Jenny Tseng

Biography

Jenny Tseng, known as 甄妮, is a Chinese singer from Hong Kong born in Macau in 1953. Born as 甄淑詩, her father was an Austrian civil engineer and her mother was from Shanghai; her parents divorced when she was young. She grew up in Macau and later moved to Taiwan, where she was nicknamed the "Doll Pop Queen" due to her European features and blonde hair. She was discovered by a television director while studying at Chinese Culture University in Taipei, leading to her entry into the entertainment industry.

She began her singing career in 1971 by signing with Galaxy Records and releasing her debut album "心湖". She quickly became one of the three greatest female singers in Taiwan alongside Teresa Teng and Feng Fei Fei, dominating the music market in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. She moved to Hong Kong in 1977 after marriage and released her first Cantonese album "奋斗", which broke sales records in Hong Kong.

Jenny Tseng held her first concert at Madison Square in New York in 1979, becoming the first Eastern artist to perform at this prestigious venue. She also founded her own independent music production company in Hong Kong in 1980. She has won numerous prestigious awards including Best Female Singer in Taiwan, first Most Popular Female Singer in Hong Kong, and the Gold Needle Award, the highest honor in Hong Kong music. In 2010, she was selected as one of the 30 classic artists of 30 years in Chinese music. She is known as the "Music Queen" and also the "Music Hall Monitor" for her outspoken nature and courage in speaking truth.