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TANYA CHUA

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Tanya Chua ({{zh-sp|s=è”¡å¥é›…|p=CÃ i JiÃ nyÇ) is a popular Singaporean singer. Born on 28 January 1975 in Singapore, she is currently a pop star renowned in much of Asia, including Taiwan, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.

Biography
Tanya Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, ''Bored'', in 1997. She was also the first Singaporean to win a prize in the Asia Song Festival,<ref> Composers and Authors Society of Singapore. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010629071617/http://www.compass.org.sg/news/june/1a.html 1st Singaporean to Win Asia Song Festival]. June 1998.</ref> coming in first in the Unpublished category in 1998 before she furthered her studies at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Los Angeles. However, the market for Singaporean English pop was very small, and she soon moved to singing in Mandarin, for which there was a Greater Asian market.

Tanya signed on to Universal Music Taiwan in 1998 and released her first Mandarin album, ''Breathe'', in 1999. That album comprised compositions of her English songs matched to Chinese lyrics by Taiwanese lyricists. It was a critical hit in Taiwan, where she made a name for herself as a reputable singer-songwriter. Between 1999 and 2001, however, subsequent sales of her albums were mediocre, resulting in Universal Music Group|Universal dropping her as part of their cost-cutting ... read all