Rainie Yang

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

Rainie Yang
Yang in 2015
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984
NationalityTaiwanese
OccupationSinger, actress, television host
Years active2000–present
Spouse(s)
(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

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. Since December 2014, she has been 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]

As of 17 September 2019, Yang and Li Ronghao has confirmed they have obtained their marriage license.

Discography

Studio albums

# TitleReleasedLabel
1My Intuition9 September 2005Sony
2Meeting Love19 March 2006
3My Other Self7 September 2007
4Not Yet a Woman7 November 2008
5Rainie & Love...?1 January 2010
6Longing For29 July 2011
7Wishing for Happiness17 August 2012
8Angel Wings23 August 2013
9A Tale of Two Rainie12 December 2014EMI
10Traces of Time in Love30 September 2016
11Delete Reset Grow27 November 2019
12Like a Star5 November 2020

Compilation albums

# TitleReleasedLabel
1Whimsical World23 April 2010Sony
2Rainie Yang Essential12 December 2017

Live albums

# TitleReleasedLabel
110 Years of Rainie, Whimsical World Live12 January 2011Sony
2Love Voyage Concert1 February 2013

Singles

# Title Released Label
1 "My Intuition" (Japanese version)[5][12] 27 January 2010 Sony
2 "Youth Lies Within" (青春住了誰)[13] 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
DateLocationVenueSpecial guest(s)
24 April 2010Taipei, TaiwanTaipei ArenaJerry Yan
16 October 2010SingaporeSingapore Indoor StadiumN/A
Love Voyage Tour
DateLocationVenueSpecial guest(s)
14 December 2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum N/A
15 December 2012 Show Lo
16 December 2012 Coco Lee
12 January 2013SingaporeThe MAX PavilionN/A
23 March 2013Taipei, TaiwanTaipei ArenaWu Tsing-fong
29 June 2013Genting Highlands, MalaysiaArena of StarsJiro Wang
20 July 2013Shanghai, ChinaShanghai GymnasiumN/A
19 October 2013MacauCotaiArenaN/A
21 September 2014Atlantic City, United StatesCircus Maximus TheaterN/A
Youth Lies Within Tour
DateLocationVenueSpecial guest(s)
16 December 2017Taipei, TaiwanTaipei ArenaYoga Lin
17 December 2017 Jacky Wu
24 February 2018Hong KongHong Kong ColiseumJason Chan
25 February 2018 4 in Love
20 May 2018Guangzhou, ChinaGuangzhou International Sports ArenaWill Pan
4 August 2018Chengdu, ChinaSichuan GymnasiumN/A
25 August 2018Beijing, ChinaCadillac ArenaCyndi Wang
6 October 2018Kaohsiung, TaiwanKaohsiung ArenaAlien Huang
13 October 2018Wuhan, ChinaOptical Valley International Tennis CenterN/A
27 October 2018Hangzhou, ChinaYellow Dragon Sports CenterN/A
4 May 2019MacauCotai ArenaChristine Fan
22 June 2019Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Sports CenterMichelle Chen
20 July 2019Foshan, ChinaFoshan International Sports and Cultural CenterN/A
2 November 2019Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAxiata ArenaN/A
9 November 2019SingaporeThe Star Performing Arts CentreN/A
7 December 2019Suzhou, ChinaSuzhou Olympic Sports CentreN/A
28 December 2019Shaoxing, ChinaNanjing Olympic Sports Center GymnasiumN/A
Like a Star Tour
DateLocationVenueSpecial guest(s)
6 November 2020Taipei, TaiwanTaipei ArenaWu Tsing-fong
7 November 2020Cyndi Wang
8 November 2020Li Ronghao

Filmography

Television series

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2001Meteor Garden流星花園Xiao You
Meteor Rain流星雨Xiao YouXi Men's chapter
Sunshine Jelly陽光果凍Mei
2002Tomorrow愛情白皮書Yuan Chen-mei
2003Lavender 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
2004Love 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
2005Strange 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
2007Why Why Love換換愛Tong Jia-di
2008Miss No Good不良笑花Jiang Xiao-hua
2009ToGetHer愛就宅一起Chen Mo-mo
Hi My Sweetheart海派甜心Chen Bao-zhu
2011Drunken To Love You醉後決定愛上你Lin Xiao-ru
Sunny Girl陽光天使Chen Yang-guang
2014Love at Second Sight一見不鍾情Fei Luo-luo
2016Rock Records In Love滾石愛情故事Chen Li-xinEpisode: "Love"
Life Plan A and B植劇場-荼靡Cheng Ru-wei
2018My Ex-Man前男友不是人Li Chin-ai

