Jane Zhang also known as Zhang Liangying (simplified Chinese: 张靓颖; traditio… Read Full Bio ↴Jane Zhang also known as Zhang Liangying (simplified Chinese: 张靓颖; traditional Chinese: 張靚穎; pinyin: Zhāng Liàngyǐng; born October 11, 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China) is a Mainland Chinese pop singer. She rose to prominence after her third-place performance in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest, a national all-female singing competition in the People's Republic of China. Throughout the competition, she sang in English, Spanish and Cantonese in addition to Mandarin Chinese. She is particularly known for her signature whistle register.
Zhang's debut album was titled The One and was produced by Craig Williams. Her next album, Update, broke away from the Chinese pop scene by combining elements of R&B and jazz. After the release of Update, Zhang participated in a World Peace One concert that was designed to increase awareness and activism for world peace, and to raise funds for humanitarian relief. Other participating artists included U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd and Green Day.
Her father was an engine attendant for a transportation company in Chengdu, and her mother was a shop assistant.During her childhood, she performed at her parents' workplace on several occasions. However, her parents divorced when she was 13; two years later, Zhang's father died. This forced her to work outside of school; she started to sing at a local public house, where her uncle played the accompaniments.While performing at the pub, Zhang was exposed to a wide variety of music genres, and developed a taste for American country singers in addition to Western pop singers, such as Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. Because she was unable to afford her own music players, Zhang frequently borrowed walkmans and headphones from her classmates, and skipped lunches to save enough money for cassettes.After graduating from college, she studied at Sichuan University's Foreign Language Department where she was majoring in English; she dropped out soon after to compete in the 2005 Super Girl competition.
Zhang auditioned for the Super Girl contest in 2005. Super Girl (simplified Chinese: 超级女声; traditional Chinese: 超級女聲) is the Chinese equivalent to the popular Idol franchise where only female contestants were allowed to participate.She auditioned in Chengdu, and after progressing through the preliminary rounds, she entered the national competition with Li Yuchun and He Jie (simplified Chinese: 何洁; traditional Chinese: 何潔).
Throughout the series, she had established a fan base whose members called themselves "Liang Fen" (simplified Chinese: 凉粉), a phrase that combined the Chinese pronunciation of her name and the English word "fan." The term "Liang Fen" originated from Hong Kong years ago, but is now used to define a particular type of bean jelly snack in central China.Zhang demonstrated her ability to sing in foreign languages, with performances of "I Still Believe,""What's Up,""Beautiful,"and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."As such, she was recognized by judges, critics and musicians to be the most talented singer in this competition.Some critics even regarded her as one of China's best artists.Nevertheless, she was not the most popular contestant among young supporters. Her final number of votes by text messaging was 1.3 million. Consequently, she placed third behind Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang.Her loss did not come as a shock because Li and Zhou had garnered more popularity during the competition. Their creative eccentricity and tomboyish appearances triumphed over Zhang's "old, introverted, [and] pretty-girl" image.
After the competition ended, Zhang was invited to visit Sichuan University, her alma mater, during its orientation week celebration in early September. She performed her own rendition of Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" there.On September 26, 2005, she became the first Super Girl contestant to hold a personal music show for her fans. Numerous celebrities attended the show, including Huang Jianxiang, a host on CCTV's football shows, Phoenix TV host Zeng Zimo, and Taiwanese singer Sky Wu.Zhang also signed a contract with CCTV to play the supporting role in The Song of the Movie, a stage music show produced by Taiwan pop musician Jonathan Lee. Harlem Yu and Yuan Quan also starred in the musical, which opened in Beijing in December 2005 and later in Hong Kong.
On January 9, 2006, her first EP, Jane·Love (simplified Chinese: Jane·爱; traditional Chinese: Jane·愛) was released. The EP, which cost 2 million yuan to produce,contains six tracks in total: 3 songs and 3 instrumentals. In China alone, over 210,000 copies of the EP have been sold.On Forbes' China Celebrity 100 list, Zhang was placed 55th.Her debut album, The One, was released on October 11, 2006, her 22nd birthday.During the production of the album, Zhang visited the United States to collaborate with music producers Craig Williamsand Peter Hyams, the latter of whom had worked with Celine Dion and R. Kelly.The One contains ten songs, three of which are in English; the three English songs were produced by Williams.She has also sung many popular theme songs for various films and series, including "Only for Love" (simplified Chinese: 我用所有报答爱; traditional Chinese: 我用所有報答愛) for the film The Banquetand "Unparalled in the World" (simplified Chinese: 天下无双; traditional Chinese: 天下無雙) for the TV series The Return of the Condor Heroes. The popularity of both songs was reflected on numerous Chinese music charts."Only for Love", which was a collaboration with Chinese pianist Lang Lang,was nominated for Best Original Film Song at the 2007 Hong Kong Film Awards.
