Shin (singer)

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This article is about solo singer formerly of Shin (band). For MayDay's lead singer, see Ashin.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Su.
Shin
Shin performing in 墾丁半島はんとう music carnival on 4 April 2010
Born (1971-05-14) 14 May 1971 (age 53)
NationalityTaiwanese
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Years active2001–present
Musical career
OriginTaipei, Taiwan
GenresMandopop, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, drums, piano
LabelsPourquoi Pas Music

Shin (simplified Chinese: 苏见信しん; traditional Chinese: 蘇そ見み信しん; born Su Chien-hsin on 14 May 1971) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. He is known as the former lead singer of the rock band Shin and a Golden Melody Awards nominee for Best Mandarin Male Singer.[1]

Shin had been singing in pubs for around ten years before becoming a singer. He formed a band with Chris, Michael, Max and Tomi during his pub singing days. They debuted their self-titled album Shin (信樂しがらき團だん同名どうめい專せん輯) in May 2002. On 20 March 2007, he left the band and started his solo career.

Musical style and vocal characteristics[edit]

Xin is noted for his wide vocal range and extremely powerful voice which is rare in Mandopop.[citation needed] Shin is also renowned for his high screams while singing rock songs. He got the public attention by singing Scorpions's Still Loving You and other foreign rock band's songs in Harlem Yu's show 音樂おんがく大だい不同ふどう. He became popular in mainland China by the song 死し了りょう都と要かなめ愛あい

Shin's musical style includes Heavy metal, hard rock, pop rock and mandopop in which he mainly sings Hard Rock. He also tried other music genres like nu metal, progressive rock and Britpop in songs such as 再さい見み, 頑強がんきょう and 英國えいこく的てき夏なつ天たかし.

Solo career[edit]

我わが就是我が (I'm Just Me) (2007-2008)[edit]

After leaving the band, in September 2007, Shin released his debut solo album, titled 我わが就是我が. In 2008, he was nominated for Best Mandarin Male Singer at the 19th Golden Melody Awards.[2]

On 21 December 2007, Shin began his debut solo concert tour Starting from Shin: I Am Me (從したがえ信しんじ開始かいし 我わが就是我が) in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, where he performed the track "Shut Up" with guest Taiwanese artist Will Pan, which was released in Pan's sixth studio album Play It Cool under label Universal Music Taiwan. The tour continued onto Beijing Workers' Gymnasium and Shanghai Indoor Stadium.[3]

Shin sang a duet "需要じゅよう你的愛あい" (Need Your Love) with Taiwanese band F.I.R., which was released on their fourth album Love · Diva.

集しゅう樂らく星ほし球だま (Take Me To the Stars) (2008-2009)[edit]

集しゅう樂らく星ほし球だま debuted at #3 in G-music Mandarin Chart in week 43, which is also the highest rank of this album.

On 23 May 2009, Shin played a concert in Capital Indoor Stadium titled "Febia 晶あきら銳するど集しゅう樂らく星ほし球だま演えんじ唱會".[4]

趁我 (While I) (2009-2011)[edit]

趁我 is the first commercial success of Shin in Taiwan since his solo career. The album debuted at #3 on G-music Mandarin Chart[5] and hit #1 on G-music Mandarin Chart on week 48.[5]

火燒ひたき的てき寂寞せきばく (The Lonely Fire) and 趁我 (While I) became a hit in both Mainland China and Taiwan. 火燒ひたき的てき寂寞せきばく (The Lonely Fire) was awarded for Most Favourite Mandarin Song at TVB JSG Season's Award.[6]

On 27 August 2010, Shin made an appearance in Back to Basic-Rock Stars Concert (Beijing) (怒いか放ひ搖ゆら滾たぎ英雄えいゆう演えんじ唱會北京ぺきん站).[7]

On 25 September, Shin held a concert with Taiwan singer A-Lin at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

On 29 November, the single 降くだ龍りゅう樂章がくしょう(Dragon Movement) was released. The song was endorsed for a Mainland online game 降くだ龍りゅう之の劍けん (Dragon Sword).

黎明れいめい之の前まえ (Before The Dawn) (2011-2012)[edit]

Shin released his fourth album on 22 July 2011. The album debuted at #1 on 5music Mandarin Chart.[8] The music video of the first single, Before the Dawn (黎明れいめい之の前まえ), was directed by 比ひ爾しか賈, with Taiwan famous artist Barbie Shu as the main actress. However, the music video is banned from broadcasting in Taiwan because of its violence and bloody content.