Film

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2001Merry Go Round初戀嗱喳麵Carlily Pang
2006Over the HedgeN/AHeatherMandarin dub
2007Spider Lilies刺青Xiao Lü / Jade
2010The Child's Eye童眼Rainie
2012HeartBeat Love再一次心跳Yang Xiao-yuShort film
Wishing for Happiness想幸福的人Chen You-lan (Xiao Lan)Short film
2014Endless Nights in Aurora極光之愛Alisha
2017The Tag-Along 2紅衣小女孩2Li Shu-fen
2018The Tag-Along: The Devil Fish人面魚:紅衣小女孩外傳Li Shu-fenCameo (2nd post-credits scene)
2019Three Makes A Whole握三下,我愛你Liu Li-liTelevision film

Variety show

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

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

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef
2005Metro Radio Hits Music AwardBest New ArtistWon[14]
IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales AwardsTop 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the YearMy IntuitionWon[15]
2006Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music AwardsBest Mandarin SingerWon
IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales AwardsTop 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the YearMeeting LoveWon[16]
Global Chinese Music Chart AwardsBest Female New ArtistWon
2007Hito Radio Music AwardsTop 10 Songs of the Year[Note 1]"Meeting Love"Won[17]
Hong Kong TVB8 AwardsTop 10 Gold Songs"Lacking Oxygen"Nominated[18]
Metro Radio Hits Music AwardsBest Mandarin SingerWon[19]
Singer-Dancer Grand PrizeWon
Yahoo! Search AwardsFavourite International Female ArtistWon
Favourite International Female ActressWon
2008Golden Bell AwardsBest ActressWhy Why LoveNominated[20]
Yahoo! Search AwardsFavourite International Female ArtistWon
Favourite International Female ActressWon
2009Singapore Hit AwardsFavourite Female ArtistNominated
2010Golden Bell Awards,Best ActressHi My SweetheartWon[21]
Singapore Hit AwardsMost Popular Female ArtisteWon[22][23]
Taiwan Next Magazine Entertainment AwardsTop 10 Artist of the YearWon
Channel V's Music Chart AwardsFavourite Female ArtistWon
US Complex MagazineThe Sexiest Taiwanese Female Celebrity (popular vote)Won
2011Taiwan Next Magazine Entertainment AwardsTop 10 Artist of the YearWon
2012Singapore Entertainment AwardsMost Popular Female SingerWon
Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music AwardsSongs of the Year"We Are All Silly"Won[24]
Best Asia SingerWon
Most Popular IdolWon
Most Popular Partner Awardwith Show LoWon
Next Magazine Entertainment AwardsTop 10 Artist of the YearWon
2013Yahoo! TaiwanMost Popular Female ArtistWon[25]
Music Radio China Top Chart AwardsGolden Melodies of the Year"Forgotten"Won[26]
Favourite Campus Female Singer of the YearWon
Recommended Singer of the Year (Hong Kong/Taiwan)Won
17th Global Mandarin Chart Music AwardBest Crossover Female SingerWon[27]
Best Music Video (Hong Kong/Taiwan)"Forgotten"Won
Hito Radio Music AwardsBreakthrough Act of the YearWon[28]
Most Popular Female SingerWon
Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year"Forgotten"Won
Global Chinese Golden Chart AwardsTop 20 Golden Melodies of the YearWon[29]
CSC Music AwardsBest Female Singer of The YearWon[30]
Top 20 Songs of the Year"Forgotten"Won
Singapore Hit AwardsTop 10 SongsWon[31]
Most Popular Female ArtistNominated
MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Taiwanese ActNominated[32]
2014Hito Radio Music AwardsMost Popular Female SingerWon[33]
Hit Fm Favourite ArtistWon
Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The Year"Angel Wings"Won
2015Hito Radio Music AwardsBest Duet"Snore" (feat. Will Pan)Won[34]
Top 10 Mandarin Songs of The YearWon
2017Golden Bell AwardsBest Leading Actress in a Television SeriesLife Plan A and BNominated[35]
2018Asia Pacific Film Festival AwardsBest ActressThe Tag-Along 2Nominated

Note

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

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