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Jane Zhang
Chinese name	張靚穎 (Traditional)
Chinese name	张靓颖 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Zhāng Liàngyǐng (Mandarin)
Born	(1984-10-11) October 11, 1984 (age 27) Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter
Genre(s)	Mandopop R&B Hip-Hop
Instrument(s)	Harmonica
Voice type(s)	Spinto soprano
Label(s)	Record Label(s): Huayi Brothers Music (2005-2009) Universal Music China (2009–present) Manage Label(s): Huayi Brothers Music (2005-2009) Show City Times (2009–present)
Years active	2005–present
Influences	Mariah Carey
Official Website	Official site (English)
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Original Film Song 2009 Painted Skin Other awards Super Girl 2005 Third place

Jane Zhang also known as Zhang Liangying (born October 11, 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Mainland Chinese pop singer. She rose to prominence after her third-place performance in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest, a national all-female singing competition in the People's Republic of China.^[1] Throughout the competition, she sang in English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin Chinese.^[2] She is particularly known for her signature whistle register.

Zhang's debut album was titled The One and was produced by Craig Williams.^[3] Her next album, Update, broke away from the Chinese pop scene by combining elements of R&B and jazz.^[4] After the release of Update, Zhang participated in a World Peace One concert that was designed to increase awareness and activism for world peace, and to raise funds for humanitarian relief.^[5] Other participating artists included U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd and Green Day.^[6]

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Her father was an engine attendant for a transportation company in Chengdu, and her mother was a shop assistant.^[7] During her childhood, she performed at her parents' workplace on several occasions. However, her parents divorced when she was 13; two years later, Zhang's father died. This forced her to work outside of school; she started to sing at a local public house, where her uncle played the accompaniments.^[8]

While performing at the pub, Zhang was exposed to a wide variety of music genres, and developed a taste for American country singers in addition to Western pop singers, such as Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. Because she was unable to afford her own music players, Zhang frequently borrowed walkmans and headphones from her classmates, and skipped lunches to save enough money for cassettes.^[8] After graduating from college, she studied at Sichuan University's Foreign Language Department where she was majoring in English; she dropped out soon after to compete in the 2005 Super Girl competition.^[9]

2005: Super Girl competition[link]

Zhang auditioned for the Super Girl contest in 2005. Super Girl (simplified Chinese: 超级女声; traditional Chinese: 超級女聲) is the Chinese equivalent to the popular Idol franchise where only female contestants were allowed to participate.^[10][11] She auditioned in Chengdu, and after progressing through the preliminary rounds, she entered the national competition with Li Yuchun and He Jie (simplified Chinese: 何洁; traditional Chinese: 何潔).

Throughout the series, she had established a fan base whose members called themselves "Liang Fen" (Chinese: 凉粉), a phrase that combined the Chinese pronunciation of her name and the English word "fan." The term "Liang Fen" originated from Hong Kong years ago, but is now used to define a particular type of bean jelly snack in central China.^[10]

Zhang demonstrated her ability to sing in foreign languages, with performances of "I Still Believe,"^[12] "What's Up,"^[13] "Beautiful,"^[14] and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."^[15] As such, she was recognized by judges, critics and musicians to be the most talented singer in this competition.^{[citation needed]} Some critics even regarded her as one of China's best artists.^[16] Nevertheless, she was not the most popular contestant among young supporters. Her final number of votes by text messaging was 1.3 million. Consequently, she placed third behind Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang.^[17] Her loss did not come as a shock because Li and Zhou had garnered more popularity during the competition. Their creative eccentricity and tomboyish appearances triumphed over Zhang's "old, introverted, [and] pretty-girl" image.^[10][18]

Performances in Super Girl competition[link]

[edit] 2006: The One

After the competition ended, Zhang was invited to visit Sichuan University, her alma mater, during its orientation week celebration in early September. She performed her own rendition of Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" there.^[28] On September 26, 2005, she became the first Super Girl contestant to hold a personal music show for her fans. Numerous celebrities attended the show, including Huang Jianxiang, a host on CCTV's football shows, Phoenix TV host Zeng Zimo, and Taiwanese singer Sky Wu.^[29] Zhang also signed a contract with CCTV to play the supporting role in The Song of the Movie, a stage music show produced by Taiwan pop musician Jonathan Lee. Harlem Yu and Yuan Quan also starred in the musical, which opened in Beijing in December 2005 and later in Hong Kong.^[30]

