Rainie Yang

Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (Chinese: 楊丞琳; born 4 June 1984) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. Yang began her career in 2000 as a member of girl group 4 in Love. After the group disbanded in 2002, she began a successful solo career with her album, My Intuition, in 2005. In addition to singing, she is known for co-hosting the variety show Guess from 2002 to 2007, and for her acting roles in TV dramas Meteor Garden, Devil Beside You (2005), Why Why Love (2007), and Hi My Sweetheart (2009), for which she received the Golden Bell Award for Best Actress.

Early life Yang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, her father's ancestors were from Guangdong, China. She spoke Cantonese at home. By the time she was 13, she had to start working because her father's business failed, which led to her parents being divorced. She attended Hwa Kang Arts School which specialized in performance arts.

Career

2000–2005: Career beginnings Yang began her career in 2000 as a member of Taiwanese girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name Rainie. The group's popularity in the musical industry achieved limited success. After they disbanded in 2002, Yang continued to pursue her career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as the variety show Guess from late 2002 to early 2007. After playing supporting roles in a series of Taiwanese TV dramas, including the highly popular pan-Asia hit Taiwanese series Meteor Garden and its supplementary mini-series Meteor Rain, she landed the leading role as Qi Yue, in the Taiwanese drama Devil Beside You with Mike He in 2005. In the same year, she released her debut album, My Intuition, featured the hit song "Intuition" as the theme song of Devil Beside You and "Ideal Lover". The album was commercially successful and sold over 160,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1 million copies throughout Asia. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT).

2006–2008: Career advancements and acting projects In 2006, she released her second album, Meeting Love, which sold over 150,000 copies in Taiwan and 1,200,000 copies across Asia. On 8 January 2007, Yang recorded her last Guess episode due to her busy schedule and focus on her musical and acting career. Hoping to portray herself as a "serious" actress, Yang co-starred in the lesbian-themed film Spider Lilies with Isabella Leong. However, after co-starring in Spider Lilies, Yang returned to her previous cute image by becoming the leading role in the drama Why Why Love, with Mike He and Kingone Wang, which aired during the summer of 2007. She subsequently released her third album, My Other Self on 7 September 2007. It features the theme song from Why Why Love, "Lacking Oxygen" and the insert song "Perfect Example".

On 23 April 2008, while filming the Taiwanese drama Miss No Good in San Chih, Taiwan, Yang fell heavily from the stairs, and was sent to Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei. The stairs were located between the third floor, where the dressing room was located, and the first floor, where the film set was located. The crew originally thought the falling object was a light frame, but upon hearing a groan, they realized it was her. After an X-ray examination, doctors diagnosed Yang's injury as a spinal contusion. After leaving the hospital, producer Angie Chai took Yang to a Chinese massage therapist. Miss No Good, starring Yang and Will Pan, was aired during the fall and winter of 2008 and met with much success. During this period of time, she also released her 4th album, Not Yet a Woman, which features the insert song "Too Much Trouble" and the theme song "Take Me Away" that were featured Miss No Good.

2009–2013: Albums and touring In 2009, Yang starred in To Get Her with Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit and George Hu. Then she filmed The Child's Eye in Thailand, a horror flick directed by the Pang Brothers with Elanne Kong, and also Taiwanese drama Hi My Sweetheart with Show Lo. After promoting Hi My Sweetheart, Yang released her fifth album, Rainie & Love...?, on the New Year's Day of 2010. Due to the success of Devil Beside You and Miss No Good overseas, Yang entered J-pop industry in 2010 by releasing a Japanese version of her hit "Intuition" as her first Japanese-language single.

Yang released her first compilation album, Whimsical World Collection, on 23 April 2010. It consists of 3 new tracks, 35 previously released tracks and 15 music videos from her previous five studio albums. On 22 October 2010, she won Best Actress at the 45th Golden Bell Awards, for her role as Chen Baozhu in Hi My Sweetheart.

In 2011, Yang released her sixth studio album Longing for..., which features the song "We Are All Silly", an interlude of Love You. In 2012, Yang starred in the romantic short film, Heartbeat Love, with Show Lo. On 17 August 2012, she released her seventh studio album Wishing for Happiness. Her second concert tour, Love Voyage, embarked on 14 December. On 23 August 2013, Yang released her eighth studio album Angel Wings.

2014–2019: Traces of Time in Love and Delete Reset Grow In 2014, Yang signed to EMI Taiwan, a revived label that is now a subsidiary of Universal Music Taiwan. Her ninth studio album, A Tale of Two Rainie, was released on 12 December 2014. In the same year, she starred in the Chinese drama series Love at Second Sight.

On 30 September 2016, her tenth studio album Traces of Time in Love was released. It was nominated for three awards at the 28th Golden Melody Awards, including Song of the Year, Best Lyricist, and Best Single Producer for the title track "Traces of Time in Love". Yang thus joined the list of having been nominated for all three prestigious entertainment awards in Taiwan, namely the Golden Bell Awards (television), the Golden Horse Awards (film) and the Golden Melody Awards (music). In the same year, Yang starred in the Taiwanese television series Life Plan A and B.

