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Aska Yang
Aska Yang performed at 42nd Golden Bell Awards ceremony in Taipei on Nov 17, 2007
Chinese name	楊宗緯 (Traditional)
Chinese name	杨宗纬 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Yáng Zōng Wěi (Mandarin)
Birth name	楊宗緯
Born	April 4, 1978 (1978-04-04) (age 30) Taoyuan, Taiwan
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	Pop
Voice type(s)	Tenor
Label(s)	HIM International Music (2007) Warner Music (2008~ )
Years active	2007–present
Associated Acts	Million Star Gang (星光幫)
Official site	Aska Yang's official website

Aska Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊宗緯; simplified Chinese: 杨宗纬; Hanyu Pinyin: Yáng Zōngwěi; Tongyong Pinyin: Yáng Zong-Wěi; Wade-Giles: Yang Tsung-Wei), born on April 4, 1978, is a popular Taiwanese singer and a member of the Million Star Gang (星光幫).

In 2007 Aska Yang joined a TV singing competition One Million Star (超級星光大道), which is now one of the most popular Reality TV shows in Taiwan, equivalent to American Idol. Aska was an early favorite to run away with the competition. His powerful and soul touching voice drew millions of music lovers and he was voted as the "Most Popular Contestant" of the first season of One Million Star via text messaging.

Aska’s superb popularity kept him on top of the Internet Search list and related Internet websites. He was rated Number One for 7 consecutive weeks on the Yahoo! Taiwan Most Famous Person’s rating, with a huge gap from the second place. The Aska 10 Thousand Fans Club in Yahoo! Taiwan reached the 30,000-member fan base within 3 months since it was first started in March, 2007. Aska’s blog reached 3 million visitor hits within 2 months. Aska Yang broke the record of consecutive front page appearances on Apple Daily, a popular newspaper in Taiwan with a paparazzi flavor.

Aska Yang is listed in "Taiwan Who is Who 2007-2008" and he is also ranked the 2nd place of Yahoo! Taiwan Person of the Year 2007^[1], the 2nd place of United Daily Star News of the Year 2007^[2], the 1st place of Apple Daily Person of the Year 2007^[3] and one of the Top Five Newcomers 2007 chosen by SinaNet^[4].

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Year 2007 1.2 Year 2008 2 Most Current 3 Singing Contests 3.1 Singing Contests Before 2007 3.2 One Million Star, Season 1 4 Performances and Activities 4.1 TV Performances 4.2 Endorsements 4.3 Live Performances 4.4 Charity Concerts 5 News and Events 6 Timeline 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Year 2007

Aska Yang's first album Stars Reunion ranked number one on the G-music billboard in the first week with a 66.22% of total sales, which broke the record of music album sales in Taiwan music history. This album also ranked number one on Five Music rating system with a 48.18% sales percentage at the same time. Total sales of the album in Taiwan was over 200,000 copies.

Release/ Label	Compilation Album	Tracks
2007-06-29 HIM Music	Stars Reunion	Hostage (人質) Lyric: Leng, Wan Mei (冷玩妹), Musics: Huang, Yun Jen (黃韻仁) Betray (背叛) Lyric: A Dan (阿丹), Wu, Yu Kang (鄔裕康), Musics: Gary Cao (曹格) Just Believe (只要我相信) Lyric: Chen, Hsin Yen (陳信延), Musics: Sean Hosein etc
2007-10-05 HIM Music	Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow	Broken Wings (多餘), the theme song of the movie Keeping Watch (沉睡的青春) ezPeer+ # 1 for 22 consecutive weeks in Chinese song category KKBox Ranked Most Popular Chinese Song for 4 weeks

[edit] Year 2008

Aska Yang's first solo album, produced by Warner Music with "unlimited budget"; recruited famous song writers including Ashin(五月天阿信), Kay Huang(黃韻玲), Michael Lin(林邁可), Matilda Tao(陶晶瑩) with songs written in diversified music styles. Aska Yang accomplished an impossible mission to have the recording of 11 songs completed within 3 weeks. The Solo album has officially gone on sales on January 11, 2008. The pre-sales order quantity was over 35,000 copies when announced in a press conference held by Aska's management agent.

Warner Music has signed a contract with Aska Yang for 2 years with 3 albums' production. Warner Music and Aska's manager also have started planning to promote his music in the overseas and Mainland China's market. ^[5].

