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Top 10 Facts about A-Lin

A-Lin is a Taiwanese aboriginal singer and songwriter of Amis descent. She was born on 20 September 1983 in Lingya District, Kaohsiung city.

A-Lin is the youngest in her family. Her parents are Roman Catholics and love music.

Her older sister is Taiwanese model Luji Huang. They also have an older brother. A-Lin鈥檚 cousin-in-law is her fitness coach and also a guitarist.

A-Lin made her debut in the world of music at the end of 2006. She achieved rapid commercial success.

A-Lin has performed internationally and at a sold-out concert with Xiao Yu and Shin in 2012 at the Sydney Town Hall.

She released her first album in December 2014. The album was nominated for Best Mandarin Female Singer. A-Lin has won numerous music awards and is extremely popular within the Mandarin-speaking world.

Let鈥檚 learn about the top Top 10 Facts about A-Lin

1. She was Extremely Popular as a Student

 The confidence A-Lin gained from this led to her decision to compete in a 鈥楽inging Strength Elite Rivalry Competition. She chose the hit song 鈥楢t least you are still there鈥� by Sandy Lam.

The competition allowed A-Lin to believe she had a future as a professional singer. About talent shows being readily accessible to young people these days, A-Lin said, 鈥淚 am impressed that there is now a Million Star-type of the singing platform, which allows both everyone who enjoys singing and those who are talented singers a tough but realistic chance 鈥� an accomplished dream鈥�

2. She Taught Children to Sing a Hymn at Age 16

A-Lin is a Taiwanese pop singer. Her birth name was “Li-Ling Huang”. Photo by Sh猫 y芒nj卯ng on

In 1999, when A-lin was 16 years old she taught children to sing the hymn 鈥淎mazing Grace鈥�. However, after the 921 earthquakes in Nantou county, she was discovered by her former agent.

Nevertheless, he was not available when she wanted to give him contact information. Four years later, she met him in a bar where she sang regularly. The agent offered her a singing contract.

3. She Made Her Debut in the World of Music in 2006

She started her music career at end of 2006. A-Lin achieved rapid commercial such.

She was referred to as the next A-Mei, an aboriginal singer of Puyuma descent. A-Lin was also nicknamed 鈥楢 Born Diva鈥�.

 A-Lin was often quoted as saying that A-Mei was highly influential to her music. She did covers of A-Mei鈥檚 songs in music shows and concerts. A-Lin has won numerous music awards and is extremely popular within the Mandarin-speaking world.

4. A-Lin has Performed Internationally

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A-lin has been recognized internationally for her performance. Moreover, she performed at a sold-out concert with Xiao Yu and Shin in 2012. The performance was at the Sydney Town Hall

This was her first visit to Sydney. People flew in from different cities for her performance.

5. Terminated Her Contract with Avex Taiwan

In 2013 all singers under Avex Taiwan were allowed to terminate their contacts early. The termination was because Avex Taiwan was exiting the market.

This was due to overall poor sales from the records. After terminating her contract, A-Lin signed with the new label Sony Music.

6. She Considers Herself as a Contralto

A-Lin considers herself a Contralto. However, she has been noted to have an extremely wide vocal range.

The vocal is closely identical to that of Amanda Seyfried. Her vocal range has been noted in many of her songs.

However, during the concert in Auckland, New Zealand, she was suffering from illness. This made her unable to hit her falsetto range. She has also notably performed 鈥淩emember鈥�, by A-Mei, in infantile speech.

7. Guilt was Her First Album with Sony Music Taiwan

In December 2014, A-Lin released her first album with Sony Music Taiwan. This after leaving Avex. Some of the songs in the album were Gettlewoman and All in.

This album was nominated for Best Mandarin Female Singer. It made her fourth nomination without any win

Additionally, In 2015, she participated in the third season of I Am a Singer. She came in sixth on the finale. The finale was held in March 2015.

As a result, her singing ability was recognized by more people. This provided a boost to her career.

8. She has Released Several Albums in Her Career

A-lin has released several albums in her career. Before her termination with Avex Taiwan, she released seven albums.

Her debut album was Lovelorn, Not Guilty with Avex Taiwan. Other albums under Avex include Before, After, Love, How Should I Go?, Diva, Happiness And Then, We Will Be Better and Loneliness Is Not the Hardest Part.

Additionally, she released several albums with Sony Music Taiwan. This includes LINK, Guilt and A-Lin.

9. Special Appearance in 2018 Film

A-lin made a special appearance in a 2018 Taiwanese romance drama film. The film was known as More than Blue. The drama film was directed by Gavin Lin.

 It was a remake of the 2009 South Korean film of the same name. The film stars Taiwanese actors like Jasper Liu and Ivy Chen. It was released on November 30, 2018.

The film received a warm response. It premiered at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival. This was an open cinema category where tickets sold out within 5 minutes.

10. She was Married to a Well Known Taiwanese Baseball Player

On 1 July 2007, A-Lin married Huang Kan-lin. Huang is well known Taiwanese baseball player. They have a daughter, Huang Qiaoyu.

A-Lin revealed that the first they met, Huang Kan-lin requested the song 鈥淗ow Do I Live鈥� by LeAnn Rimes in her Tainan Pub session.

However, Huang was poor in English, thus he wrote 鈥淕ood Do A-Lin 鈥� on a piece of paper. He then spelt the song in homophobic Mandarin.

He aimed to chase after A-Lin because of her rich lips. Eventually, Huang Kan-lin proposed to A-Lin successfully by a new recorded song 鈥� (How Love Will Go)鈥�).

A-Lin has been nominated and won several awards in her music career. In 2007, She was nominated as Best New Artist at the 18th Golden Melody Awards.

Additionally, In 2009, she was nominated for Best Mandarin Female singer. This was during the 20th Golden Melody Awards.

In 2010, she won Jade Solid Gold Song Awards. As the Most Popular Mandarin Song.