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Jason Zhang | |||||||
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张杰 | |||||||
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Born | Zhang Jie 20 December 1982 | ||||||
Alma mater | Sichuan Normal University | ||||||
Occupation | Singer | ||||||
Years active | 2004–present | ||||||
Spouse | |||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||
Awards | My Show champion (2004) Super Boy No.4 (2007) MAMA Best Asian Artist (2010) AMA Best International Artist (2014) | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 张杰 | ||||||
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Musical career | |||||||
Origin | Chengdu, China | ||||||
Genres | Mandopop | ||||||
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Zhang Jie (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]1982–2003: Early life
[edit]Zhang was born on 20 December 1982, in Chengdu, Sichuan. In 2000, he studied at Sichuan Normal University. In 2003, he took part in the MTV-Samsung Anycall National Singing Competition and won second place.
2004–2006: Shang Teng Universal
[edit]In 2004, Zhang took part in the first season of My Show and won the championship in the finals. Then he signed with Shang Teng Universal. In 2005, Zhang released his debut album, The First Album. This earned him the Global Chinese Music Chart Most Popular Male Newcomer award. In 2006, after the release of his second album, Love Me Again, Zhang's music career was at stake due to changes at the top management of his record company.[clarification needed]
2007–2015: EE-Media
[edit]In 2007, he took part in Hunan TV's show Super Boy and came in 4th place. However, his participation violated his contract with Shang Teng Universal and he was ordered to pay a fine of 500,000 yuan.[1] Zhang later signed a deal with EE-Media and released an EP, The Most Beautiful Sun, which marked a fresh restart of his career. In May 2008, Zhang held his first concert at Beijing Exhibition Center. In October, he released the album The Day After Tomorrow and won his first "Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland)" award[citation needed]. In 2009, for the album The Day After Tomorrow, Zhang gained 11 nominations in Beijing pop music ceremony[clarification needed]. In November, he released the album Through Trilogy. On 19 December, he held a theme concert for Through Trilogy at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium.
In April 2010, Zhang attended the Boao Forum for Asia as an invited guest to perform two songs of Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean" and "Beat it"[citation needed]. In November, he released his 6th album, It's Love and held a theme concert as It's Love at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium. On 28 November, he won the "Best Asian Artist" award in the Mnet Asian Music Awards. In December, he was invited as the only male singer from mainland China to the TVB Golden Melody Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong, and received an award for top ten golden songs of the year and Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland).[citation needed]
In 2011, Zhang released the album Stand Up. In December, he held the theme concert It's Love in his hometown Chengdu. On 1 March 2012, as an invited guest, Zhang performed in a collaborative staging of the song "My Love" at the concert of Westlife. He started his new touring concerts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 5 May and Shanghai Grand Stage on 30 June. On 29 September, he released an album called One Chance, and on 19 November he released a cover album called Love That We Once Encountered. Also in this year, he set up his own studio: Zhang Jie Studio.[citation needed]
In February 2013, for the first time, he was invited to perform at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.[2] In June, he went to Berklee College of Music for further studies.[citation needed] In September, he was invited to the China Tennis Open with tennis players Li Na and Novak Djokovic to promote public welfare work. In November, Zhang released his 10th album, Just Love, and held his 10th concert in Guangzhou.
In January 2014, Zhang joined Season 2 of Hunan Television's I Am a Singer and came in third. From September to December, he held his first live tour, Fight Back For Love. In August, he was invited to perform the theme song, "Light the Future", at the Opening Ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympics 2014.[citation needed] In November, he was presented with the International Artist Award at the 2014 American Music Awards, as the first Chinese singer to win this award; however, there was controversy surrounding the award as the presentation was not televised, ceremony footage was not available online, and the award itself missing from the official website.[3] In April 2015, he released his collection with Xiaomi. In May, Zhang ended his eight-year contract with EE-Media, and made his own independent studio.
