Tan Weiwei

{{Short description|Chinese singer}}

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{{BLP sources|date=May 2012}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Tan Weiwei

| native_name = 谭维维

| native_name_lang = zh

| other_names = Sitar Tan

| image = Tan Weiwei - nicogenin - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) 3.jpg

| caption = Tan Weiwei at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|10|8}}

| birth_place = Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, China

| alma_mater = Sichuan Conservatory of Music

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 2006–present

| agent = TH Entertainment

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| genre = Mandopop, Rock, Folk

| label = EE-Media

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| spouse = {{marriage|David Chen|2017}}

| children = 2

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| p = Tán Wéiwéi

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Tan Weiwei ({{zh|s=谭维维|t=譚維維|p=Tán Wéiwéi}}; born 8 October 1982), also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress.

She was the runner-up of the third season (2006) of Super Girl ({{zh|links=no|c=超级女声}}), a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated I Am a Singer (season 3), where it was revealed that she is a vegan.

Early life

Tan Weiwei was born in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, on 8 October 1982.{{cite journal |language=zh |author1=Mei Shuai ({{lang|zh|美帅}})|script-title=zh:中国宝藏女歌手谭维维:从天生逆骨到重塑自我的跨界歌者 |trans-title=Chinese Singer Tan Weiwei: a Cross disciplinary Singer |volume=453 |pages=19–21 |year=2023 |journal=Bosom Friend |location=Wuhan, Hubei |publisher=Hubei Zhiyin Media Group Co., Ltd. |issn=1007-502X}} Her mother was a teacher and her father worked at a cultural station. She spent her childhood in Zigong with her parents. As a teenager, she became interested in pop music. In 1997, she won first places in the Students Art Festivals in both her primary and secondary schools. At the end of 1998, she began to perform in bars. When she was 19, she entered the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where many the biggest names of the mainland Chinese Mandopop singer had been trained. Although her marks were not very high, she managed to improve her vocal technique thanks to Lanka Dolma, a Chinese vocal trainer of Tibetan ethnicity, who discovered the hidden talent of the young singer. Thanks to Lanka Dolma, she learned many traditional singing techniques which nowadays, Tan uses in her recordings.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} And at the same year, she was honored as Top Ten singers of Sichuan province.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Music career

In 2020 Tan Weiwei released her album '3811'. Since July, Tan Weiwei has been releasing new singles from her album “3811,” with each of the 11 songs chronicling stories of women from diverse backgrounds, including a taxi-driving single mom, an illiterate elderly woman, and a female poet from the Tang dynasty.{{cite web|last=Tone|first=Sixth|date=14 December 2020|title=Chinese Song Amplifies Awareness for Violence Against Women|url=http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006571/chinese-song-amplifies-awareness-for-violence-against-women|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Sixth Tone}} In December she released the song 'Xiao Juan'. “Erase our names, forget our beings, same tragedy continues and repeats,” Tan sings. (Xiao Juan is a name, like Jane Doe in English, that is used to anonymize women's names in court cases.) The groundbreaking song, which went viral in China, refers to domestic violence and misogyny, citing recent violent deaths of real women in China.{{cite web|date=17 December 2020|title=The angry pop song calling out China's domestic violence problem|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55312878|website=BBC News}}

Personal life

She married Taiwanese actor David Chen after he proposed in 2016 during a trip to Mount Kailash.{{cite web |url= https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=319015|title= 金馬54/譚維維飆嗓!陳亦飛現身 網歪樓狂喊:喬琪姑娘|last= Li Jialing (李嘉翎) |date= 25 November 2017|website= SET News|access-date= 13 March 2020 |language = zh}}{{cite web |url=https://asiaweddingnetwork.com/en/magazine/real-proposals/1249-david-chen-tan-weiwei-s-tibet-proposal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908210512/http://asiaweddingnetwork.com/en/magazine/real-proposals/1249-david-chen-tan-weiwei-s-tibet-proposal|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 September 2016|title= Taiwanese Actor, David Chen & Chinese Singer, Tan Weiwei’s Tibet Proposal |last = Wong |first =Joyce| date= 2 September 2016 | access-date = 13 March 2020 | website = Asia Wedding Network}} In 2018, they collaborated on a song for the TV series The Legend of Jade Sword (莽荒紀) which he acted in.{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2018-05/11/c_1122818603.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706051348/http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2018-05/11/c_1122818603.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2018|title= 陈亦飞谭维维首度合唱献声纪片尾曲《门》 |language=zh|date= 11 May 2018 | access-date = 13 March 2020 | website = Xinhua }}

Discography

=Studio albums=

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1st

! 高原之心 Heart of the Highland{{cite web|url=http://ent.163.com/05/1115/17/22K8AQSB00031H2F.html|title=譚維維新專輯《高原之心》展民通演唱魅力|language=zh}}

| Studio Album

| Star recording

| 2005-11-23

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  1. 高原之心 Heart of the Plateau
  2. 康定情歌與溜溜調 Kangding Qingge
  3. 神鷹傳說 Legend of the Condor
  4. 走進西藏 Into Tibet
  5. 阿娃茲古麗 Avanz Guri
  6. 海市蜃樓 Mirage
  7. 永遠的那達慕 Nadam Forever
  8. 牧歌 Husbandry Song
  9. 烏蘭巴託之夜 The Night of Ulaanbaatar

