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brightlight

Dec 20 2008, 03:57 AM

Jane Zhang the diva

one of the best female vocalists in China, with great range and amazing control.
Her lives are better than CD versions.

English Name: Jane Zhang
Chinese Name: 张靓颖 (Zhang Liang Ying)
Birthday: October 11, 1984
Nicknames: Liangying, Liangliang, Dolphin Princess, Goddess
Birthplace: Chengdu city, Sichuan province, China
University: Sichuan University (English major)
Pets: two dogs
Favorite colors: purple and blue
Favorite singer: Mariah Carey
Favorite actors: Vivien Leigh, Nicholas Cage
Favorite book: Jane Eyre
Favorite soccer players: Kaká, Messi
Favorite movie: Forrest Gump

Collection of all her live performances during Super Girls:
here

Theme Songs:
The Only - Return of the Condor Heroes theme song
Floating Cloud and Flowing Water- for 3D animation film "Carnival of the Animals"
Painted Heart - Painted Skin theme song
One World, One Dream - (composed by Grammy/Golden Globe winning David Foster)
Impressions Xihu rain - Impressions Xihu theme song (composed by Grammy winning Kitaro)
I love this city mv - Chengdu-Hangzhou theme song
Only for love - The Banquet theme song (composed by Academy award/Golden Globe winning Tan Dun)

everlastingxx3

Dec 21 2008, 11:14 AM

I knowww!
She's great!

tofu plushie

Dec 21 2008, 02:09 PM

I like the song she sang for 'Painted Skin.' She is a great singer and really good looking too^^

brightlight

Feb 1 2009, 09:28 PM

Jane's new album, Jane@Music came out!

Her new MV, I love this city, also came out:
I love this city mv

Rikayla

Feb 1 2009, 11:29 PM

Oh! Didn't know that there was a Jane topic here!
I can't find her album listed at YesAsia. ;____;

blessed

Feb 2 2009, 12:03 AM

I LOVE JANE!

anyone heard the duet she did with leehom on his new album? its WICKED!,, in a really nice, beautiful kind of way xD

her dolphin register also ROCKS!

brightlight

Feb 6 2009, 03:28 PM

Jane Zhang desktop and sigs
by delete@baidu tieba:

[color="#000080"][/color]

Sutibu

Feb 7 2009, 10:28 PM

Jane fan here!

Unfortunately, I'm not too fond of her new album. I only liked one song

but I do like that song she did with that Lee Hom guy.

MV preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJo9ClDt9SM

Rikayla

Feb 7 2009, 10:38 PM

She looks stunning in that preview, but ah, wish they were actually in a scene together, lol.

brightlight

Feb 8 2009, 12:39 AM

Really? I loved her new album. I like Children's Eyes, Sunshine Alike, Light in Darkness and My Road... but I prefer the lives of the first three over the recorded versions(especially Sunshine Alike and Children's Eyes...the lives were so much better) , and the fourth one is a live.

So in conclusion, Jane sounds better live than recorded.

Jane@Music on youtube:

Isn't that love?
Light in Darkness
Troubled
Sunshine Alike
It's me
Close to you
My music lets me say
The sound of flowers blossoming
My road

concert version that I thought were better than the recorded ones:
Children's Eyes
Sunshine Alike
It's me
Light in Darkness
The sound of flowers blossoming

credits to: JaneLF1011 and Fanta and HY姐妹

MyHeaven08

Feb 9 2009, 05:22 PM

She has really nice hair.

