Penny Tai

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| name = Penny Tai

| image = Penny Tai in 2024 (1).png

| caption = Tai in 2024

| native_name = 戴佩妮

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|04|22}}

| birth_place = Segamat, Johor, Malaysia

| alma_mater = Southern University College

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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|producer|director}}

| years_active = 1995–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Sidney Lu|27 December 2014}}

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| website = {{URL|www.iampenny.idv.tw/}}

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| background = solo_singer

| genre = Mandopop

| origin = Taiwan

| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}

| label = EMI
Seed Music
Sony Music Entertainment

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Penny Tai ({{zh|c=戴佩妮|p=Dài Peìní|poj=Tè Pōe-nî|j=Daai3 Pui3 Nei4}}; born 22 April 1978) is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, producer and director. Since her debut in 2000, she has achieved many successes in her music career, including winning 5 Golden Melody Awards.

In addition to performing arts, Tai is enthusiastic about charity and was elected as one of Malaysia's Top Ten Outstanding Youths in 2011.

Life and career

Tai started songwriting at the age of 17, participating in the Halo Songwriting Contest{{Cite web |url=http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=%2F2003%2F5%2F31%2Fpeople%2Fbnpenny&sec=miPeople |title=Allmalaysia.com website profile |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235402/http://allmalaysia.info/news/story.asp?file=%2F2003%2F5%2F31%2Fpeople%2Fbnpenny&sec=miPeople |archive-date=26 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} in Kuala Lumpur, a platform which also launched the career of fellow Malaysian singer, Fish Leong. In 1999 she was offered a contract by EMI Music (Taiwan) and moved to Taiwan pursue a career in singing and songwriting. She released her self-titled first album, Penny, in January 2000.

In 2006, she won Best Composer at the Golden Melody Awards for the song "Crazy Love" (title track to her 2005 album), becoming the first Malaysian artist to win a Golden Melody Award.{{cite web|title=17th Golden Melody Awards Winner List (Chinese)|url=http://info.gio.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=31075&ctNode=3750&mp=3|publisher=Government Information Office, Republic of Taiwan|accessdate=14 September 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715092013/http://info.gio.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=31075&ctNode=3750&mp=3|archive-date=15 July 2012|url-status=dead}}

She subsequently won the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer and Best Album Producer at the 25th Golden Melody Awards in 2014.

She formed the band Buddha Jump with the band D-power and released their first album, Buddha Jump, on 23 September 2011. Buddha Jump won the Golden Melody Award for Best Band in 2015.{{cite news|title=佛跳牆奪最佳樂團戴佩妮：老公帶旺我 {{!}} 重點新聞 {{!}} 中央社即時新聞 CNA NEWS|url=http://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201506275018-1.aspx|accessdate=4 December 2017}}

Her most popular song to date internationally was the end theme for the Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden entitled The Love You Want (你要的愛).{{cite web|title=戴佩妮搖滾改編神曲《你要的愛》唱出女人愛的解放 {{!}} POP！微博|url=http://ipop.sina.com.tw/posts/277604|website=POP！微博|accessdate=4 December 2017|language=zh-TW|date=27 November 2017}}

She married Sidney Lu on 27 December 2014.{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Ching-yi|last2=Chen|first2=Christie|title=Malaysian-Chinese singer Penny Tai marries longtime fiancé|url=http://focustaiwan.cna.com.tw/news/aeas/201412270024.aspx|accessdate=27 December 2014|agency=Central News Agency|date=27 December 2014}}

Discography

Studio albums

Penny (2000)
How's That? (怎樣) (2001)
Just Sing It (2002)
No Penny, No Gain (2003)
Crazy Love (愛瘋了) (2005)
iPenny (2006)
Forgive Me For Being The Girl I Am (原諒我就是這樣的女生) (2009)
On the Way Home (回家路上) (2011)
Unexpected (純屬意外) (2013)
Thief (賊) (2016)
The Passive Audience (被動的觀眾) (2022)

With Buddha Jump

Buddha Jump (佛跳牆) (2011)
Show You (給你看) (2014)
BJ Shop (BJ肆) (2019)

Awards and nominations

=Golden Melody Awards=

The Golden Melody Awards is an honor awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan to recognize outstanding achievement in the Chinese music industry and it has constantly been recognized as the equivalent to the Grammy Awards in Chinese-speaking world.

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2001

|Best New Artist

|PENNY

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2004

|Best Female Mandarin Singer

|No Penn, No Gain