Timi Zhuo
Timi Zhuo or Zhuo Yi-ting is a singer and actress from Taiwan. She has recorded over 800 songs in Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien, and 2 songs in Cantonese.
Biography
Timi Zhuo was born in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan on October 2, 1981. When she was about the age of 5, her parents introduced her to the world of show business in singing, music and acting. She did many television commercials and advertisements until the age of 6 when she released her first Hokkien album.She was skilled at playing piano at a very young age. She was considered as a young and beautiful girl that when she started her singing career that she was given the nickname "Small Princess."
From 1986 to 1991, she starred in many Hokkien soap operas, including 'No more wine for sale 酒矸通卖無', 'Sentiment of the Wind and Rain 风雨情', 'where are you 君在何处', 'love you in the bone 爱你入骨', 'neighbor relatives 隔壁亲家', 'Mother of God 顺天圣母', 'the story of eight faithful dogs 忠义八犬传', 'You are my most loving person 你是我最爱的人', 'little genius 小天才', 'mother 妈妈', 'little angry 冷冷的怒', 'Mother's day 三八亲母', 'Spring wind and autumn rain 春风秋雨', 'powerful prince 盖世皇太子' and 'Unmatched couple 菜鸟配凤凰'. During that period of time, she also recorded many music albums, mostly in Hokkien.
In 1990, she released a series of Hokkien classical songs 歌坛小公主, featuring her playing the piano or guitar as she was singing or dancing. A famous release was the 黄金九岁山歌黄梅调 at the age of 9, in which she starred as both boy and girl singing mandarin opera songs in each duet; it was also her first Chinese New Year album. She came out with her first original Hokkien hit, 妈妈在哪里.
In 1993, she got a role in a Chinese opera play at the Taipei Theater where she acted and sang folk and opera songs, to intense applause. The following year, 1994, she released 黄梅戏经典1 ; 小调重唱 album containing songs of a look of young person's life in ancient China; 民歌小调 featuring famous folk songs; and 恋恋风情, classic mandarin songs. She also released the popular 怀念邓丽君金曲 album in tribute to the remembrance of the famous Chinese singer, Teresa Teng.
In 1995, she released 春风妙舞 as a sequel to 恋恋风情, 春风舞曲 the Chinese New Year album, and 闽南语情歌大对唱 of Hokkien/Taiwanese love duets with Lin Zhenghua.
In 1996, when she was 15, she moved to Beijing, China for the first time. At the same time, she released her first very famous, special edition MTV 蜕变1 series or 少女的心情故事1 together with 校园青春乐, of school songs and 款款柔情甜歌集, of oldies sung with 凌一惠.
In 1997, she recorded 猜心 of popular pop songs, the Spring/CNY albums 春语, and her solo albums 恋梦, with the first also known as 少女之情怀 and the second known as 伸手等你牵.
In 1998, she recorded 化蝶 of classic pop music and 皇牌影视金曲 of famous television songs.
In 1999, she recorded the 山地情歌1 : 风之谷, 谜, the third album in the 蜕变 series, and the CNY album 拱照北京城大团圆 or 京城迎新春/京城喜迎春, the first of the 八大巨星 series.
In 2000, her solo album of more modern pop music 天使快醒来 : 伪装 was released as well as an informational album, 飞舞写真.
Zhuo then took a two-year break from her singing career because of stress. Because there was no announcement of the break, an unfounded rumor spread that she had either died from a car accident or died of stomach cancer.
In 2002, she went back on stage again and released the two-part 八大巨星 CNY albums, the mandarin 星光闪耀贺新春 and the Hokkien 百万巨星赚大钱. She also sang the first album in the series of two, 祝福.
In 2003, she released 中国时代经典 that expressed her love for China, 山地情歌2 - the second album in the Mountain love song series, 天地情, 婷不了的爱, 蜕变4 - the fourth album in the Transformation series, 黄梅戏经典2: 名曲精萃 of Chinese opera classics, & her third album in the Eight Superstars CNY series, 霸气如虹迎新年.
In 2004, she recorded 流星雨, 蜕变5 - the fifth and last album in the Transformation series, 祝福2 : 祝寿歌, the second and last album in the series, and 大胜年 - the fourth album of 八大巨星 series.
In 2005, she released the famous Chinese New Year album 送你一个大年糕 with her original “Give you a big New Year cake” song in it, 福禄寿喜 - yet another 八大巨星 album, and 燃烧, which is a DJ remix of some of her old songs.
In 2006, Zhuo released the modern DJ-type CNY album 热歌辣舞闹新春 and a bestselling album of famous pop songs, 我的眼泪不为你说谎 ; its title track is her biggest hit song to date.
