Jenny Tseng (Chinese: ??, Yan Nei; born 20 February 1953), is a Macau singer, actress and producer, mostly known in Cantonese-speaking regions, based in Hong Kong for much of her career. Tseng is one of the most popular female singer in Hong Kong during the Golden Age of Music and remained popular throughout the late 70s all through to the early 90s.
Her career has spawned for 4 decades, and she has become one of the most successful cantopop singers, she has released over 130 albums and sold over 10 million records worldwide
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Early life and career beginning
Tseng's grandmother came from Guangdong, China. Tseng's mother comes from Shanghai, whilst her father was of Austrian descent. The family lived in Taiwan until their divorce.
Tseng graduated from World News College (????????) becoming the fourth person to do so in Taiwan. She eventually went to university to Chinese Culture Institute (??????; now the Chinese Culture University). In an interview, Tseng stated that she intended to become a stewardess because she loved to travel.
During Tseng's time at university, producers from a movie asked whether she wanted to become part of the cast, she then asked to sing 2 English-numbers which eventually became a hit. She then went on to release her debut album "??" in Taiwan, through Galaxy Records (????) in 1971, thus beginning a 4 decade and counting career. After her parents divorced her mother remarried and they relocated in Hong Kong.
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Career
Marriage and Hong Kong breakthrough
In 1977 Tseng married Hong Kong martial arts film star Alexander Fu Sheng. The marriage was portrayed as turbulent in the media, however Tseng dispelled all the rumors during the ????? interview in 1990 with long-term friends and collaborator James Wong.
In 1978 Tseng released her debut Hong Kong album "??" which broke records sales by selling 250,00 copies within the first 2 months, and was ranked top selling album for 12 weeks. According to the IFPI the albums total sales remains one of the highest. Her debut single "?????" was voted and became a "Top Ten Hong Kong Golden Songs" one of the first songs to ever enter.
Continued Success and collaboration with Roman Tam
In 1981, Tseng and Fu-sheng founded their own independent music production company (JenFu), within the 2 years Tseng produced 3 platinum albums (?????,??,??/???) and two gold albums (??,???).
In 1983 Jenny and Roman Tam launched the soundtrack for the hit TV series Legend of the Condor Heroes. The songs became instant hits with classics including: ???? and ?????? . As the drama in the eighties in the provinces broadcast in mainland China, "????" won the domestic pop music critic acclaimed as one of the top ten Chinese classics of the twentieth century. These collaborations are still continuously re-sung and are still the most successful and well-known collaborative songs.
Alexander Fu-Sheng's Death first career hiatus
July 6, 1983, Fu-Sheng, who was shooting in Clear Water Bay Road Studios, was in a Porsche 911 and crashed into a mountain during his drive, during which Tseng was in Japan. In July 8, 1983 after returning to Hong Kong Tseng declared Fu-Sheng had died, age 29; Tseng stopped all media appearances and flew back to Taiwan for a 15 month-break.
Comeback and Further Success
In 1984, Tseng joined CBS / Sony and launched a new album, "????/?????". The album sales were only matched by Alan Tam with "??? and ????" sales-wise finishing third behind him. She became the first ever female artist (second after Sam Hui ???) to sell out Hong Kong Coliseum where Joseph Koo (???) composed, a live recording was released and managed to sell 200,000 copies. She also made a notable appearance in the hit film ??? with Hui where the hit ???? was released.
During the Jade Solid Gold Awards (new award show more developed and recognized compared to RTHK), Tseng won 3 times including 2 top 10 songs ????, ???? (with Sam Hui, the first ever female singer of the year, losing to Tam). She would not win again until 2011 with her honour of the Golden Needle Award.
Further Career and Melody Tseng
In 1985 Tseng released ????? a bestselling charity single. she also re-entered Hong Kong Coliseum to celebrate her 15 years being in the business ??????????. Meanwhile, she released ???? a nominated song during the Jade Solid Gold Awards.