In February 2007, she was invited by World Peace One (WP1) to join a hundred world-renowned singers and bands to record a song called "Give Your Love". This was aimed to bring attention to all cultures of the globe. This project aims to promote awareness of the poverty of third-world countries.Zhang was the only Asian female singer who received an invitation to participateand it was reported that Craig Williams recommended Zhang to the organiser of the event.Zhang performed her first North American concert on March 31, 2007 in Pasadena, California.Famous Japanese musician Kitarō and Gavin Christopher also attended the concert, in which Gavin Christopher and Zhang sang I'll Be There together.On April 8, 2007, she was awarded the Best Singer Award in the 2007 Music Chart Awards ceremony was held in Beijing Exhibition Centre Theater.Her July 28, 2007 concert in Beijing also set a record for the most expensive VIP seating for a mainland Chinese artist.She performed live versions of hit songs from The One, new songs from her second album Update, which was released in August 2007, as well as Richard Marx's signature ballad "Right Here Waiting" and Beyoncé Knowles's "Listen" from the award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls.On August 2, 2007, her second album, Update was released. When asked about the album's name, Zhang explained that the album is an upgraded step from The One. The songs broke away from the Chinese pop scene by combining elements of R&B and jazz.One of her tracks, "We Are Together" (simplified Chinese: 我们在一起; traditional Chinese: 我們在一起), was produced for a project by the United Nations Children's Fund.
Zhang was invited, along with 130 other renowned Chinese performerssuch as Elva Hsiao, Joey Yung, Alan Tam, Wang Feng, Eason Chan, Hacken Lee and Jackie Chanto record "We Are Ready" in July 2007 for the countdown to the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was released on August 2."We Are Ready" was composed by Peter Kam and Keith Chan,at the request of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), for the celebration of the one-year countdown to the start of the 2008 Olympics. On August 8, the artists who recorded the song gathered at Tiananmen Square, and performed the song live for the first time.In addition, Zhang, along with Wang Leehom, Stefanie Sun, and Wang Feng, recorded the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch relay, "Light the Passion, Share the Dream" (simplified Chinese: 点燃激情，传递梦想; traditional Chinese: 點燃激情 傳遞夢想).
On December 8, 2007, Zhang performed a live concert in her hometown, Chengdu. She performed most hit songs from her two albums, The One and Update, together with songs from her newly released EP, Dear Jane.Additionally, she also sang a promotional tourism song for Chengdu , titled "I Love This City".
Jane@Music, Zhang's third album, was released in January 2009. She also accompanied Taiwan-based artist Leehom Wang in a duet in Wang's album Heart Beat.
Zhang made her American television singing debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 11, 2009.
Believe in Jane, Zhang's fourth album, was released in February 2010. She also performed at the first annual New York China Film Festival, where she was awarded most popular Chinese singer.She further represented China in the 7th Asia Song Festival held in Koreaand hosted her first fanmeet in Singapore in September 2010.In August, she begun her Believe in Jane tour with concerts in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tianjin.Jane further performed "I Believe" and "The Only" at ice-skating couple Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's wedding. The latter was accompanied by a ice skating performance by the couple.As a brand ambassador of Coca-Cola in China, she also collaborates with K'naan and Jacky Cheung in the Chinese version of Wavin' Flag for Coca-Cola's 2010 World Cup promotional tour at the 2010 Shanghai Expo on May 8, 2010.A passionate vegetarian, Jane Zhang won the title of Asia’s Sexiest Vegetarian woman in 2010 in a poll by PETA-Asia Pacific.
Zhang's debut album was titled The One and was produced by Craig Williams. Her next album, Update, broke away from the Chinese pop scene by combining elements of R&B and jazz. After the release of Update, Zhang participated in a World Peace One concert that was designed to increase awareness and activism for world peace, and to raise funds for humanitarian relief. Other participating artists included U2, Madonna, Pink Floyd and Green Day.
Her father was an engine attendant for a transportation company in Chengdu, and her mother was a shop assistant.During her childhood, she performed at her parents' workplace on several occasions. However, her parents divorced when she was 13; two years later, Zhang's father died. This forced her to work outside of school; she started to sing at a local public house, where her uncle played the accompaniments.While performing at the pub, Zhang was exposed to a wide variety of music genres, and developed a taste for American country singers in addition to Western pop singers, such as Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. Because she was unable to afford her own music players, Zhang frequently borrowed walkmans and headphones from her classmates, and skipped lunches to save enough money for cassettes.After graduating from college, she studied at Sichuan University's Foreign Language Department where she was majoring in English; she dropped out soon after to compete in the 2005 Super Girl competition.
