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Jason Zhang
张杰
Born
Zhang Jie

(1982-12-20) 20 December 1982 (age 41)
Alma materSichuan Normal University
OccupationSinger
Years active2004–present
Spouse
(m. 2011)
Children3
AwardsMy Show champion (2004)
Super Boy No.4 (2007)
MAMA Best Asian Artist (2010)
AMA Best International Artist (2014)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Jié
Musical career
OriginChengdu, China
GenresMandopop
Labels

Zhang Jie (Chinese: 張杰; born 20 December 1982), also known as Jason Zhang, is a Chinese singer. He made his television series debut in the reality singing competition My Show in 2004, which he won and signed with Universal Music China. In 2007, he joined Super Boy and came in fourth. By the end of 2023, Zhang had recorded 15 albums and held 87 concerts.

Biography

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1982–2003: Early life

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Zhang was born on 20 December 1982, in Chengdu, Sichuan. In 2000, he studied at Sichuan Normal University. In 2003, he took part in the MTV-Samsung Anycall National Singing Competition and won second place.

2004–2006: Shang Teng Universal

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In 2004, Zhang took part in the first season of My Show and won the championship in the finals. Then he signed with Shang Teng Universal. In 2005, Zhang released his debut album, The First Album. This earned him the Global Chinese Music Chart Most Popular Male Newcomer award. In 2006, after the release of his second album, Love Me Again, Zhang's music career was at stake due to changes at the top management of his record company.[clarification needed]

2007–2015: EE-Media

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In 2007, he took part in Hunan TV's show Super Boy and came in 4th place. However, his participation violated his contract with Shang Teng Universal and he was ordered to pay a fine of 500,000 yuan.[1] Zhang later signed a deal with EE-Media and released an EP, The Most Beautiful Sun, which marked a fresh restart of his career. In May 2008, Zhang held his first concert at Beijing Exhibition Center. In October, he released the album The Day After Tomorrow and won his first "Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)" award[citation needed]. In 2009, for the album The Day After Tomorrow, Zhang gained 11 nominations in Beijing pop music ceremony[clarification needed]. In November, he released the album Through Trilogy. On 19 December, he held a theme concert for Through Trilogy at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium.

In April 2010, Zhang attended the Boao Forum for Asia as an invited guest to perform two songs of Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean" and "Beat it"[citation needed]. In November, he released his 6th album, It's Love and held a theme concert as It's Love at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium. On 28 November, he won the "Best Asian Artist" award in the Mnet Asian Music Awards. In December, he was invited as the only male singer from mainland China to the TVB Golden Melody Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong, and received an award for top ten golden songs of the year and Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland).[citation needed]

In 2011, Zhang released the album Stand Up. In December, he held the theme concert It's Love in his hometown Chengdu. On 1 March 2012, as an invited guest, Zhang performed in a collaborative staging of the song "My Love" at the concert of Westlife. He started his new touring concerts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 5 May and Shanghai Grand Stage on 30 June. On 29 September, he released an album called One Chance, and on 19 November he released a cover album called Love That We Once Encountered. Also in this year, he set up his own studio: Zhang Jie Studio.[citation needed]

In February 2013, for the first time, he was invited to perform at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.[2] In June, he went to Berklee College of Music for further studies.[citation needed] In September, he was invited to the China Tennis Open with tennis players Li Na and Novak Djokovic to promote public welfare work. In November, Zhang released his 10th album, Just Love, and held his 10th concert in Guangzhou.

In January 2014, Zhang joined Season 2 of Hunan Television's I Am a Singer and came in third. From September to December, he held his first live tour, Fight Back For Love. In August, he was invited to perform the theme song, "Light the Future", at the Opening Ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympics 2014.[citation needed] In November, he was presented with the International Artist Award at the 2014 American Music Awards, as the first Chinese singer to win this award; however, there was controversy surrounding the award as the presentation was not televised, ceremony footage was not available online, and the award itself missing from the official website.[3] In April 2015, he released his collection with Xiaomi. In May, Zhang ended his eight-year contract with EE-Media, and made his own independent studio.

