Before debut
Richie Jen's father is a primary school teacher. He went to Taiwan Province from Hubei with the army around 1949. Richie Jen is the eldest son of the family, and his name was taken by his father. The word "Xian" is a substitute word in the family, and its name means "See Xian Si Qi". I grew up in Changhua village and didn't live in Taipei until I graduated from high school. After several college re-examinations, he entered the Physical Education Department of China Culture University at the age of 265,438+0. During this period, he worked in Dunhuang musical instruments while learning guitar, and joined Xinge Record Company under the introduction of guitar teacher. He first learned guitar in high school, in order to pursue the girls in the school next door. Now guitar is his main creative instrument, and he has written many songs with guitar scores. His lyrics were first selected as the title song by the record company.
After debut
New song record company period (1990~ 199 1)
When Richie Jen was in the fourth year of college (1990), she was discovered by Taiwan New Record, recorded her first album "Towards the Rainbow", began to enter the entertainment circle, and volunteered to become a member of the underground band snake. During this period, the development was not smooth. He lived on the top floor with Jiukong, Xu Xiaoshun and others, and built a tin house. At that time, in order to gain more time in his career, he deliberately postponed his enlistment for one year, but after releasing three solo albums, he joined the Air Force Art Troupe and fulfilled his national obligations.
Rolling Stone Record Period (1996~2005)
After Richie Jen retired from the army, he found that the singer record company was acquired by Rolling Stone Record Company, and he became a singer of the company. In the meantime, he hosted a TV program while waiting for the opportunity to release a new album. It was at this time that he began to play racing. Just when he became one of the artists of Rolling Stone Records, it was Bug who left him and created a brand-new solo album Reliance for him, and released the album Too Soft Heart six months later.
Richie Jen originally decided that if the sales performance of the album "Too Soft" was not satisfactory, he would leave his status as an artist and take an examination of sports reporters, because this album was the last chance given to him by the record company, and if the sales record still failed to show, he would terminate his contract. Unexpectedly, the album "Too Soft" set a sales record of 26 million copies in Asia. According to Nanjing audio-visual statistics, the original circulation was 6.5438+0 million copies. Among them, the title song "Soft Heart" is even more popular in the streets of Chinese mainland. Producer Bug once said that if he "gets all royalties, he can buy a Forbidden City. But a large part of the actual contribution was given to pirates in the mainland. " Used to describe "Too Soft-hearted" sold well in Chinese mainland! However, it was not until 1998 "Love as the Pacific Ocean" sold well in Taiwan Province Province that he was able to return to Taiwan Province Province from the mainland. At that time, this album was first released together with the TV series "The Condor Heroes" starring him. Although his performance in the play was mixed, he still achieved a high audience rating of 8 o'clock in the same period, which led to the record sales and high popularity in Taiwan Province Province. According to the statistics of the International Recording Industry Exchange Foundation, the album sold 6.5438+0.2 million copies. This year, he held his first solo concert in Taibei, Taiwan Province Province. The recording period of Rolling Stone was the absolute peak of Qi's music career. With Rolling Stone's powerful music production team and his unremitting efforts, Richie Jen has dedicated countless popular songs to fans, bearing the memory of a generation.
EMI Record Company Period (2005~2008)
In 2005, he left Rolling Stone Records and joined EMI Records with his good friend Huang Pinyuan. EMI Records is the third company in Richie Jen's singing career. The company released two Mandarin albums for Richie Jen in 2006 and 2007 respectively, and the market response was quite good. East Asia Entertainment Company Period (2008-present)
After the contract with EMI expired, Richie Jen held a press conference in Hong Kong on March 8, 2008, and became an artist of East Asia Entertainment with a signing fee of HK$ 40 million. He also became the owner of Da Yue Entertainment, a subsidiary of East Asia Entertainment, and a shareholder of Hong Kong Huaxing Records. Now he has signed artists such as Miriam Yeung, Su Yongkang and Zheng Jiajia.