Cheer Chen Explained

Cheer Chen
Birth Name:Chen Chi-chen
Birth Date:1975 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Alma Mater:National Chengchi University
Occupation:Singer, songwriter
Years Active:1997–present
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Genre:Indie, rock, folk
Instrument:Vocals, guitar, piano
Label:Magic Stone, Rock, Team Ear

Cheer Chen Chi-chen (; born 6 June 1975) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Her most recent album, Sofa Sea, was released in 2018.

Early life

Chen was born on 6 June 1975 in Taipei. Her mother supported her interest in music from an early age.[1] Chen is an alumna of Taipei Municipal Jingmei Girls' Senior High School (臺北市立景美女子高級中學) and National Chengchi University (國立政治大學).[2] [3] Her song "Little School Song" (Chinese: 小小校歌) is generally regarded as the unofficial theme song of Jingmei Girls' Senior High School.[4]

Career

Chen was the singer and guitarist in an underground band called Sunscreen (防曬油) in the 1990s. She produced her first solo demo recordings in 1997. At an early pub show, Chen was noticed and praised by notable Taiwanese rock musician Wu Bai.[5] In 1997 she signed with Rock Records and her debut album Think Twice was released in July 1998, while she was still an undergraduate student at National Chengchi University.[6] She graduated from that university with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree.

Chen is frequently involved in community volunteer activities.[7] She was the first female singer-composer to perform on the stage of Taipei Arena. Chen has also appeared on stage several times with the Taiwanese band Mayday. Singer Ashin (陳信宏) of Mayday said of Chen, "I think that Cheer is a fantastic lyricist, her lyrics appear to be a soft knife that looks harmless but is actually sharp."[8] [9] [10] Most of Chen's songs are in Mandarin Chinese, and occasionally in English. She writes most of her own music and lyrics. She plays acoustic guitar on most of her songs, and occasionally electric guitar and piano.

Chen's 2002 album Groupies was named one of the 200 best albums of all time by the Taiwanese Musician Institute.[11] Chen left Rock Records in 2003 and has since released her records independently. In 2004-2005 she appeared in advertisements for Lee Jeans with Stanley Huang.[12] A song she wrote for the commercials appeared on her fourth album Peripeteia in 2006. That album won the Best Music Album Producer Award and Best Music Video Award at the 17th Golden Melody Awards. Chen was also nominated for Best Female Singer and Best Album of the Year.[13] [14] In 2010 she was nominated for another Golden Melody Award for Best Songwriter.[15]

In 2009, Chen became a spokesperson for Nikon cameras. In 2010 she was featured in an Adidas commercial alongside worldwide celebrities like Hyori Lee, David Beckham, and Oasis.[16] In 2011 she became the spokesperson for Sokenbicha herbal drink for the Taiwanese market.[17]

In 2009, Chen released her fifth album Immortal, which was recorded in her bedroom. The album was mastered by Grammy Award winner Bernie Grundman and was named one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year at the 2009 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards.[18] The album was supported by an Asian and Australian tour that lasted until 2011.

In 2012, Chen formed an electronic/experimental music project with producer Tiger Chung called The Verse (originally The Voice). She has incorporated some songs from this project into her solo concerts.[19] Chen released the album Songs of Transience in 2013.[20] After taking a hiatus from music for several years, she released her seventh album Sofa Sea in December 2018.[21]

Personal life

Chen had been in a relationship with music producer Tiger Chung (鐘成虎) for more than a decade until 2019.[22] [23]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsTrack listing
Think Twice
讓我想一想
Lonely Without You
還是會寂寞
  • Released: April 2000
  • Label: Magic Stone
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Groupies
吉他手
  • Released: 1 August 2002
  • Label: Rock Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Peripeteia
華麗的冒險
  • Released: September 2005
  • Label: Avex Taiwan
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Immortal
太陽
  • Released: 23 January 2009
  • Label: Team Ear
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Songs of Transience
時間的歌
  • Released: 6 December 2013
  • Label: Team Ear
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Sofa Sea
沙發海
  • Released: 24 December 2018
  • Label: Team Ear
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Verse discography

  1. 52 Hertz 52赫茲 (23 January 2013)

Demo CDs

  1. Demo1 (September 1997)
  2. Demo2 - Cheer's Walkman (March 2000)
  3. Demo3 (9 November 2001)
  4. Demo4 (12 December 2011)

Singles

  1. Track 1 - "Sentimental Kills" (15 November 2003)
  2. Track 2 - "Travel with Sound" ("旅行的意義") (24 March 2004)
  3. Track 3 - "After 17" (31 December 2004), also included a track composed for Jing-mei Girls' Senior High School - 小小校歌
  4. Track 4 - "Pussy" (8 February 2007)
  5. Track 5 - "Fly for You" ("失敗者的飛翔") (13 July 2008)
  6. Track 6 - "Ephemera" ("蜉蝣") (5 October 2011)
  7. Track 7 - "The Long Goodbye" ("偶然與巧合") (1 December 2014)