Release/ Label	Album	Tracks
2008-01-11 Warner Music	Dove	Dove(鴿子) Lyric: Zeng, Zhong-Yong (鄭中庸), Music: Michael Lin (林邁可) December 28, 2007 "Dove" became available on the most popular internet music line-ezPeer+ with a 45 seconds short version. It attracted over 10,000 listeners from noon to 5pm with no advertisement being promoted.[11] ezPeer+ {Dove}~1st place on the Chinese album weekly chart within the first week and thereafter for 16 consecutive weeks. G-music~1st place on the Chinese album weekly chart for 9 weeks. 01. 讓~Let you 02. 幸福的風~Breeze of Happiness 03. 鸽子~Dove 04. 洋葱~Onion 05. 重來好不好~Can we start over again 06. One Day 07. 誰會改變我~Who will change me 08. 存愛~keep love 09. 對愛渴望~love temptation 10. 回憶沙漠~desert in memory 11. 你看~look

[edit] Most Current

On 17 November, 2007 Aska Yang was invited to perform at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall for the 42nd Golden Bell Awards (金鐘獎). He sang a medley of eleven classic TV drama theme songs from the past century.^[6] On 23 November, 2007, Aska was invited as finale performer for Taipei Television Festival 2007 "Taipei Happy Star Concert" (臺北快樂星光演唱會)^[7].

With the huge popularity, Yang becomes the favorite among artists who received the most invitation to perform for New Year's Eve countdown concerts and the lunar year-end banquets. However, his agent only accepted 3 invitations among all. On 29 December, 2007 Aska performed on a concert with the theme of "Stars Reunions with Teachers and Classmates" (星光幫之老師同學會) in Taipei^[8]. On 31 December, 2007, Aska sang a new song from the album which soon to be released for New Year's Eve countdown concerts in Taipei and Taoyuan^[9].

Aska Yang is one of the first singers, along with 4 other members of Million Star Gang in Taiwan music industry who performed on a paid concert without personal albums released. Prior to ticket sales, Yang's fans contacted the organizer for wholesale tickets in huge demand. Therefore, the organizer had only reserved 1,700 tickets exclusive for ezPeer+ members. At 2pm sharp, 7 December, the remaining ticket were open for sales online, which attracted more than 30,000 members to rush into buying tickets at the same time. All tickets was sold out within a minute. It makes a new record that near 100,000 visits within 2 hours in ezPeer+ website^[10].

Aska Yang has been on promotional tours for his solo album in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia since March, 2008.

Aska Yang will be the record holder as the first singer in the Taiwan's music history who is having his solo paid concert~ <<Star Start>>「星空傳奇2008」 in the Taipei Arena within 6 months of the debut of his first solo album.

For his first appearance in Beijing, China, Aska Yang attended and performed at the 8th Annual Music Chart Award as a special guest on April 9, 2008.

[edit] Singing Contests

[edit] Singing Contests Before 2007

During his college time at the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), Aska attended numerous singing competitions at or out of the campus and won several championships.

• 2002 Guang Yu (光禹) Moonlight Family (夜光家族) Singing Contest
  • Beaches (沙灘)
• 2004 NCUE Folk Song Contest
  • See You Tomorrow (明天見) Lyrics: Peng Xuebin (彭學斌), Music: Tsunami, Tang Xiaokang (湯小康), Original singer: Z-Chen Chang (張智成)
• 2004 NCUE Singing Contest（Performed as a special guest）
  • Let Go My Hand (手放開) Lyrics: Shi Fong (十方), Music: Fang WenLiang (方文良), Original singer: Sam Lee (李聖傑)
• 2005 NCUE Singing Contest
  • Who Else Can I Love (我還能愛誰) Lyrics: Lin Xi (林夕), Music: Cho Kyu-Man(조규만), Original Singer: Andy Hui (許志安)
  • You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉) Lyrics: Yao RuoLong (姚若龍), Music: David Wong (黃大煒), Original singer: David Wong (黃大煒)
• 2005 First Annual Holiday (好樂迪) Singing Contest: First place winner
  • Preliminary contest in Changhua: Happy (你們要快樂) Lyrics: Yao RouLong (姚若龍), Music: Chen XiaoXia (陳小霞), Original singer: Sam Lee (李聖傑)
  • Final contest in Taipei: Fairytale] (童話) Lyrics, Music: Michael Wong (光良), Original singer: Michael Wong (光良)