On January 9, 2006, her first EP, Jane·Love (simplified Chinese: Jane·爱; traditional Chinese: Jane·愛) was released. The EP, which cost 2 million yuan to produce,^[31] contains six tracks in total: 3 songs and 3 instrumentals. In China alone, over 210,000 copies of the EP have been sold.^[32] On Forbes' China Celebrity 100 list, Zhang was placed 55th.^[33]

Her debut album, The One, was released on October 11, 2006, her 22nd birthday.^[34] During the production of the album, Zhang visited the United States to collaborate with music producers Craig Williams^[3] and Peter Hyams, the latter of whom had worked with Celine Dion and R. Kelly.^[35] The One contains ten songs, three of which are in English; the three English songs were produced by Williams.^[36]

She has also sung many popular theme songs for various films and series, including "Only for Love" (simplified Chinese: 我用所有报答爱; traditional Chinese: 我用所有報答愛) for the film The Banquet^[37] and "Unparalled in the World" (simplified Chinese: 天下无双; traditional Chinese: 天下無雙) for the TV series The Return of the Condor Heroes. The popularity of both songs was reflected on numerous Chinese music charts.^[38] "Only for Love", which was a collaboration with Chinese pianist Lang Lang,^[39] was nominated for Best Original Film Song at the 2007 Hong Kong Film Awards.^[40]

[edit] 2007: Update

In February 2007, she was invited by World Peace One (WP1) to join a hundred world-renowned singers and bands to record a song called "Give Your Love". This was aimed to bring attention to all cultures of the globe. This project aims to promote awareness of the poverty of third-world countries.^[41] Zhang was the only Asian female singer who received an invitation to participate^[42] and it was reported that Craig Williams recommended Zhang to the organiser of the event.^[36]

Zhang performed her first North American concert on March 31, 2007 in Pasadena, California.^[43] Famous Japanese musician Kitarō and Gavin Christopher also attended the concert, in which Gavin Christopher and Zhang sang I'll Be There together.^[44] On April 8, 2007, she was awarded the Best Singer Award in the 2007 Music Chart Awards ceremony was held in Beijing Exhibition Centre Theater.^[2]

Her July 28, 2007 concert in Beijing also set a record for the most expensive VIP seating for a mainland Chinese artist.^[45] She performed live versions of hit songs from The One, new songs from her second album Update, which was released in August 2007, as well as Richard Marx's signature ballad "Right Here Waiting" and Beyoncé Knowles's "Listen" from the award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls.^[46]

On August 2, 2007, her second album, Update was released. When asked about the album's name, Zhang explained that the album is an upgraded step from The One. The songs broke away from the Chinese pop scene by combining elements of R&B and jazz.^[4] One of her tracks, "We Are Together" (simplified Chinese: 我们在一起; traditional Chinese: 我們在一起), was produced for a project by the United Nations Children's Fund.^[46]

Zhang was invited, along with 130 other renowned Chinese performers^[47] such as Elva Hsiao, Joey Yung, Alan Tam, Wang Feng, Eason Chan, Hacken Lee and Jackie Chan^[48] to record "We Are Ready" in July 2007 for the countdown to the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was released on August 2.^[49] "We Are Ready" was composed by Peter Kam and Keith Chan,^[50] at the request of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), for the celebration of the one-year countdown to the start of the 2008 Olympics. On August 8, the artists who recorded the song gathered at Tiananmen Square, and performed the song live for the first time.^[51] In addition, Zhang, along with Wang Leehom, Stefanie Sun, and Wang Feng, recorded the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch relay, "Light the Passion, Share the Dream" (simplified Chinese: 点燃激情，传递梦想; traditional Chinese: 點燃激情 傳遞夢想).

Jane also performed the theme song, Huà Xīn (畫心; Painted Heart), for the movie Painted Skin (畫皮).

On December 8, 2007, Zhang performed a live concert in her hometown, Chengdu. She performed most hit songs from her two albums, The One and Update, together with songs from her newly released EP, Dear Jane.^[52]

Additionally, she also sang a promotional tourism song for Chengdu, titled "I Love This City".^[53]

[edit] 2009: Jane@Music

Jane@Music, Zhang's third album, was released in January 2009. She also accompanied Taiwan-based artist Leehom Wang in a duet in Wang's album Heart Beat.

