Tsai Chin (singer)


Tsai Chin is a pop and folk singer from Taiwan. Tsai sings in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien and is known for her naturally magnetic, rich vocals and witty persona. Because of this, she was also known as the "Patti Page of Taiwan".

Music career

Tsai's hits include "Forgotten Times", "Just Like Your Tenderness", "The Last Night", "Reading You", and "The Spirit of Your Eyes". The peak of her popularity in Taiwan was from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s but she remains popular in Mainland China.
Tsai's albums Tsai Chin Live 2007 and Golden Voice were recognised with a "Top-10-Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" award each at the 2007 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.

Personal life

From 1985 to 1995, Tsai was married to Taiwanese director Edward Yang, in whose 1984 film Taipei Story she featured alongside Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Discography

In popular culture

Tsai's song "Forgotten Times" features prominently in the 2002 hit Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs as a recurring element of its storyline, and also in its sequels. As well as serving to elucidate the theme of the films, the song plays an important plot function in chronologically connecting various elements of the story.