Bonus performance: Acappella with an adapted version of Jasmine (茉莉花), the scoring criteria is based on originality

• 2006 The Music of Taipei HitFm (台北之音) Singing Contest: First place winner
• 2006 MTV Station Hito (爆衝高分貝) Singing Contest: First place winner
  • Just Let It Be (一了百了) Original singer: Shin (信樂團)
• 2006 Taichung Butterfly Singing Contest (衣蝶歌唱比賽): First place winner
• 2006 Music Round Cup Singing Contest (音圓盃歌唱比賽): Second place winner
  • Final contest: You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉) Original singer: David Wong (黃大煒)

Superwoman Original singer:Gary Cao (曹格)

[edit] One Million Star, Season 1

• 2007-01-05 One Million Star Audition in Central Taiwan
  • Happy Valentine (情人節快樂) Lyrics: Xiao Se (小色), Music: Gary Cao (曹格), Original singer: Gary Cao (曹格)
• 2007-01-12 One Million Superstar PK (part 1)
  • You and Me (愛你等於愛自己) Lyrics:Albert Leung (林夕), Music: Wei Chen (陳偉), Original singer: Lee-Hom Wang (王力宏)
  • Always Lyrics:Mitsunaga Ryota (光永亮太), Music: Sin, Original singer:Mitsunaga Ryota (光永亮太)
• 2007-02-23 The Comeback Episode
  • When We Were Young (我們小時候) Lyrics: Tank, Music: Tank, Original singer: Tank
• 2007-03-09 One to One PK episode: The strongest survive
  • Wooden Horse (旋木) Lyric:Yang Ming Xue (楊明學), Music: Yuan Wei Ren (袁惟仁), Original singer: Faye Wong (王菲)
• 2007-03-16 The Oldies Episode
  • Goodbye My Love (再見我的愛人) Lyrics: Wen Jun (文君), Music: Hirao Mmasaaki (平尾昌晃), Original singer: Teresa Teng (鄧麗君)
• 2007-03-30 In the Same Boat episode: 16 finalist elimination duet
  • You Love Her So Much (你那麼愛她) Lyrics: Kevin Lin (林隆璇), Music: Kevin Lin (林隆璇), Original: Kevin Lin (林隆璇), Sam Lee (李聖傑); Duet with Peter Pan (潘裕文)
• 2007-04-06 Breakout Episode: 15 finalist elimination
  • Hostage (人質) Lyrics: Lang Wan Mei (冷玩妹), Music: Huang Yun-Ren (黃韻仁), Original singer: A-Mei (張惠妹)
• 2007-04-13 Big Shakedown Challenge Episode
  • Betray (背叛) Lyrics: A Dan (阿丹), Wu Yu Kang (鄔裕康), Music: Gary Cao (曹格), Original singer: Gary Cao (曹格)
• 2007-04-20 One to One PK Challenge
  • Happy Birthday to Me (祝我生日快樂) Lyrics: Zheng Zhong Yong (鄭中庸), Music: Jay Chou (周杰倫), Original singer: Landy Weng (溫嵐)
• 2007-04-27 Challenge Episode with a Professional Artist
  • Broken Heart (讓每個人都心碎) Lyrics: Chen Jia Li (陳家麗), Music: David Wong (黃大煒), Original singer: David Wong (黃大煒)
• 2007-05-04 Chance, Fate Episode: Challenge Part I
  • Superwoman Lyrics:Xu Shi Zhen (徐世珍), Music: Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds etc., Original singer:Gary Cao (曹格) Singing duet with TM Liu (劉明峰)
• 2007-05-11 Hidden Crisis Episode: Challenge Part II
  • Why Can’t It Be You (可惜不是你) Lyrics: Lee Zhuo Xiong (李焯雄), Music: Cao Xuan Bin (曹軒賓), Original Singer: Jasmine Leong (梁靜茹)
• 2007-05-18 Challenge Part III
  • You Are My Harbor (靠岸) Lyrics: Chang Li Nian (張麗念), Lin Qiu Li (林秋離), Music: Lee zhi Qing (李志清), Original singer: Lin Yu Zhong (林宇中)
• 2007-05-25 Challenger Finale Episode
  • New Endless Love (新不了情) Lyrics: Huang Yu (黃鬱), Music: Chris Babida (鮑比達), Original singer: Wan Fang (萬芳)
• 2007-06-01 Un-plugged Episode
  • I Heard That Love Had Returned (聽說愛情回來過) Lyrics, Music: Lee Si Cong (李偲菘), Original singer: Sandy Lam (林憶蓮)
• 2007-06-08　Heaven vs. Hell Episode
  • Rainy Days (雨天) Lyrics:Xiao Han (小寒), Music: Lee WeiSong (李偉菘), Original singer: Stefanie Sun (孫燕姿)
  • Just Let Him Go (握不住的他) Lyric: Lin Yi Feng (林怡鳳), Music: JJ Lin (林俊傑), Original singer: Xiao Xiao (蕭蕭)