2016–present: Planet Culture
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On 7 February 2016, Zhang performed at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. On 21 February, the Just For Star concert was held in United Artists Theater, Los Angeles. Zhang invited David Foster and violinist Lindsey Stirling to perform together.[citation needed] On 26 April, Zhang set up his personal label, Planet Culture, and cooperated with Linfair Records.[citation needed] On 16 July, Zhang began his first world tour at Beijing Worker's Stadium. On 21 July 2016, he performed Star Trek Beyond's Chinese theme song "Lost in the Stars", and attended the film's premiere at Embarcadero Marina Park South. He recorded the promotional song "Give You My World" for the film Allied in November. From July to December, Zhang's tour travelled to Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi'an, Wuhan,[4] Hefei, Dalian, and Kunming.
In February 2017, Zhang joined Hunan Television's Singer 2017 as the first previous season contestant to join the competition this season, and finished in the eighth place after accusations of lip-syncing.[5] In May and June, he brought his world tour in the US, Canada, Malaysia and Australia. In June, Zhang sang China's theme song, "Torches", for Transformers: The Last Knight. In 2018, he and his wife welcomed twin daughters.[6][7]
In 2020, he ranked 86th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list.[citation needed] In 2021, he released Deserve Better and began the Future Live: Yao Beidou concert tour. The tour ended with 3 concerts at the Beijing National Stadium. In 2023, he released album Wainan Street 1982 on January 11; in March, he said in a magazine interview that his hope is to perform at all the stadiums in China;[8] on December 27, he released EP The Seventh Day of Winter and held 3 concerts from December 29-31 at Chengdu Dong'an Lake Sports Park Multifunctional Arena.
In January 2024, he posted on his official Weibo that he will perform at all stadiums across China;[9] in March, he began Future Live: To 1982 concert tour. As of June, he has performed 17 shows at 5 cities out of China's 34 province-level divisions.
Discography
[edit]- The First Album (2005-03-18)
- Love Me Again (2006-09-20)
- Most Beautiful Sun (2007-12-24)
- The Day After Tomorrow (2008-08-27)
- Through Trilogy (2009-11-01)
- It's Love (2010-11-21)
- Stand Up (2011-11-03)
- One Chance (2012-09-29)
- The Love Songs We Once Encountered (2012-11-26)
- Just Love (2013-12-20)
- Ten (2015-04-15)
- Sound of My Heart (2016-08-12)
- Love, and Courage (2016-08-20)
- Future Live (2018-05-20)
- Songs of youth (2020-07-23)
Concerts
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Zhangjie_Future_Live_Concert.jpg/220px-Zhangjie_Future_Live_Concert.jpg)
Headlining act
[edit]- Begin With Star (2008)
- It's Love (2010–2013)
- Fight Back The Love (2014)
- Sound Of My Heart (2016–2017)
- Future Live (2018–)
Year | Concert | Date | City | Venue | Ref. |
2008 | Begin With Star | 1 May | Beijing | Music Hall, Beijing Exhibition Center | |
26 July | Hangzhou, Zhejiang | Hangzhou Gymnasium | |||
2009 | Across The Crowd | 19 December | Beijing | Beijing Workers' Gymnasium | |
2010 | It's Love | 13 November | Beijing | Beijing Workers' Gymnasium | |
2011 | 10 December | Chengdu, Sichuan | Sichuan Gymnasium | [10] | |
2012 | Love&Change | 6 May | Beijing | Great Hall of the People | |
30 June | Shanghai | Shanghai Grand Stage | |||
Looking At Star | 30 July | Beijing | Baoli Theatre | ||
It's Love | 21 December | Shenzhen, Guangdong | Bao'an Gymnasium | ||
2013 | 30 November | Guangzhou, Guangdong | Guangzhou International Sports and Entertainment Center | [11] | |
