Ah Niu

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Ah Niu (Chinese:阿牛) is the nickname of Tan Kheng Seong (Simplified Chinese:陈庆祥). He was born on August 31, 1976 in Penang, Malaysia. In the late 1990s he was a popular singer in Malaysia and Singapore. He is of the Hokkien dialect group.

Secondary School was Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Ling, Butterworth (Chung Ling High School, Butterworth) and went to Inti College, Kuala Lumpur [Major in Film & Theatre (Drama Course), Mass Comm].

In 1997, he was recognized only in Malaysia and Singapore, until Richie Jen (Traditional Chinese:任賢齊, Taiwanese singer) sung his song which became widely popular. In December 1998, Rock Records arranged Ah Niu to expand his singing career in Taiwan. Ah Niu quickly became famous with his nice, simple and unique songs. This was when singers like Rene Liu Ruo Ying and Karen Mok asked Ah Niu to compose songs for them. He is now not only popular in Taiwan, but also in China and Hong Kong. He has been a special guest for many concerts around Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. He also starred in the movie Para Para Sakura by Aaron Kwok in year 2001.