In 2007, she released 八大巨星 好日子 and her famous CNY album 恭喜发财 with some of her original Chinese New Year songs. In June, she acted as a teacher in a movie called 緣來是愛 for a charity foundation without compensation. She also starred in a soap opera series called 丁家有女喜洋洋 in October, playing the role of an office worker.
In 2008, she had a duet with 罗宾 on the song 採紅菱 in the Eight Superstars album, 百福临门满人间.
In 2009, she released another CNY album called 好春天.
In 2011 she released a Chinese New Year Album called 丰收年 and also another album called 同名专辑-卓依婷.
In 2014, she released an album called 親愛的你 featuring one Taiwanese Hokkien song among other Mandarin songs.
She is now living in Taipei and performs mainly in China.
Concert performances
Zhuo has given several concert performances since 2002 in Singapore, Malaysia, USA and China. She is very famous for Chinese New Year songs as well as pop and folk music.Timi Zhuo's most recent performances:
| Date | Concert | City | Country |
| 2007-05-19 | Zhuo and S. Wing | Guangzhou, Guangdong province | China |
| 2007-10-06 | Zhuo and Dave Wong | Guangdong province | China |
| 2009-09-19 | Zhuo and Alex To | Atlantic City, New Jersey | USA |
| 2011-12-24 | Guangzhou, Guangdong province | China | |
| 2012-04-30 | solo concert | Zhongshan, Guangdong province | China |
| 2012-10-22 | solo concert | Genting Highlands | Malaysia |
| 2012-12-24 | solo concert | Guangzhou, Guangdong province | China |
| 2012-12-28 | solo concert | Lu'an, Anhui province | China |
| 2013-11-23 | Zhuo and others | Guangxi province | China |
| 2014-01-19 | Zhuo and others | Hengyang, Hunan province | China |
| 2014-05-02 | Zhuo and others | Jiangxi province | China |
| 2014-08-05 | Zhuo and others | Sichuan province | China |
| 2014-09-13 | GuiZhou province | China |
She is advertised in concert posters using the nicknames used by her fans, "柔聲歌后", "賀歲公主" and "賀歲天后".
Discography
Original songs
From the 歌坛小公主6 album when she was 9 years old in 1990 -- 妈妈在哪里
- 风, 不应该的爱, 阿娘的梦, 勤俭卡有底, 心惊惊, 流浪儿, 不该来熟悉, 浊水溪的恋情（卓依婷 & 吴庆昌 Zhuo & Wu Qing-chang）, 空杯, 甭相辞,秋风扫落叶, 舞伴嘛是有知己（卓依婷 & 吴庆昌 Zhuo & Wu Qing-chang）
- 伸手等你牵, 愈想心肝愈呒甘, 心锁等你合, 无情的班机, 认真爱一人, 请你呒通放舍我, 少女的恋梦, 伤心也好, 爱情故事哪电影, 月娘可比阮心肝, 爱阮有几分, 留乎天安排
- 伪装, 离水之鱼, 都依你, 天使快醒来, 从来都不知道, 美人鱼, 坏一点, 第一次失恋, 夜舞, 悄悄话, 情比海更深,
- 踏红尘, 流星雨, 爱你千万遍
- 送你一个大年糕
- 我的眼泪不为你说谎
- 小小贺年片, 日进千乡万里财, 情人拜年,好春天 2008
- 全部原唱- 卓依婷填詞
- HELLO, 悄悄話, 外貌恊會, 明月, 永遠在我心中, 舞念, 不是你情人, 眼淚不聽話, 謝謝你一直愛着我, 小小幸福, 夢想在前方.
- 别怕
- 關懷
Cover versions
- 愛與痛的邊緣 - This song is the same melody as Zhuo's Mandarin song 有多少愛可以從來.
- 祝壽歌 in her 2002 祝福2 album.
- 迎春花 in her 2008 好春天 album.
- 四季歌
- 天涯歌女
- 漁光曲
Her cover versions of Teresa Teng's songs are also very popular, including:
- 甜蜜蜜 "Sweet Honey"
- 路边的野花不要采 "Don't Pick the Roadside Flowers"
- 海韵 "Rhyme of the Sea"
- 千言万语 "Endless Words"
- 我只在乎你 "I Only Care About You"
- 小城故事 "Small Town Story"
- 恰似你的温柔 "Like Your Tenderness"
- 月亮代表我的心 "The Moon Represents My Heart"
- 再见我的爱人 "Good-bye, my love"
- 你怎么说 "How would you say"
- 在水一方 "On the Water side"