Zhang made her American television singing debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 11, 2009.^[54]

[edit] 2010: Believe in Jane

Believe in Jane, Zhang's fourth album, was released in February 2010. She also performed at the first annual New York China Film Festival, where she was awarded most popular Chinese singer.^[55] She further represented China in the 7th Asia Song Festival held in Korea^[56] and hosted her first fanmeet in Singapore in September 2010.^[57][58] In August, she begun her Believe in Jane tour with concerts in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tianjin.^[59] Jane further performed "I Believe" and "The Only" at ice-skating couple Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's wedding. The latter was accompanied by a ice skating performance by the couple.^[60]

As a brand ambassador of Coca-Cola in China, she also collaborates with K'naan and Jacky Cheung in the Chinese version of Wavin' Flag for Coca-Cola's 2010 World Cup promotional tour at the 2010 Shanghai Expo on May 8, 2010.^[61][62] In October Zhang represented China and performed at the 7th Asia Song Festival, organised by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.^[63]

A passionate vegetarian, Jane Zhang won the title of Asia’s Sexiest Vegetarian woman in 2010 in a poll by PETA-Asia Pacific.^[64]

Vocal ability[link]

Zhang, a spinto soprano, has been compared with other whistle register masters such as Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and Sarah Brightman.^[65] Her vocal ability ranges from the D below middle C to the G# above soprano C that was demonstrated in a duet song called "Another Heaven" (simplified Chinese: 另一个天堂; traditional Chinese: 另一個天堂) in Leehom Wang's album Heart Beat.^[66] She has been famous for singing in whistle register since her rendition of Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" when she was performing on Super Girl.^[67] As such, she has been given the nickname "The Dolphin Princess"^[68] as Chinese musicians refer to the whistle register as the dolphin vocal sound (Chinese: 海豚音).^[68]

Discography[link]

Charted songs[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jane Zhang's Official website (Chinese)
• Jane Zhang's Official website (English)
• Jane Zhang: I am a singer, not an artiste
• (Chinese) Jane Zhang's Blog on Sina
• (Chinese) Jane Zhang's Official Myspace page
• (Chinese) Jane Zhang's 9911 Miniblog
• (Chinese) Jane Zhang's Sina WEIBO
• (Chinese) Jane Zhang's Kaixin001 Page

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Emily Haines
Emily Haines performing live with her band Metric at Coachella 2008
Background information
Born	(1974-01-25) 25 January 1974 (age 38) New Delhi, India
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, New Wave
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Metric Music International Last Gang Drowned in Sound Recordings
Associated acts	Metric, Broken Social Scene
Website	emilyhaines.com
Notable instruments
Sequential Circuits Pro-One E-mu PK-6 Proteus Keys

Emily Haines (born 25 January 1974^{[citation needed]} in New Delhi, India^{[citation needed]})^[1] is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer and keyboardist of the band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she performed with her own name and under the alias Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. Her voice is contralto.^[2]

Biography[link]

Born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Cache Bay, Ontario, Emily Haines grew up as a dual citizen of Canada and United States, the latter after her American-born parents.^[3] She is the daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines. Her sister is the Canadian television journalist Avery Haines and her brother is Tim Haines, owner of Bluestreak Records in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

After settling in Peterborough at the age of three, she grew up in a house rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents' footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA) to study drama. There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in hHead. Emily also briefly dated Kevin Drew.^[4]

Haines and Millan formed their first band around 1990 while at ESA, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992–1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995–1996. The result was Cut in Half and Also Double distributed in 1996 with a limited number of copies. The song "Carpet" bears a resemblance to a song later recorded by Metric, "Too Little Too Late".

Emily Haines playing the Ottawa Bluesfest 2010.

Emily Haines met James Shaw in Toronto, and the two of them began dating and making music. They took the name Metric in 1999 after a synthesizer beat that Shaw used on his sampler and as a reference to their musical precision. The two moved to New York, where they recruited their rhythm section and began recording. In 2001, the bassist Joshua Winstead and the drummer Jules Scott-Key joined the band. Metric released four studio albums so far: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? in 2003, Live It Out in 2005, Grow Up and Blow Away in 2007 (but recorded in 2001) and Fantasies in 2009.

In 2004, Metric appeared in the 2004 drama film Clean. Emily Haines and the rest of the band, appearing as themselves, performed their song "Dead Disco" and then went backstage for a small speaking role. "Dead Disco" also featured on Clean Original Soundtrack.

