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Tien Chong 張天
Born	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30) United Kingdom ^[1]
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2017–present
Musical career
Genres	Jazz
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Mofo Music Ltd ^[2] HeySong Corporation^[3]
Musical artist

Tien Chong (simplified Chinese: 张天; traditional Chinese: 張天; pinyin: Zhāng Tiān; born September 25, 1994) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter who made her debut in 2017.^[4] She was one of the seven first-round competitors in Singer 2018^[5] where she was eliminated in week five.^[6] Tien is a contralto.^[2]

Early life

On September 25, 1994, Chong was born in the United Kingdom to a Singaporean law student and a British nurse.^[1]

Career

Chong has lived in Singapore, United Kingdom, Thailand and Hong Kong, however, She currently lives in Hong Kong pursuing her music career.^[2]^[1]^[7]

Career beginning: 2014–2017

Chong signed to MoFo Music in 2014^[2] and is managed by director/producer Kelvin Avon.

Chong was the voice for the HTC One M9 international campaign. She had co-written with the UK-based producer/DJ SanXero, New York writer Curtis Richa, and has supported Hong Kong artist/producer Jun Kung for his 'Alive On Stage' performance at McPherson Stadium.

In July 2015, she was invited to a songwriting camp in London's iconic Abbey Road Studios where she wrote and composed songs with well-known songwriters. ^[8]

On August 19–20, 2016, she flew to Cuba to perform as an invited guest to Cuban Fusion Flamenco guitarist Reynier Marino at the National Theatre of Cuba for two nights as part of the 90th birthday celebrations of Fidel Castro.

Chong also starred in the DBS Bank-sponsored series Sparks, which premiered in mid-March 2017, and she sang the theme song for the online ad campaign. Since then, she has performed at the Atlas Bar opening in Singapore, Daybreaker in Hong Kong, and many more.

Singer 2018 and TIEN: 2018–present

Under Mofo Music, Chong released her first single, "Breathless", where her debut album was pending to be released.^[9]

Chong debuted as the first-week contestant on Singer 2018.^[10] Following the premiere episode (where she placed 2nd^[11]), she was recognized as a "dark horse" by the Chinese media,^[1] and her participation led to a rise in numbers of followers on her Weibo account from around 100 fans to around 16,000 fans.^[12]^[13]

Chong remained in the competition for four more weeks until her elimination on week five. She later returned to the competition on the sixth week for a return performance, and another on the 12th week, the Breakouts, with the latter performance failing to qualify for the finale.

Details

Round	Ep.	Broadcast Date	Song	Original Singer	Rank	Percentages of Votes	Note
1	1	12 Jan 2018	《Queen Bee》Suite		2	15.99%
			Dancing Diva	Jolin Tsai
			Lady Marmalade	Labelle
	2	19 Jan 2018	Shape of You	Ed Sheeran	8	4.19%	Tien was one of the arrangers
	3	26 Jan 2018	Hello	Adele	5	10.21%
2	4	2 Feb 2018	Me	Leslie Cheung	7	3.69%
	5	9 Feb 2018	One Day I'll Fly Away	Randy Crawford	8	3.01%	Eliminated
	5	9 Feb 2018	I Don't Care	Tien Chong	8	3.01%	Eliminated
	6	16 Feb 2018	Tightrope Walker	James Li	—	—	Return Performance
	6	16 Feb 2018	Tightrope	Janelle Monáe	—	—	Return Performance
Breakout	12	6 April 2018	Rose, Rose, I Love You	Yao Lee	8	3.20%	Rap Lyrics are written by herself Eliminated

Overall Ranking and Percentage of Votes

Singer 2018 has four rounds of competition, and the overall ranking and percentage of votes was counted for every two shows, (the exception was on week three, due to the withdrawal of GAI.)

Round	Percentage of Votes of the first show (Ranking)	Percentage of Votes of the other show (Ranking)	Overall Percentage of Votes	Overall Ranking	Note
1	15.99% (2)	4.19% (8)	10.09%	6
1	—	10.21% (5)	10.21%	5	Challenge Round was counted alone after the withdrawal of contestant GAI.
2	3.69% (7)	3.93% (8)	3.81%	7	Eliminated

Discography

Studio Album


#	Album Info	Tracklisting
1	TIEN^[14] Released Date: June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) Length: Genres: Pop Funk R&B Blues Motown Soul Rock Go-go Label: Mofo Music Ltd.	CD Funkistry Carousel (Promotional Song for Adrift) Breathless Sinister 365 Days Start Me Up I Don't Care Work It Out I Understand Superstars

