Terry Lin (Chinese: 林志炫; pinyin: Lín Zhìxuàn; born 6 July 1966) is a Taiwanese singer. He has been nominated for the Golden Melody Awards 5 times for Best Mandarin Male Artist. He is known for his clear and elegant androgynous voice, which utilizes different resonance in his head to 'mix' head voice and falsetto to effortlessly move to the high ranges and maintain power and volume despite his slight build. He has a combined range of 3 octaves but has spanned an additional octave while performing "Opera", a rearranged instrumental by Vitas, a song he stated he cannot practice (including perform) more than 4 times a day. He later became the first Taiwanese artist to record his album in One Take and One Take Live with no further editing.
Lin was born in Keelung, Taiwan, and is the oldest of 3 children. In 1991, as a university student, he formed the duo Ukulele with Lee Chi and gained attention in Taiwan and Hong Kong with their debut album "Confession" (認錯). The band made 4 Mandarin albums, 2 English cover albums, and a compilation album before disbanding in 1996. He was working at a power plant in a mine, but his colleague were all killed in a landslide, so he moved on to work in his father's family publishing company, for which he is still the equivalent of COO. In 1999, he was forced to leave the music industry to care for his mother. Nine months after the leave, his mother died, and the original publishing building was forced to rebuild due to a fire.[1][2]
Lin went solo in 1995 and signed to Sony Music before setting up his own agency in 1997. In 2018, he sung Mo Dao Zu Shi's opening song "Drunken dreams of a past life".
Influences
While Terry Lin is fluent in Taiwanese Hokkien, and his ancestry is in Hokkien, China, his father does not think it suits him as his voice and pronunciation are not compatible. Terry has covered songs from artists such as Steel Heart, Celine Dion, Queen, Air Supply, Vitas, Simon & Garfunkel, Ardian Rrusta. He cited Air Supply as one of his biggest influences.
Philanthropy
Terry Lin has been the Chairman of Taiwan Cancer Hope Fund since his mother's passing in 2001, and was awarded HKMT (Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan-wide) Top Philanthropist Award in 2013.
2nd place in Overall ranking (and runner-up of I Am a Singer Season 1)
Singer 2017
In February 2017, Lin returned as a returning singer of the fifth season of I Am a Singer, which was renamed to Singer on that same season. He once again made it to the grand finals, this time finishing in fifth place.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Terry Lin news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message In this Chinese name the family name is Lin Terry Lin Chinese 林志炫 pinyin Lin Zhixuan born 6 July 1966 is a Taiwanese singer He has been nominated for the Golden Melody Awards 5 times for Best Mandarin Male Artist He is known for his clear and elegant androgynous voice which utilizes different resonance in his head to mix head voice and falsetto to effortlessly move to the high ranges and maintain power and volume despite his slight build He has a combined range of 3 octaves but has spanned an additional octave while performing Opera a rearranged instrumental by Vitas a song he stated he cannot practice including perform more than 4 times a day He later became the first Taiwanese artist to record his album in One Take and One Take Live with no further editing Terry LinLin in 2008Born 1966 07 06 6 July 1966 age 56 Keelung TaiwanYears active1991 presentMusical careerGenresMandopopInstrument s VocalsWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 Life and career 2 Influences 3 Philanthropy 4 Variety show 4 1 I Am a Singer Season 1 4 2 Singer 2017 4 3 Call Me By Fire 5 ReferencesLife and career EditLin was born in Keelung Taiwan and is the oldest of 3 children In 1991 as a university student he formed the duo Ukulele with Lee Chi and gained attention in Taiwan and Hong Kong with their debut album Confession 認錯 The band made 4 Mandarin albums 2 English cover albums and a compilation album before disbanding in 1996 He was working at a power plant in a mine but his colleague were all killed in a landslide so he moved on to work in his father s family