; On November 24th, a concert was held at the 80000 People Stadium in Shanghai, where Vitas’ falsetto singing technique was imitated; In December, 7 “Jay Chou 07-08 World Tour Hong Kong Station Concerts” will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
On January 10, 2008, Jay Chou directed and starred in the romantic and artistic film “Secret” which was released in South Korea; On February 6th, performed the song “Blue and White Porcelain” at the 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; Afterwards, the lyrics of “Blue and White Porcelain” appeared in the college entrance examination questions of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; On February 16th, she held two consecutive concerts at the Nippon Budokan, becoming the third Chinese singer to perform at the Budokan after Teresa Teng and Faye Wong; In the same month, the romantic comedy film “Slam Dunk” starring Fang Shijie was released, in which he played the role of an orphan named Fang Shijie who acted bravely and fought injustice. He also created and sang the theme song “Great Hero Zhou” for the film; On April 30th, the song “Thousand Mountains and Ten Thousand Waters” created and performed for the Beijing Olympics was released; In July, at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, he won the Best Album Producer Award in the Performance category for his album “Secret Movie Soundtrack” and the Best Composer Award in the Performance category for his album “Piano Room”; On October 15th, I released my ninth music album “Mojie”, which combines hip-hop, folk and other music styles. In its first week, it topped the G-MUSIC chart and the five major record charts, and sold over one million copies in Asia within a week of release; In November, she won the Best Selling Artist Award in China for the fourth time at the World Music Awards with her album “I’m Busy”, becoming the first Chinese singer to win the award for three consecutive years.
On January 25, 2009, collaborated with Song Zuying to sing the song “Compendium of Materia Medica” at the 2009 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; In May, a concert will be held at the Kunshan Sports Center Stadium; In June, he won the Best Mandarin Male Singer award at the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album “Mojie”, while his songs “Daoxiang” and “Mr. Magic” won the Best Song of the Year and Best Music Video awards, respectively; In July, Jay Chou’s Sydney concert ranked second in box office on the US Billboard, becoming the second highest grossing single concert worldwide that year and breaking the box office record for Chinese singers holding concerts in Australia; Starting from August, individual concert tours will be held at venues such as Foshan Century Lotus Sports Center Stadium and Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium; In December, selected as one of the “25 Most Influential Figures in Asia” by CNN in the United States; On the 9th of the same month, the adventure film “Assassination of the Tomb” co starring with Lin Zhiling was released, in which he played Qiao Fei, an ancient city guardian with mysterious powers.
On February 9, 2010, he starred in the ancient martial arts film “Su Qier” and played the cold and unsmiling martial arts god in the film; In the same year, he directed the science fiction drama “Panda Man” and made a special guest appearance in the show. He also wrote songs such as “Panda Man” and “Love Gravity” for the drama; On March 28th, won the 12530 Wireless Music Annual Award at the 14th Global Mandarin Chart and Asian Influence Awards; On May 18th, he released his tenth music album “Cross Era” and was responsible for composing and producing all the songs on the album. The album won awards such as Best Mandarin Album at the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards and Best Album on the Chinese Original Music Pop Chart the following year. Jay Chou also won the Best Mandarin Male Singer award at the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for this album; In June, he was selected as one of the “Top 100 Creative People in the World” by the American magazine Fast Company and became the first Chinese male singer to make it onto the list; On June 11th, the first performance of the “Super Era” concert was held at the Taipei Arena; In August, according to a survey titled “Singer with the Highest Global Song Download Volume” (from early 2008 to August 10, 2010), Jay Chou ranked third in the world in terms of song downloads; In December, asteroid 257248 was named “Jay Chou Star”, and Jay Chou also created a song titled “Love Flight Diary” based on this asteroid; On December 30th, the city of Cupertino in the United States announced the establishment of December 31st as “Jay Chou Day” every year.
In January 2011, he entered Hollywood with the action film “The Green Hornet” and was selected as one of the “Top 10 Most Anticipated Newcomer Actors” by the American film website Screen Crave; On February 11th, appeared on the 2011 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed and sang the song “Preface to Lanting” with Lin Zhiling; On February 23rd, filmed a Sprite advertisement and music video with Kobe Bryant, and created the theme song “Heaven and Earth Fight” for the advertisement; On April 21st, Time magazine selected Jay Chou as the “Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year” in the United States, ranking second; On May 13th, she was nominated for the Best Album Producer Award, Best Song of the Year Award, Best Composer Award, and other awards at the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album “Cross Era”, songs “Superman Cannot Fly”, and “Fireworks Easy to Cool”; In May, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 20th MTV Movie and Television Awards for his performance in the action film “The Green Hornet”; On November 11th, released her 11th music album “Amazing!”, which combines heavy metal rock, hip-hop, rhythm and blues, jazz and other music styles, and introduces electronic dance music for the first time; In the same year, the “Super Era World Tour Concert” was held in Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Kaohsiung and other places.
