Rainie Yang

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Rainie Yang
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Yang in 2015
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984 (age 37)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
OccupationSinger, actress, television host
Years active2000–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2019)​
Musical career
GenresMandopop
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsUniversal Music Taiwan (2019–present)
Associated acts4 in Love
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊丞琳
Simplified Chinese杨丞琳

Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (Chinese: 楊丞琳; born 4 June 1984) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host.

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[]

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.[1] 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. 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".

In 2006, she released her second album, Meeting Love. 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.[2] 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.

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.[3] After promoting Hi My Sweetheart, Yang released her fifth album, Rainie & Love...?, on the New Year's Day of 2010.[4] 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.[5]

Yang in 2010.

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, shewon 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 December 14.

On 23 August 2013, Yang released her eighth studio album Angel Wings.

In 2014, Yang signed to EMI Taiwan, a revived label that is now a subsidiary of Universal Music Taiwan.[6] 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 support the LGBT homosexual marriage equal rights legalization when the Lee Tien-chu has sponsored his anti-gay expression. Yang was annoyance said that homosexuality is not guilty and love is inherently gender of neutral, she also frankly said that she would like to continue play the gay acting roles in the future, it's the honor to have the opportunity for interpretation.[7]

On 27 November 2019, Yang released her eleventh studio album Delete Reset Grow.

On 5 November 2020, Yang release her twelfth studio album Like a Star.

Personal life[]

Yang dated classmate Alien Huang while they were in high school. Their relationship ended when Yang made her debut in the entertainment industry and dropped out of high school.

In December 2014, she began dating Chinese singer-songwriter Li Ronghao, who wrote the song "Xing Fu Guo Zi" ("幸福果子" ) for Yang in 2007.[8][9] On 11 July 2019, Li announced that Yang accepted his wedding proposal on his 34th birthday.[10][11] On 17 September 2019, Yang and Li confirmed they have obtained their marriage license in China.[12]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

# Title Released Label
1 My Intuition 9 September 2005 Sony
2 Meeting Love 19 March 2006
3 My Other Self 7 September 2007
4 Not Yet a Woman 7 November 2008
5 Rainie & Love...? 1 January 2010
6 Longing For 29 July 2011
7 Wishing for Happiness 17 August 2012
8 Angel Wings 23 August 2013
9 A Tale of Two Rainie 12 December 2014 EMI
10 Traces of Time in Love 30 September 2016
11 Delete Reset Grow 27 November 2019
12 Like a Star 5 November 2020

Compilation albums[]

# Title Released Label
1 Whimsical World 23 April 2010 Sony
2 Rainie Yang Essential 12 December 2017

Live albums[]

# Title Released Label
1 10 Years of Rainie, Whimsical World Live 12 January 2011 Sony
2 Love Voyage Concert 1 February 2013

Singles[]

# Title Released Label
1 "My Intuition" (Japanese version)[5][13] 27 January 2010 Sony
2 "Youth Lies Within" (青春住了誰)[14] 15 September 2017 Sun Entertainment Taiwan
3 "1,001 Wishes" (一千零一個願望 (單人版)) 16 November 2017
4 "Lessons In Love" (忘課) 4 June 2018

Tours[]

Whimsical World Tour
Date Location Venue Special guest(s)
24 April 2010 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena Jerry Yan
16 October 2010 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A
Love Voyage World Tour
Date Location Venue Special guest(s)
14 December 2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum N/A
15 December 2012 Show Lo
16 December 2012 Coco Lee
12 January 2013 Singapore The MAX Pavilion N/A
23 March 2013 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena Wu Tsing-fong
29 June 2013 Genting Highlands, Malaysia Arena of Stars Jiro Wang
20 July 2013 Shanghai, China Shanghai Gymnasium N/A
19 October 2013 Macau CotaiArena N/A
21 September 2014 Atlantic City, United States Circus Maximus Theater N/A
Youth Lies Within World Tour
Date Location Venue Special guest(s)
16 December 2017 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena Yoga Lin
17 December 2017 Jacky Wu
24 February 2018 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum Jason Chan
25 February 2018 4 in Love
20 May 2018 Guangzhou, China Guangzhou International Sports Arena Will Pan
4 August 2018 Chengdu, China Sichuan Gymnasium N/A
25 August 2018 Beijing, China Cadillac Arena Cyndi Wang
6 October 2018 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung Arena Alien Huang
13 October 2018 Wuhan, China Optical Valley International Tennis Center N/A
27 October 2018 Hangzhou, China Yellow Dragon Sports Center N/A
4 May 2019 Macau Cotai Arena Christine Fan
22 June 2019 Nanning, China Guangxi Sports Center Michelle Chen
20 July 2019 Foshan, China Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center N/A
2 November 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Axiata Arena N/A
9 November 2019 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre N/A
7 December 2019 Suzhou, China Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre N/A
28 December 2019 Shaoxing, China Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium N/A
Like a Star World Tour
Date Location Venue Special guest(s)
6 November 2020 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei Arena Wu Tsing-fong
7 November 2020 Cyndi Wang
8 November 2020 Li Ronghao

