Jay Chou

One of the most influential figures in early 21st century Asian pop, Taiwanese multi-hyphenate artist Jay Chou has sold tens of millions of albums in the decades following his 2000 debut Jay, revolutionizing the Mandopop market and inspiring a generation of artists in East Asia. With his distinctive vocal delivery and merging of hip-hop, R&B, Chinese folk, and classical music to the typical Mandopop sound, he modernized Chinese music and became an international star, quickly rising to the top of the charts with hit albums like 2001's Fantasy, 2004's smash Common Jasmine Orange...