Zhang auditioned for the Super Girl contest in 2005. Super Girl (simplified Chinese: 超级女声; traditional Chinese: 超級女聲) is the Chinese equivalent to the popular Idol franchise where only female contestants were allowed to participate.She auditioned in Chengdu, and after progressing through the preliminary rounds, she entered the national competition with Li Yuchun and He Jie (simplified Chinese: 何洁; traditional Chinese: 何潔).
Throughout the series, she had established a fan base whose members called themselves "Liang Fen" (simplified Chinese: 凉粉), a phrase that combined the Chinese pronunciation of her name and the English word "fan." The term "Liang Fen" originated from Hong Kong years ago, but is now used to define a particular type of bean jelly snack in central China.Zhang demonstrated her ability to sing in foreign languages, with performances of "I Still Believe,""What's Up,""Beautiful,"and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."As such, she was recognized by judges, critics and musicians to be the most talented singer in this competition.Some critics even regarded her as one of China's best artists.Nevertheless, she was not the most popular contestant among young supporters. Her final number of votes by text messaging was 1.3 million. Consequently, she placed third behind Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang.Her loss did not come as a shock because Li and Zhou had garnered more popularity during the competition. Their creative eccentricity and tomboyish appearances triumphed over Zhang's "old, introverted, [and] pretty-girl" image.
After the competition ended, Zhang was invited to visit Sichuan University, her alma mater, during its orientation week celebration in early September. She performed her own rendition of Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" there.On September 26, 2005, she became the first Super Girl contestant to hold a personal music show for her fans. Numerous celebrities attended the show, including Huang Jianxiang, a host on CCTV's football shows, Phoenix TV host Zeng Zimo, and Taiwanese singer Sky Wu.Zhang also signed a contract with CCTV to play the supporting role in The Song of the Movie, a stage music show produced by Taiwan pop musician Jonathan Lee. Harlem Yu and Yuan Quan also starred in the musical, which opened in Beijing in December 2005 and later in Hong Kong.
On January 9, 2006, her first EP, Jane·Love (simplified Chinese: Jane·爱; traditional Chinese: Jane·愛) was released. The EP, which cost 2 million yuan to produce,contains six tracks in total: 3 songs and 3 instrumentals. In China alone, over 210,000 copies of the EP have been sold.On Forbes' China Celebrity 100 list, Zhang was placed 55th.Her debut album, The One, was released on October 11, 2006, her 22nd birthday.During the production of the album, Zhang visited the United States to collaborate with music producers Craig Williamsand Peter Hyams, the latter of whom had worked with Celine Dion and R. Kelly.The One contains ten songs, three of which are in English; the three English songs were produced by Williams.She has also sung many popular theme songs for various films and series, including "Only for Love" (simplified Chinese: 我用所有报答爱; traditional Chinese: 我用所有報答愛) for the film The Banquetand "Unparalled in the World" (simplified Chinese: 天下无双; traditional Chinese: 天下無雙) for the TV series The Return of the Condor Heroes. The popularity of both songs was reflected on numerous Chinese music charts."Only for Love", which was a collaboration with Chinese pianist Lang Lang,was nominated for Best Original Film Song at the 2007 Hong Kong Film Awards.
In February 2007, she was invited by World Peace One (WP1) to join a hundred world-renowned singers and bands to record a song called "Give Your Love". This was aimed to bring attention to all cultures of the globe. This project aims to promote awareness of the poverty of third-world countries.Zhang was the only Asian female singer who received an invitation to participateand it was reported that Craig Williams recommended Zhang to the organiser of the event.Zhang performed her first North American concert on March 31, 2007 in Pasadena, California.Famous Japanese musician Kitarō and Gavin Christopher also attended the concert, in which Gavin Christopher and Zhang sang I'll Be There together.On April 8, 2007, she was awarded the Best Singer Award in the 2007 Music Chart Awards ceremony was held in Beijing Exhibition Centre Theater.Her July 28, 2007 concert in Beijing also set a record for the most expensive VIP seating for a mainland Chinese artist.She performed live versions of hit songs from The One, new songs from her second album Update, which was released in August 2007, as well as Richard Marx's signature ballad "Right Here Waiting" and Beyoncé Knowles's "Listen" from the award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls.On August 2, 2007, her second album, Update was released. When asked about the album's name, Zhang explained that the album is an upgraded step from The One. The songs broke away from the Chinese pop scene by combining elements of R&B and jazz.One of her tracks, "We Are Together" (simplified Chinese: 我们在一起; traditional Chinese: 我們在一起), was produced for a project by the United Nations Children's Fund.
