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Answer 1

Jay Chou Chieh-lun is a huge musical phenomenon in his home country of Taiwan and across China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. For those who don’t know, he is responsible for defining a new style of music called Chinese R ‘n’ B － an Asian version of American Rhythm and Blues. He has been hailed a ‘small, heavenly King’ by music critics, and the Hong Kong media love him. ‘Chou is definitely setting musical trends,’ declared the Ming Pao Weekly. At just twenty-four years of age, Chou’s achievements have been incredible. His first three albums sold millions. In 2003, he was voted Favourite Artist (Taiwan) at MTV’s Asian Music Awards. The same year, he also performed in Las Vegas before an audience of 10,000 people. His image is now being used in all sorts of advertisements for major companies, including Pepsi and PCCW.

However, the road to success has been long and hard for Chou. As a boy, no one ever thought he would be famous. He was always painfully shy at high school. ‘I thought he was dumb,’ says his former teacher, Ellen Hsu, who assumed he had a learning disability. Chou didn’t bother to study hard and often avoided school, but he played the piano constantly. ‘Chou was sensitive to music before he could walk,’ remembers his mother, Yeh Hui-meh.