In February 2007, he made his directorial debut and directed and starred in the romantic film “Secret”. After its release, the film won awards such as the Outstanding Taiwanese Film Award at the 44th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and was nominated for Best Asian Film at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. His film’s eponymous theme song “Secret” won the Best Original Film Song Award at the 44th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards; In May, he was nominated for Best Song of the Year and Best Music Video Director at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his performances of “Thousands of Miles Away” and “Red Imitation”; In June, he won the Best Single Producer award at the 18th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his single “Huo Yuanjia”; On November 2nd, he released his eighth music album “I’m Busy” and attempted American country music style for the first time in the album. The following year, he won the Best Composer and Best Song of the Year awards at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his Chinese style song “Blue and White Porcelain” in the album; On November 4th, she won the Best Selling Artist award in China at the World Music Awards for her album “Still Fantasy”; On November 24th, a concert was held at the 80000 People Stadium in Shanghai, where Vitas’ falsetto singing technique was imitated; In December, 7 “Jay Chou 07-08 World Tour Hong Kong Station Concerts” will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
On January 10, 2008, Jay Chou directed and starred in the romantic and artistic film “Secret” which was released in South Korea; On February 6th, performed the song “Blue and White Porcelain” at the 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; Afterwards, the lyrics of “Blue and White Porcelain” appeared in the college entrance examination questions of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; On February 16th, she held two consecutive concerts at the Nippon Budokan, becoming the third Chinese singer to perform at the Budokan after Teresa Teng and Faye Wong; In the same month, the romantic comedy film “Slam Dunk” starring Fang Shijie was released, in which he played the role of an orphan named Fang Shijie who acted bravely and fought injustice. He also created and sang the theme song “Great Hero Zhou” for the film; On April 30th, the song “Thousand Mountains and Ten Thousand Waters” created and performed for the Beijing Olympics was released; In July, at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, he won the Best Album Producer Award in the Performance category for his album “Secret Movie Soundtrack” and the Best Composer Award in the Performance category for his album “Piano Room”; On October 15th, I released my ninth music album “Mojie”, which combines hip-hop, folk and other music styles. In its first week, it topped the G-MUSIC chart and the five major record charts, and sold over one million copies in Asia within a week of release; In November, she won the Best Selling Artist Award in China for the fourth time at the World Music Awards with her album “I’m Busy”, becoming the first Chinese singer to win the award for three consecutive years.
On January 25, 2009, collaborated with Song Zuying to sing the song “Compendium of Materia Medica” at the 2009 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; In May, a concert will be held at the Kunshan Sports Center Stadium; In June, he won the Best Mandarin Male Singer award at the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album “Mojie”, while his songs “Daoxiang” and “Mr. Magic” won the Best Song of the Year and Best Music Video awards, respectively; In July, Jay Chou’s Sydney concert ranked second in box office on the US Billboard, becoming the second highest grossing single concert worldwide that year and breaking the box office record for Chinese singers holding concerts in Australia; Starting from August, individual concert tours will be held at venues such as Foshan Century Lotus Sports Center Stadium and Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium; In December, selected as one of the “25 Most Influential Figures in Asia” by CNN in the United States; On the 9th of the same month, the adventure film “Assassination of the Tomb” co starring with Lin Zhiling was released, in which he played Qiao Fei, an ancient city guardian with mysterious powers.
On February 9, 2010, he starred in the ancient martial arts film “Su Qier” and played the cold and unsmiling martial arts god in the film; In the same year, he directed the science fiction drama “Panda Man” and made a special guest appearance in the show. He also wrote songs such as “Panda Man” and “Love Gravity” for the drama; On March 28th, won the 12530 Wireless Music Annual Award at the 14th Global Chinese Language Chart and Asian Influence Awards; On May 18th, he released his tenth music album “Cross Era” and was responsible for composing and producing all the songs on the album. The album won awards such as Best Mandarin Album at the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards and Best Album on the Chinese Original Music Pop Chart the following year. Jay Chou also won the Best Mandarin Male Singer award at the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for this album; In June, he was selected as one of the “Top 100 Creative People in the World” by the American magazine Fast Company and became the first Chinese male singer to make it onto the list; On June 11th, the first performance of the “Super Era” concert was held at the Taipei Arena; In August, according to a survey titled “Singer with the Highest Global Song Download Volume” (from early 2008 to August 10, 2010), Jay Chou ranked third in the world in terms of song downloads; In December, asteroid 257248 was named “Jay Chou Star”, and Jay Chou also created a song titled “Love Flight Diary” based on this asteroid; On December 30th, the city of Cupertino in the United States announced the establishment of December 31st as “Jay Chou Day” every year.
