Tanya Chua
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| Tanya Chua 蔡健雅 |
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 The cover of Tanya Chua's latest album - T-Time.
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| Born | 28 January 1975 | |
| Origin | Singapore | |
| Genre(s) | C-pop | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, harmonica | |
| Years active | 1997-present | |
| Label(s) | Warner Music | |
Tanya Chua (Simplified Chinese: 蔡健雅; pinyin: Cài Jiànyǎ) is a popular Singaporean singer. Born on 28 January 1975 in Singapore, she is currently a pop star renowned in much of Asia, including Taiwan, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
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[edit] Profile
Education (學歷)： Singapore Polytechnic 新加坡工藝學院(商課)
Language (語言)： Chinese (中文)、English(英文)、Bahasa Indonesia (印尼文)
Siblings： 1 younger sister
Hobbies: drinking coffee, reading, watching movies and cooking spaghetti
Musical Talents： guitar (吉他) & harmonica (口琴)
Bad Habits： skipping in the studio, and then drinking coffee before recording
Most delightful moment： receiving the 'Best Composition' Award in the 1998 Asian Song Festival
Most desired wish： to release an album in Los Angeles (USA)
[edit] Biography
Tanya Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, Bored, in 1997. She was also the first Singaporean to win a prize in the Asia Song Festival, coming in first in the Unpublished category in 1998 before she furthered her studies at the LA Musical Institute. However, the market for Singaporean English pop was very small, and she soon moved to singing in Mandarin, for which there was a Greater Asian market.
Tanya signed on to Universal Music Taiwan in 1998 and released her first Mandarin album, Breathe, in 1999. That album comprised compositions of her English songs matched to Chinese lyrics by Taiwanese lyricists. It was a critical hit in Taiwan, where she made a name for herself as a reputable singer-songwriter. Between 1999 and 2001, however, subsequent sales of her albums were mediocre, resulting in Universal dropping her as part of their cost-cutting exercise.
Despite this, she rebounded in 2003 with a new album contract by the Warner label in Taiwan, and a more confident, assured album Stranger, which topped sales charts in Taiwan. That success was due primarily to a slick packaging and marketing system which feminised Tanya's hitherto rock-chick image, and matched her smooth and sultry vocals to romantic yet mature ballads that grew on the listener. Her second Warner album, Amphibian (2005), won her an award at Taiwan's most prestigious music awards ceremony, the Golden Melody Awards. The 2006 release of her compilation T-time marked an end to her album contract with Warner, and her current label status is unknown. Despite this, she is still active in the media, occasionally appearing in the Singapore media on yoga-related articles.
[edit] Trivia
She speaks Mandarin, English, and Indonesian, which is mutually intelligible to Malay.
[edit] Discography
| Date of release | Title (Chinese) | Title (English) | Recording Company |
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| 1997 | Bored | Bored | Universal Music (環球音樂) |
| 1999 | 蔡健雅 | Tanya (self-titled) | Polygram (寶麗金) |
| 1999 | Luck | Luck | Unknown |
| 1999 | Moments of Magic (Singles) | Moments of Magic (Singles) | Hype Records |
| 2000 | 記念 | Remember | Universal Music (環球音樂) |
| 2001 | 相信 | I Do Believe | Universal Music (環球音樂) |
| 2001 | 默契 | Tacit Understanding | Universal Music (環球音樂) |
| 2003 | 陌生人 | STRANGER | Warner Music (華納唱片) |
| 2003 | 星球 | Jupiter | Warner Music (華納唱片) |
| 2005 | 雙棲動物 | Amphibian | Warner Music (華納唱片) |
| 2006 | T-time 蔡健雅(新歌+精選) | T-Time | Warner Music (華納唱片) |
[edit] Awards
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