2016–present: Planet Culture

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Zhang Jie in Kuala Lumpur in 2017

On 7 February 2016, Zhang performed at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. On 21 February, the Just For Star concert was held in United Artists Theater, Los Angeles. Zhang invited David Foster and violinist Lindsey Stirling to perform together.[citation needed] On 26 April, Zhang set up his personal label, Planet Culture, and cooperated with Linfair Records.[citation needed] On 16 July, Zhang began his first world tour at Beijing Worker's Stadium. On 21 July 2016, he performed Star Trek Beyond's Chinese theme song "Lost in the Stars", and attended the film's premiere at Embarcadero Marina Park South. He recorded the promotional song "Give You My World" for the film Allied in November. From July to December, Zhang's tour travelled to Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi'an, Wuhan,[4] Hefei, Dalian, and Kunming.

In February 2017, Zhang joined Hunan Television's Singer 2017 as the first previous season contestant to join the competition this season, and finished in the eighth place after accusations of lip-syncing.[5] In May and June, he brought his world tour in the US, Canada, Malaysia and Australia. In June, Zhang sang China's theme song, "Torches", for Transformers: The Last Knight. In 2018, he and his wife welcomed twin daughters.[6][7]

In 2020, he ranked 86th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list.[citation needed] In 2021, he released Deserve Better and began the Future Live: Yao Beidou concert tour. The tour ended with 3 concerts at the Beijing National Stadium. In 2023, he released album Wainan Street 1982 on January 11; in March, he said in a magazine interview that his hope is to perform at all the stadiums in China;[8] on December 27, he released EP The Seventh Day of Winter and held 3 concerts from December 29-31 at Chengdu Dong'an Lake Sports Park Multifunctional Arena.

In January 2024, he posted on his official Weibo that he will perform at all stadiums across China;[9] in March, he began Future Live: To 1982 concert tour. As of June, he has performed 17 shows at 5 cities. On August 11, he announced his "Future Live: To 1982" tour will have international stops, exact dates and locations to be determined.[10]

Discography

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  • The First Album (2005-03-18)
  • Love Me Again (2006-09-20)
  • Most Beautiful Sun (2007-12-24)
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2008-08-27)
  • Through Trilogy (2009-11-01)
  • It's Love (2010-11-21)
  • Stand Up (2011-11-03)
  • One Chance (2012-09-29)
  • The Love Songs We Once Encountered (2012-11-26)
  • Just Love (2013-12-20)
  • Ten (2015-04-15)
  • Sound of My Heart (2016-08-12)
  • Love, and Courage (2016-08-20)
  • Future Live (2018-05-20)
  • Songs of youth (2020-07-23)

Concerts

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Zhangjie Future Live Concert

