Tien Chong

Tien Chong
張天
Born (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30)
United Kingdom [1]
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
Years active2017–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
Labels
  • Mofo Music Ltd [2]
  • HeySong Corporation[3]

Tien Chong (simplified Chinese: 张天; traditional Chinese: 張天; pinyin: Zhāng Tiān; born September 25, 1994) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter who made her debut in 2017.[4] She was one of the seven first-round competitors in Singer 2018[5] where she was eliminated in week five.[6] Tien is a contralto.[2]

Early life

On September 25, 1994, Chong was born in the United Kingdom to a Singaporean law student and a British nurse.[1]

Career

Chong has lived in Singapore, United Kingdom, Thailand and Hong Kong, however, She currently lives in Hong Kong pursuing her music career.[2][1][7]

Career beginning: 2014–2017

Chong signed to MoFo Music in 2014[2] and is managed by director/producer Kelvin Avon.

Chong was the voice for the HTC One M9 international campaign. She had co-written with the UK-based producer/DJ SanXero, New York writer Curtis Richa, and has supported Hong Kong artist/producer Jun Kung for his 'Alive On Stage' performance at McPherson Stadium.

In July 2015, she was invited to a songwriting camp in London's iconic Abbey Road Studios where she wrote and composed songs with well-known songwriters. [8]

On August 19–20, 2016, she flew to Cuba to perform as an invited guest to Cuban Fusion Flamenco guitarist Reynier Marino at the National Theatre of Cuba for two nights as part of the 90th birthday celebrations of Fidel Castro.

Chong also starred in the DBS Bank-sponsored series Sparks, which premiered in mid-March 2017, and she sang the theme song for the online ad campaign. Since then, she has performed at the Atlas Bar opening in Singapore, Daybreaker in Hong Kong, and many more.

Singer 2018 and TIEN: 2018–present

Under Mofo Music, Chong released her first single, "Breathless", where her debut album was pending to be released.[9]

Chong debuted as the first-week contestant on Singer 2018.[10] Following the premiere episode (where she placed 2nd[11]), she was recognized as a "dark horse" by the Chinese media,[1] and her participation led to a rise in numbers of followers on her Weibo account from around 100 fans to around 16,000 fans.[12][13]

Chong remained in the competition for four more weeks until her elimination on week five. She later returned to the competition on the sixth week for a return performance, and another on the 12th week, the Breakouts, with the latter performance failing to qualify for the finale.

Details

Round Ep. Broadcast Date Song Original Singer Rank Percentages of Votes Note
1 1 12 Jan 2018 《Queen Bee》Suite 2 15.99%
Dancing Diva Jolin Tsai
Lady Marmalade Labelle
2 19 Jan 2018 Shape of You Ed Sheeran 8 4.19% Tien was one of the arrangers
3 26 Jan 2018 Hello Adele 5 10.21%
2 4 2 Feb 2018 Me Leslie Cheung 7 3.69%
5 9 Feb 2018 One Day I'll Fly Away Randy Crawford 8 3.01% Eliminated
I Don't Care Tien Chong
6 16 Feb 2018 Tightrope Walker James Li — — Return Performance
Tightrope Janelle Monáe
Breakout 12 6 April 2018 Rose, Rose, I Love You Yao Lee 8 3.20% Rap Lyrics are written by herself
Eliminated

Overall Ranking and Percentage of Votes

Singer 2018 has four rounds of competition, and the overall ranking and percentage of votes was counted for every two shows, (the exception was on week three, due to the withdrawal of GAI.)

Round Percentage of Votes of the first show
(Ranking) 		Percentage of Votes of the other show
(Ranking) 		Overall Percentage of Votes Overall Ranking Note
1 15.99% (2) 4.19% (8) 10.09% 6
— 10.21% (5) 10.21% 5 Challenge Round was counted alone after the withdrawal of contestant GAI.
2 3.69% (7) 3.93% (8) 3.81% 7 Eliminated

Discography

Studio Album

# Album Info Tracklisting
1 TIEN[14]
CD
  1. Funkistry
  2. Carousel (Promotional Song for Adrift)
  3. Breathless
  4. Sinister
  5. 365 Days
  6. Start Me Up
  7. I Don't Care
  8. Work It Out
  9. I Understand
  10. Superstars

Singles

List of singles by TIEN Chong
Title Released Date Album Ref.
Over Me
  • Label: MoFo Music Ltd
 April 4, 2016 (2016-04-04) non-album single [15]
Superstars
  • Label: Soundcloud Demo
 October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28) TIEN
Blind I
  • Label: Soundcloud Demo
 October 29, 2016 (2016-10-29) non-album single
Breathless
  • Label: Mofo Music Ltd.
 November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) TIEN [16]
I Don't Care
  • Label: Mofo Music Ltd.
 June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) [17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Who is Tien Chong? Half-Singaporean Newcomer dubbed "dark horse" of China's Singer 2018". channelnewsasia.com. 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "TIEN Facebook - About TIEN". Facebook.
  3. ^ "TIEN Weibo".
  4. ^ "Who is Tien Chong" (in Chinese).
  5. ^ "Tien Chong became the dark horse in Singer 2018, getting the 2nd place" (in Chinese). 14 January 2018.
  6. ^ "KZ Tandingan participated in《Singer 2018》show her singing ability". 人民网. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. ^ "Tien Chong's family" (in Chinese).
  8. ^ "Tien Chong". SeanyMac Studios. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  9. ^ "TIEN - Mofo Music".
  10. ^ "TIEN Chong set to debut on China's "Singer 2018" Tonight". 12 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Tien got the 2nd place for the 1st episode in Singer 2018" (in Chinese). 20 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Tien Chong's followers from Weibo increased rapidly" (in Chinese). 14 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Hunan Satellite TV official Weibo" (in Chinese).
  14. ^ "TIEN" (in Chinese). Xiami Music.
  15. ^ "TIEN's music". Xiami Music.
  16. ^ Breathless on YouTube
  17. ^ I Don't Care on YouTube