Jana Chen

Jana Chen
Chinese name 陈娟儿
Chinese name 陳娟兒 (traditional)
Pinyin Chen Juan Er (Mandarin)
Jyutping Can4 Gyun1 Ji4 (Cantonese)
Born Chen Juan Er
(1989-01-27) January 27, 1989
Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Other names Jana Chen
Origin China
Occupation Singer
Years active 2004–present
Genre(s) Mandopop
Instrument(s) Voice
Voice type(s) Mezzosoprano
Label(s) Dongjia Entertainment 2010-2016. Shizhong Entertainment 2016-present
Associated acts Liu Zhe
Ancestry Han Chinese
Influenced by Teresa Teng, Jolin Tsai

Jana Chen (Traditional Chinese: 陳娟兒) (Simplified Chinese: 陈娟儿) (Pinyin: Chen Juan Er), born 27 January 1989,[1] is a Chinese C-Pop (Mandopop) singer who started her career in 2010.

Biography

Personal life

Chen Juan Er was born in Meizhou, (Guangdong province) in a middle-class family. She started showing interest in music when she was a child. Following her artistic interest some years later, she emigrated to Guangzhou and entered the Xinghai conservatory of music, where she started developing her singing skills. After finishing the course inside that institution, she successfully graduated as a Pop singer.[2]

Music career

Soon after her graduation, the young singer started attracting the interest of some publishers. In 2010 she signed a contract with the Beijing based record label; Dongjia Entertainment, in which she would release her first album entitled "The more lonely I am, the more I sing" (越唱越寂寞), an album characterized by a Teen pop and R&B sound combined with some Rock and mainstream pop songs.[3][4] This album featured her first hit song, "All your wrong" (错错错) which she sang as a duo with Liù zhé, a male singer who was also signed to the same company. The music video for this track accumulates 7 million views in YouTube.[5]

One year after her debut, Jana released "You have just found me all alone" (你寂寞才找我) her second album in which she started moving away from her initial Teen-pop style to a more mature pop-rock one.[6] This time, Chen started taking part in TV programmes and variety shows where she performed her songs.

On November 2011 she released a compilation album entitled "Listen to me singing a song" (听我唱首歌) which contained her most famous songs till then and three new songs.[7]

In 2012, Chen's career continued its rise. She took part in "Marvellous blue sky" a Zhejiang TV programme, she started a solo tour and she also took part in the short film "Turn it into love" in which she had a short role.[8]

On March 2013, the singer released her third studio album "Provocation" after two years out of the recording studios. This album not only follows the trend of her previous studio albums towards pop-rock music, but also developed a more sensual and sentimental style with songs talking mostly about sadness and sorrow.[9][10]

In 2016, Jana, after another two-year hiatus, left her record label and signed a contract with the Guangzhou-based label; Shì zhōng shēng Media. After that, she increased her musical activity and released many single releases, music videos, a new studio album entitled "Coldness" (低温交流) and an two EPs.[11]

Discography

Studio albums

  • The more lonely I am, the more I sing (2010)
  • You have just found me all alone (2011)
  • Provocation (2013)
  • Coldness (2016)[11]
  • Rebirth (2017)[12]

Compilation albums

  • Listen to me singing a song (2011)

EPs

  • Between you and me (April 20, 2016)[13]
  • Nothing is bad ( October 27, 2016)[14]

Singles

  • You never thought (August 8, 2016)[15]
  • Shadowy identity (September 5, 2016)[16]
  • You don't love me (September 24, 2016)[17]
  • Nothing is perfect (October 14, 2016)[18]
  • I'm busy (October 27, 2016)[19]

References

  1. ↑ "陈娟儿，1989年1月27日出生于广东省梅州市梅县，毕业于星海音乐学院，华语流行女歌手。".
  2. ↑ "毕业于星海音乐学院，华语流行女歌手。".
  3. ↑ "越唱越寂寞".
  4. ↑ "北京东嘉文化传媒有限公司".
  5. ↑ "错错错（原版MV）All your wrong - 六哲、陈娟儿".
  6. ↑ "你寂寞才找我".
  7. ↑ "11月12日，陈娟儿发行个人第三张精选专辑《 听我唱首歌 》 [10] ，这张精选专辑收录《错错错》(独唱版)、《 远离爱情 》、《 你寂寞才找我 》等三首歌曲，以及七首曲风各异的歌曲，其中一首励志题材的单曲《 一起唱 》由欢子创作".
  8. ↑ "转爱".
  9. ↑ "2013年3月19日，陈娟儿发行个人第四张专辑《挑拨》，此次专辑也是陈娟儿阔别两年发行的专辑，这张专辑中，收录了14首风格迥异的情歌。".
  10. ↑ "挑拨".
  11. 1 2 "低温交流".
  12. ↑ "重生 - QQ音乐-千万正版音乐海量无损曲库新歌热歌天天畅听的高品质音乐平台！". y.qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  13. ↑ "你我之间".
  14. ↑ "谁都没有错".
  15. ↑ "你从来就没想过".
  16. ↑ "影子身份".
  17. ↑ "是你不要我".
  18. ↑ "谁都不完美".
  19. ↑ "我们都很忙".
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