In January 2011, he entered Hollywood with the action film “The Green Hornet” and was selected as one of the “Top 10 Most Anticipated Newcomer Actors” by the American film website Screen Crave; On February 11th, appeared on the 2011 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed and sang the song “Preface to Lanting” with Lin Zhiling; On February 23rd, filmed a Sprite advertisement and music video with Kobe Bryant, and created the theme song “Heaven and Earth Fight” for the advertisement; On April 21st, Time magazine selected Jay Chou as the “Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year” in the United States, ranking second; On May 13th, she was nominated for the Best Album Producer Award, Best Song of the Year Award, Best Composer Award, and other awards at the 22nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album “Cross Era”, songs “Superman Cannot Fly”, and “Fireworks Easy to Cool”; In May, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 20th MTV Movie and Television Awards for his performance in the action film “The Green Hornet”; On November 11th, released her 11th music album “Amazing!”, which combines heavy metal rock, hip-hop, rhythm and blues, jazz and other music styles, and introduces electronic dance music for the first time; In the same year, the “Super Era World Tour Concert” was held in Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Kaohsiung and other places.
In 2012, he starred in the gunfight action film “Counter Strike” and played Wan Fei, an international police officer with a clear sense of right and wrong and a strong sense of justice; In April, he won the Best Chinese Artist Award and Best Digital Music Award at the 16th Global Chinese Language Chart Asia Influence Awards. His album “Amazing!” also won the Best Album Award in Hong Kong and Taiwan; In May, ranked first on Forbes China Celebrity List; On May 15th, he was nominated for Best Mandarin Male Singer and Best Arranger at the 23rd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his album “Wonder!” and song “Sailor Afraid of Water”; On September 22nd, held a concert at the Singapore F1 circuit, becoming the first Chinese singer to perform in F1; On December 28th, I released my 12th music album “12 New Works”, which includes Chinese style, rap, blues R&B、 Jazz and other music styles, the lead single “Red Dust Inn” won awards such as the Top 20 Golden Songs Award on the 13th Global Chinese Song Chart and the Silver Award for Outstanding Popular Mandarin Songs on the 36th Top 10 Chinese Golden Songs.
On May 17, 2013, the “Mo Tian Lun” world tour concert was held at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai; On May 22nd, with the album “12 New Works”, he was nominated for the Best Mandarin Album Award, Best Mandarin Male Singer Award, and Best Album Producer Award at the 24th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards; On June 1st, voiced the character Taiyi Zhenren in the animated movie “One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes”; On June 22nd, a concert will be held at the Chengdu Sports Center Stadium; On July 11th, the self-directed and self acted romantic film “Tiantai Love” was released, and it was also selected as the closing film of the New York Asian Film Festival; From September 6th to 8th, three “Mo Tian Lun” concerts will be held at the Taipei Arena; On October 4th, served as the music director for the music romance film ‘Hearing the Sound of Rain’.
Starting from April 2014, the “Mo Tian Lun” world tour concert was held in Sydney, Guiyang, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and other places; In May, ranked 3rd on Forbes China Celebrity List; In November, he played the role of Li, the owner of a magic prop shop, in the action film “The Amazing Thieves 2”; On December 10th, she released her first personal digital music album “Ouch, Not Bad”, becoming the first Chinese singer to release a digital music album; After its release, the album won the Best Selling Digital Album Award at the 2nd QQ Music Annual Awards, and the song “Shoe Extra Large” from the album won the Top 20 Golden Songs Award at the 5th Global Pop Music Golden Chart.
