Jeff Chang

Jeff Chang Shin-che (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chông Sin-chet; born 26 March 1967) is a Taiwanese singer and actor, who is known for his numerous chart-topping sentimental Mandarin pop ballads.

Early life Chang was born in Xiluo Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. He started his philanthropic works as a voluntary teacher in impoverished areas of Taiwan since he was in high school.

Career Chang started off his showbiz career by winning a singing competition while in college, in which Hsiao-Wen Ting was a judge. Since 1989 he has released a string of highly successful albums and is known as the "Prince of Love Ballads" in the Chinese pop world. His name is well known across Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and mainland China.

After completing his military service in 1992, Jeff Chang returned to the music scene and his album Knowing is still a best-seller. However, at this time, Jeff Chang felt that his music career had reached a bottleneck period and began to seek transformation and breakthroughs. He refused various commercial performances and stayed silent for a year to create a new album Worrying. The song "Love Like Tide" in this album became the most classic love song that pushed Jeff Chang to the peak of his career, and the musical style of "Zhe-style love songs" began to take shape.

In 1994, Jeff Chang released the album Waiting, and the title song "Don't Be Afraid that I'll Be Sad" became another classic work of Jeff Chang; "A Little Touched" sung with Carina Lau is still one of the most popular duet songs in KTV.

Besides singing, Chang's interests include arts, antiques, traveling and water sports, and stage production. He became Taipei's leader in a stage theatre team in 2011.

In 2016, Chang participated in the fourth season of the Chinese reality show I Am a Singer and eventually achieved second place.

Discography Compilations are listed only if they contain never-released-before singles.

Mandarin Lie (1989) Blue (1989) Forget Me Not (1989) Knowing (1992) Worrying (1993) Waiting (1994) Possession (1995) Intoxicated (1995) Generosity (1995) Dream (1996) Adore (1997) Intuition (1997) Please Come Back (1999) Faith (2000) How I Miss (2001) Beginning → Now (2002) The Next Eternity (2004) Be Your Man (2006) Escape (2008) Genesis (2010) Unfinished Childhood (2011) Spare Time (2012) Love Jeff (还爱) (2015) Song Era(歌时代) (2016) Everlasting (擁恆) (2017) Song Era II (歌時代II) (2018) See the Light (就懂了) (2021)

Cantonese Deep Love (February 1996) Longing / Thinking (January 1997) The Best Collection of Jeff Chang (1998) Full of Mercy (July 1998) August Snow (2007)

English My Eyes Adored You (1992) Somewhere in My Broken Heart (1995) The Color of the Night (1996) A Matter of Love (Jan 2021)

Selected filmography

Film Year English title Original title Role Notes 2002 A Pinwheel Without Wind 煙雨紅顏 Lin Shuang-ran 2006 Ming Ming 明明 Brother Cat 2006 Stand in Love 不完全戀人 Unknown Music film; also as producer 2012 You and Me 我和你 Zhang Jiaxuan 2019 Dancing Elephant 跳舞吧！大象 Sky

Television series Year English title Original title Role Notes 2001 Marmalade Boy 橘子醬男孩 Music teacher Cameo 2002 Father in Wheelchair 輪椅上的父親 Cameo

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1990 2nd Golden Melody Awards Best Male Mandarin Singer Forget Me Not 1995 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards Outstanding Mandarin Song (Bronze) "不要對他說" 1996 7th Golden Melody Awards Best Male Mandarin Singer Generosity 1997 8th Golden Melody Awards Best Male Mandarin Singer Dream 1997 MTV Video Music Awards International Viewer's Choice Awards - MTV Mandarin "Affection" 1999 MTV Video Music Awards International Viewer's Choice Awards - MTV Mandarin "Love Turning Around" (with Harlem Yu) 2010 2nd Macau International Movie Festival Golden Lotus Award for Best Supporting Actor You and Me 2011 Star Awards 2011 Best Theme Song "网" 2015 Huading Awards Public Image Survey - Best Male Singer