On 23 September 2011, Shin and A-Lin held a concert titled "One Night in Melbourne" at Dallas Brooks Centre.

On 24 December 2011, Shin held a small concert in Shanghai at Shanghai International Gymnastic Center.[9]

Shin won the Best Male Singer(Taiwan/Hong Kong) in Sprite Music Award. The song Before The Dawn won the Best Song of the Year.[10]

On 6 April 2012, Shin released Before The Dawn (Audio-visual collection). This album includes 5 music videos, 6 live performances and a video of making the album.

On 21 April 2012, Shin started his tour titled "信しんじ無む畏かしこ搖ゆら滾たぎ巡めぐ迴演唱會" (Shin Fearless Rock Tour) in Taipei at Taipei Arena with Anna Tsuchiya and A-Lin as guests.[11] This is the first time that Shin held a concert at Taipei Arena. It is announced that the tour will come to Beijing and Shanghai in November 2012.

我わが記き得とく (I Remember) (2012–2014)[edit]

One of the song from this album, "Embrace in Strong Wind" (狂風きょうふう裡うら擁よう抱だき) was performed in Shin's concert in Taipei Arena with A-Lin. The Music Video of the duet was released on 7 August. This song soon became a hit in KTV.

On 1 and 16 September, Shin participated in Bloom of Youth rock tour (怒いか放ひ青春せいしゅん巡じゅん迴演唱會) Shenzhen and Quanzhou stations.

On 7 September 2012, Shin released his fifth studio album I Remember. Differing from the past, I Remember is not a rock album. Most of the songs in it are pop love songs. Shin sang softly in this album, unlike the usual.

Shin released his first Cantonese song 太ふとし (a Cantonese version of 我わが選擇せんたく笑わらい) in I Remember (edited version). Shin also remade his famous song 天てん高地たかち厚あつし in the edited version.

On 9 July 2014, Shin ended his 12 years relationship with Avex Taiwan and signed a new contract with HIM International Music which allowed him to have more freedom and control in producing his own music.

反はん正せい我わが信しん了りょう (Whatever, I Just Believe In) (2015-2016)[edit]

On 6 March 2015, Shin released the first album 反はん正せい我わが信しん了りょう(Whatever, I Just Believe In) after signing with HIM International Music.[12]

In 2016 January, Shin participated in Mainland China's singing competition programme I Am a Singer (season 4) and was eliminated in episode 6 despite his impressive performance in attempting alternative songs that are rarely sung in music programmes. He received much respect from the Chinese audience because of his innovative style and courage. He gained a large fan base in China despite his early loss.

大だい爺じい們 (Welcome to My World) (2016-present)[edit]

On 8 December 2016, Shin announced that he will start a new world tour named "信しんGentleMonster 2017巡回じゅんかい演えんじ唱會" (Shin Gentle Monster 2017 Tour) in 2017 [13] and the first concert will be on 20 May 2017 in Taipei Arena. The tour is said to include at least ten cities in Mainland China and Taiwan and potential stations in Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.

On 30 December 2016, the eighth solo studio album 大だい爺じい們 (Welcome to My World) was released.

On 19 May 2017, one day before his concert in Taipei Arena, Shin released his greatest hits album SHIN: BEST OF BEST celebrating his 15th Anniversary.

Discography[edit]

Solo albums[edit]

Year Title Label
30 September 2005 Special Thanks To…感謝かんしゃ自選じせん輯 Avex Taiwan
9 September 2007 我わが就是我が
17 October 2008 集しゅう樂らく星ほし球だま
20 November 2009 趁我
22 July 2011 Before the Dawn (黎明れいめい之の前まえ)
7 September 2012 I Remember (我わが記き得とく)
6 March 2015 Whatever, I Just Believe In (反はん正せい我わが信しん了りょう) HIM International Music
30 December 2016 Welcome To My World (大だい爺じい門もん)
19 May 2017 SHIN : BEST OF BEST 15th Anniversary Edition (出で道どう15周年しゅうねん精選せいせん) Avex Taiwan

Shin band albums[edit]

Year Title
May 2002 Shin (信樂しがらき團だん同名どうめい專せん輯)
April 2003 Tian Gao Di Hou (天てん高地たかち厚あつし)
February 2004 Hai Kuo Tian Kong (海うみ闊天空てんくう)
December 2004 Tiao Xin (挑信)
April 2006 One Night @ Mars Concert Live (One Night@火星かせい演えんじ唱會Live)