Zhang was invited, along with 130 other renowned Chinese performerssuch as Elva Hsiao, Joey Yung, Alan Tam, Wang Feng, Eason Chan, Hacken Lee and Jackie Chanto record "We Are Ready" in July 2007 for the countdown to the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was released on August 2."We Are Ready" was composed by Peter Kam and Keith Chan,at the request of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), for the celebration of the one-year countdown to the start of the 2008 Olympics. On August 8, the artists who recorded the song gathered at Tiananmen Square, and performed the song live for the first time.In addition, Zhang, along with Wang Leehom, Stefanie Sun, and Wang Feng, recorded the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch relay, "Light the Passion, Share the Dream" (simplified Chinese: 点燃激情，传递梦想; traditional Chinese: 點燃激情 傳遞夢想).
On December 8, 2007, Zhang performed a live concert in her hometown, Chengdu. She performed most hit songs from her two albums, The One and Update, together with songs from her newly released EP, Dear Jane.Additionally, she also sang a promotional tourism song for Chengdu , titled "I Love This City".
Jane@Music, Zhang's third album, was released in January 2009. She also accompanied Taiwan-based artist Leehom Wang in a duet in Wang's album Heart Beat.
Zhang made her American television singing debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 11, 2009.
Believe in Jane, Zhang's fourth album, was released in February 2010. She also performed at the first annual New York China Film Festival, where she was awarded most popular Chinese singer.She further represented China in the 7th Asia Song Festival held in Koreaand hosted her first fanmeet in Singapore in September 2010.In August, she begun her Believe in Jane tour with concerts in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tianjin.Jane further performed "I Believe" and "The Only" at ice-skating couple Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's wedding. The latter was accompanied by a ice skating performance by the couple.As a brand ambassador of Coca-Cola in China, she also collaborates with K'naan and Jacky Cheung in the Chinese version of Wavin' Flag for Coca-Cola's 2010 World Cup promotional tour at the 2010 Shanghai Expo on May 8, 2010.A passionate vegetarian, Jane Zhang won the title of Asia’s Sexiest Vegetarian woman in 2010 in a poll by PETA-Asia Pacific.
想你，零点零一分
张靓颖 Lyrics
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时间它一声不吭
仿佛停顿
我不睡但是也不困
爱原本应该能和被爱对等
你说那怎么可能
我太过天真
当你在我额头轻轻一吻
我竟然会哭得像个小女生
你说我的付出让你于心不忍
那个时候我恨你是一个好人
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
幸福的人都睡得好安稳
寂寞太会见缝插针
我拿什么来和她抗衡
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
痛苦的人都醒着被冰疼
放眼望去是座空城
没有一个怀抱可投奔
当你在我额头轻轻一吻
我竟然会哭得像个小女生
你说我的付出让你于心不忍
那个时候我恨你是一个好人
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
幸福的人都睡得好安稳
寂寞太会见缝插针
我拿什么来和她抗衡
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
痛苦的人都醒着被冰疼
放眼望去是座空城
没有一个怀抱可投奔
又到了夜深
世界都熄了灯
只剩我亮起一盏黯淡的灵魂
天亮以后忘记
昨夜重逢有多冷
仿佛停顿
我不睡但是也不困
爱原本应该能和被爱对等
你说那怎么可能
我太过天真
当你在我额头轻轻一吻
我竟然会哭得像个小女生
那个时候我恨你是一个好人
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
幸福的人都睡得好安稳
寂寞太会见缝插针
我拿什么来和她抗衡
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
痛苦的人都醒着被冰疼
放眼望去是座空城
没有一个怀抱可投奔
当你在我额头轻轻一吻
我竟然会哭得像个小女生
你说我的付出让你于心不忍
那个时候我恨你是一个好人
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
幸福的人都睡得好安稳
寂寞太会见缝插针
我拿什么来和她抗衡
心还是会疼
想你在零点零一分
痛苦的人都醒着被冰疼
放眼望去是座空城
没有一个怀抱可投奔
又到了夜深
世界都熄了灯
只剩我亮起一盏黯淡的灵魂
天亮以后忘记
昨夜重逢有多冷
The lyrics to 张靓颖's song 想你，零点零一分 depict the singer's deeply-felt longing for their lost love, who they still love despite the pain they've caused. The beginning of the song sets a mood of stillness and stagnancy, as the singer reflects on time's passage and their own inability to sleep. They express regret at their naive belief that love should be equal, and their sorrow at their love's inability to reciprocate their feelings. When their love kisses them lightly on the forehead, the singer is moved to tears and feels the deep pain of their unrequited love.