Singles

List of singles by TIEN Chong
Title	Released Date	Album	Ref.
Over Me Label: MoFo Music Ltd	April 4, 2016 (2016-04-04)	non-album single	^[15]
Superstars Label: Soundcloud Demo	October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)	TIEN
Blind I Label: Soundcloud Demo	October 29, 2016 (2016-10-29)	non-album single
Breathless Label: Mofo Music Ltd.	November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)	TIEN	^[16]
I Don't Care Label: Mofo Music Ltd.	June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)	TIEN	^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Who is Tien Chong? Half-Singaporean Newcomer dubbed "dark horse" of China's Singer 2018". channelnewsasia.com. 25 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "TIEN Facebook - About TIEN". Facebook.
^ "TIEN Weibo".
^ "Who is Tien Chong" (in Chinese).
^ "Tien Chong became the dark horse in Singer 2018, getting the 2nd place" (in Chinese). 14 January 2018.
^ "KZ Tandingan participated in《Singer 2018》show her singing ability". 人民网. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
^ "Tien Chong's family" (in Chinese).
^ "Tien Chong". SeanyMac Studios. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
^ "TIEN - Mofo Music".
^ "TIEN Chong set to debut on China's "Singer 2018" Tonight". 12 January 2018.
^ "Tien got the 2nd place for the 1st episode in Singer 2018" (in Chinese). 20 January 2018.
^ "Tien Chong's followers from Weibo increased rapidly" (in Chinese). 14 January 2018.
^ "Hunan Satellite TV official Weibo" (in Chinese).
^ "TIEN" (in Chinese). Xiami Music.
^ "TIEN's music". Xiami Music.
^ Breathless on YouTube
^ I Don't Care on YouTube

External links

Singer / I Am a Singer (歌手 / 我是歌手)

Seasons

Contestants

Season 1	Paul Wong Yu Quan (Hu Haiquan_[zh], Chen Yufan) нƒ Chyi Chin † Shang Wenjie Sha Baoliang_[zh] Huang Qishan ƒ Chen Ming_[zh] Aska Yang ∆ƒ Terry Lin ∆ƒ Zhou Xiao'ou ∆ƒ Winnie Hsin ∆ƒ Julia Peng ∆ƒ
Season 2	Wei Wei G.E.M. ƒ Han Lei ƒ Bibi Zhou ƒ Phil Chang нƒ Gary Chaw ƒ Luo Qi ‡ Jason Zhang ∆ƒ Victor Wong ∆ Man Wenjun_[zh] ∆ Shila Amzah ∆ƒ Power Station ∆
Season 3	Han Hong ƒ Leo Ku н Kit Chan Tiger Hu ƒ Sun Nan нƒ† A-Lin ƒ Jane Zhang † Li Ronghao ∇ Li Jian ∆ƒ Sitar Tan ∇ƒ The One ∆ƒ Jess Lee ∇ Hsiao Huang-chi ∆
Season 4	Coco Lee ƒ Chao Chuan н Hacken Lee нƒ Shin н HAYA Band н Hwang Chi Yeul ƒ Lala Hsu ƒ Guan Zhe н Su Yunying ∇н Jeff Chang ∆нƒ Elvis Wang ∇н Joey Yung ∆нƒ Kim Ji-Mun_[zh] ∇ Wang Yang_[zh] ∆нƒ
Season 5	Sandy Lam ƒ Tan Jing ‡ Lion ƒ Tia Ray ƒ Michael Wong Hins Cheung ‡ Dimash Kudaibergen ƒ Teresa Carpio ƒ Zhao Lei ∇† Justin Lo ∇ Diamond Zhang ∇ƒ Liang Bo ∇
Season 6	Wang Feng ƒ Jessie J ƒ Angela Zhang нƒ Sam Lee Li Xiaodong_[zh] GAI ‡ Tien Chong James Li_[zh] ∆ƒ Juno Su_[zh] ∇ Hua Chenyu ∆ƒ KZ Tandingan ∇ Tengger ∆ƒ Henry Huo ∇ƒ Yisa Yu ∆
Season 7	Liu Huan ƒ Chyi Yu ƒ Yang Kun ƒ Wu Tsing-fong нƒ Escape Plan_[zh] Zhang Xin_[zh] Kristian Kostov Liu Yuning § ANU ∇ Polina Gagarina ∆ƒ Super–Vocal finalists (Ayanga, Cai Chengyu, Frank Ju_[zh], Zheng Yunlong) ∇ƒ Jefferson Qian § Faith Yang ∆ Bii § Angela Hui ∇ Gong Linna ∆ƒ Chen Chusheng ∇
Season 8	Mao Buyi Zhou Shen ƒ Misia ƒ Jeryl Lee_[zh] ∇§ Huang Xiaoyun ∇ Lexie Liu ∇§ Ge Bi Lao Fan_[zh] ∇§ Pax Congo ∇§ Zeng Yiming_[zh] ∇§ Jike Junyi_[zh] ∇ƒ Qin Fan Qi_[zh] ∇§ Hu Xia ∇ Super Vocal ∇ Taiyi_[zh] ∇§ Gen Sihan_[zh] ∇ LifeJourney_[zh] ∇ Ai Re_[zh] ∇§

Versions outside China

I Am a Singer (Korea)
I Am a Singer Cambodia (Cambodia)