Hit singles

Soundtrack contributions[edit]

Year Album Information Tracks Contributed
2007 Summer X Summer Original Soundtrack
(熱情ねつじょう仲夏ちゅうか 電でん視し原げん聲帶せいたい)		 累るい了りょう" (Lei Le) [Tired] - drama ending theme song
2014 Go, Single Lady - Original Television Soundtrack (as well as in Whatever, I Just Believe In) 愛情あいじょう的てき滋味じみ - drama theme song
2015 Heart Of Steel - Original Soundtrack (as well as in Whatever, I Just Believe In) 傻瓜的てき冒險ぼうけん - movie title song
2016 Call of Heroes - Original Soundtrack (as well as in Welcome to my World) 鋼鐵こうてつ心こころ
危城 - movie theme song
Tourist site 携程旅行りょこうCtrip commercial (as well as in Welcome to my World) 說せつ走はし就走 - commercial theme song
笑わらい林りん足あし球だま - Original Soundtrack (as well as in Welcome to my World) 闖 - movie theme song
2017 The Mad King of Taipei Town - Original Soundtrack 越こし清きよし醒越孤獨こどく - movie ballade
Lost Love in Times - Original Television Soundtrack 淚なみだ傷きず - drama theme song
2018 Mobile game 《三國志さんごくし大戰たいせんM》 theme song 一眼いちがん一生いっしょう
Esports 王者おうじゃ榮耀えいよう King Pro League (KPL) 2018 Spring Season 荣耀征せい战 - King Pro League spring season theme song

Filmography[edit]

Film and television[edit]

Variety and reality show[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 19th Golden Melody Awards Best Mandarin Male Singer 《我わが就是我が》 Nominated
2009 Music Radio Music Award Best Male Singer (Taiwan/HK) 《趁我》 Won
2009 TVB JSG Season's Award Most Favourite Mandarin Song 《火燒ひたき的てき寂寞せきばく》 Won
2011 TVB8 Music Award Best Male Singer-Songwriter 《Before the Dawn》 Won
2012 Music Radio Music Award Best Male Singer-Songwriter (Taiwan/HK)[14] 《Before the Dawn》 Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Chinese) 第だい19屆とどけ金曲かなまがり獎流行りゅうこう類るい及傳統でんとう類るい入いれ圍名かこいみょう單たん Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-06
  2. ^ (in Chinese) 第だい19屆とどけ台灣たいわん金曲かなまがり獎入圍名かこいみょう單たん 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06
  3. ^ Xinhua News Agency Taiwan rock singer A-Shin shows off new stage image 19 December 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-25
  4. ^ (in Chinese) 信しんFabia晶あきら鋭するど集しゅう樂らく星ほし球だま北京ぺきん演えんじ唱會 Archived 2012-07-21 at archive.today 26 May 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-06
  5. ^ a b "G-Music 風雲ふううん榜 (華はな語ご榜)". Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  6. ^ "信しんじ 中ちゅう文官ぶんかん方かた網もう站 SHIN Official Website".
  7. ^ (in Chinese) 怒いか放ひ搖ゆら滾たぎ英雄えいゆう演えんじ唱會北京ぺきん站：黃き家か強きょう 11 August 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06
  8. ^ "Five Music-5大だい唱片". Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  9. ^ "平安へいあん夜よる在ざい上海しゃんはい开个唱 信しんじ与あずか歌うた迷狂欢贺圣诞（图）--南方みなかた报业网". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  10. ^ "信しんじ周しゅう筆ひつ暢とおる演繹えんえき經典きょうてん組曲くみきょく 雪ゆき碧あお榜斬獲え最さい佳男よしお歌手かしゅ及金曲きょく獎__娛樂ごらく新聞しんぶん_Yes娛樂ごらく". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  11. ^ "愛あい貝かい克かつ思おもえ官かん方かた網もう站 avex taiwan inc".
  12. ^ 搖ゆら滾たぎ型かた男おとこ 信しん 加盟かめい華はな研けん國際こくさい音樂おんがく. www.him.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  13. ^ "信しんじ 全ぜん新しん巡演じゅんえんGentleMonster將しょう登場とうじょう". www.him.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  14. ^ "信しん個こ唱、拿獎馬ば不ふ停とま蹄，人氣にんき火ひ爆ばく穩坐「搖ゆら滾たぎ天王てんのう」__娛樂ごらく新聞しんぶん_Yes娛樂ごらく". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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