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Jay Chou is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actor, and movie director. He has won three World Music Awards and is a big star throughout Asia. He is a trained classical musician who has successfully crossed over into pop, and combines Western and Chinese styles. He has sold more than 25 million albums and has a successful movie career. Chou has a growing influence on Chinese culture.
周杰倫是一位臺灣歌手、詞曲創作人、演員和電影導演。他曾三次獲得世界音樂獎，是全亞洲的大明星。周杰倫是一位受過訓練的古典音樂人，成功轉型成流行歌手，融合了中西方音樂風格。他賣出了兩千五百多萬張專輯，并成功進軍電影業。周杰倫對中國文化的影響力越來越大。
Chou was born in 1979 and grew up in Taiwan. He started learning the piano when he was four. He loved music and recorded sounds and songs on the tape recorder he carried everywhere. He studied piano and cello at high school and began to write the music and lyrics to pop songs. He found it easy to combine classical with pop.
周杰倫1979年出生，長在臺灣，四歲時開始學鋼琴。他喜歡音樂、磁帶上記錄的聲音和歌曲，走到哪帶到哪。他在高中時學習鋼琴和大提琴，并開始創作流行歌曲和歌詞。他發現把古典音樂和流行音樂結合起來很容易。
In 1998, Chou appeared on a TV talent show playing the piano. His piano composition impressed a top judge, who offered him a contract to write pop songs. He spent the next two years in the studio and learnt the techniques of song production. The studio manager encouraged him to become a singer. In 2000, he released his debut album 'Jay’.
1998年，周杰倫在電視選秀節目中表演彈鋼琴，他的鋼琴作品打動了一位著名評委，獲得了一份創作流行歌曲的合同。他接下來的兩年在工作室度過，學習歌曲創作的技巧。工作室經理鼓勵他當歌手。2000年，周杰倫發布了首張專輯《Jay》。
Chou became an overnight success. He releases a new album every year, all of which sell millions. He has won more than 350 music awards in Asia. He also wrote the official song for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His acting career is also taking off. He won a Best Newcomer award for his debut role in 'Initial D' in 2005.
周杰倫一夜成名。他每年都會發布新專輯，所有的專輯銷量都是數百萬張。他在亞洲曾獲得350多項音樂獎項。他也為2008年的北京奧運會創作了官方歌曲。周杰倫的演藝事業也很成功，2005年他因《頭文字D》中的首秀獲得最佳新人獎。
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