And I have yet to listen to her music. =D

EDIT///

I just read someone's comment up there ^^^

She was the girl that did the duet with LeeHom in his album?!
Wow~ she has a really nice voice. =D

brightlight

Feb 11 2009, 04:23 PM

Another Heaven and My Road mv came out!
Another Heaven mv

My Road mv

pictures from Baidu Tieba:

Sutibu

Feb 11 2009, 04:44 PM

I like the MV. It's very angelic

she needs to have songs like this. In fact, I think she needs better composers, like Jay Chou LOL

chocoduck1

Feb 11 2009, 04:51 PM

omg!! my friend gave me a link to one of her live performances of "Loving You" it was really really good. i was like o___o when she sang so high; it was freaky. i saw her on CCTV once but she wasn't singing :P

ohb0yitsMEL

Feb 15 2009, 04:17 PM

it's amazing how she can sing in perfect mandarin, english, and spanish, with nearly no accent! if you listen to her sing traditional chinese songs and compare with an english song, you won't even be able to tell it's the same person. her chinese voice is high, tonal, and clear (like traditional), her english voice is strong, powerful, and soulful (same when she sings in spanish too). Great versatility!

Compilation of a bunch of her performances, in mandarin, english, and spanish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfHj0JPx3Mk...feature=related

brightlight

Feb 16 2009, 10:38 AM

Jane's lyrics

Another Heaven

QUOTE

另一个天堂 Another Heaven
张靓颖&王力宏 Jane Zhang & Wang Leehom
translation by:idarklight@cfensi

力宏：你取代这一秒我生命的空白 LH:You replaced, this moment, the emptiness of my life
问题忽然找到答案 The question suddenly found its answer
不用解释也明白 understood without an explanation
靓颖：你的微笑是一个暗号 LY:Your smile is a secret code
我们绝度那段美好 The joys that we had
梦想不到 we never would've dreamed of
想永远停在这一秒 (I) want to forever pause at this moment
力宏：你为我的世界 LH: You gave my life
合唱：重新彩绘 O~~~ Together: colors again O~~~
靓颖：是你带我找到另一个天堂 LY:It's you who took me to find another heaven
远比想象中的美 far more beautiful than ever imagined
力宏：我们怀抱里的这一个天堂 LH:In our hug, this other heaven,
另一个梦想有无限的快乐 other dream, has endless joys

合唱：相信你是我的另一个天堂 Together: I believe you're another heaven of mine
给的爱多么纯粹 the love given is so pure
因为你而存在这一个天堂 because you live in this heaven
爱是直达的路线 and love is the straight road there
力宏：因为你而存在这一个天堂 LH:Because of you, this heaven exists
靓颖：只想陪在你身边 LY:Only want to stay by yourside

力宏：我等待下一刻再相遇的精彩 LH: I wait, for the excitement of meeting again the next moment
踢开每天越来越爱 loving you more and more everyday
多急就这么简单 impatience (of seeing you) is all that I feel
靓颖：生命转到同一个频道 LY:All (of my) life turns to the same channel
因为我的幸福坐标 Because my standard of happiness (is you)
我多渺小 I'm so insignificant
能爱着你才最重要 Being able to love you is the most important (thing of all)
合唱:O~~ Together: O~~
想把你的明天仔细翻阅O~ Want to carefully read your tomorrow O~

靓颖：是你带我找到另一个天堂远比想象中更美 LY: It's you who took me to find another heaven, far more beautiful than ever imagined
力宏：我们怀抱里的这一个天堂另一个梦想 LH:In our hug, this other heaven, other dream,
有无限的快乐 has endless joys
合唱：相信你是我的另一个天堂 Together: I believe you're another heaven of mine
给的爱多么纯粹 the love given is so pure
因为你而存在这一个天堂 because you live in this heaven
爱是直达的路线 and love is the straight road there

合唱:O~~ Together: O~~
靓颖：是你带我找到另一个天堂远比想象中更美 LY: It's you who took me to find another heaven, far more beautiful than ever imagined
力宏：我们怀抱里的这一个天堂另一个梦想 LH:In our hug, this other heaven, other dream,
有无限的快乐 has endless joys
合唱：相信你是我的另一个天堂 Together: I believe you're another heaven of mine
给的爱多么纯粹 the love given is so pure
因为你而存在这一个天堂 because you live in this heaven
爱是直达的路线 and love is the straight road there
力宏：因为你而存在这一个天堂 LH:Because of you, this other heaven exists
靓颖：只想陪在你身边 LY:Only want to stay by yourside