 The judges spent 7.5 minutes in their comment of his performance in this episode which is the  
 longest record time for the entire season. Nelson rating also reached 8.0 during Aska’s performance
 which was record high for this episode.
 Aska received the highest score in this episode and won the prize of performing the theme song 
 Broken Wings (多餘) for the movie Keeping Watch (沉睡的青春)

• 2007-06-15 Singing Duet Episode
  • You Break My Heart (心動心痛) Lyrics: Liu Geng Hong (劉畊宏) & Chen Jian Long (陳劍龍), Music: Jay Chou (周杰倫), Original singer: Liu Geng Hong (劉畊宏) & Evonne Hsu (許慧欣); Singing duet with Ring Hsu (徐宛鈴)
• S.H.E PLAY Album Signing Event Performance Audition
  • Two Lovers (兩隻戀人) Lyrics: Xu ShiZhen (徐世珍), Music: Gary Cao (曹格), Original singer: Gary Cao (曹格)
• 2007-07-06　First Season Live Finale (Aska performed as a guest due to his early withdraw from the competition）
  • Betray (背叛) Lyrics:A Dan (阿丹), Wu YuKong (鄔裕康), Music: Gary Cao (曹格), Original singer: Gary Cao (曹格); Singing trio with Gary Cao (曹格)，Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰)
  • Crying (哭了) Lyric, Music:Lee Quan (李泉), Original singer: Mavis Fan (范曉萱)
• 2007-07-13 SuperStar Graduation Party
  • Understanding (領悟) Lyrics, Music: Jonathan Lee (李宗盛), Original Singer: Winnie Hsin (辛曉琪)
  • You Are My Harbor (靠岸) Lyrics: Chang Li Nian (張麗念) & Lin Qiu Li (林秋離), Music: Lee Zhi Qing (李志清), Original singer: Lin Yu Zhong (林宇中)

[edit] Performances and Activities

[edit] TV Performances

• 2005-11-01 Spicy Queen (麻辣天后宮)
  • You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉), Absolute Love (痴心絕對)
• 2007-03-22 Blackie (我愛黑澀會)
  • Just Let it Be (一了百了)

• 2007-06-27 Big Brother Show (綜藝大哥大)
  • Goodbye My Love (再見我的愛人), How Can You Just Break My Heart (你怎麼捨得我難過), At Least I've Got You (至少還有你)

• 2007-07-30 College Student Show (大學生了沒), Episode 1
  • See You Tomorrow (明天見), You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉), Unlike a Grownup (不像個大人), The Forgotten Time (被遺忘的時光), Don't Ask Who I Am (不必在乎我是誰)

• 2007-07-31 College Student Show (大學生了沒), Episode 2
  • Waiting For You, I Heard That Love Had Returned (聽說愛情回來過)

• 2007-08-08 Stars Reunion (星光同學會), Episode 1
  • Falling Leaf Returns to Root (落葉歸根)

• 2007-08-15 Stars Reunion (星光同學會), Episode 2
  • Feelings (衝動) sing with Power Station (動力火車)

• 2007-11-16 One Million Star, Season 2
  • Always On Your Side sing with Anni Lin, Please Follow Me (請跟我來) sing with Uni Yeh

• 2007-12-27 Album Promotion, 100% Entertainment, GTV

• 2008-01-07 Aska Yang MV behind-the-scenes, Total Entertainment, Set TV

• 2008-01-09 Sanli Television (三立)Showbiz (完全娛樂) New Solo Album promotion (超猛新人楊宗緯 首張專輯獻歌迷)

• 2008-01-10 Blackie(我愛黑澀會)- New Solo Album Dove's promotion part I (萬眾囑目的專輯 楊宗緯 上)