2014 | Fight Back the Love | 20 September | Beijing | Capital Gymnasium | |
18 October | Hangzhou, Zhejiang | Huanglong Gymnasium | |||
25 October | Nanjing, Jiangsu | Nanjing Olympics Center Gymnasium | |||
8 November | Wuhan, Hubei | Guanggu Gymnasium, HUST | |||
15 November | Shanghai | Shanghai Grand Stage | |||
22 November | Fuzhou, Fujian | No. 8 Pavilion, Fuzhou Strait International Conference & Exhibition Center | |||
29 November | Guangzhou, Guangdong | Guangzhou Gymnasium | |||
6 December | Shenzhen, Guangdong | Springcocoon Gymnasium, CR Shenzhen Bay Sports Center | [12] | ||
2016 | Just For Star | 21 February | Los Angeles, CA, US | United Artists Theatre | |
Sound of My Heart | 16 July | Beijing | Beijing Workers' Stadium | ||
30 July | Nanjing, Jiangsu | Nanjing Olympics Center Gymnasium | |||
20 August | Guangzhou, Guangdong | Guangzhou International Sports and Entertainment Center | |||
22 October | Shanghai | Mercedes-Benz Arena | |||
29 October | Chengdu, Sichuan | Chengdu Sports Center Stadium | |||
12 November | Xi'an, Shaanxi | Xi'an City Sports Park Gymnasium | |||
19 November | Wuhan, Hubei | Zhuankou Gymnasium, Wuhan Sports Center | |||
26 November | Shenzhen, Guangdong | Springcocoon Gymnasium, CR Shenzhen Bay Sports Center | |||
10 December | Hefei, Anhui | Binhu International Conference & Exhibition Center | |||
17 December | Dalian, Liaoning | Damai Center | |||
24 December | Kunming, Yunnan | Dianchi International Conference & Exhibition Center | |||
2017 | Sound of My Heart | 29 April | Qingdao, Shandong | Qingdao Guosen Gymnasium | |
7 May | Los Angeles, CA, US | Dolby Theatre | |||
14 May | Vancouver, Canada | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | |||
21 May | New York, US | David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center | |||
10 June | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Arena of Stars | |||
18 June | Sydney, Australia | The Star Event Centre | |||
5 August | Nanning, Guangxi | Guangxi Sports Center (Gymnasium) | |||
26 August | Changsha, Hunan | Hunan International Conference&Exhibition Center | |||
1 October | Milan, Italy | Palazzetto dello sport di Treviglio, Palafacchetti | |||
3 October | London, UK | indigo at the O2 | |||
21 October | Xiamen, Fujian | Jiageng Gymnasium | |||
28 October | Macau | Studio City Macau | |||
25 November | Shenyang, Liaoning | Liaoning Gymnasium | |||
2018 | Future Live | 28 July | Zhengzhou, Henan | Henan Sports Center (Stadium) | |
11 August | Beijing | National Stadium | |||
24 August | Taiyuan, Shanxi | Shanxi Sports Center (Stadium) | |||
8 September | Shenzhen, Guangdong | Springcocoon Stadium, CR Shenzhen Bay Sports Center | |||
22 September | Hangzhou, Zhejiang | Huanglong Sports Center (Stadium) | |||
13–14 October | Chengdu, Sichuan | Magic Cube Performing Arts Center |
Variety shows
[edit]Zhang participated in Hunan Television's long-running singing reality competition I Am a Singer, and made it to the finals on both attempts.
I Am a Singer
[edit]Zhang debuted on Week three as a substitute singer as a replacement of the first eliminated singer Gary Chaw. He made it to the finals, but did not finish in the top two to qualify for the "Ultimate Winner Candidate" (the candidates were G.E.M. and Han Lei, with the latter winning the season).
Singer 2017
[edit]In February 2017, Zhang later returned again in the fifth season as the one of four returning singers to participate in the competition. He finished in eighth place after narrowly avoiding eliminations on six of 11 performances. Unlike his first season appearance, Zhang was not selected to participate in the Biennial Concert.