In 2006, she released the studio album Knives Don't Have Your Back under the moniker Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. The songs "Our Hell" and "Dr. Blind" were issued as singles. Knives Don't Have Your Back was followed in 2007 by the EP What Is Free to a Good Home?. These recordings were inspired by the death of her father, poet Paul Haines.^[5]

Her solo work is typically more mellow and piano-based than her work with Metric. She occasionally plays a limited number of solo shows, often with Amy Millan as the opening act.

Currently her band Metric is working on their fifth studio album.

Guest appearances[link]

• Emily Haines made a cameo appearance on the k-os music video, "Man I Used to Be".^[6]
• She can also be seen on The Stills music video for "Love and Death" playing a secretary.
• Haines stars in Julian Plenti's music video for the song "Games For Days".
• Metric also contributed an unreleased track called "Black Sheep" to the soundtrack for the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.^[7]
• A new song, entitled "Eclipse (All Yours)", was the theme of the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
• "Crowd Surf Off a Cliff" could be heard in the first season of Rookie Blue.

Discography[link]

Emily Haines[link]

• Cut in Half and Also Double (1996)

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton[link]

Albums

• Knives Don't Have Your Back (2006, #28 in Canada)

EPs

• What Is Free to a Good Home? (2007)

Singles

• "Dr. Blind"
• "Our Hell"

Metric[link]

Albums

• Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
• Live It Out (2005)
• Grow Up and Blow Away (2007, recorded in 2001)
• Fantasies (2009)
• Synthetica (June 12, 2012)

EPs

• Mainstream EP (1998)
• Static Anonymity (2001)
• Live at Metropolis (2007)
• Plug In Plug Out (2009)
• iTunes Session EP (2011)

DVDs

• Live at Metropolis (2008)

Collaborations[link]

The following songs are credited with Emily Haines on either lead or backing vocals:

• Broken Social Scene – "Looks Just Like the Sun", "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl", "Backyards", "Her Disappearing Theme", "Swimmers", "Bandwitch", "Superconnected", "Windsurfing Nation", "Sentimental X's"
• Delerium — "Stopwatch Hearts" (from Chimera)
• Jason Collett — "Fire", "Hangover Days" (Emily is actually in the video edit of the song "Fire". The album version credits the female backing vocals to Amy Millan.)
• KC Accidental — "Them (Pop Song #3333)"
• MSTRKRFT — "She's Good For Business"
• Stars — "Going, Going, Gone", "On Peak Hill"
• The Stills — "Baby Blues"
• k-os — "Uptown Girl"
• Tiësto — "Knock You Out" (from Kaleidoscope)
• The Crystal Method — "Come Back Clean" (from Divided by Night)
• Todor Kobakov — "Carpe Diem"
• Wavin' Flag — Young Artists for Haiti

Filmography[link]

• Clean (2004, as herself)
• This Movie is Broken (2010, performing with Broken Social Scene)

References[link]

1. ^ Righi, Len (9 January 2007). "Metric's Emily Haines cuts a new swath with solo disc". The Morning Call (Allentown) (PopWire). http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/9691/metrics-emily-haines-cuts-a-new-swath-with-solo-disc/. Retrieved 2007-11-25.  Indicates age 32 just prior to her 4 January 2007 tour date in Montreal.[1].
2. ^ Beaujon, Andrew. "Emily Haines, 'Knives Don't Have Your Back' (Last Gang)". SPIN.com. http://www.spin.com/reviews/emily-haines-knives-dont-have-your-back-last-gang. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
3. ^ "Metric Quotes". www.mfyi.com. http://www.mfyi.com/m/metricquotes.html. Retrieved 17 May 2012. "I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American… and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak." 
4. ^ Berman, Stuart. This Book Is Broken. 2009
5. ^ ^{a b} http://altmusic.about.com/od/interviews/a/metric.htm
6. ^ Richards, Jason (10 June 2005). "NXNE: Just "be."". NOW. http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:rjhv5aQ5M0wJ:www.nowtoronto.com/minisites/nxne/2005/daily_post.cfm%3Fdaily_id%3D71. Retrieved 2007-11-25.  Direct link had access problem as of 25 November 2007.
7. ^ Rayner, Ben (8 August 2009). "Toronto finally gets to play itself". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/678159. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 

• Chan, Alvin. “Emily Haines – Pop Princess Sharpens her Knives”. MusicOMH.com. http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/emily-haines_0607.htm. Accessed 28 July 2008.
• Sweeny, Joey. “Indie Pop Goes Twee”. The Rock History Reader. Ed. Theo Cateforis New York: Routledge, 2007.

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