• 2008-01-11 Blackie(我愛黑澀會)- New Solo Album Dove's promotion part II (萬眾囑目的專輯 楊宗緯 下)

• 2008-01-11 Gala Television Corporation (八大) "Entertainment 100% fans Club" (娛樂百分百- 粉絲福利社)

• 2008-01-15 Gala Television Corporation (八大) "Entertainment 100%" Co-host (娛樂百分百 代班主持人)

• 2008-01-19 CTV (中視) "Guess, Guess, Guess" (我猜我猜我猜猜猜)

• 2008-01-19 MTV "MTV Chinese top 20" (封神榜)

• 2008-01-20 PBS "Sunday Night Fever" (公視 周日狂熱夜)/《Onion》(洋蔥)《Be Happy 》(一定要幸福)《I will be fine》(我會好好的) 《good tears bad tears》(好眼淚壞眼淚) 《Chang San’s song 》(張三的歌)

• 2008-01-21 East Wind TV 3 Little Pigs- (東風 三隻小豬)- " Everybody wants the shy man, Aska YANG "( 害羞男 人人搶著要 楊宗緯)

• 2008-01-22 Sanli TV (三立) "Big eyes" ( 王牌大眼睛) - "Aska YANG, welcome to showbiz, part I" (歡迎楊宗緯加入演藝圈 上)

• 2008-01-23 Sanli TV (三立) "Big eyes " (王牌大眼睛) - "Aska YANG, welcome to showbiz, part II" (歡迎楊宗緯加入演藝圈 下)

• 2008-01-23 GTV (八大) "Entertainment 100%" ( 娛樂百分百- 百分百聽證會)

• 2008-01-26 TTV "Karaoke Club" (卡拉榜- 卡拉Ｋ歌房)

• 2008-01-26 CTS Genius go go go 華視 天才衝衝衝 上《Let you讓》《New Endless Love新不了情》《Wakening領悟》《Let go my hand手放開》

• 2008-01-30 GTV 100% (娛樂百分百)- Star in my home (我家也有大明星)

• 2008-01-30 CHANNEL [V] Lollipop (模范棒棒堂)

• 2008-02-01 CTV One Million Star~ Judge in the 3rd season Part 1 (超級星光大道 擔任第三季百人初選評審 上)

• 2008-02-02 CTS Genius go go go (華視 天才衝衝衝 下) ~You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉),

• 2008-02-03 CTV Sunday 8pm Crime Scene (中視 週日八點檔 案發現場)

• 2008-02-04 CHANNEL [V] Host：Aska Yang (楊宗緯)

• 2008-02-04 MTV Love Blog (愛情部落格) Guest VJ

• 2008-02-05 MTV Love Blog (愛情部落格) Guest VJ

• 2008-02-06 MTV Love Blog (愛情部落格) Guest VJ

• 2008-02-07 CTV New Years Special Stars Reunion Concert (中視 初一特別節目「星光幫之老師同學會」演唱會完整版)

• 2008-02-07 MTV Love Blog (愛情部落格) Guest VJ

• 2008-02-08 CTV One Million Star~3rd season Judge Part II (中視 超級星光大道- 擔任第三季百人初選評審 下)

• 2008-02-08 MTV Love Blog (愛情部落格) Guest VJ

• 2008-02-09 East Wind~ Aska Music Special(東風 ASKA音樂特輯)

• 2008-02-09 CTV Big Brother show (中視 綜藝大哥大- 擔任初三特別節目評審)

• 2008-02-11 Sanli TV Showbiz~ New Years Special(三立 完全娛樂- 楊宗緯賀新年)

• 2008-02-11 CTITV KangXi Lai Le～Look Look Aska Yang (中天 康熙來了-你看你看楊宗緯)[20][21][22][23][24][25]

• 2008-02-16 MTV Karaoke Chart(卡拉卡拉榜- 新曲教唱《洋蔥》)

• 2008-02-23 MTV Karaoke Chart(卡拉卡拉榜- 新曲教唱《幸福的風》

• 2008-02-23 MTV Music Everywhere (音樂無所不在- 我愛大明星 楊宗緯)[26][27]

• 2008-02-26 GTV Entertainment 100% Solo album Dove 2nd edition(八大 娛樂百分百- 宣傳鴿子改版專輯)

• 2008-02-28 Sanli TV Total Entertainment~Promoting solo album Dove 2nd edition (三立 完全娛樂- 宣傳鴿子改版專輯)

