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BIOGRAPHY

Jolin Tsai
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Jolin Tsai, born September 15, 1980, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer.

Tsai was an introverted and shy child. Knowing that Tsai was of scholarly material, her mother brought her to attend Japanese-style Mathematics lessons, and she completed the course more quickly than expected.

In addition, Tsai never failed to get into the top 3 positions of her class during her primary school years, other than once when she placed at the tenth position. As a result, she was caned by her mother for being too complacent in her test preparation. True enough, her scholarly material brought her to the top-ranked schools in Taiwan, such as Jingmei Girls High School, and Fu-Jen catholic University. The latter is well known for its English and English Literature courses, which Jolin majored in.

Tsai had self-studied English during her primary school years. Her interests in English are reflected when she chose to do English Literature in Fun-Jen Catholic University, a Taiwanese University popular for its English culture and foundation. She has also developed interest towards singing, as she experimented with different vocal singing techniques after listening to various popular female singers such as Teresa Teng and Faye Wong.

Tsai managed to sign with Sony Music that year and got the biggest break of her whole career. The first single released was the track "Spirit Of The Knight", which became a big hit and led to the highly anticipated release of her album Magic. The album turned out to be a smashing success, topping the Taiwan album charts for three full months and selling more than 300,000 copies in Taiwan alone. The album boasted many of her most well-known singles, including the song that brought Jolin back to the top of the charts "See My 72 Changes" and the extremely popular "Say Love You".

Tsai's sixth album, Castle, was just as popular as its predecessor and became a top album in many Asian countries. Just as with Magic, many songs on this album were written by Jay, her rumored boyfriend at that time. Prior to the album's release, she showcased her single "Pirates" at a mini-concert and subsequently filmed one of the most expensive music videos in Chinese history for the song. This album also featured many other hit songs including the main upbeat dance track "36 Tricks of Love", the cute and playful "It's Love", the love ballads "The Smell of Lemon Grass" and "Disappearing Castle", and the moving rock ballad "Rewind." The album also included the song "Love Love Love", a Chinese cover of the Nu Virgos hit "Stop Stop Stop".

Between Castle and her next studio album, Jolin released a CD of remixes called J9 New + Party Collection. This remix album featured two new songs including the hit song "Signature Pose" and remixes of Jolin's most popular dance songs. A medley of her dance hits was also included on the album.