By the end of 1986 Tseng released the soundtrack of the same name " ???". The song became very popular and won a RTHK top ten song awards, other notable hits from that year included: ?????, ????.
In 1987 Tseng controversially gave birth of a daughter "??? (Melody)", and till this day there has been many speculations on who the father is but Tseng has remained secret stating that, 'that is her privacy' during the appearance james wong ?? she stated that she and Fu sheng had difficulty bearing children and had 4 miscarriages, and that the person of whom this child is from is not marriage material. Strangely, in 2012 her long term friend Jessica Chen spoke out that the child was from Fu Sheng sayin "All martial arts film stars back in the days are worried that they might be rendered impotent from shooting accidents. That's why most of them have their sperm stored in hospitals. Alexander was one of them, which is how Melody was conceived,".
Tseng entered Hong Kong Coliseum for the last time until 2000 with the concert ??88???.
Second Career Hiatus
After the image change of Anita Mui and the rise of competition Tseng's appearances and promotions became notably fewer for the majority of the 90s. However, Tseng became one of the highest paid Hong Kong female recording artists in 1991.
With only a few appearances, Tseng made a notable appearance on her long term friends and collaborator Joseph Koo and James Wong(???o??o??????), along with many other artists they performed a total of 13 shows in the Hong Kong Coliseum, Guangzhou and Singapore.
Concerts and Revival
In 1999 Jenny was invited to participate James Wong and Joseph Koo millennium show "????2000???",. A total of 16 performances were completed in Hong Kong Coliseum, followed by performances in Singapore and Malaysia
On March 10, 2000 until March the 12th after a 12-year break, Tseng re-entered the Hong Kong coliseum headlining a whole concert named '??? ???'. The concert spawned 2 dated with both dates selling out and attendance rate of 100%.
2001 (???????), 2004 (??????)and 2006 (??????) Tseng held concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, all 3 concerts were extremely successful, but the ?????? sold out, and furthermore the audience refused to leave. Eventually the showed extended half an hour longer.
Long term collaboration partner Lau-Ka Cheong(???) invited Tseng for an appearance for the songs that he wrote for her in the '?????????' concert.
?SHOW Farewell World Tour and Golden Needle Award
After a 6-year break from doing concerts Tseng announced her final concert tour which would last from 6 to 9 May at the Hong Kong Coliseum. The tour will through Taipei, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Guangzhou, Singapore, Genting tour. The tour continued all through the year and sold out once again 4 times. During in which one of the dates was her 60th birthday, where over 12,000 people sang happy birthday for her.
On August 18, 2013 and on the 19th at the Hong Kong Coliseum for the "century love songs century superstar concert" (????????????) finale performances. Wakefield and Ouyangfeifei to join the chorus, the interpretation of songs "?????" became an unexpected climax of the night.
On December 2, 2011, Radio RTHK announced that Jenny was the "34th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs" guest of honour receiving music industry's highest honour of the 'Golden Needle Award'. She cleared the air by saying it was late but she was thrilled. Later in 2011, she also performed a medley of her hits during the ceremony.
Present
It was revealed that Tseng bought a large farm where she would reside after her world tour had finished. However, Tseng frequently holds concerts where she performs songs of her own as well as other artists.
Awards won
RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
1972-1982) ???????
1978) ?????(female artist of the year was non-existent during this time)
1979) ????
1981)????, and Female singer of the year
1983) ??????
1984) ????
1986) ???
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation
1984) ????, ???? with Sam Hui), Female Artist of the year
2011) Golden needle Award (???)
Hong Kong coliseum shows
o 1984? : ??????????(????)
o 1986? : ??????????(????)
o 1988? : ?????(????)
o 1999? : ??????(????)
o 2001? : ???????(????)
o 2004? : ??????(????)
o 2006? : ??????(????)
o 2010? : ?Show Farewell???(????)
o 2013? : ?Show???????2013??????(????)
References
- Translated
External links
- Jenny Tseng on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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