• 2008-03-01 MTV Aska Yang SuperStar special (楊宗緯巨星特輯)

• 2008-03-01 MTV Karaoke Chart (卡拉卡拉榜- 新曲教唱《對愛渴望》)

• 2008-03-12 Hong Kong TV Golden Music(香港翡翠台 勁歌金曲)

• 2008-03-19 GTV Entertainment 100%~Promoting 「Star!Start!」Concert (八大 娛樂百分百- 宣傳「星空傳奇」演唱會)

• 2008-03-19 Sanli TV~Showbiz~Promoting「Star!Start!」Concert(三立 完全娛樂- 宣傳「星空傳奇」演唱會)

• 2008-03-23 CTS Happy Sunday~Aska Yang Interview Part I (華視 快樂星期天- 宗緯專訪 上)

• 2008-03-24 GTV Entertainment 100% (八大 娛樂百分百- 百分百演唱會搶聽會)

• 2008-03-30 CTS Happy Sunday Aska Yang Interview Part II (華視 快樂星期天- 宗緯專訪 下)

• 2008-03-31 CHANNEL [V] Lollipop~Aska Yang Taipei Arena Preview(模范棒棒堂- 楊宗緯小巨蛋特訓)

• 2008-04-07 CHANNEL [V] Blackie~Concert guest audition(我愛黑澀會- 演唱會嘉賓選拔賽)

• 2008-04-12 East Wind Entertainment@Asia~Special Interview(東風 娛樂@亞洲- 宗緯專訪)

[edit] Endorsements

Non-profit

• 2007 Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation spokesman
• 2007 The Magic School "Knowing the Children Witnesses of Domestic Violence" spokesman
• 2008 Spokesman for the Public Traffic Safety film contest sponsored by PBS Television in conjunction with Ho-Tai automobile manufacture
• 2008 Spokesman for TWRF Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation Charity movie premiere 「The life of Jasmine」

Profit

• 2007 Uni-President Cup Triathlon Championship TV advertisement
• 2007 EZPeer TOGO MP4 player^[11]
• 2008 Pearly Gates~Japanese Golf Designer Name Brand
• 2008 Spokesman for 2008 Taiwan National Intercollegiate Athletic Games

[edit] Live Performances

• 2007-08-14 Taichung Hihouse, Taichung
  • Creating Romance (製造浪漫)

• 2007-08-19 Chinese Valentine's Day, Taoyuan
  • Broken Wings (多餘)

• 2007-08-21 Taichung Hihouse, Taichung
  • You Are My Eyes] (你是我的眼), Creating Romance] (製造浪漫)

• 2007-08-22 GuanDu Harbor, Taipei
  • Broken Wings（多餘）, I Heard That Love Had Returned (聽説愛情回來過), New Endless Love (新不了情)

• 2007-10-24 National Changhua University of Education, Changhua
  • Broken Wings (多餘), Love Ended Last Night (愛從昨夜就停了), Betray (背叛)

• 2007-11-17 Golden Bell Award ceremony, Taipei
  • Classic drama series theme songs medley

• 2007-11-23 Taipei Film Festival, Taipei
  • New Endless Love (新不了情) , Tempting Heart (心動) , You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉)

• 2007-11-26 Election Campaign Startup for Eva Cheng, Changhua County
  • New Endless Love (新不了情) , Tempting Heart (心動)

• 2007-12-29 Taipei Million Star Gang concert （National Taiwan University Sports Center）
  • Whoever loves me, please raise up your hands (愛我的請舉手) , A strayed history (流浪记) , (不自由) , I didn't ask much (我要的不多) , Dove(鴿子) , One little Umbrella (一隻小雨傘)

Aska Yang is one of the first singers, along with 4 other members of Million Star Gang, in Taiwan's music industry who performed in a paid concert without personal albums released. Prior to ticket sales, Yang's fans contacted the organizer for wholesale tickets in huge demand. Therefore, the organizer had only reserved 1,700 tickets exclusive for ezPeer+ members. At 2pm sharp, December 7, 2008, the remaining tickets were open for sales online, which attracted more than 30,000 members to rush into buying tickets at the same time. All tickets was sold out within one minute. It makes a new record that near 100,000 visits within 2 hours in ezPeer+ website[12].