In January 2015, participated in the Jiangsu TV “Love You and Me” New Year’s Concert and performed live songs such as “Double Stick”, “Good Happiness”, and “Quiet”; In April, won the Most Popular All Around Chinese Artist Award and the Cross Era Strength Singer songwriter Award in the Chinese Music Industry at the 19th Global Chinese Language Chart and Asian Influence Awards; In May, ranked 2nd on Forbes China Celebrity List; On June 27th, she was nominated for the Best Mandarin Album and Best Album Producer awards at the 26th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her album “Ouch, Not Bad”; Starting from July, served as a mentor for the inspirational music commentary program “The Voice of China Season 4” on Zhejiang TV; On September 26th, the “Magic Tianlun” concert was held at the Century Lotus Sports Center Stadium in Foshan; On December 20th, the “Mo Tianlun” concert was held at Kunming Tuodong Sports Stadium.
In March 2016, won the Annual Peak Popular Singer Award, Annual Music Omnipotent Artist Award, and Annual Most Influential Concert Award at the QQ Music Summit Ceremony; On March 24th, the single “Hero” with personal lyrics and composition was released, and the number of views exceeded 80 million within two weeks of its release; On June 1st, the theme song “Now You See Me” created for the movie “Inception 2” was released; On June 24th, the digital music album “Jay Chou’s Bedside Story” was released, which combines classical, rock, hip-hop and other genres. The album sold over 1 million copies in two days, breaking the sales record for digital albums in mainland China. The cumulative sales of the album in Greater China exceeded 2 million copies, with sales exceeding 40 million yuan; In June, the Hollywood movie “The Incredibles 2” in which he participated was released in mainland China; Starting from July 15th, I will serve as a mentor for the music commentary program “China’s New Song Season 1” on Zhejiang TV; Starting from December 23rd, the musical adaptation of the self written and directed art film “Secret” by Jay Chou, titled “Secret”, will have its global premiere at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center. The composition, lyrics, and original story of the musical will all be completed by Jay Chou; In the same year, Jay Chou’s “Strongest on the Surface” world tour was held in Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Changzhou and other places.
On January 6, 2017, the romantic film “A Promise of Ten Thousand Kilometers” produced by Jay Chou was released in mainland China; On January 13th, served as a guest on the science reality show “The Strongest Brain Season 4” launched by Jiangsu TV; From April 15th to 16th, two solo concerts will be held at Kunming Tuodong Sports Stadium, followed by the “Strongest on the Surface” world tour concerts in Chongqing, Nanjing, Shenyang, Xiamen and other places; On May 16th, he was nominated for the Best Song of the Year, Best Music Video, and Best Mandarin Male Singer awards at the 28th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for his songs “Confession Balloon”, “Bedside Story”, and album “Jay Chou’s Bedside Story”; On June 4th, won the Hito Best Male Singer of the Year award; Subsequently, participated in the original professional music program “Chinese New Song Season 2” and served as a mentor; On August 9th, his music album “Jay Chou’s Bedside Story” won the Best Mandarin Album of the Year award at the Chinese Golden Melody Awards.
On January 6, 2018, the first performance of the “Surface Strongest 2” world tour was held in Singapore; On January 18th, the music single “Waiting for You to Class” with lyrics and composition by Jay Chou and Yang Ruidai was released; On February 15th, collaborated with Cai Weize to perform magic and the song “Confession Balloon” at the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The program ranked first on the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala program ratings TOP10 list; On May 15th, released the personal music single “If You Don’t Love Me, Pull Down”; On November 21st, he joined the film “Extreme Agent 4” directed by D.J. Caluso.
On February 9, 2019, held a solo concert in Las Vegas, USA; On July 24th, it was announced that Jay Chou’s “Carnival” world tour would start in October. The concert is a celebration of Jay Chou’s 20th anniversary of debut; On September 16th, released the music single “Say You Won’t Cry” co sung with Chen Xinhong; On October 17th, the first performance of Jay Chou’s “Carnival” world tour was held in Shanghai; On November 1st, the “Strongest on the Surface” world tour live album will be released; On December 15th, the theme song “I Believe So Much” sung by Jay Chou for the movie “Sky Fire” was released.
On January 10-11, 2020, two “Carnival” world tour concerts will be held at the National Stadium in Singapore; On March 21st, served as the initiator of the global outdoor life culture reality show “Journey to Zhou” on Zhejiang TV; On June 12th, released personal music single “Mojito”; On May 29, Jay Chou’s first Chinese social media was launched in Kwai; On July 26, Jay Chou made his first live show in Kwai, with 68 million live viewers in half an hour; In October, produced and specially starred in the racing themed film “The Storm”. On January 29, 2021, he won the Best Male Singer award on the Chinese Song TOP chart; On February 12th, the song “Mojito” was performed in the form of “cloud recording” at the 2021 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; On February 12, Jay Chou’s “Come now, enjoy it” singing and chatting will be launched in Kwai; On May 12th, she was nominated for the Best Single Producer award at the 32nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for her single “Mojito”.
