Tan Weiwei

Tan Weiwei (simplified Chinese: 谭维维; traditional Chinese: 譚維維; pinyin: Tán Wéiwéi; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tan Weiwei
Tan Weiwei at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born (1982-10-08) 8 October 1982
Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, China
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Musical career
Also known asSitar Tan
GenresMandopop, Rock, Folk
LabelsEE-Media

She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of Super Girl (Chinese: 超级女声), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated I Am a Singer (season 3), where it was revealed that she is a vegan.

Early life

Tan Weiwei was born in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan province, on 8 October 1982. She spent her childhood in Zigong with her parents. As a teenager, she became interested in pop music. In 1997, she won first places in the Students Art Festivals in both her primary and secondary schools. At the end of 1998, she began to perform in bars. When she was 19, she entered the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where many the biggest names of the mainland Chinese Mandopop singer had been trained. Although her marks were not very high, she managed to improve her vocal technique thanks to Lanka Dolma, a Chinese vocal trainer of Tibetan ethnicity, who discovered the hidden talent of the young singer. Thanks to Lanka Dolma, she learned many traditional singing techniques which nowadays, Tan uses in her recordings. And at the same year, she was honored as Top Ten singers of Sichuan province.

Music career

In 2020 Tan Weiwei released her album '3811'. Since July, Tan Weiwei has been releasing new singles from her album “3811,” with each of the 11 songs chronicling stories of women from diverse backgrounds, including a taxi-driving single mom, an illiterate elderly woman, and a female poet from the Tang dynasty.[1] In December she released the song 'Xiao Juan'. “Erase our names, forget our beings, same tragedy continues and repeats,” Tan sings. (Xiao Juan is a name, like Jane Doe in English, that is used to anonymize women's names in court cases.) The groundbreaking song, which went viral in China, refers to domestic violence and misogyny, citing recent violent deaths of real women in China.[2]

Personal life

She married Taiwanese actor David Chen[3] after he proposed in 2016 during a trip to Mount Kailash.[4] In 2018, they collaborated on a song for the TV series The Legend of Jade Sword (莽荒紀) which he acted in.[5]

Discography

Studio albums
# Album Name Type Label(s) Released Date Tracklisting
1st 高原之心 Heart of the Highland[6] Studio Album Star recording 2005-11-23
  1. 高原之心 Heart of the Plateau
  2. 康定情歌與溜溜調 Kangding Qingge
  3. 神鷹傳說 Legend of the Condor
  4. 走進西藏 Into Tibet
  5. 阿娃茲古麗 Avanz Guri
  6. 海市蜃樓 Mirage
  7. 永遠的那達慕 Nadam Forever
  8. 牧歌 Husbandry Song
  9. 烏蘭巴託之夜 The Night of Ulaanbaatar
2nd 耳界 Ear of the World[7] Studio Album [www.eemedia.cn/ EE-Media] 2007-12-04
  1. 蝶 Butterfly
  2. 鋼琴 Piano
  3. 做錯
  4. 不穿高跟鞋
  5. 視而不見
  6. 愛的光 Light of Love
  7. 達子的春天 Spring of Tatsuya
  8. 也許也許 Maybe
  9. 向日葵 Sunflower
  10. 雪落下的聲音 Sound of Snowing
  11. 傳說 Legend
3rd 傳說 Legend Studio Album Flamingo Records 2009-06-11
  1. 蝴蝶的翅膀 Butterfly's Wings
  2. 阿爸 Dad
  3. 傳說 Legend
  4. 高原紅
  5. 我要和你去飛翔 I Want To Fly With You
  6. 洗衣歌 Laundry Song
  7. 夢中的唐古拉 Tangula In The Dream
  8. 獻給阿媽的歌 Song Dedicated To Mum
  9. 走進西藏 Into Tiabet
  10. 天路
  11. 夢中的綠洲 Oasis In The Dream
  12. 花的海洋 Ocean of Flower
  13. 四姑娘山下雪了嗎
4th 譚某某 Tan Mou Mou[8] Studio Album [www.eemedia.cn/ EE-Media] 2010-03-20
  1. Fight
  2. 如果有來生
  3. 如果你 If You
  4. 離去之前叫醒我 Wake Me Up Before You Go
  5. 譚某某 Tan Moumou
  6. 往日時光 The Past
  7. 石頭在歌唱 Stone Is Singing
  8. 匹諾曹 Pinocchio
  9. 悲哀而真實 Sad But Real
5th 3 Studio Album 遠達卓越 2011-10-18
  1. 我是怎麼了 What's Wrong With Me
  2. 想見 Want To Meet
  3. Hold不住 Can't Hold
  4. 塵埃 Ashes
  5. 睡吧寶貝 Sleep, Baby
  6. 演 Act
  7. 艷陽天 Sunny Day
  8. 在那遙遠的地方 In That Faraway Place
  9. 我 I
  10. 開放 Open
6th 烏龜的阿基里斯 Tortoise Called Achilles[9] Studio Album 遠達卓越 2013-10-23
  1. 序
  2. 擁抱 Embrace
  3. 玩耍 Play
  4. 惡之花 Evil Flower
  5. 樹 Tree
  6. 我反對 Against
  7. 什麼 What
  8. 牆 Wall
  9. 黑則明 Black/Bright
  10. 為什麼 Why
  11. 當 When
  12. 我愛你 I Love You
  13. 天堂口處蓮花開 Lotus Blossoms
7th 3811 Studio Album
遠達卓越
 2020-12-11
#章存仙
  1. 章存仙
  2. 魏如萱 - 鱼玄机
  3. 阿果
  4. 吴春芳
  5. 如花
  6. 钱夫人
  7. 赵桂灵
  8. 卡利
  9. 小娟 (化名)
  10. ཏཱ་རེ་མ།(Tare Ma)
  11. 谭艳梅

Extended Plays:

  • (2016) 夏長 Long Summer EP
  • (2016) 秋收 Golden Harvest EP
  • (2017) 春生 Season of Rebirth EP
  • (2017) Winter EP
  • (2020) 姐码3811 Sister Ma 3811 EP
  • (2020) 姐放3811 Sister Fang 3811 EP

Singles
  • "If I Haven’t Fell Into Love" (如果我没有爱过)(September 2006)
  • "I forgot to say" (我忘了说) (January 2008)
  • "Encounter" (遇见) (August 2010)
  • "In the Shu river" (在束河里) (October 2010)

Filmography

Film


Variety shows

References
  1. Tone, Sixth (14 December 2020). "Chinese Song Amplifies Awareness for Violence Against Women". Sixth Tone. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "The angry pop song calling out China's domestic violence problem". BBC News. 17 December 2020.
  3. Li Jialing (李嘉翎) (25 November 2017). "金馬54／譚維維飆嗓！陳亦飛現身　網歪樓狂喊：喬琪姑娘". SET News (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. Wong, Joyce (2 September 2016). "Taiwanese Actor, David Chen & Chinese Singer, Tan Weiwei's Tibet Proposal". Asia Wedding Network. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. "陈亦飞谭维维首度合唱献声纪片尾曲《门》". Xinhua (in Chinese). 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. "譚維維新專輯《高原之心》展民通演唱魅力" (in Chinese).
  7. "譚維維《耳界》展現音樂歷程：實現自我回歸" (in Chinese).
  8. "新專輯《譚某某》慶功記者會 譚維維:尚雯婕請閉嘴" (in Chinese).
  9. "譚維維《烏龜的阿基里斯》發行 詮釋溫柔搖滾" (in Chinese).
  10. "37次想你 (2014)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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