On 9 October 2016, Rainie Yang attended the new album autograph session and has voiced that she supports the LGBTQIA+ community and legalization of homosexual marriage equal rights when the Lee Tien-chu has sponsored his anti-gay expression. Yang was annoyed and said that homosexuality is not a crime and love is inherently gender neutral. She also said that she would like to continue play LGBTQIA+ acting roles in the future, and that it is an honor to have the opportunity for interpretation. On 27 November 2019, Yang released her eleventh studio album Delete Reset Grow.

2020–present: Like a Star and concert tour On 5 November 2020, Yang released her twelfth studio album Like a Star. The following day, Yang embarked on her Like a Star World Tour. In 2024, she participated in the Chinese reality show Singer.

In October 2025, she launched Only in Echoes to mark her 25th year in show business.

Personal life Yang dated Alien Huang, godson of Yang's mother, for two years while they were both students at Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School. Their relationship ended after Yang entered the entertainment industry and dropped out of the school. From around 2001 to 2003, Yang dated Ben Pai, member of B. A. D., until she began a relationship with her Original Scent of Summer co-star Roy Chiu in 2003. She later described Chiu as moody and difficult, stating that he was the worst of all her boyfriends: "It was an unblessed relationship; no one around me wanted us to be together. During the eight months we dated, I saw him fewer than ten times." They broke up after Yang sent a text message, to which Chiu responded half a month later, agreeing to the breakup. The two had no contact for 15 years after, until they reconciled in 2018 when she congratulated Chiu backstage at the 20th Taipei Film Awards for winning the Best Actor Award.

In 2004, she had a half-year relationship with actor Yi Lee. From 2005 to 2006, Yang dated Junhao Yuan after they co-starred in the idol drama Devil Beside You. They ended their relationship because she felt too young to consider marriage, which had been proposed by his family. In 2011, Yang was spotted boarding the same flight from Taipei to the United States with Sunny Wang, and Wang was also seen entering Yang's home. The two-month relationship ended as soon as it became public. From 2012 to 2014, Yang dated Prince Chiu.

In December 2014, Yang began dating Chinese singer-songwriter Li Ronghao, who wrote the song "幸福果子" for Yang in 2007 On 11 July 2019, Li announced that Yang accepted his wedding proposal on his 34th birthday. On 17 September 2019, Yang and Li confirmed they have obtained their marriage certificate in China.

Discography

Studio albums My Intuition (2005) Meeting Love (2006) My Other Self (2007) Not Yet a Woman (2008) Rainie & Love...? (2010) Longing For (2011) Wishing for Happiness (2012) Angel Wings (2013) A Tale of Two Rainie (2014) Traces of Time in Love (2016) Delete Reset Grow (2019) Like a Star (2020) Only in Echoes (2025)

Tours + Whimsical World Tour Date City Country Venue Special guest(s) 24 April 2010 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Arena Jerry Yan 16 October 2010 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium

+ Youth Lies Within World Tour Date City Country Venue Special guest(s) 16 December 2017 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Arena Yoga Lin 17 December 2017Jacky Wu 24 February 2018 Hong Kong ChinaHong Kong ColiseumJason Chan 25 February 20184 in Love 20 May 2018 Guangzhou Guangzhou International Sports Arena Will Pan 4 August 2018 Chengdu Sichuan Gymnasium 25 August 2018 Beijing Cadillac Arena Cyndi Wang 6 October 2018 Kaohsiung Taiwan Kaohsiung Arena Alien Huang 13 October 2018 Wuhan China Optics Valley International Tennis Center 27 October 2018 Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 4 May 2019 Macau Cotai ArenaChristine Fan 22 June 2019 Nanning Guangxi Sports CenterMichelle Chen 20 July 2019 Foshan Greater Bay Area Center 2 November 2019 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Axiata Arena 9 November 2019 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre 7 December 2019 Suzhou China Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 28 December 2019 Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium

+ The Elephant We see World Tour Date City Country Venue Special guest(s) 31 December 2025 NanchangChina Nanchang International Sport Center 28 March 2026 ChengduChengdu Phoenix Hill Gymnasium11 April 2026(cancelled)SingaporeThe Star Theatre