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2nd

! 耳界 Ear of the World{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2007-12-19/12381841379.shtml|title=譚維維《耳界》展現音樂歷程:實現自我回歸|language=zh}}

| Studio Album

| [www.eemedia.cn/ EE-Media]

| 2007-12-04

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  1. 蝶 Butterfly
  2. 鋼琴 Piano
  3. 做錯
  4. 不穿高跟鞋
  5. 視而不見
  6. 愛的光 Light of Love
  7. 達子的春天 Spring of Tatsuya
  8. 也許也許 Maybe
  9. 向日葵 Sunflower
  10. 雪落下的聲音 Sound of Snowing
  11. 傳說 Legend

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3rd

! 傳說 Legend

| Studio Album

| Flamingo Records

| 2009-06-11

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  1. 蝴蝶的翅膀 Butterfly's Wings
  2. 阿爸 Dad
  3. 傳說 Legend
  4. 高原紅
  5. 我要和你去飛翔 I Want To Fly With You
  6. 洗衣歌 Laundry Song
  7. 夢中的唐古拉 Tangula In The Dream
  8. 獻給阿媽的歌 Song Dedicated To Mum
  9. 走進西藏 Into Tiabet
  10. 天路
  11. 夢中的綠洲 Oasis In The Dream
  12. 花的海洋 Ocean of Flower
  13. 四姑娘山下雪了嗎

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4th

! 譚某某 Tan Mou Mou{{cite web|url=http://www.hunantv.com/v/1/179/c/57098.html|title=新專輯《譚某某》慶功記者會 譚維維:尚雯婕請閉嘴|language=zh}}

| Studio Album

| [www.eemedia.cn/ EE-Media]

| 2010-03-20

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  1. Fight
  2. 如果有來生
  3. 如果你 If You
  4. 離去之前叫醒我 Wake Me Up Before You Go
  5. 譚某某 Tan Moumou
  6. 往日時光 The Past
  7. 石頭在歌唱 Stone Is Singing
  8. 匹諾曹 Pinocchio
  9. 悲哀而真實 Sad But Real

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5th

! 3

| Studio Album

| 遠達卓越

| 2011-10-18

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  1. 我是怎麼了 What's Wrong With Me
  2. 想見 Want To Meet
  3. Hold不住 Can't Hold
  4. 塵埃 Ashes
  5. 睡吧寶貝 Sleep, Baby
  6. 演 Act
  7. 艷陽天 Sunny Day
  8. 在那遙遠的地方 In That Faraway Place
  9. 我 I
  10. 開放 Open

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6th

! 烏龜的阿基里斯 Tortoise Called Achilles{{cite web|url=http://ent.qq.com/a/20131028/010940.htm|title=譚維維《烏龜的阿基里斯》發行 詮釋溫柔搖滾|language=zh}}

| Studio Album

| 遠達卓越

| 2013-10-23

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  1. 擁抱 Embrace
  2. 玩耍 Play
  3. 惡之花 Evil Flower
  4. 樹 Tree
  5. 我反對 Against
  6. 什麼 What
  7. 牆 Wall
  8. 黑則明 Black/Bright
  9. 為什麼 Why
  10. 當 When
  11. 我愛你 I Love You
  12. 天堂口處蓮花開 Lotus Blossoms

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7th

!3811

|Studio Album

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遠達卓越

|2020-12-11

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  1. 章存仙
  2. 魏如萱 - 鱼玄机
  3. 阿果
  4. 吴春芳
  5. 如花
  6. 钱夫人
  7. 赵桂灵
  8. 卡利
  9. 小娟 (化名)
  10. ཏཱ་རེ་མ།(Tare Ma)
  11. 谭艳梅

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Extended Plays:

  • (2016) 夏長 Long Summer EP
  • (2016) 秋收 Golden Harvest EP
  • (2017) 春生 Season of Rebirth EP
  • (2017) Winter EP
  • (2020) 姐码3811 Sister Ma 3811 EP
  • (2020) 姐放3811 Sister Fang 3811 EP

=Singles=

  • "If I Haven’t Fell Into Love" (如果我没有爱过)(September 2006){{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
  • "I forgot to say" (我忘了说) (January 2008)
  • "Encounter" (遇见) (August 2010)
  • "In the Shu river" (在束河里) (October 2010)

Filmography

Film

  • Chengdu, I Love You (2009)
  • East Meets West 2011 (2011)
  • Secret Garden ({{Lang-zh|c=秘密花園|p=Mìmì huāyuán}}, 2012)
  • Forget All Remember (2014){{cite web |url= http://movie.douban.com/subject/25728484/|title= 37次想你 (2014)|access-date= 25 December 2014|work= movie.douban.com|publisher= douban.com|language= zh}}
  • Love Education (2017)

Variety shows

References

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