Joi Chua

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is 蔡 (Chua).
Joi Chua
(蔡淳佳)
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Photo shoot for EP, Perspectives, released in 2012.
Background information
Native name 蔡 淳佳
Born (1978-08-03) August 3, 1978 (age 45)
Singapore
Origin Singapore
Genres Pop, Folk
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Years active 1996 – present
Labels Ocean Butteflies, Warner Music Singapore, Joi Music
Website www.joichua.com

Joi Chua or Joi Tsai (Chinese: 蔡淳佳; pinyin: Cài Chúnjiā, born August 3, 1978) is a Singaporean female pop singer.[1] Her most famous songs are "Waiting For A Sunny Day" (《等一个晴天》), "Watching the Sunrise With Me" (《陪我看日出》), the Chinese version of "Nada Soso" and "Wind Chimes" (《风铃》). She is also well known in Mainland China and Taiwan.

Early life

Joi was educated at Raffles Girls' Primary School, Clementi Town Secondary School, and Singapore Polytechnic majoring in optometry. Her original major was business administration, but her shifted her major into optometry 3 months later.[2] Joi was influenced by her elder brother to pick up singing from a young age.[3] She joined and led the choir in her Secondary school and later joined budding singers in The Ark, a cafe with live performances, which molded the most important part of Joi's singing career.

"蔡" ("Chua" or "Tsai", pinyin: Cài) is her family name. "淳" (pinyin: Chún) is equal to "醇" (its pinyin is also: Chún) in ancient Chinese, both meaning "mellow", "good-natured" or "good-hearted". Now the latter character "醇" is only used to describe the good quality of wine. "佳" ("Joi", pinyin: jiā) means "well" or "fine".

Entertainment Career (1996 - Present)

She debuted as a commercial singer in 1996 in Extraordinary Singers Course organized by Ocean Butterflies Production Company, where she was chosen from over 2000 candidates at its premiere audition to join the label as a trainee singer.[4][5] Joi's first album under the same name, was however only launched in 2000 as she decided to complete her education before embarking on her singing career. Unfortunately, the album did not receive its desired response, and Joi returned to the hospital to work as an optometrist between 2001 to 2003 after her short stint.[5]

Joi released her second album Sunrise (《日出》) with Play Music in 2003. This album helped her pick up the merit award under the cultural achievement category for The Outstanding Young Person Award for 2006. Play Music was later acquired by Warner Music and Joi came under the wings of the global music label till 2010 before switching to her own management.

Joi was later commissioned by MediaCorp to sing many Channel 8 NKF Drama Series theme songs and the sub-theme songs like There is Hope for Life (《梦在手里》),[6] and she also performed at the Singapore National Day Parade in 2005 and 2008.[7] She also led the music Craze Concert in 2005, 2006 and was the anchor performer for Chingay Parade 2012. Joi started her own music label "Joi Music" and produced her latest EP, Perspectives in 2012.

In China, Joi sang at the CCTV big annual show Mid-Autumn Festival Gala Evening (《中秋晚会》) in 2007[8][9] 2008[8] and 2014. She acted in Royston Tan's new film "3688" (《想入飞飞》) in June 2015.[10]

Business Ventures

Trained as an optometrist, in 2011 Joi started her own optical practice "The Eyecare People"[11] in Holland Village, Singapore.

Social Causes

Joi was appointed the ambassador for the Singapore Speak Mandarin Campaign 2005 which involved her in concerts over 12 different primary and secondary schools to promote the campaign. She sang the Chinese theme song of Uniquely You (《非常特别的你》) with the Singapore Tourism Board in promoting Singapore as a choice destination to both locals and foreigners. Joi also contributes as an ambassador for World Visions and Mercy Relief.

Personal life

Joi is married in December 2010 to her beau of 10 years.[12][13]

Awards

She was later nominated Best Female Vocalist in the industry's most prestigious "Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards" in 2008 for her album, Joi Blessed (《庆幸拥有蔡淳佳》).[14] Joi went on to win "Best Asia-Pacific Vocalist" in the "Original Chinese Music Awards" held in China in 2010 with her album Back to Basics (《回到最初》). Her co-written work Darkness (《不透光》) from this EP, with prolific composer-producer Jim Lim won her, her first "Best Melody Composition" award in Singapore e-Award in 2012.

