| Chen Jiannian | |||||||||||
| Native Name: | Pau-dull | ||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | Puyuma | ||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Chen Jiannian | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1967 8, df=yes | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Puyuma Sakuban Community, Taitung, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | National Taitung Junior College, Taiwan Police College | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter, producer, police officer | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1999–present | ||||||||||
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Chen Jiannian (; born 1 August 1967) tribal name Pau-dull, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer.[1] In 2000, he won Best Male Mandarin Singer and Best Composition for the song Legend from Samingad's Wild Fire, Spring Wind at the 11th Golden Melody Awards.[2] After retiring from policing to focus on music, he won Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) for pongso no Tao at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards.[3]
Chen was born on 1 August 1967 in the Puyuma Sakuban Community in Taitung, Taiwan.[4] His maternal grandfather Senbao Lu was a composer and educator.[5] He is the uncle of singers Samingad and Jia Jia.
Learning to play the guitar at a young age, he started a folk quartet with his brother and friends in 1982. In 1984, they entered a songwriting competition in Kaohsiung and recorded a compilation album with the other participants.[6]
He studied architecture at National Taitung Junior College[7] and then attended Taiwan Police College.[8]
In 1999, Chen released his first album The Ocean.[9]
In 2002, he released his second album The Earth.[10]
From 2000 to 2018, he composed the soundtracks for several movies, including Trekking the Way Home, The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale, and Black Bear Forest. In 2007, he won Best Instrumental Album for I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards. In 2019, he won Best Instrumental Album Producer for Black Bear Forest at the 30th Golden Melody Awards.[11]
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with various artists, such as his niece Samingad and The Nanwan Sisters, a trio of Taiwanese indigenous singers.[12] In 2009, he won Best Album Producer for The Nanwan Sisters at the 20th Golden Melody Awards.[13]
In 2021, he released his third album pongso no Tao.[14]
On 12 February 2022, he held his first large concert with Japanese band Tokyo Chuo-Line at the Taipei International Convention Center, along with Abao as guest.[15] [16] They also performed at Kaohsiung Music Center on 9 April 2022.
Chen graduated from police academy in 1986 and was first assigned to a station in Guanshan, Taitung.[17] He also worked in various locations throughout Taiwan.[18]
He worked in Lanyu until his retirement on 1 September 2017.[19]
| Title | Album details | Track listing | |
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| The Ocean 海洋 |
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| The Earth 大地 |
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| pongso no Tao人之島 |
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| The Ocean 海有多深[22] |
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| I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 東清村三號 |
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| How High is the Mountain山有多高[23] |
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| Trekking the Way HomeMain Theme of Documentary 縱行囝仔電影主題曲[24] |
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| The Rest of Life - Seediq BalePusu Qhuni Original Soundtrack 餘生-賽德克巴萊[25] |
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| Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack黑熊森林電影原聲帶[26] |
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| Year | Category | Nomination | Result | Ref |
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| 2000 | Best Composition | Chen Jiannian for "Legend " | ||
| Best Best Male Mandarin Singer | Chen Jiannian | |||
| 2007 | Best Instrumental Album | I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 | ||
| 2009 | Best Album Producer | The Nanwan Sisters | ||
| 2019 | Best Instrumental Album Producer | Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack | ||
| 2022 | Album of the Year | pongso no Tao | ||
| Best Singer (Indigenous Language) | ||||
| Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) |