• 2007-12-31 Taipei City "2008 Taipei, The highest new year City" TVBS-G Year End Party , Taipei Cityhall
  • Raining Days (雨天) , Just Let Him Go (握不住的他) , Two Lovers (兩隻戀人) , Goodbye My Love (再見我的愛人) , Dove (鴿子)
• 2007-12-31 Taoyuan County "Shining Star, Young Taoyuan" CTV New Year's Eve countdown concert in Multi-purpose Arts Park (多功能藝文園區)
  • Dove (鴿子) , Let Go (讓) , One Day
• 2008-01-09 NanShan Life, Year-End Banquet
  • New Endless Love (新不了情), Let Go (讓), Series-Song Medley: Hostage (人質), I Heard That Love Had Returned (聽說愛情回來過), (我只在乎你), (如果你聽見我的歌), (不自由) , I didn't ask much (我要的不多), Goodbye My Love (再見我的愛人), Just Let Him Go (握不住的他), Betray (背叛), Two Lovers (兩隻戀人)
• 2008-01-16 Next Media, Ltd., Year-End Banquet
  • New Endless Love (新不了情), Let Go (讓), Love Temptation(對愛渴望)
• 2008-01-23 The Liberty Times, Year-End Banquet
  • Love Temptation(對愛渴望)
• 2008-02-05 Foxconn New Years Eve Party 鴻海 尾牙表演
  • Singing：《New Endless Love新不了情》《I heard that love had returned聽說愛情回來過》《Onion洋蔥》
• 2008-03-01 Kaohsiung City 高雄市「2008Hito Popular Music Award 流行音樂獎@旗津」頒獎典禮暨演唱會 （旗津）
  • Singing：《Cuz I believe因為我相信》《Love Temptation對愛渴望》《原來》
• 2008-03-02 Kaohsiung City 高雄市「Love~2008 Art festival愛。幸福2008高雄燈會藝術節」閉幕晚會（光榮碼頭）
  • Singing： 《Breeze Of Happiness幸福的風》《ONE DAY》《Love Temptation對愛渴望》
• 2008-03-08 Taipei Herbal Life Concert~at Taipei Arena(台北市賀寶芙演唱會（台北小巨蛋）)
  • Singing： 《Onion洋蔥》《Breeze Of happiness幸福的風》《New Endless love新不了情》《ONE DAY》《Love temptation對愛渴望》
• 2008-03-18 Taipei County Entertainers support for KMT Presidential Candidates Ma Ying Jiu and Siao Wan Chang Special event(台北縣全國藝人情藝相挺馬蕭晚會（三重體育場）)
  • Singing 演唱曲目： 《Dove 鴿子》《ONE DAY》
• 2008-04-09 Beijing~Special guest of entertainment at the 8th Music Chart Award (北京 第八屆音樂風雲榜表演嘉賓)

[edit] Charity Concerts

• 2007-06-03 Love Taiwan Charity Concert, Chiayi City
  • Superwoman
• 2007-08-03 Albert Schweitzer Service Plans, Changhua County
  • New Endless Love (新不了情), Betray (背叛), Understanding (領悟), Superwoman, I Heard That Love Had Returned (聽說愛情回來過)
• 2007-08-31 Galloping Independent Commission Against Corruption, Stars Show, Taipei County
  • Hostage (人質), Betray (背叛), Broken Wings (多餘)
• 2007-09-15 Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation, Taipei
  • Flowers in the Rainy Night (雨夜花), Invisible Wings (隱形的翅膀), Happy Heaven (快樂天堂)

Voice of Taipei (Hit FM) invited 100 celebrities for a charity event. Aska Yang provided his hand-painted net cap for internet bidding, starting from one NT dollar. Yang's fans, through co-financing, won the final bid of 200,000 NT dollars. The money was given to the Chinese Children Home and Shelter Association. Thereafter, his fans contributed the bidding net cap to the Taipei Women Rescue Foundation (TWRF) for a scene bid in the 20th anniversary of Appreciation Reception. The former chairman of TWRF, attorney Ying-Chi Liao, won the final bid of 300,000 NT dollars, and returned this monumental net cap back to Yang. Aska Yang then offered the cap to National Changhua University of Education for collection. With Yang and his fans' help, TWRF raised 1,290,136 NT dollars, on the day of the Anniversary Appreciation Reception.