Headlining act

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  • Begin With Star (2008)
  • It's Love (2010–2013)
  • Fight Back The Love (2014)
  • Sound Of My Heart (2016–2017)
  • Future Live (2018–)
Year Concert Date City Venue Ref.
2008 Begin With Star 1 May Beijing Music Hall, Beijing Exhibition Center
26 July Hangzhou, Zhejiang Hangzhou Gymnasium
2009 Across The Crowd 19 December Beijing Beijing Workers' Gymnasium
2010 It's Love 13 November Beijing Beijing Workers' Gymnasium
2011 10 December Chengdu, Sichuan Sichuan Gymnasium [11]
2012 Love&Change 6 May Beijing Great Hall of the People
30 June Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage
Looking At Star 30 July Beijing Baoli Theatre
It's Love 21 December Shenzhen, Guangdong Bao'an Gymnasium
2013 30 November Guangzhou, Guangdong Guangzhou International Sports and Entertainment Center [12]
2014 Fight Back the Love 20 September Beijing Capital Gymnasium
18 October Hangzhou, Zhejiang Huanglong Gymnasium
25 October Nanjing, Jiangsu Nanjing Olympics Center Gymnasium
8 November Wuhan, Hubei Guanggu Gymnasium, HUST
15 November Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage
22 November Fuzhou, Fujian No. 8 Pavilion, Fuzhou Strait International Conference & Exhibition Center
29 November Guangzhou, Guangdong Guangzhou Gymnasium
6 December Shenzhen, Guangdong Springcocoon Gymnasium, CR Shenzhen Bay Sports Center [13]
2016 Just For Star 21 February Los Angeles, CA, US United Artists Theatre
Sound of My Heart 16 July Beijing Beijing Workers' Stadium
30 July Nanjing, Jiangsu Nanjing Olympics Center Gymnasium
20 August Guangzhou, Guangdong Guangzhou International Sports and Entertainment Center
22 October Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena
29 October Chengdu, Sichuan Chengdu Sports Center Stadium
12 November Xi'an, Shaanxi Xi'an City Sports Park Gymnasium
19 November Wuhan, Hubei Zhuankou Gymnasium, Wuhan Sports Center
26 November Shenzhen, Guangdong Springcocoon Gymnasium, CR Shenzhen Bay Sports Center
10 December Hefei, Anhui Binhu International Conference & Exhibition Center
17 December Dalian, Liaoning Damai Center
24 December Kunming, Yunnan Dianchi International Conference & Exhibition Center
2017 Sound of My Heart 29 April Qingdao, Shandong Qingdao Guosen Gymnasium
7 May Los Angeles, CA, US Dolby Theatre
14 May Vancouver, Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre
21 May New York, US David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
10 June Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Arena of Stars
18 June Sydney, Australia The Star Event Centre
5 August Nanning, Guangxi Guangxi Sports Center (Gymnasium)
26 August Changsha, Hunan Hunan International Conference&Exhibition Center
1 October Milan, Italy Palazzetto dello sport di Treviglio, Palafacchetti
3 October London, UK indigo at the O2
21 October Xiamen, Fujian Jiageng Gymnasium
28 October Macau Studio City Macau
25 November Shenyang, Liaoning Liaoning Gymnasium
2018 Future Live 28 July Zhengzhou, Henan Henan Sports Center (Stadium)
11 August Beijing National Stadium
24 August Taiyuan, Shanxi Shanxi Sports Center (Stadium)
8 September Shenzhen, Guangdong Springcocoon Stadium, CR Shenzhen Bay Sports Center
22 September Hangzhou, Zhejiang Huanglong Sports Center (Stadium)
13–14 October Chengdu, Sichuan Magic Cube Performing Arts Center

Variety shows

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Zhang participated in Hunan Television's long-running singing reality competition I Am a Singer, and made it to the finals on both attempts.

I Am a Singer

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Zhang debuted on Week three as a substitute singer as a replacement of the first eliminated singer Gary Chaw. He made it to the finals, but did not finish in the top two to qualify for the "Ultimate Winner Candidate" (the candidates were G.E.M. and Han Lei, with the latter winning the season).

Singer 2017

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In February 2017, Zhang later returned again in the fifth season as the one of four returning singers to participate in the competition. He finished in eighth place after narrowly avoiding eliminations on six of 11 performances. Unlike his first season appearance, Zhang was not selected to participate in the Biennial Concert.

