張惠妹

简介

Kulilay Amit, known by her Chinese name Chang Hui-mei and nickname A-Mei, is a Taiwanese singer and music producer of Puyuma indigenous heritage. She was born on August 9, 1972, in Tamalakaw village in Taitung County, Taiwan, as the seventh of nine children in a family that experienced financial hardship during her childhood. Her career began when she participated in the "Five Lights Award" singing competition in 1992, defending her title across four rounds and five stages, and then won the Five Lights Star title upon returning in 1993. She made her official debut in 1996 with her first solo album "Sisters." Over her career she has released 19 solo albums, sold approximately 55 million records, and held over 400 concerts attended by more than 8 million people, making her the record-highest-selling Mandarin female artist in terms of album sales, concert numbers, and audience attendance. She won the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer three times for her albums "Truth" (2001), "A-Mit" (2009), and "Faces of Paranoia" (2014). She holds the record for the most nominations in the same category with 14 nominations and has performed at the ceremony 8 times, another record. In 1998 she received the Asia's Most Popular Singer award from Billboard magazine and represented Taiwan in Japan on NHK's annual music program, becoming the first Taiwanese singer to win two major awards in Hong Kong that same year. She appeared on the cover of Time magazine's Asian edition in 2002 as one of the 20 most influential people in Asia, and Rolling Stone published a special edition dedicated to her in 2022. She received Taiwan's Top Ten Outstanding Youth award in 2000 and the World Peace Music Award in 2004. Beyond her artistic career, she is dedicated to issues of indigenous children's education in Taiwan and actively supports LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights, and humanitarian causes, earning her a place on Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list in 2017.