I love this city

QUOTE

I love this city
张靓颖 - Jane Zhang
translation by:idarklight@cfensi

I love this city.微笑的模样 I love this city, the way it smiles
温柔中坚强，手放我心上 Strength among kindness, hand over my heart
I love this city.起舞的模样 I love this city, the way it dances
如清澈阳光，轻吻你的窗 Like a clear sunshine, gently kissing your window
I love you, I love my city
就像你永远爱我一样 Just like how you'll always love me
I know you are the rainbow of my heart
就像你永远爱我一样 just like how you'll always love me

I love this city.安静的模样 I love this city, its serenity
无论在何方，守望她梦想 No matter where, always following her dreams
I love this city.骄傲的模样 I love this city, its pride
用阳光做翅膀，彩虹的方向 Using sunshine as its wings, and rainbow its direction
I love you, I love my city
就像你永远爱我一样 just like how you'll always love me
I know you are the rainbow of my heart
就像你永远爱我一样
just like how you'll always love me
I love you, I love my city
就像你永远爱我一样 just like how you'll always love me
I know you are the rainbow of my heart
就像你永远爱我一样 just like how you'll always love me
I love you, I love my city
就像你永远爱我一样 just like how you'll always love me

Impressions Xihu Rain

QUOTE

印象西湖雨
Impression Xihu Rain
translation by:idarklight@cfensi

雨还在下，落满一湖烟
the rain is still falling, filling up a lake of mist
断桥绢伞，黑白了思念
broken bridge, silk umbrella, black and white memories
谁在船上，写我的从前
who is on the the boat, writing my past
一笔誓言，满纸离散
a line of promise, filling the spilled pages

雨～～～站在湖边
Rain~~~standing by the lake
雨～~~～～遥望北岸
Rain~~~looking toward the Northern shore

雨还在下，落满一湖烟
the rain is still falling, filling up a lake of mist
断桥绢伞，黑白了思念
broken bridge, silk umbrella, black and white memories
谁在船上，写我的从前
who is on the the boat, writing my past
一笔蝴蝶，满纸离散
a drawing of butterflies, filling the spilled pages

我的告别，从没有间断
my farewell, has never ended
西子湖上，一遍一遍
on the Western lake, again and again

白色翅膀，分飞了流年
White wings, flew away the past
长叹一声，天上人间
A long sign, heaven on earth
雨还在下，淋湿千年
The rain is still falling, moistening a thousand years
湖水连天，黑白了相见
water joins sky, black and white meets
谁在船上，写我从前
who is on the boat, writing my past
一说人间，再说江山
a word about humans, and then the world

Only for love

QUOTE

我用所有报答爱
张靓颖

只为一支歌
血染红寂寞
只为一场梦
摔碎了山河
只为一颗心
爱到分离才相遇
只为一滴泪
模糊了恩仇

我用所有报答爱
你却不回来
岁月……从此一刀两段
永不见风雨
风雨……风雨……

只为一支歌
血染红寂寞
只为一场梦
摔碎了山河
只为一颗心
爱到分离才相遇
只为一滴泪
模糊了恩仇

我用所有报答爱
你却不回来
岁月……从此一刀两段
永不见风雨
风雨……风雨……

Only for Love (official English lyrics)
Jane Zhang

The breathless whisper of a single verse
And loneliness blossoms within my heart
The shimmer of a single dream
And my world is undone
The memory of a single tenderness
And the sting of love reignites my wounds
In the moment when a single tear falls
All hatred becomes a distant blur
I can love you with all that I am
But even this cannot return you to me
From now on I will live as a shadow
Forever in the past...