From May 20th to 21st, 2022, Jay Chou’s online video concert “Miracle Live Re screening Plan” will begin airing; On July 6th, his music album “The Greatest Work” had over 5.68 million pre orders on QQ Music, and the music video for the album’s eponymous lead track “The Greatest Work” was also broadcasted on online platforms on the same day; On July 8th, the album “The Greatest Work” began pre-sales, with pre-sales exceeding 30 million yuan on platforms such as QQ Music and Migu Music within 8 hours; On July 15th, the 15th personal music album “The Greatest Work” was officially released, and the total sales of the album exceeded 100 million within one hour after its release; As of 5:00 pm on the same day, the album had sold over 5 million copies on the four major music platforms, with sales exceeding 150 million yuan; On July 18, the exclusive live broadcast was launched in Kwai, with 110 million viewers in the live broadcast room, and the maximum number of real-time online viewers exceeded 6.54 million; In September, participate in the 2022 Alliance Carnival; On November 19, the online “Friends of the Brothers” was broadcast live on the Kwai platform, which was the first time he held a song club online. He sang five songs in the live broadcast, including “Still Wandering” and “Peninsula Iron Box”; On December 16th, participated in the Dynamic Zone World Cup Music Festival and performed the songs “I Believe So Much” and “Quiet” live.
In March 2023, Jay Chou’s music album “The Greatest Work” won the top spot on the “2022 Global Bestseller Album Chart” released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), making him the first Chinese singer to win the top spot on the chart; On May 16th, her song “The Greatest Work” was nominated for the Annual Song Award at the 34th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards; From August 17th to 20th, the “Carnival” world tour concert will be held in Hohhot; From October 12th to 15th, the “Carnival” world tour concert will be held in Shanghai; On November 25th, the outdoor reality interactive variety show “Journey to Zhou 2” was broadcasted on Zhejiang TV; On December 6th, Universal Music Group reached a strategic partnership with Jay Chou and his management company “JVR Music”; On December 9th, the “Carnival” world tour concert was held at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand; On December 21st, released personal music single “Christmas Star”.
In April 2024, as the main guest, participated in the rap reality show variety show “Rap Dream Factory”; On May 23rd, the interactive variety show “Rap Dream Factory” in which he participated was broadcasted; From May 29th to June 2nd, the “Carnival” world tour concert will be held in Changsha; From September 12th to 15th, the “Carnival” world tour concert will be held in Shenzhen. In November, Jay Chou revealed on social media that he was recording a new song. From December 5th to 8th, Jay Chou held four solo concerts at the Taipei Arena, becoming the first singer to hold a concert at the stadium. On December 26th, the “Chinese Music Singing Center” released the “Annual Music Industry Report”, and Jay Chou was awarded the title of the most influential singer songwriter in the Asia Pacific region of the year.
Personal life
Family situation
Jay Chou’s father, Zhou Yaozhong, is a biology teacher at Tamkang Middle School, and his mother, Ye Huimei, is an art teacher at Tamkang Middle School. The relationship between Jay Chou and his mother is like that of a younger brother and sister. He has also written songs for his mother multiple times, such as “Listen to Mom”, and even used his mother’s name “Ye Huimei” as the title of his album. Due to his parents’ divorce, Jay Chou rarely mentioned his father Zhou Yaozhong. Later, with the persuasion of his mother and grandmother Ye Zhan A-Mei, he accepted his father again.
Emotional life
At the end of 2004, Jay Chou fell in love with Hou Peicen. In 2005, the two publicly admitted their relationship. In May 2006, the two broke up.
On November 17, 2014, Jay Chou publicly announced his relationship with Kun Ling.
On January 17, 2015, Jay Chou and Kun Ling held their wedding ceremony in the UK; On February 9th, Jay Chou and Kun Ling held an outdoor swimming pool wedding banquet in Taipei; On March 9th, Jay Chou and Kun Ling held their family wedding in Australia; On July 10th, the daughter of Jay Chou and Kun Ling, Hathaway, was born.
On February 13, 2017, Jay Chou announced that his wife was pregnant with a second child; On June 8th, Jay Chou and Kun Ling’s son Romeo were born.
On January 19, 2022, Jay Chou announced that his wife Kun Ling was pregnant with their third child; On April 22nd, Kun Ling stated that her third child is a daughter; On May 6th, Jay Chou’s daughter Jacinda was born.
