Bobby Chen

Bobby Chen
Background information
Chinese name	陳昇 (traditional)
Pinyin	Chén Shēng (Mandarin)
Born	陳志昇 (1958-10-29) 29 October 1958 Xizhou, Changhua County
Origin	Taiwan
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, producer
Years active	1988–present
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Harmonica
Label(s)	Rock Records

Bobby Chen (Chinese: 陳昇; pinyin: Chén Shēng) (born October 29, 1958) is a Taiwanese singer^[1] and record producer.

Career

Chen was born in Xizhou, Changhua County in Taiwan. In primary school he was the only male student to take part in a singing competition, representing the school's choir group. He dreamt of becoming a drawing artist at young age, and involved in music industries later. After graduation, he moved to the North and started his career at Taipei. He then engaged in various work such as car repairing, designing artist, and advertising. After failing three times, he finally gained admittance into Zhong Yi recording company(綜一唱片) right after he changed his name. He involved in backstage preparation and became the assistant of Liew Jia Chang（劉家昌）zh:劉家昌 starting from year 1982. Several years later he attempted composing own music and finally made an entrance to Rock Records with the help of the manager of Li Feng Sound Recording(麗風錄音室), Xu Chong Xian (徐崇憲). He published his first personal album named "The Crowded Playground" in 1988.

Banned from chinamainland

Chen expressed his thoughts about the Cross-Straits Service Trade Agreement and said "I don't think we [Taiwan] should earn more money, and I think the richest era that Taiwan residents had was abnormal." "Some said that by refusing to sign the agreement, Taiwan will become marginalised. But why should we lower our quality of life? I disagree with signing it," he added. "I don't want the mainlanders to come here." Chen casually said that while he has a lot of mainland friends and likes them a lot, he often tells them that he will talk about unity "when they learn to close bathroom doors".His statement caused much wrath from mainland netizens.^[2] As a result, his works were banned from the majority of China mainland streaming music platforms.^[3]

Discography

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