repeat

Painted Heart

QUOTE

画心
张靓颖

看不穿是你失落的魂魄
猜不透是你瞳孔的颜色
一阵风一场梦爱如（是）生命般（的）莫测
你的心到底被什么蛊惑
你的轮廓在黑夜之中淹没
看桃花开出怎样的结果
看着你抱着我目光似（比）月色寂寞
就让你在别人怀里快乐
爱着你像心跳难触摸
画着你画不出你的骨骼
记着你的脸色是我等你的执着
你是我一首唱不完的歌（我的心只愿为你而割舍）

Painted Heart
Jane Zhang
translation by:idarklight@cfensi

cannot see through your lost soul
cannot understand your pupil's color
a gust of wind, a dream, love is as enigmatic as life itself
what has captured your heart?
the shadows of your body have been swallowed by the darkness
see what peach blossoms (lust) results in
looking at you, holding me, your eyes lonelier than the moonlight
letting you, find joy in another's embrace
loving you, as inreachable as a hearbeat
painting you, I cannot paint the shape of your bones
remembering your face, the determination to wait for you
you're a song that I cannot finish
the shadows of your body has been swallowed by the darkness
see what lust results in
looking at you, holding me, your eyes lonelier than the moonlight
letting you, find joy in another's embrace
loving you, as inreachable as a hearbeat
painting you, I cannot paint the shape of your bones
remembering your face, the determination to wait for you
my heart, will only break for you

Sunshine Alike

QUOTE

Sunshine Alike
Jane Zhang

Will you remember the summer
You left then you came back
Disappearing through and endless
diamond shimmering sky
Like a shooting star splitted the night
Im flying to be free passed the clouds
till the rainbows end
Searching for you and trace above the halo
of the street lamps
Tears in my eyes
Do not cry
You lay a whisper in my dream
I see an angel when you smile

chid0ri

Feb 16 2009, 02:08 PM

i love her voice!! she can actually hit high notes.
my first time listening to her songs was the theme song from Return of the Condor Heroes
and shes pretty too!~

tian`tian

Feb 26 2009, 07:03 PM

Love her! She's so versatile. I heard she was going to come to the States? Is that true??

Miki_miki

Feb 26 2009, 11:08 PM

Finding this thread when I am serching for Chinese singer for my music article. Currently listening to her live performance of 'The Only', and have write that her voice is a 'WOW'~ I really really admire her on the high notes, wow wow wow wow~

I really have to write an article about her

Ps : I read she is the 3rd winner of Super Girl, so who's the 2nd and the 1st? If she is this good, the others must be better right? Do they get the famous too?

Rikayla

Mar 1 2009, 08:39 PM

Those pictures of her up there are soooo gorgeous.
She needs more recognition srsly.
I'm glad she made that duet with Leehom; it'll be amazing if she expanded into Taiwan. *O*

foowdx3

Mar 2 2009, 12:42 AM

i LOVE jane!!! her voice is amazing! why is she so underrated?!? her voice is so versatile! she can sing anything, whether it's r&b, pop, or traditional chinese songs! she needs more recognition!! i totally fell for her voice in super girls! i seriously till this day cannot understand why she didn't win that competition...but anyways, JIA YOU JANE!!!

brightlight

Mar 3 2009, 06:03 PM

Jane's new theme song, "Floating Cloud and Flowing Water," for Chinese 3D animation film "Carnival of the Animals"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6vcmA8i9SY

Chinese diva Jane Z. looks to boost cultural exchange with Japan

Jane Z. first came to prominence after showing off her spinto soprano voice and fluent English to 400 million viewers in the final of Chinese TV show Supergirl in 2005. Since then she has become China's biggest pop star, breaking just about every record for a Chinese artist by playing stadium shows across the country, achieving 13 no.1 singles, winning the Chinese version of the Grammy for Best Female Artist 3 years running and becoming the most downloaded singer in the country.