Despite the pain, the singer can't help but still long for their love, particularly at "零点零一分" - one minute past midnight. They contrast the peaceful rest of those who are happy with the sharp, constant pain of loneliness that they must endure. The singer feels that there's no way to compete with those who are happy, and is left alone in an empty world without anyone to turn to. Even as the night wears on, and the world sinks into deeper darkness, the singer remains awake and mourning for their lost love.
Overall, the song expresses a deep sense of longing and pain, as well as the complicated emotions that come with remaining attached to someone who can't or won't love you in return. It also touches on the fear of being left alone, and the hopelessness that can come with that fear.
Line by Line Meaning
时间它一声不吭
仿佛停顿
Time doesn't make a sound and seems to have stopped.
我不睡但是也不困
I don't sleep but I'm not tired either.
爱原本应该能和被爱对等
你说那怎么可能
我太过天真
Love should be mutually given and received, but you say that's impossible. I am too innocent.
当你在我额头轻轻一吻
我竟然会哭得像个小女生
你说我的付出让你于心不忍
那个时候我恨你是一个好人
心还是会疼
When you gave me a gentle kiss on my forehead, I cried like a little girl. You said my efforts made you feel guilty. At that time, I hated you for being a good person but my heart still aches.
想你在零点零一分
幸福的人都睡得好安稳
寂寞太会见缝插针
我拿什么来和她抗衡
心还是会疼
Thinking of you at one minute past midnight. Happy people are sleeping soundly, but loneliness always finds its way in. What can I do to fight it? My heart still aches.
痛苦的人都醒着被冰疼
放眼望去是座空城
没有一个怀抱可投奔
Painful people are awake and feel the icy chill. I look around and see an empty city. There is no embrace to turn to.
又到了夜深
世界都熄了灯
只剩我亮起一盏黯淡的灵魂
天亮以后忘记
昨夜重逢有多冷
It's late in the night and the world has turned off the lights. Only my dim soul is lit. Will I forget when the day comes? How cold was last night's reunion.
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@f0989231960
時間它一聲不吭 彷彿停頓
我不睡但是也不睏
愛原本應該能和被愛對等
你説那怎麼可能 我太過天真
當你在我額頭輕輕一吻
我竟然會哭的像個小女生
你説我的付出讓你於心不忍
那個時候我恨你是一個好人
心還是會疼想你在零點零一分
幸福的人都睡的好安穩
寂寞太會見縫插針
我拿什麼來和它抗衡
心還是會疼想你在零點零一分
痛苦的人都醒著被併吞
放眼望去是座空城
沒有一個懷抱可投奔
當你在我額頭輕輕一吻
我竟然會哭的像個小女生
你説我的付出讓你於心不忍
那個時候我恨你是一個好人
心還是會疼想你在零點零一分
幸福的人都睡的好安穩
寂寞太會見縫插針
我拿什麼來和它抗衡
心還是會疼想你在零點零一分
痛苦的人都醒著被併吞
放眼望去是座空城
沒有一個懷抱可投奔
又到了夜深 世界都 熄了燈
只剩我亮起一盞黯淡的靈魂
天亮以後忘記 昨夜重逢有多冷
@lzy.9093
这首歌表达的就是，真正爱过的人，是做不了朋友的，一见面就会心软，一拥抱就会沦陷，多看一眼都想再重新拥有，所以要么一生，要么陌生，世界上最遥远的距离，不是爱，也不是恨，而是最熟悉的人....
@user-lm2hd6xo8k
認同
@alice_piano
好聽~ 2023續彈一版😉🎹
@BlackshinG
這首真的能一直播放
@JOJO-mp4bd
以前买过这张CD，很喜欢💕最近周深唱了几句又回来重听了～
@user-fr9lm6ij2f
2019還一直聽
@user-cx5ox2ov9h
A Lin 说： “不知道为什么 听到她的歌就有点 回到自己的家的感觉。“ ----是的， 靓颖 给我们带来”回家“ 的感觉。谢谢你靚颖。 感恩。
@wilsonm529
好棒的一首歌，寫得好唱的好，一輩子都會一直聽。好愛這一首歌。
@cassiedong9184
07年与你相识，在去太原的绿皮火车上一直听这一首歌，后来我出国 我们各自结婚有了自己的孩子，而我还在听这首歌。祝好
@1688wilson
靓穎唱這首歌唱得好有感情，超喜歡這首歌。每天開車都聽，開到老就會聽到老。