Awards and achievements

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Year Date Awards Category Works Ref.
2003 April Samsung-MTV National Singing Competition 2nd
2004 7 August My Show Champion
2005 4 September 5th Global Chinese Music Awards Best New Artist
3 December Hong Kong TVB8 Awards Golden
2006 11 January 第12届全球华语音乐榜中榜 内地传媒大奖
5 March 第10届无锡七彩华语歌曲排行榜 Most Popular New Artist
11 March 9+2 Guangzhou Music Pioneer Most Popular New Artist
25 March 第13届东方风云榜 Top 10 Golden Songs The Love of Plough 北斗星的爱
2007 6 July Super Boy 4th
2008 April Chinese Music Alliance Golden Songs in the 1st season The Most Beautiful Sun 最美的太阳
15 November 6th SETV Hit Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
December Chinese Music Alliance Golden Songs in the 4th season The Day After Tomorrow 明天过后
22 December 4th BQ Awards Best Album The Day After Tomorrow 明天过后
2009 12 January 2008 Chinese Music Alliance Annual Golden Songs The Day After Tomorrow 明天过后
12 February 2008 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point Annual Top 10 Golden Songs The Day After Tomorrow 明天过后
26 April 2008 Music Radio China TOP ranking Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs 天下
19 June 6th Hit Song Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
内地杰出青年男歌手
年度金曲奖 The Day After Tomorrow 明天过后
21 September Chinese Music Alliance 第一季度金曲奖 We are the same 我们都一样
第二季度金曲奖 Stars and Shooting Stars 恒星流星
6 November 7th SETV Hit Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs 勿忘心安
2010 Chinese Music Alliance Golden Songs in the 3rd season 勿忘心安
Golden Songs in the 4th season 看月亮爬上来
2009 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point Most Popular Idol
2009 Chinese Music Alliance Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs 看月亮爬上来
Music Pioneer Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Most Popular Male Singer
Annual Golden Songs 看月亮爬上来
第三届城市之音至尊金榜 Top 20 Songs 看月亮爬上来
2009年度冠军王 Through Trilogy 穿越三部曲
2009 Music Radio China TOP ranking Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
年度点播冠军
Annual Golden Songs 穿越人海
28 November Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) Best Asian Artist
8th SETV Hit Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Top 10 Golden Songs 穿越人海
Hong Kong TVB8 Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Top 10 Golden Songs 看月亮爬上来
2011 2010 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Top 10 Golden Songs (Mainland) It's Love 这,就是爱
2010 Chinese Music Alliance Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs It's Love 这,就是爱
2010 Spirite Original Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs
第四届城市之音至尊金榜 年度至尊金榜冠军王
年度空中热播单曲 It's Love 这,就是爱
全球流行音乐金榜 年度点播冠军
Annual Golden Songs It's Love 这,就是爱
2010 Music Radio China TOP ranking Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
年度点播冠军
Annual Golden Songs It's Love 这,就是爱
8th Sony Awards 大型综合节目类一等奖 《这,就是爱》创意秀
第八届劲歌王金曲金榜 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Outstanding Young Singer
Most Popular Album (Mandarin) It's Love 这,就是爱
2012 2011 Chinese Music Alliance Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs The First Lady 第一夫人
2011 Spirite Original Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs (Mainland)
IN Ringtone 火鸟
第五届城市之音至尊金榜 年度至尊金榜冠军王
Annual Top 20 Golden Songs Stand Up 最接近天堂的地方
第16届全球华语榜中榜 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs Stand Up 最接近天堂的地方
2011 Music Radio China TOP ranking Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Most Popular Album (Mainland) Stand Up 最接近天堂的地方
Annual Golden Songs Stand Up 最接近天堂的地方
第2届全球流行音乐金榜 CITY FM 城市之音年度推崇大奖
Annual Top 20 Golden Songs Stand Up 最接近天堂的地方
2012 MIGU Inspirational Music Awards Best Inspirational Male Singer
Most Popular Inspirational Song 高飞
2012 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point Supreme Popular Idol in the past 10 years
第六届中国移动无线音乐盛典 Most Popular Lyrical Song 秋天的童话
Most Popular Album Stand Up 最接近天堂的地方
2012 Chinese Music Alliance Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Golden Songs
2013 第17届《全球华语榜中榜》 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Channel[V] 劲爆歌手奖
最佳翻唱金曲奖 The Sky 天空
2012 Music Radio China TOP ranking Best Male Singer (Mainland)
最佳舞台演绎
Annual Golden Songs The Sky 天空
第六届城市至尊音乐盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Top 20 Golden Songs The Sky 天空
Public Music Awards Best Male Singer
2013 Youth Choice Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
第七届无线音乐盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
2014 February 2013 Malaysia Hit 30 Awards Annual Top 30 Golden Songs 突然想爱你
Annual Top 10 Album 那些和我们打过招呼的爱情
31 March 第21届东方风云榜颁奖盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs 他不懂
6 April 第四届全球流行音乐金榜 MusicRadio 音乐之声年度点播冠军 Just Love 爱,不解释
13 April 第14届音乐风云榜年度盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
飞跃大奖
23 April 第十八届全球华语榜中榜颁奖盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Best Music Video Just Love 爱,不解释
2013 Music Radio China TOP ranking Best Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Best Golden Songs(Mainland) Just Love 爱,不解释
Annual Most Popular Album Just Love 爱,不解释
22 May KUGOU Music Awards Annual Best Male Singer (Mainland)
Top 10 Songs in the past 10 years It's Love 这,就是爱
Annual Best Album Just Love 爱,不解释
22 May 第七届城市至尊音乐榜音乐盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Most Popular Songs
Annual Top 20 Golden Songs Just Love 爱,不解释
September Malaysia ONE FM Hit 30 ranking 第二季劲爆王
23 November American Music Awards (AMA) Best International Artist
13 December 第八届无线音乐盛典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Most Popular Album Just Love 爱,不解释
17 December 2014 Chinese Teleplay Awards Most Popular Soundtracks 剑心
2015 8 February 2014 中国校园文艺榜中榜 年度最受青少年喜爱的男歌手奖
Annual Best Artist
15 February 2014 Weibo Music Awards 杰出歌王
Annual Popular Songs Ten Years Ago 时光十年
年度人气翻唱歌曲 爱的供养
25 March 2015 QQ Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Annual Most Influential Concert 为爱逆战
30 March 第22届东方风云榜音乐盛典 Best Male Singer (Mainland)
Asian Popular Singer
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs 剑心
16 April 第19届全球华语榜中榜亚洲影响力大典 Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Most Popular Concert 为爱逆战
23 April 2015 KU Music Awards Most Popular Live Singer
Annual Best Singer
Best Concert 为爱逆战
6 November 第十五届全球华语歌曲排行榜颁奖礼 Best Male Singer (Mainland)
Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)
Golden Songs 剑心
最受欢迎对唱金曲 燕归巢
2016 28 March 23rd 东方风云榜 Best Male Singer
Top 20 Songs
最受欢迎对唱金曲 燕归巢
29 March Ku Music Awards
15 April China Macau Awards
28 July Tecent/MTV Asia Music Gala Best Male Singer (Mainland)