Compilation albums

  1. Cheer Chen - Princess From East '01 (21 June 2001)
  2. Rock Records HK Golden Decade Classics - The Best of Cheer Chen (October 2002)
  3. Cheer 1998-2005 (March 2005)

DVDs

  1. Sixteen Days Cheer's Frame-001 (October 2005)
  2. Cheer's Flowers Concert Classic Memoirs + 2 CDs (May 2007)
  3. Cheer Looks: Cheer's Adventurous Image Diary - Cheer's Frame-002 (September 2007)
  4. Immortal Tour (May 2010)
  5. A Piece Of Summer II World Tour (September 2012)

Unreleased songs

  1. Solitude (孤獨) Partially included as a hidden track after the last song(#10) in the first official album Think Twice Taiwan version
  2. A Practice (每天都是一種練習) Partially included as a short track(#7) in the third official album Groupies
  3. Monsoon (季風) Lyrics by Tiger Chung

Published works

  1. 《不厭其煩》(Bú Yàn Qí Fán) - collection of lomography with short notes (5 November 2001)
  2. LIVE.LIFE 《現場·生活》 2006 Calendar (December 2005)
  3. Placeless Place 《不在他方》(Bú Zài Tā Fāng) - a collection of essays written by Cheer published together with a newly released single "Chance or Coincidence / 偶然與巧合" (1 December 2014)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2013-12-10/17114058103.shtml 陈绮贞解读：从独立到文艺的华丽蜕变
  2. http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/ygangtai/2016-04-21/doc-ifxrpvea1075482.shtml 陈绮贞创作展在即 22年前高中制服将展出
  3. http://ent.163.com/12/0911/11/8B49CCDP00031H0O.html 陈绮贞首次翻唱张雨生 感恩张父水蜜桃
  4. https://www.douban.com/note/154655510/ 小学校歌 景美岁月
  5. http://www.chinanews.com/yl/2014/04-11/6055500.shtml 陈绮贞曾在地下通道卖唱 被伍佰称赞"像幅画"
  6. Web site: Taiwan's Cheer Chen presents stripped-down acoustic show for 20th year in showbiz. hermes. 2018-04-09. The Straits Times. en. 2020-04-14.
  7. News: The Ambassadors for World Vision 22nd 30-Hour-Famine. Central Daily News Taiwan. 13 May 2011. 14 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725051324/http://www.cdnews.com.tw/cdnews_site/docDetail.jsp?coluid=108&docid=101531122. 25 July 2011. dead.
  8. 因為我覺得 綺貞的歌詞寫的非常棒，綺貞的歌詞是柔軟的刀子，看來無害但是鋒利。
  9. Web site: Eloping to the Moon on Sina Blog. blog.sina.com.tw. Mayday Ashin.
  10. Web site: Ashin on the lyrics to Eloping to the Moon . 27 February 2009 . 27 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127053309/http://onedayinmay.net/blog/?p=232 . dead .
  11. Web site: 台灣流行音樂200最佳專輯. www.books.com.tw. 2020-04-14.
  12. Web site: Cheer Lee Jeans Ad aomoon.com. www.aomoon.com. 2020-04-14.
  13. Web site: Cheer up with Cheer Chen March 23_EYESHENZHEN. www.eyeshenzhen.com. 2020-04-14.
  14. Web site: 17th Golden Melody Award Nomination List. The Government Information Office of Taiwan R.O.C.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310151703/http://info.gio.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=28913&ctNode=4806&mp=3. 2012-03-10.
  15. Web site: 21st Golden Melody Award Nomination List. The Government Information Office of Taiwan R.O.C.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310151710/http://info.gio.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=64486&ctNode=3851&mp=1. 2012-03-10.
  16. Web site: The Street Where Originality Lives. 2010-03-28. The Inspiration Room. en-US. 2020-04-14.
  17. Web site: Cheer Chen. www.chinesegirls3000.com. 2020-04-14.
  18. IFPI Hong Kong 2009 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Retrieved 2011-04-19
  19. Web site: Cheer up with Cheer Chen March 23_What's On-Shenzhen Government Online. www.sz.gov.cn. 2020-04-14.
  20. Web site: Gigs Picks: Cheer Chen, Crowd Lu and Incubus. hermes. 2018-02-09. The Straits Times. en. 2020-04-14.
  21. Web site: Music review: Taiwan's Cheer Chen explores human connection on Sofa Sea. hermesauto. 2019-03-06. The Straits Times. en. 2020-04-14.
  22. http://www.shcaoan.com/wy/web/80425.html 陈绮贞和男友钟成虎亲昵互动 热恋11年仍不结婚
  23. http://www.shcaoan.com/wy/caesar/78347.html 陈绮贞和男友钟成虎穿情侣装 同台飙吉他琴声传情

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