publishing company for which he is still the equivalent of COO In 1999 he was forced to leave the music industry to care for his mother Nine months after the leave his mother died and the original publishing building was forced to rebuild due to a fire 1 2 Lin went solo in 1995 and signed to Sony Music before setting up his own agency in 1997 In 2018 he sung Mo Dao Zu Shi s opening song Drunken dreams of a past life Influences EditWhile Terry Lin is fluent in Taiwanese Hokkien and his ancestry is in Hokkien China his father does not think it suits him as his voice and pronunciation are not compatible Terry has covered songs from artists such as Steel Heart Celine Dion Queen Air Supply Vitas Simon amp Garfunkel Ardian Rrusta He cited Air Supply as one of his biggest influences Philanthropy EditTerry Lin has been the Chairman of Taiwan Cancer Hope Fund since his mother s passing in 2001 and was awarded HKMT Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan wide Top Philanthropist Award in 2013 Variety show EditI Am a Singer Season 1 Edit In February 2013 he joined the first season of Hunan Television s I Am a Singer where he finished runner up 3 I Am a Singer Season 1I Am a Singer Season 1 Terry Lin s performance listEpisode Broadcast Date Song Title Original Singer Ranking Percentages of Votes Remarks5 Qualifying Round 3 February 15 2013 I Surrender Mandarin Terry Lin 1 21 86 6 Knockout Round 3 February 22 2013 Fade Away Mandarin Jay Chou 3 14 62 2nd place in Overall ranking7 Qualifying Round 4 March 1 2013 Opera Vitas 2 18 14 8 Knockout Round 4 March 8 2013 你的眼神 Mandarin Tsai Chin 1 27 25 2nd place in Overall ranking9 Qualifying Round 5 March 15 2013 Making Love Out of Nothing At All English Air Supply 1 27 15 10 Knockout Round 5 March 22 2013 夜夜夜夜 Mandarin Chyi Chin 3 19 57 5th place in Overall ranking11 Revival Round March 29 2013 Exempted did not perform that week 12 Semi finals April 5 2013 斷了線 Mandarin Go Home Mandarin Mindy QuahShunza 2 17 44 13 Grand Finals Round 1 April 12 2013 Easy Lover English Phil CollinsPhilip Bailey 2 15 60 Backup singer was Jam Hsiao13 Grand Finals Round 2 浮誇 Mandarin Terry Lin 2 36 47 2nd place in Overall ranking and runner up of I Am a Singer Season 1 Singer 2017 Edit In February 2017 Lin returned as a returning singer of the fifth season of I Am a Singer which was renamed to Singer on that same season He once again made it to the grand finals this time finishing in fifth place Singer 2017Singer 2017 Terry Lin s performance listEpisode Broadcast Date Song Title Original Singer Ranking Percentages of Votes Remarks5 Challenge Round 3 February 18 2017 You d Never Know Mandarin Terry Lin 5 10 93 6 Knockout Round 3 February 25 2017 Writing s On the Wall English Sam Smith 4 14 11 4th place in Overall ranking7 Qualifying Round 4 March 4 2017 Royal Dragon Ming Dynasty Mandarin Terry Lin 5 13 11 8 Knockout Round 4 March 11 2017 Pearlised Curtains Mandarin Scarborough Fair English Henry HuoUnknown 1 22 47 2nd place in Overall ranking9 Challenge Round 5 March 18 2017 Feeling Good English Cy Grant 1 17 79 10 Knockout Round 5 March 25 2017 Heartbreaker Mandarin Heaven Knows English Wang LeehomRick Price 7 8 92 5th place in Overall ranking11 Breakout Round April 1 2017 You Are Just By The Corner Mandarin Bruno Pelletier 3 12 37 Breakout Success ranked 3rd out of top seven singers 12 Semi finals April 8 2017 Somebody to Love English Queen 3 12 09 13 Finals April 15 2017 The Prayer English Andrea Bocelli Celine Dion 5 9 48 Backup singer was Hayley Westenra 5th place in Overall rankingPercentage of combined votes is 10 78 14 2017 Biennial Concert April 22 2017 Leave Mandarin Jacky Cheung Call Me By Fire Edit In 2021 he joined the cast of Call Me By Fire as a contestant 4 References Edit 湖南卫视芒果TV官方频道 China HunanTV Official Channel 2013 04 12 湖南卫视娱乐无极限 我是歌手独家专访周之林志炫专访 20130412HD in Chinese China retrieved 2017 08 14 林志炫曾贷款录唱片 有爱人有好歌很满足 金鹰网 www mgtv com in Chinese Retrieved 2017 08 14 羽泉爆冷奪冠 林志炫 不再參加 我是歌手 Call Me by Fire the Male Equivalent of Sisters Who Make Waves Offers Fans Throwbacks to Meteor Garden and More 13 August 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Terry Lin amp oldid 1092277570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