Personal life

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Zhang is married to Xie Na, who holds the Guinness World Records as the first person to accumulate 100 million followers on Weibo.[14] On 5 May 2011, Zhang and Xie registered their marriage in Chengdu, China. On 26 September 2011, they married at Shangri-La, China. On 26 September 2017, Zhang revealed on his Weibo that his wife was expecting. On 1 February 2018, they welcomed twin daughters.[15]

Published works

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Title Date published Type
The Fleeting Time (杰出的流年) 11 April 2008 Biography
Be Yourself (张杰的假日时光) 1 January 2009 Photo book

References

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  1. ^ "中国法院网:我型我秀"冠军张杰不辞而别成"快乐男生"被判赔50万" ["My Show" champion Zhang Jie left suddenly to become a "Super Boy" and was sentenced to pay 500,000 yuan]. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ "林宥嘉上央视春晚和张杰合唱《给我你的爱》" [Lin Youjia appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang "Give Me Your Love" with Zhang Jie]. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. ^ "张杰被质疑花600万登全美音乐奖舞台 经纪人否认-中新网" [Zhang Jie was suspected of spending 6 million to attend the American Music Awards, his manager denied the claim.]. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. ^ Han, Sun Sheng; Wu, Xiang (1 August 2004). "Wuhan". Cities. 21 (4): 349–362. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2004.03.007. ISSN 0264-2751.
  5. ^ "【歌手】张杰遭观众冷脸 林志炫垫底" [Zhang Jie received a cold face from the audience, Lin Zhixuan ranked last.]. 17 March 2017.
  6. ^ "终于生了!张杰宣布谢娜产下双胞胎 激动大呼好幸福". Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ^ "谢娜双胞胎女儿正面照首曝光,网友看后纷纷调侃:基因可太公平了". 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. ^ "张杰:不要自我设定". Sohu. 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ "张杰2023刚下班2024就上班,发微博说2024要打卡全国体育场". 2 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Jason Zhang's Weibo". Weibo. 11 August 2024.
  11. ^ Youtube
  12. ^ Youtube
  13. ^ Youtube
  14. ^ "Chinese TV presenter Xie Na becomes first person to reach 100 million Weibo™ followers".
  15. ^ "谢娜在沪顺利诞下双胞胎女儿 张杰正式升级当爸爸了_腾讯网". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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