Chen Ying-git
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Chen Jinzhu (unknown date of birth), better known by her stage name Chen Ying-gieh or Chen Ying-git (Chinese: 陳盈潔), is a singer of Taiwanese Hakka heritage.[1] She has performed and produced singles and albums from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Early Life
Chen Ying-gieh was born in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan with an elder sister, a younger brother, and a younger sister as her siblings. Of Hakka and Atayal heritage, her maternal grandmother was a member of the Atayal people near the Mawudu forest.[2] At the age of 18, during her second year of senior high school, Chen accompanied her classmates to watch a performance at a nightclub that catered to U.S. military personnel. Encouraged by her peers, she went on stage to sing two songs. Her singing was well received, and this led her to a regular singing engagement at the club.
Due to her family's financial difficulties, she dropped out in her second year of vocational high school to pursue a singing career.
Career
She performed in Taichung before moving to Taipei, where she became acquainted with Huang Jun-xiong (黃俊雄), best known as Elvin Ng. At 23, shortly after signing with Haishan Records, Chen recorded her first Mandarin song, Spring Breeze (春風), which was used as the theme song for the character "Wuming Ji" (無名姬) in Huang's glove puppetry shows.[3]
In her youth, Chen was known for her pure and sweet appearance. Despite receiving offers from film producers, she declined, believing she was too short to appear on the big screen.[3]
After releasing fifteen Mandarin-language albums, Chen transferred from Haishan Records to Country City Records in 1983 and released another Mandarin album. On one occasion, due to singer Long Piao-piao's (龍飄飄) performance schedule in Singapore, she was unable to return to Taiwan in time to record an album. Recommended by her label mate Kuo Chin-fa (郭金發), the record company took the bold step of having Chen record in Taiwanese Hokkien for the first time. Her debut Hokkien song, Seeking a Lover at the End of the World (天涯找愛人), sold over 300,000 copies upon release. Capitalizing on this success, her record label released thirteen Hokkien albums within three years, all of which achieved significant commercial success, allowing Chen to amass considerable wealth before the age of thirty.[3]
Chen later acted as a guarantor for a friend, the producer of her album Hai Hai Life (海海人生), which led her to incur debts amounting to tens of millions of New Taiwan Dollars. In 2002, she held a press conference to refute rumors that the debt was due to gambling or neglect of her parents, and she subsequently engaged in a protracted five-year legal battle with creditors.[3] In 2003, after releasing a total of 81 albums, she held her first solo concert; however, in the same year, both of her parents passed away, plunging her into deep grief.
In 2008, Chen served as a judge on the Formosa Television talent show Super Star Avenue (明日之星) and joined its management company, Phoenix Talent Agency, in 2011.[2] She also debuted as a producer, launching the singing competition program Super Star Avenue on Xiamen Star TV.
Personal Life
At the age of 23, Chen Ying-gieh became friends with singer Pan Chien (潘健). The two quickly fell deeply in love. However, unbeknownst to Chen at the time, Pan already had a fiancée, whose mother strongly opposed their relationship. Despite her family's objections, Chen insisted on pursuing the romance.
Chen's earnings were largely spent on Pan's behalf, and Pan even signed promissory notes using Chen's name. However, the companies Pan invested in accumulated massive debts. He eventually fled abroad, leaving Chen responsible for repaying domestic debts amounting to tens of millions of New Taiwan Dollars. Subsequently, Chen released the hit song Wind and Sand (風飛沙), which became immensely popular and sold over one million copies, enabling her to repay the debt. Nonetheless, it took her seven years to clear the obligations entirely.
At the age of 34, through the introduction of the comedian Liao Jun (廖峻), Chen met her second husband, Lee Chun-he (李春賀). They were in a relationship for ten years before marrying in 1996. They later divorced in 2003.
References
- ↑ 文‧張夢瑞 (February 2006). 台語歌大姊大 ──陳盈潔. Taiwan Panorama (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 October 2010.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "出道近40載 陳盈潔情定鳳凰". 中央社. 2011-05-11. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 民視《台灣演義》：〈海海人生‧陳盈潔專訪〉，2011-06-05 Cite error: Invalid
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External links
- Chen Ying-git on IMDb
- Chen Ying-git at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
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- Filmography (MovieCool)
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