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Jay Chow or Jay Chou (traditional Chinese: 周杰倫, simplified Chinese: 周杰伦, pinyin: Zhōu Jiélún, January 18, 1979-) is a popular Taiwanese musician specializing in R&B and rap.
Biography
Born in a single-parent family, Jay is a bit shy and quiet. When he was young, he showed his interested in music. He began to learn to play the piano when he was 3. Later, at the age of 16, he started to write songs for other singers. A few years later, he himself became a singer.
In 2000, he released his first album "Jay", which gained great attention among the Chinese-speaking community, including Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc., that put him into the top pop star position among Chinese-speaking community.
Profile
- Nickname: Director Chou (周董)
- Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
- Blood Type: O
- Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Horse
- Horoscope: Capricorn
- Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Weight: 60 kg (132 lb)
- Shoe size: 10.5
- Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese
- Education: 1997 High school (music major)
- Weird habit: Doesn't like wearing underwear
- Strengths: Compose, write songs and play basketball
- Music instruments: Piano, cello, guitar, jazz drum
- Favourite sports: Basketball, exercise, practise nun-chuks
- Slogan: Diao bu diao (屌不屌) - means "Is it cool or not". However, the character "diao" originally represents the reproductive organ of a man. This word is sometimes considered "unclean".
- Family situation: Only son, Father (Biology teacher), Mother (Middle *School fine arts teacher)
- Friends in the industry: Luo Zhi Xiang (Xiao Zhu), Liu Geng Hong
- Dream when he was little: To be Bruce Lee
- First love: The girl in next door's class in High School
- The type of girl he likes: Long haired, oval face, classic beauty
- Agent: Jacky Wu
- Person he is most thankful to: Jacky Wu
- Best writing partner: Vincent Fang
- Most respected people: maternal grandmother, mother, father
- Favourite comic: Doraemon
- Favourite movie: Any cartoon by Miyazaki Hayao
- Favourite music: R&B and hip-hop (actually he likes any kind of music)
- Favourite clothing: Natural, comfortable, hip-hop (Simple T-shirt and *shorts, not much different to people on the street)
- Favourite colour: Blue
- Favourite food: Fried chicken, anything to do with chicken steak and *chicken (he especially likes Hong Kong Tai Ping Guan's Swiss chicken wings), also he likes to drink sweet things
- Favourite musicians: Frederick Chopin, Li Si Te, Yo-Yo Ma
- Favourite actor/actress: Jet Li
- Favourite basketball Player: Michael Jordan
- Favourite artist: Usher, Babyface
- Most want to visit place: The feeling of France is very romantic, but if there's a chance he'll go to Shanghai or Beijing
- Good qualities: Strong ability to compose songs and write lyrics. The new e-generation musician
- Ambition: Travel to every corner of the world
- Jay dislikes about himself: He is shy and soft-hearted
- Favourite things: Cap, different kinds of musical instrument, black peoples' music, silverware, chewing gum
- Collects: sports shoes, caps and different metal plates (door plates, license plates and commercial boards)
- Hobbies: Writing songs, watch movies, play basketball, play video games
- Work experience: 1997 DW Italian restaurant piano player
- Ambition before releasing an album: Piano teacher, music in movies
- First lyrics and composition: In high school, song was called "Everlasting"
- First published song: "Three Nights, Three Days"
Albums
- Jay Album (杰倫專輯, Jiélún zhuānjí, November 1, 2000)
- Fantasy (范特西, fàntèxī, September 20, 2001)
- Fantasy Plus (December 21, 2001)
- Nun-Chuks (April 9, 2002)
- Partners (拍檔, pāidàng, April 26, 2002)
- The Eight Dimensions (八度空間, bādù kōngjiān, July 19, 2002)
- The One Live CD (October 28, 2002)
- Ye Huimei (葉惠美, Yè Huìměi, July 31, 2003, this album is in honor of Chow's mother, Ye Huimei)
- Hidden Track EP (尋找周杰倫 EP, xúnzhǎo Zhōu Jiélún, November 12, 2003)
- Qi Li Xiang (七里香, qīlǐxiāng, August 3, 2004)
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