Hanjin Tan (born 27 January 1976) is a Singaporean record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor based in Hong Kong.
Life and career
Hanjin Tan was born on 27 January 1976 in Singapore in a conservative Hainanese family of two siblings.[1] His father worked in the shipping industry and his mother is a housewife.[2] At age 12, he was diagnosed with only half of his hearing in his right ear and 75% in his left.[3] While attending Anglo-Chinese School, Tan sang in the choir and picked up some vocal basics. He started learning guitar at 19, playing in pubs at 20, and writing songs at 21. Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Economics. While there, he got opportunities to write and produce songs for Jacky Cheung and Eason Chan which helped kickstart his music career.[2][4] Tan moved permanently to Hong Kong in 2009. With over 400 songs to his songwriting credit, he has also worked with various other artistes, including Coco Lee, Sammi Cheng, Joey Yung, and Christina Aguilera over the years.[2][5][6] In 2022, Tan had a coaching role on TVB's singing competition show Stars Academy 2.[7]
Discography
Studio albums
*Some album titles are roughly translated into English for readability purposes. Actual Chinese titles are indicated in parentheses.
^"首合作演怨侶 衛詩雅享受被陳奐仁「虐待」" [Hanjin Tan and Michelle Wai act as a couple in The Gutter]. Ming Pao (in Traditional Chinese). 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^"聲夢傳奇2|曾志偉視為熱門XiX6位成員又唱又跳 觀眾讚可愛爆燈" [Stars Academy 2: Eric Tsang regards the popularity of XiX; audience thinks they are cute]. HK01 (in Traditional Chinese). 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^Tsui, Clarence (25 November 2010). "Bruce Lee, My Brother". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.