• 2007-09-21 Taoyuan County Moon Festival Charity performance in Taipei Prison.
• 2007-10-26 Huwei town, Yunlin County
  • Love Ended Last Night (愛從昨夜就停了), Falling Leaf Returns to Root](落葉歸根)
• 2007-11-11 The 62nd Let Love Glow Rehabilitation Exhibition, Taichung
  • Hostage (人質), Broken Wings (多餘)
• 2007-12-15 Anti-Bribery ~ Inverted Million Bribe to Break Guinness Domino, Taipei
  • You Made Me Drunk (你把我灌醉), Tempting Heart (心動), New Endless Love (新不了情)
• 2008-01-03 Anti-Bribery, Hualien District Prosecutors Office
  • Dove (鴿子)
• 2008-01-03 Warm Winter Sent Love, Hualien Prison
  • Let Go (讓), The Moon Represents My Heart (月亮代表我的心)
• 2008-01-06 Love Taiwan Brightening Future, Kaohsiung County
  • Dove (鴿子), Let Go (讓)
• 2008-01-08 Warm Winter Sent Love, Taipei Detention Center
  • Let Go (讓)
• 2008-01-08 Warm Winter Sent Love, Taipei Prison
  • Let Go (讓)
• 2008-01-18 Folk Song Charity Concert, Youth Recreation Center, Taipei
  • New Endless Love (新不了情), Let Go (讓)
• 2008-02-20 TWRF Life of Jasmine movie premiere
• 2008-04-03 Free concert tickets donate to disadvantaged children in Taoyuan County
• 2008-04-03 TWRF Magic School Counselor at the Hu-Lu Elementary School
• 2008-04-18 Youth FUN Charity Concert Special Guest
  • 《Look 你看》《One Day》《Love Temptation 對愛渴望》
• 2008-04-25 Spokesman for Peng-Hu Guan-Yin Temple Ocean Protection Movement
• 2008-04-25 Peng-Hu Guan-Yin Temple Firework Concert 澎湖觀音亭花火音樂會
  • 《Onion 洋蔥》《Love Temptation 對愛渴望》《One Day》

[edit] News and Events

Age Incident

While competing in the singing contest One Million Star (超級星光大道), Yang populated his birth date as April 4, 1983 on his blog. After his continuous outstanding performances in the competition, the Internet forum discussion on his real age became heated, and the news media started to pay attention to this matter and reported it.

After the news media exposed his family member and reported his age, Yang expressed his intention of quitting the competition. The show producers attempted to retain Yang but failed. In the evening of June 6, 2007, the show held a press conference^[13], claimed that there was no age constraint for the contestants, and at the same time encouraged Yang to speak up and give an explanation about his age to the public^[14]. During the taping of the show on June 10, Aska Yang acknowledged publicly his actual birth year was 1978 in front of the news media, apologized on the scene to the public, and withdrew from the competition to take responsibility for hiding his real age. ^[15] He also admitted ID card photocopy forgery was his own act, and he did it to cover up the mistake he made on his age previously ^[16].

On June 16, after an open investigation^[17], the prosecutor considered Yang a minor offender who showed deep regret on his misconduct. The case was completed immediately after investigation with the "ease of prosecution" and the punishment of submitting a 500 words written confession as well as a 60 hour community service^[18].

Contract Dispute

Due to the contract dispute with the agent Hsu An-chin (許安進), no more performance opportunities were arranged for Aska Yang. In this situation, he could only appear in the activities for public welfare and the compulsory labor service brought in a previous deferred indictment on a charge of forged document. However, Aska Yang never gave up his dream as a singer and still hoped he could release his personal album soon after resolving the contract dispute with Hsu^[19].

The contract dispute between Yang and Hsu was resolved on November 5, 2007^[20]. The dispute was in part resolved by the mediation of the legal team from the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation (婦女救援基金會). In appreciation, Yang committed himself to be a lifetime spokesperson for the Foundation..

[edit] Timeline

• April 4, 1978: Born in Taoyuan, Taiwan
• 1990: Graduated from Naili Elementary School, Taoyuan, Taiwan
• 1994: Graduated from Tzu-Chiang Junior School, Taoyuan, Taiwan
• 1996: Graduated from National Chungli Senior High School, Taoyuan, Taiwan
• 2007: Attended singing competition in TV program One Million Star, CTV, Taiwan
• June 2007: Graduated from Department of Guidance & Counseling, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Official site

• (Chinese) Aska Yang's official website
• (Chinese) Aska Yang's Blog
• (Chinese) Aska Yang's introduction in Warner Music website