Chang Kuan, born on June 27th, 1968, is a male singer in China.
1985 participated in the 16 World Music Festival held in Tokyo, and won the "Commander-in-Chief" award for his original work "Towards the Embrace of Love", becoming the first international award-winning singer in China mainland pop music scene. 1August, 988, the album "Monologues at the Age of Twenty" was released; As of 1988 and 65438+February, the cumulative sales of five albums released by Changkuan have reached 7 million. 1989 formed a rock band "Baby Brothers". Starring in the first TV series "Heart Network" in 2000. In 2002, he released the album "One Year Has Passed" and won the "Outstanding Performance Award" in the second Music Billboard. In 2005, she served as a super female judge.
Chinese name: Zhang Kuan.
Alias: Brother Kuan
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Blood type: O type
Height: 174cm
Place of birth: Beijing
Date of birth:1June 27, 968
Occupation: singer
Representative works: running towards the embrace of love, this year has passed, and everything today.
Early experience
Chang Kuan received strict music education since childhood, and studied piano, oboe performance and music theory with three professors from the Central Conservatory of Music (Xu Jingxing, Zhong Hui and Lei Rong).
14 years old was inspired by Su Yue, a young composer, and studied guitar with Hou Dejian, a Taiwanese music master. /kloc-started composing his own lyrics at the age of 0/5; 16 years old performance.
Performance experience
The singer-songwriter period (1984-1999)
1September, 1984, Chang Kuan, who was only 16 years old, published his first solo album "Towards Life", which included 15 songs.
From 65438 to 0985, he participated in the 16th World Music Festival held in Tokyo, Japan, and composed a song "Towards the Embrace of Love". Among more than 2,000 works from 58 countries, after five selections by judges, she finally won the "Commander-in-Chief" award in the final, becoming the first Chinese mainland singer to win a grand prize on the international stage. In the same year, in June+February, 5438, the solo album "Running to the Arms of Love" was released, and the title song "Running to the Arms of Love" was released.
In July, 1987, the album "Gao Cangjian Go Away" was released, and the title song "Gao Cangjian Go Away" of the same name was a tribute to the idol Gao Cangjian. In the same year, in 65438+February, the album "Blasting" was released, with 12 songs.
1In August, 988, the album "Monologues at the Age of Twenty" was released, which included 12 songs and the title song "Children's Songs". As of 1988 and 65438+February, the cumulative sales of five albums released by Changkuan have reached 7 million.
1989 formed a rock band "Baby Brothers", started rock music creation and started a national tour.
65438-0990 Participated in China's first rock concert "Modern 90 Concert" and served as the opening band. This is the first time that all rock bands have performed in public in the form of rock music. In June165438+1October of the same year, he participated in the "Creator Concert" of Hong Kong Commercial Radio. After that, I went to Tokyo to study music production for one year, during which I was a guest performer in a solo concert in Guo Feng.
199 1 year 1 month, attending the new year's party broadcast live by NHK TV in Japan; In July, he signed a contract with EMI Records, becoming the first Chinese mainland artist to re-sign after EMI Records 1949 withdrew from Chinese mainland. Later, he published his solo album "Now Plan Again". The accompaniment band of the album is "Baby Brothers", and the title song "Reggea for You" won the fourth place in the Hong Kong chart.
1In July, 1992, the band "Baby Brothers" held its first solo concert "Chang Kuan Supreme Concert" in Hong Kong, and performed on the same stage with BEYOND at the "Shiwan Event Music Festival" in Hong Kong Ocean Park. In August, he published his solo album "Everything Today", including 9 songs, and the title song "Everything Today" became one of Chang Kuan's masterpieces. June 5438+10, became the host of the first program of Beijing Music Station, and worked with Mr. Jiang to create a Chinese song list.
/kloc-0 joined Hong Kong Huaxing Records Company in June, 1993, and the band "Baby Brothers" was dissolved in the same year.
1994 65438+ 10 released his solo album Kuan, which was recorded with TOMMYMANDEL, a musician from Hong Kong and Canada.
1April, 1996, went to Hong Kong to attend the "I love ordinary people spring concert"; In September, he participated in the art troupe's condolence performance in Europe; 1/kloc-0 won the "Ten-year Achievement Award of China Pop Music" in June, 2008.
The All-round Development Period of Song Film and Television (2000 -2005)
In 2000, he went to London to record a solo album. He is the first singer and producer in China to record an entire album in Britain. From June to September, he filmed 20 episodes of the TV series "Heart Net" as the leading actor "Detective Mary", and performed with many stars such as Mei Ting and Zhou Xun, which premiered in June 5438+February of the same year.
200 1 as the host of Phoenix TV talk show variety show "Chicken Soup for the Soul"; 1 1 In June, he signed the label of "M2" of Modern Sky Records Company and began to produce the album "This year has passed".