Filmography

Television series Year English title Original title Role Notes2001 Meteor Garden 流星花園 Xiao You Meteor Rain 流星雨 Xiao You Xi Men's chapter Sunshine Jelly 陽光果凍 Mei 2002 Tomorrow 愛情白皮書 Yuan Chen-mei 2003 Lavender 2 花香番外篇 Xiao-xiao The Pink Godfather 粉紅教父小甜甜 Bao Xiao-ting / Chen Tian-shi The Original Scent of Summer 原味的夏天 Yang Pan-pan 2004 Love Bird 候鳥e人 Jiang Ding-han Legend of Speed 極速傳說 Juliet / Gao Yun City of the Sky 天空之城 Lu Bin-yan 2005 Strange Tales of Liao Zhai 聊齋系列之阿寶篇 Zheng Ah-bao Devil Beside You 惡魔在身邊 Qi Yue 2007 Why Why Love 換換愛 Tong Jia-di 2008 Miss No Good 不良笑花 Jiang Xiao-hua 2009 ToGetHer 愛就宅一起 Chen Mo-mo Hi My Sweetheart 海派甜心 Chen Bao-zhu 2011 Drunken To Love You 醉後決定愛上你 Lin Xiao-ru Sunny Girl 陽光天使 Chen Yang-guang 2014 Love at Second Sight 一見不鍾情 Fei Luo-luo 2016 Rock Records in Love 滾石愛情故事 Chen Li-xin Episode: "Love" Life Plan A and B 植劇場-荼靡 Cheng Ru-wei 2018 My Ex-Man 前男友不是人 Li Chin-ai

Film Year English title Original title Role Notes 2001 Merry Go Round 初戀嗱喳麵 Carlily Pang 2006 Over the Hedge Heather Mandarin dub 2007 Spider Lilies 刺青 Xiao Lü / Jade 2010 The Child's Eye 童眼 Rainie 2012 HeartBeat Love 再一次心跳 Yang Xiao-yu Short film Wishing for Happiness想幸福的人 Chen You-lan (Xiao Lan) Short film 2014 Endless Nights in Aurora 極光之愛 Alisha 2017 The Tag-Along 2 紅衣小女孩2 Li Shu-fen 2018 The Tag-Along: The Devil Fish 人面魚：紅衣小女孩外傳 Li Shu-fen Cameo (2nd post-credits scene) 2019 Three Makes A Whole 握三下，我愛你 Liu Li-li Television film 2021 I Missed You 我沒有談的那場戀愛 Nan's ex-girlfriend Voice cameo TBA Ling Yu 靈語

Variety show

Music video appearances Year Artist Song title 2004 Show Lo "Clown Fish" 2012 Show Lo "You Are the World's Best Looking Girl" 2017Vision Wei "Unchanged"

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2005 Metro Radio Hits Music Award Best New Artist IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year My Intuition 2006 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Best Mandarin Singer IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year Meeting Love Global Chinese Music Chart Awards Best Female New Artist 2007 Hito Radio Music Awards Top 10 Songs of the Year "Meeting Love" Hong Kong TVB8 Awards Top 10 Gold Songs "Lacking Oxygen" Metro Radio Hits Music Awards Best Mandarin Singer Singer-Dancer Grand Prize Yahoo! Search Awards Favourite International Female Artist Favourite International Female Actress 44th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Film Song "Little Jasmine"(from Spider Lilies) 2008 Golden Bell Awards Best Actress Why Why Love Yahoo! Search Awards Favourite International Female Artist Favourite International Female Actress 2009 Singapore Hit Awards Favourite Female Artist 2010 Golden Bell Awards Best Actress Hi My Sweetheart Singapore Hit Awards Most Popular Female Artiste Taiwan Next Magazine Entertainment Awards Top 10 Artist of the Year Channel V's Music Chart Awards Favourite Female Artist US Complex Magazine The Sexiest Taiwanese Female Celebrity (popular vote) 2011 Taiwan Next Magazine Entertainment Awards Top 10 Artist of the Year Asia Rainbow TV Awards Best Actress (Comedy)Hi My Sweetheart 2012 Singapore Entertainment Awards Most Popular Female Singer Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Songs of the Year "We Are All Silly" Best Asia Singer Most Popular Idol Most Popular Partner Award with Show Lo Next Magazine Entertainment Awards Top 10 Artist of the Year 2013 Yahoo! Taiwan Most Popular Female Artist Music Radio China Top Chart Awards Golden Melodies of the Year "Forgotten" Favourite Campus Female Singer of the Year Recommended Singer of the Year (Hong Kong/Taiwan) 17th Global Mandarin Chart Music Award Best Crossover Female Singer Best Music Video (Hong Kong/Taiwan) "Forgotten" Hito Radio Music Awards Breakthrough Act of the Year Most Popular Female Singer Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year "Forgotten" Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards Top 20 Golden Melodies of the Year CSC Music Awards Best Female Singer of The Year Top 20 Songs of the Year "Forgotten" Singapore Hit Awards Top 10 Songs Most Popular Female Artist MTV Europe Music Awards Best Taiwanese Act 2014 Hito Radio Music Awards Most Popular Female Singer Hit Fm Favourite Artist Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year "Angel Wings" 2015 Hito Radio Music Awards Best Duet"Snore" (feat. Will Pan) Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year Chinese Young Generation Film Forum Best Actress (Jury Award) Endless Nights in Aurora 2017 Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series Life Plan A and B 28th Golden Melody Awards Song of the Year "Traces of Time in Love" 2018 Asia Pacific Film Festival Awards Best Actress The Tag-Along 2 2020 Hito Radio Music Awards Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year "Delete, Reset" Hito Star All-round Artist Delete Reset Grow

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