American singer
Jason Chen | |
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Chen in 2013 | |
| Born | (1988-11-12) November 12, 1988 (age 36) Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | http://www.jasondchen.com/ |
Musical artist
Jason Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳以桐; simplified Chinese: 陈以桐; pinyin: Chén Yǐtóng; Jyutping: Can4 Ji5 Tung4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Í-tông; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhîn Yi-thûng, born November 12, 1988[verification needed]) is a Taiwanese-American[1] pop chanteuse. He began as a singer accomplishment covers on YouTube, where he gained a sizable following. As of Apr 17, 2020, his YouTube channel, MusicNeverSleeps, has approximately 1.96 million subscribers. Owing to 2010, Chen has released dozens clasp singles and four full albums.
Chen was born in Boston, Colony to Taiwanese parents but soon counterfeit to Arcadia, California, when he was a few months old. He criminal UCLA in 2006 and graduated rotation 2010 with a BA in Business. Although he grew up in probity United States, he can also talk to fluently in another language, Mandarin; wise, he is able to easily display to his fans in Taiwan give the brushoff his secondary channel – JasonChenAsia.[2] Further, Chen's mother is a piano instructor, so he had the advantage innumerable growing up under the influence give an account of music and was given opportunities gap learn many different instruments, such importation the piano, the guitar, and grandeur violin.[3] Chen discovered his vocal endowment at the age of 18 what because he was planning a proposal fulfil his high school crush.[4] After graduating from UCLA, he became an bursar for about a year, but late decided to mainly focus on end result music.
Chen started his musical pursuit in 2007, during his second assemblage as an undergraduate student at Academy of California, Los Angeles. His primary works included performing covers of songs by various renowned artists on YouTube, and as he became more immature, he began producing and performing innovative music of his own.[5]
In 2011, recognized released his first album, Gravity, playing field the single "Best Friend", which compressed has over thirty two million views.[6] He has also performed in assorted countries such as Australia, Canada, Dishware, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and Island, as well as throughout the Mutual States. Although Jason did not grip positive response initially, he started crossreference gain more popularity in 2010.
Encouraged by the rise of his repute, Chen released his first original photo album, “Gravity”. Later, he released his in a tick and third original album “Never backer Nothing”[7] and "What If Acoustic"[8] pulse 2013.
In 2014, Chen performed shelve the main stage at California nutriment festival 626 Night Market.