Filmography[]

Television series[]

Year English title Original title Role Notes
2001 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 N/A 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[]

Year English title Original title Notes
2002–2007 Guess 我猜我猜我猜猜猜 Host
2002–2004 Entertainment News 娛樂心新聞 Host
2003 Game Show 遊戲王朝 Host
2009 One Million Star 4 超級星光大道-第四季 Guest host; 23 & 30 January episodes
2016 Mask Singer 蒙面唱將猜猜猜 Appearance
2018 Shake It Up 新舞林大會 Reality show
2018 Jungle Voice 聲林之王 Guest mentor
2019 Heart Signal 2 心動的信號-第二季 Appearance
2020 DD52 Dancing Diamond 52 菱格世代 Mentor
2021 Sisters Who Make Waves 2 乘風破浪的姐姐 (第二季) Participant

Music video appearances[]

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

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2005 Metro Radio Hits Music Award Best New Artist Won [15]
IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year My Intuition Won [16]
2006 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Best Mandarin Singer Won
IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year Meeting Love Won [17]
Global Chinese Music Chart Awards Best Female New Artist Won
2007 Hito Radio Music Awards Top 10 Songs of the Year[Note 1] "Meeting Love" Won [18]
Hong Kong TVB8 Awards Top 10 Gold Songs "Lacking Oxygen" Nominated [19]
Metro Radio Hits Music Awards Best Mandarin Singer Won [20]
Singer-Dancer Grand Prize Won
Yahoo! Search Awards Favourite International Female Artist Won
Favourite International Female Actress Won
44th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Film Song "Little Jasmine"
(from Spider Lilies)		 Nominated [21]
2008 Golden Bell Awards Best Actress Why Why Love Nominated [22]
Yahoo! Search Awards Favourite International Female Artist Won
Favourite International Female Actress Won
2009 Singapore Hit Awards Favourite Female Artist Nominated
2010 Golden Bell Awards Best Actress Hi My Sweetheart Won [23]
Singapore Hit Awards Most Popular Female Artiste Won [24][25]
Taiwan Next Magazine Entertainment Awards Top 10 Artist of the Year Won
Channel V's Music Chart Awards Favourite Female Artist Won
US Complex Magazine The Sexiest Taiwanese Female Celebrity (popular vote) Won
2011 Taiwan Next Magazine Entertainment Awards Top 10 Artist of the Year Won
Asia Rainbow TV Awards Best Actress (Comedy) Hi My Sweetheart Nominated
2012 Singapore Entertainment Awards Most Popular Female Singer Won
Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Songs of the Year "We Are All Silly" Won [26]
Best Asia Singer Won
Most Popular Idol Won
Most Popular Partner Award with Show Lo Won
Next Magazine Entertainment Awards Top 10 Artist of the Year Won
2013 Yahoo! Taiwan Most Popular Female Artist Won [27]
Music Radio China Top Chart Awards Golden Melodies of the Year "Forgotten" Won [28]
Favourite Campus Female Singer of the Year Won
Recommended Singer of the Year (Hong Kong/Taiwan) Won
17th Global Mandarin Chart Music Award Best Crossover Female Singer Won [29]
Best Music Video (Hong Kong/Taiwan) "Forgotten" Won
Hito Radio Music Awards Breakthrough Act of the Year Won [30]
Most Popular Female Singer Won
Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year "Forgotten" Won
Global Chinese Golden Chart Awards Top 20 Golden Melodies of the Year Won [31]
CSC Music Awards Best Female Singer of The Year Won [32]
Top 20 Songs of the Year "Forgotten" Won
Singapore Hit Awards Top 10 Songs Won [33]
Most Popular Female Artist Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Taiwanese Act Nominated [34]
2014 Hito Radio Music Awards Most Popular Female Singer Won [35]
Hit Fm Favourite Artist Won
Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year "Angel Wings" Won
2015 Hito Radio Music Awards Best Duet "Snore" (feat. Will Pan) Won [36]
Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year Won
Chinese Young Generation Film Forum Best Actress (Jury Award) Endless Nights in Aurora Won
2017 Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actress in a Television Series Life Plan A and B Nominated [37]
28th Golden Melody Awards Song of the Year "Traces of Time in Love" Nominated
2018 Asia Pacific Film Festival Awards Best Actress The Tag-Along 2 Nominated
2020 Hito Radio Music Awards Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year "Delete, Reset" Won
Hito Star All-round Artist Delete Reset Grow Won

Note[]

  1. ^ The order is not specified for the Top 10 Songs of the Year

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