Discography

covered & adapted songs collected in albums
Chinese Title English Title original song and artist(s) Albums Notes
Eternal Flame "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles. 《蔡淳佳 Joi》
《爱如潮水》 Love Like Waves 《爱如潮水》 by Jeff Chang (张信哲). 《蔡淳佳 Joi》
《陪我看日出》 Watching the Sunrise With Me "Nada Sōsō" (「涙そうそう」) by Ryo-ko Mori-yama (森山 良子). 《日出》 Cover from Ri-mi Natsu-kawa's cover version.
《有一天我会》 One Day I Will 《有一天我会》 by 张琼瑶. 《有一天我会》
《未知的以后》 Unknown Future 「爱よ 爱よ」 by Ri-mi Natsu-kawa (夏川 里美). 《有一天我会》
《星星眼睛》 Eyes Like Stars 「星がきれい」 by Yu-zu (ゆず). 《有一天我会》
《南屏晚钟》 Evening Chime of the Southern City 《南屏晚钟》 by Tsui Ping (崔萍). 《有一天我会》
《恋之憩》 Break From Love 《恋之憩》 by Jiang E (姜鄂). 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选》
《等一个晴天》 Waiting For a Sunny Day 「かざぐるま」 by Yo Hitoto (一青 窈). 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选》
《风铃》 Wind Chimes "ยิ่งกว่าเสียใจ" by Punch (วรกาญจน์ โรจนวัชร). 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选》
《对不起,我爱你》 Sorry, I Love You 「雪の華」 by Mi-ka Naka-shima (中島 美嘉). 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选》
《左右为难》 Dilemma 〈어쩌면〉 by 서진영 (徐真英). 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选》
《依恋》 "Je m'appelle Hélène" by Hélène Rollès. 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选
(大陆版)》
Yesterday 〈Yesterday〉 by 박혜경 (朴慧京). 《等一个晴天
新歌+精选》
《隐形纪念》 Invisible Memorial 「それぞれに」 by Kou-suke Atari (中孝 介). 《回到最初》
《回家的路》 The Way Home 「家路」 by Kou-suke Atari (中孝介). 《回到最初》

Other cover songs include:

  • 《细水长流》 (with 蔡礼莲 & 唐玉璇, original sang by Liang Wern Fook (梁文福) & 刘瑞政 & 王邦吉)
  • 《相亲相爱》 (original sang by various artists from Warner Music)
Albums
Time Chinese Title English Title Label Notes
2000 《蔡淳佳 Joi》 Joi Tsai Sony Taiwan
Sep 2004 《日出》 Sunrise
Aug 2005 《有一天我会》 One Day I will UST
Dec 2005 《对不起，我爱你》 Love is... or Sorry, I love you Featuring Eric Chen (陈冠宇).
Sep 2006 《等一个晴天》 Waiting For A Sunny Day
Nov 2006 《淳佳精选17首》 The Best of Joi or
Joi's Greatest Hits compilation consists of 17 songs		 Only released in Taiwan.
Dec 2007 《慶幸擁有蔡淳佳》 Blessed Joi
Sep 2009 《回到最初》 Back To Basics or Back To the Original
Jan 2010 《淳剧佳曲》 Joi Best of Drama
Jun 2010 《時間的禮盒》 The Gift of Time
Jul 2012 《视界观》 Perspectives Songs were embeded in a promoting USB disk whose pattern was designed by Joi.[11]
Singles
Time Chinese Title English Title Label Notes
April 2014 《玻璃》 Glass
Nov 2014 《一传一》 Be the One Released with both English and Chinese versions.
Nov 2014 《信约》 Promise Drama Theme for The Journey: Tumultuous Times.

Filmography

Time Chinese Title English Title Role Director Notes
2015 《想入飞飞》 3688 Xia Feifei (夏飞飞) Royston Tan (陈子谦)

Footnotes and References

References

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