In February, 2002, I released the album "One Year Passed", which included the original works represented by "One Year Passed" and other classic folk songs adapted and interpreted by Chang Kuan. In March, he won the "Outstanding Performance Award" in the 2nd Music Billboard and the Sprite China Original Music Pop List 200 1 "Honor Award for Mainland Singers"; In February 65438, the double CD album Chang Kuan 1985-2002 was released, which included 26 original tracks from the previous five albums and a song released for the first time. Participated in the performance of "Rhapsody in July Run and Rent" (episode 10 1 to episode 1 15) and played a lonely singer.
In August, 2004, he participated in "Helanshan Chinese Rock Music Festival" and performed his first outdoor performance. At the same time, I participated in the filming of the unit drama "Vinegar Friends", playing the leading role of Xiaoqi in one unit, opposite Su Huilun, and playing the "love weight" between the two sisters.
Variety evaluation period (2005-)
In 2005, he worshipped Hou as a teacher to learn crosstalk; In the same year, he performed crosstalk "We Are Newcomers" on Hebei Satellite TV. In June of the same year, I started to be a judge of Super Girl, and wrote the song My Nose Your Mouth.
June 5438+ 10, 2006, starring in Super Music at Eight o'clock and singing My Nose and Your Mouth live. In March, Chang Kuan attended the opening concert of Tomlee's flagship store in Beijing as the sole spokesperson of Fanta China in the United States. In April, he served as the "Judge of the Second Campus Band Competition". In September, he began to serve as an absolute singing judge, and then published the song "As long as I don't feel sorry".
In May, 2007, he continued to be the judge of absolute singing.
In 2008, he joined Tianjin Satellite TV variety "the legendary swordsman" and starred in cross talk with Degang Guo. After the 5 12 earthquake, I participated in the relief benefit performance of the special program "the legendary swordsman-Light up Hope", which was also the first relief benefit activity of the record circle after the earthquake. In June, I participated in the recording of the public welfare song "Desire of Love" for earthquake relief. On June 5438+ 10, a solo concert was held at star live.
In April 2009, the concept concert of "WeLive" was held, and a monthly performance with the theme of "WeLive" was held in star live from April, hoping to bring music back to the scene.
20 10, storyteller Dan Tianfang became a teacher and signed a contract with Baiyue Entertainment Society to become an artist.
20 1 1 In March, the music guests who took the lead in the stage play "Single Men and Women" presented the song "Love You from Day One" as the theme song for free, and sang the song at the premiere. In June, he served as the judge of anhui tv variety "Tiansheng Ace".
On March 20 12, he participated in the variety show "Year Taste Show" of Shenzhen Satellite TV. In May of the same year, he served as the judge of "20 12 blossoming flower university singing area".
In 20 14, the album "Chang Kuan 20 14" was released, including 6 songs, 3 of which were published for the first time.
Personal life
Chang Kuan's father is the head and conductor of China People's Liberation Army Song and Dance Troupe, and his mother is an actor of China People's Liberation Army Bayi Film Studio. Chang Kuan's father/Kloc-died at the age of 0/7, and his mother remarried six years later. Chang Kuan lived with her stepfather for eight years until he died in his eighties.
In June 2008, Chang Kuan divorced his wife, ending a ten-year marriage.
Main work
Participate in a TV series
Vinegar-In 2004, he played Xiao Qi.
July Rhapsody Running Taxi-In 2002, as a guest singer.
None -2000-08-24, guest star.
Heart Net -2000, hit Mary.
musical creation
variety show
social activity
In 2002, Chang Kuan became an anti-drug charity ambassador, and participated in the anti-drug charity activity of "Cherish life and refuse drugs" organized by Beijing Anti-drug Committee at Xidan Cultural Square.
In 2009, Chang Kuan launched the "2009ONELOVE, I Love Sichuan to Rebuild beautiful homeland" charity fund-raising harmonious concert. Chang Kuan and many friends in the circle sang songs live and raised more than 29 million yuan for the earthquake-stricken areas.
On March 20 14, he devoted himself to supporting public welfare undertakings, participated in "Dream Sailing-Public Welfare Action" and voiced the theme song.
Winning record
Personality assessment
Chang Kuan is one of the earliest pop music artists in China and the earliest practitioner and promoter of original music in China. As early as 1980s, he became a first-line artist in China's original music camp. In his later acting career, Chang Kuan actively expanded his career. In addition to publishing many solo albums and winning many music awards, he also participated in many movies and TV series, gradually developing his potential as a variety show host and becoming a rare all-round artist. (Sina Entertainment Review)
Chang Kuan, who is not handsome, is recognized as a male singer with great personality charm. As a rock singer, Chang Kuan is both civil and military. At that time, a song "Gao Cangjian, Go Away" made him famous. In recent years, Chang Kuan began to return to mainstream music more frequently, not only as a singer and musician, but also as a quite successful music producer. (Sina Entertainment Review)