Jane Z. was appointed the Youth Ambassador for China in 2008 when she accompanied Chinese President Hu Jintao to Japan and is also a UNICEF Ambassador, as well as Teresa Teng's official tribute singer. She has already worked with international stars such as tenor Andrea Bocelli, multi-Grammy winning composer David Foster, Oscar and Grammy winning composer Tan Dun.

Better known as Zhang Liangying in China, Jane Z. comes to Japan to announce her new international name, discuss the fast-growing entertainment industry of China and present her plans to be the first mainland Chinese pop star to become internationally renowned.

source: The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan

simplykristal

Mar 14 2009, 10:12 PM

Jane has such an amazing voice. I've been listening to her album. And would anyone here have english translations for her song "我的路(My Way)?" I've been looking for them. :] The songs melody/beat is the same as a song I have in English and I just want to know if it has the same meaning. Thanks.

TheSnowQueen

Apr 10 2009, 09:34 AM

She has a great voice. She should also have alot more fans.

brightlight

May 6 2009, 04:45 PM

Jane Zhang showcases in Japan

Jane Zhang held her Japan Premier Showcase on March 29th. The arrangements for the songs were energetic and playful, and she pulled them off like a pro. She also performed a Japanese version of "light in darkness"
click here

Her visit to Japan also brought her to the attention of another star who recently visited Japan:

QUOTE

"It's mad!" Duffy exclaims, "I've never heard great singers come from this part of the world. Jane's gorgeous and she's got a great voice!"

I have no idea what the first part was suppose to mean, but at least Jane's loved.

To be loved:
click here

During the interview in Japan, she also commented on her music style:

"Before, I was singing a lot of sad songs, so people think I'm a sad person. I really wanted them to know the real me: I like rock music. In this song I sing with a new producer, Keith, and he's a rocker...so on this album the fast songs are done in a rock style. I like the guitar parts, I really like that," she said.

Music lets me say:
click here

As the encore performance, Jane performed something a little more mellow than the rest of the show - Teresa Tang's Du Shang Xi Lou (going on the Western mansion alone)
click here

sources: Daily Yomiuri, Japan Times

GongZhenPei

May 6 2009, 09:17 PM

this girl has a crazy voice! i love it, lol

kensamor

May 9 2009, 01:19 PM

I was watching Oprah yesterday and I thought I saw Jane Zhang during the promo for this Monday's episode. Is she going to be featured on the show?

Immortal_Angel

May 9 2009, 08:18 PM

Chinese singer Jane Zhang to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"

Susan Boyle and Simon Cowell Coming to 'Oprah Winfrey Show'

On May 11, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' presents the world's talents, ranging from China's chart topper Jane Zhang to recent YouTube sensation Susan Boyle.

Coming to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday, May 11 are two icons of "Britain's Got Talent". Judge Simon Cowell will attend the talk show in person while contestant Susan Boyle will pop her head via Skype. The episode is under the theme "The World's Got Talent" and is packed with talents around the world.

Simon, who is also the judge in "American Idol", will set the record straight on the rumor of him leaving the American singing show. Meanwhile, to accommodate the sudden fascination of Susan Boyle, host Oprah Winfrey will get to know more about her personally. The 47-year-old will be beamed via satellite from her house in Scotland and she will give Oprah a 'tour' around the house.

According to the press release, Simon will also be there to "debut the artists he calls 'the next big thing'". Also featured on the episode are singer Jane Zhang from China, Germany's "Alex Swings, Oscar Sings" who appears via satellite from Hamburg and a look at Afghanistan's top talent competition.

Source: Aceshowbiz

Check out the preview!

cfensi

May 10 2009, 04:28 PM

QUOTE (Immortal_Angel @ May 10 2009, 12:18 AM)

Chinese singer Jane Zhang to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"

Susan Boyle and Simon Cowell Coming to 'Oprah Winfrey Show'

Source: Aceshowbiz

Check out the preview!

Lol at all the comments being all about Jane on the site. Glad people are showing their support!

kensamor

May 11 2009, 03:40 PM

Seen it already. Kind of disappointed.

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