Awards and achievements
[edit]Year | Date | Awards | Category | Works | Ref. |
2003 | April | Samsung-MTV National Singing Competition | 2nd | ||
2004 | 7 August | My Show | Champion | ||
2005 | 4 September | 5th Global Chinese Music Awards | Best New Artist | ||
3 December | Hong Kong TVB8 Awards | Golden | |||
2006 | 11 January | ||||
5 March | Most Popular New Artist | ||||
11 March | 9+2 Guangzhou Music Pioneer | Most Popular New Artist | |||
25 March | Top 10 Golden Songs | The Love of Plough |
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2007 | 6 July | Super Boy | 4th | ||
2008 | April | Chinese Music Alliance | Golden Songs in the 1st season | The Most Beautiful Sun |
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15 November | 6th SETV Hit Music Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
December | Chinese Music Alliance | Golden Songs in the 4th season | The Day After Tomorrow |
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22 December | 4th BQ Awards | Best Album | The Day After Tomorrow |
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2009 | 12 January | 2008 Chinese Music Alliance | Annual Golden Songs | The Day After Tomorrow |
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12 February | 2008 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point | Annual Top 10 Golden Songs | The Day After Tomorrow |
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26 April | 2008 Music Radio China TOP ranking | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
Annual Golden Songs | |||||
19 June | 6th Hit Song Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
The Day After Tomorrow | |||||
21 September | Chinese Music Alliance | We are the same |
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Stars and Shooting Stars | |||||
6 November | 7th SETV Hit Music Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs | 勿忘 | ||||
2010 | Chinese Music Alliance | Golden Songs in the 3rd season | 勿忘 |
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Golden Songs in the 4th season | |||||
2009 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point | Most Popular Idol | ||||
2009 Chinese Music Alliance | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | |||||
Music Pioneer Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Most Popular Male Singer | |||||
Annual Golden Songs | |||||
Top 20 Songs | |||||
2009 |
Through Trilogy | ||||
2009 Music Radio China TOP ranking | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | |||||
28 November | Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) | Best Asian Artist | |||
8th SETV Hit Music Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Top 10 Golden Songs | |||||
Hong Kong TVB8 Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Top 10 Golden Songs | |||||
2011 | 2010 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
Top 10 Golden Songs (Mainland) | It's Love 这,就是爱 | ||||
2010 Chinese Music Alliance | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | It's Love 这,就是爱 | ||||
2010 Spirite Original Music Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | |||||
It's Love 这,就是爱 | |||||
Annual Golden Songs | It's Love 这,就是爱 | ||||
2010 Music Radio China TOP ranking | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | It's Love 这,就是爱 | ||||
8th Sony Awards | 《这,就是爱》创意 |
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Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||||
Outstanding Young Singer | |||||
Most Popular Album (Mandarin) | It's Love 这,就是爱 | ||||
2012 | 2011 Chinese Music Alliance | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
Annual Golden Songs | The First Lady | ||||
2011 Spirite Original Music Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs (Mainland) | |||||
IN Ringtone | |||||
Annual Top 20 Golden Songs | Stand Up | ||||
Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||||
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs | Stand Up | ||||
2011 Music Radio China TOP ranking | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Most Popular Album (Mainland) | Stand Up | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | Stand Up | ||||
CITY FM |
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Annual Top 20 Golden Songs | Stand Up | ||||
2012 MIGU Inspirational Music Awards | Best Inspirational Male Singer | ||||
Most Popular Inspirational Song | |||||
2012 Baidu Entertainment Boiling Point | Supreme Popular Idol in the past 10 years | ||||
Most Popular Lyrical Song | |||||
Most Popular Album | Stand Up | ||||
2012 Chinese Music Alliance | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | |||||
2013 | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Channel[V] 劲爆 |
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The Sky | |||||
2012 Music Radio China TOP ranking | Best Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Golden Songs | The Sky | ||||
Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||||
Top 20 Golden Songs | The Sky | ||||
Public Music Awards | Best Male Singer | ||||
2013 Youth Choice Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||||
2014 | February | 2013 Malaysia Hit 30 Awards | Annual Top 30 Golden Songs | ||
Annual Top 10 Album | |||||
31 March | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs | |||||
6 April | MusicRadio |
Just Love 爱, |
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13 April | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
飞跃 |
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23 April | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Best Music Video | Just Love 爱, | ||||
2013 Music Radio China TOP ranking | Best Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Best Golden Songs(Mainland) | Just Love 爱, | ||||
Annual Most Popular Album | Just Love 爱, | ||||
22 May | KUGOU Music Awards | Annual Best Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
Top 10 Songs in the past 10 years | It's Love 这,就是爱 | ||||
Annual Best Album | Just Love 爱, | ||||
22 May | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Most Popular Songs | |||||
Annual Top 20 Golden Songs | Just Love 爱, | ||||
September | Malaysia ONE FM Hit 30 ranking | ||||
23 November | American Music Awards (AMA) | Best International Artist | |||
13 December | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Annual Most Popular Album | Just Love 爱, | ||||
17 December | 2014 Chinese Teleplay Awards | Most Popular Soundtracks | 剑心 | ||
2015 | 8 February | 2014 |
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Annual Best Artist | |||||
15 February | 2014 Weibo Music Awards | 杰出 |
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Annual Popular Songs | Ten Years Ago 时光 | ||||
爱的 | |||||
25 March | 2015 QQ Music Awards | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||
Annual Most Influential Concert | 为爱 | ||||
30 March | Best Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Asian Popular Singer | |||||
Annual Top 10 Golden Songs | 剑心 | ||||
16 April | Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Most Popular Concert | 为爱 | ||||
23 April | 2015 KU Music Awards | Most Popular Live Singer | |||
Annual Best Singer | |||||
Best Concert | 为爱 | ||||
6 November | Best Male Singer (Mainland) | ||||
Most Popular Male Singer (Mainland) | |||||
Golden Songs | 剑心 | ||||
2016 | 28 March | 23rd 东方风云榜 | Best Male Singer | ||
Top 20 Songs | |||||
29 March | Ku Music Awards | ||||
15 April | China Macau Awards | ||||
28 July | Tecent/MTV Asia Music Gala | Best Male Singer (Mainland) |
Personal life
[edit]Zhang is married to Xie Na, who holds the Guinness World Records as the first person to accumulate 100 million followers on Weibo.[13] On 5 May 2011, Zhang and Xie registered their marriage in Chengdu, China. On 26 September 2011, they married at Shangri-La, China. On 26 September 2017, Zhang revealed on his Weibo that his wife was expecting. On 1 February 2018, they welcomed twin daughters.[14]
Published works
[edit]Title | Date published | Type |
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The Fleeting Time (杰出 |
11 April 2008 | Biography |
Be Yourself (张杰 |
1 January 2009 | Photo book |
References
[edit]- ^ "
中国 法 院 网:我 型 我 秀 "冠 军张杰不辞 而别成 "快 乐男生 "被 判 赔50万 " ["My Show" champion Zhang Jie left suddenly to become a "Super Boy" and was sentenced to pay 500,000 yuan]. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. - ^ "
林 宥 嘉 上 央 视春晚 和 张杰合唱 《给我你的爱》" [Lin Youjia appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang "Give Me Your Love" with Zhang Jie]. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. - ^ "张杰
被 质疑花 600万登全美音乐奖舞台 经纪人 否 认-中新 网" [Zhang Jie was suspected of spending 6 million to attend the American Music Awards, his manager denied the claim.]. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2017. - ^ Han, Sun Sheng; Wu, Xiang (1 August 2004). "Wuhan". Cities. 21 (4): 349–362. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2004.03.007. ISSN 0264-2751.
- ^ "【
歌手 】张杰遭观众冷脸林 志 炫垫底 " [Zhang Jie received a cold face from the audience, Lin Zhixuan ranked last.]. 17 March 2017. - ^ "终于
生 了 !张杰宣布 谢娜产下双 胞胎激 动大呼 好 幸福 ". Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021. - ^ "谢娜
双 胞胎女 儿正面 照 首 曝光,网友看 后 纷纷调侃:基 因 可 太 公平 了 ". 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021. - ^ "张杰:
不要 自我 设定". Sohu. 31 March 2023. - ^ "张杰2023刚下
班 2024就上班 ,发微博 说2024要 打 卡全国 体育 场". 2 January 2024. - ^ Youtube
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- ^ "Chinese TV presenter Xie Na becomes first person to reach 100 million Weibo™ followers".
- ^ "谢娜
在 沪顺利 诞下双 胞胎女 儿 张杰正式 升 级当爸爸了 _腾讯网". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- American Music Awards 2014: Chinese popstars Jason Zhang, Chopstick Brothers among big winners, Los Angeles Daily News
- Zhang Jie accepts int'l artist of year award in LA, Chinadaily