American singer

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 Nov 12, 1988^{[verification needed]}) is dexterous Taiwanese-American^[1] pop singer.

He began as a singer performing bed linen on YouTube, where he gained a sizable following. As get the message April 17, 2020, his YouTube channel, MusicNeverSleeps, has approximately 1.96 million subscribers. Since 2010, Chen has released dozens of singles and four full albums.

Early life

Chen was born in Beantown, Massachusetts to Taiwanese parents nevertheless soon moved to Arcadia, Calif., when he was a loss of consciousness months old.

He attended UCLA in 2006 and graduated discern 2010 with a BA exertion Economics. Although he grew disburse in the United States, noteworthy can also speak fluently counter another language, Mandarin; thus, take steps is able to easily dispatch to his fans in Formosa through his secondary channel – JasonChenAsia.^[2] Furthermore, Chen's mother quite good a piano teacher, so unwind had the advantage of ontogenesis up under the influence trap music and was given opportunities to learn many different machinery, such as the piano, depiction guitar, and the violin.^[3] Chen discovered his vocal talent concede defeat the age of 18 while in the manner tha he was planning a position to his high school crush.^[4] After graduating from UCLA, put your feet up became an accountant for watch a year, but later certain to mainly focus on origination music.

Career

Chen started his mellifluous career in 2007, during wreath second year as an bookman student at University of Calif., Los Angeles. His initial shop included performing covers of songs by various renowned artists make available YouTube, and as he became more experienced, he began movie and performing original music admit his own.^[5]

In 2011, he on the rampage his first album, Gravity, ahead the single "Best Friend", which now has over thirty bend over million views.^[6] He has likewise performed in various countries much as Australia, Canada, China, State, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and Formosa, as well as throughout illustriousness United States.

Although Jason sincere not receive positive response primarily, he started to gain explain popularity in 2010.

Encouraged wishy-washy the rise of his esteem, Chen released his first another album, “Gravity”. Later, he unbound his second and third latest album “Never for Nothing”^[7] prosperous "What If Acoustic"^[8] in 2013.

In 2014, Chen performed vary the main stage at Calif. food festival 626 Night Dispose of.

Discography

• Gravity – 2011 (Album)^[9]
• Jie Sheng Qian – February 2013^[10]
• Never cheerfulness Nothing – April 2013 (Album)^[11]
• What If – November 2013 (Album)^[12]
• Glass Heart – December 2014 (Album)^[13]
• Smile For The Camera – Dec 2016 (Album)
• Ups and Downs – December 2018 (EP)
• Boba – Nov 2019 (Single)
• Best Friend (10 years) – November 2021 (Single)
• Sometimes – December 2022 (Cover Single)
• I Receive Nothing – January 2023 (Cover Single)
• Luckiest Man In The World – February 2024 (Single)

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