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{{infobox person
{{infobox person
| name = Jenny Tseng
| name = Jenny Tseng
| image =
| image = Jenny Tseng in 2024 (1).jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption = Tseng in 2024
| native_name = 甄妮
| native_name = 甄妮
| native_name_lang = zh
| native_name_lang = zh
| pronunciation =
| pronunciation =
| birth_name = Yan Suk Si (甄淑詩)
| birth_name = Yan Suk Si (甄淑詩)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|2|20}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|4|3}}
| birth_place = [[Portuguese Macau]]
| birth_place = [[Portuguese Macau]]
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| occupation = Singer
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1971–present
| years_active = 1971–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Alexander Fu Sheng]]|1977|1983|end=died}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Alexander Fu Sheng]]|1976|1983|end=died}}
| partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) -->
| partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) -->
| children = Melody Tseng (daughter)
| children = Melody Tseng (daughter)
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| module = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| module = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = temporary
| background = temporary
| origin = Hong Kong
| genre = [[Cantopop]], [[Mandopop]]
| genre = [[Cantopop]], [[Mandopop]]
| label = SonyBMG <br> JenFu Records
| label = SonyBMG <br> JenFu Records
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| w = Chen Ni
| w = Chen Ni
| hk = Yan Nei
| hk = Yan Nei
| altname = Yan Suk Si
| altname = Yan Suk Si
| t2 = 甄淑詩
| t2 = 甄淑詩
| s2 = 甄淑诗
| s2 = 甄淑诗
| p2 = Zhēn Shūshī
| p2 = Zhēn Shūshī
| j2 = Jan1 Suk6si1
| j2 = Jan1 Suk6si1
| mo2 = Yan Suk Si
| mo2 = Yan Suk Si
}}
}}
}}
}}


'''Jenny Tseng''' ({{zh|t=甄妮}}, '''Yan Nei'''; born '''Yan Suk Si''' ({{zh|t=甄淑詩|s=甄淑诗|p=Zhēn shū shī}}); 20 February 1953) is a singer from [[Macau]]. She is best known in [[Cantonese]]-speaking regions, and she has been based in Hong Kong for much of her career.
'''Jenny Tseng''' ({{zh|t=甄妮}}, '''Yan Nei'''; born '''Yan Suk Si''' ({{zh|t=甄淑詩|s=甄淑诗|p=Zhēn shū shī}}); 3 April 1953) is a Macanese singer. She has been based in Taiwan and Hong Kong for much of her career.<ref name="jennytseng.com 2006 u392">{{cite web | title=甄妮全球資訊網 JENNY TSENG WORLDWIDE WEB SITE | website=jennytseng.com | date=21 Oct 2006 | url=http://jennytseng.com/2007/BIOGRAPHY/biography.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128030355/http://jennytseng.com/2007/BIOGRAPHY/biography.html | archive-date=28 Nov 2006 | url-status=unfit | access-date=15 Sep 2023}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Collaboration with Roman Tam===
===Collaboration with Roman Tam===
In 1983 Jenny and [[Roman Tam]] issued the soundtrack to the hit TV series ''[[The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983 TV series)|Legend of the Condor Heroes]]''. The songs became instant hits with classics including: Iron-blooded Loyalists (鐵血丹心) and 世間始終你好. “When the series was broadcasted in late 1980s in the mainland China, the tune Iron-blooded Loyalists became widely popular, and had since been regarded as one of the classics in Chinese pop music.”<ref name="Hong Kong Memory c194">{{cite web | title=Hong Kong Memory | website=Hong Kong Memory | url=https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/Roman_Tam/All_Items/images/201710/t20171010_86793.html | access-date=13 Sep 2023}}</ref>
In 1983 Jenny and [[Roman Tam]] issued the soundtrack to the hit Hong Kong TV series ''[[The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983 TV series)|Legend of the Condor Heroes]]''. The Cantonese songs became instant hits with classics including: Iron-blooded Loyalists (鐵血丹心) and 世間始終你好. “When the series was broadcasted (broadcast) in late 1980s in the mainland China, the tune Iron-blooded Loyalists became widely popular, and had since been regarded as one of the classics in Chinese pop music”. <ref name="Hong Kong Memory c194">{{cite web | title=Hong Kong Memory | website=Hong Kong Memory | url=https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/Roman_Tam/All_Items/images/201710/t20171010_86793.html | access-date=13 Sep 2023}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


She got married to kung fu movie star [[Alexander Fu Sheng]] in 1976, after having appeared with him in the film ''The New Shaolin Boxers (1976)''.<ref name="Stokes 2007">{{cite book | last=Stokes | first=L.O. | title=Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema | publisher=Scarecrow Press | series=Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-8108-6458-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eUlAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA437 | access-date=13 Sep 2023 | page=437}}</ref> Her husband died in a car accident in 1983.<ref name="甄妮_网易订阅 2020 c642">{{cite web | title=一代天后嫁入豪门，流产4次后借精生女，却遭万人唾骂 | website=甄妮_网易订阅 | date=2020-11-12 | url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/FR80DCOK0528CSE1.html | language=zh | access-date=2023-08-26}}</ref> In 1987, Tseng gave birth to her daughter, Melody Tseng, which led to speculation regarding the father's identity. In 2012, Tseng revealed that her daughter was conceived through [[artificial insemination]] using the stored sperm of her late husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/jenny-tseng-admits-melody-husbands-daughter-090200148.html|title=Jenny Tseng admits Melody is late husband's daughter}}</ref>
She married kung fu movie star [[Alexander Fu Sheng]] in 1976, after having appeared with him in the film ''The New Shaolin Boxers (1976)''.<ref name="Stokes 2007">{{cite book | last=Stokes | first=L.O. | title=Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema | publisher=Scarecrow Press | series=Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-8108-6458-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eUlAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA437 | access-date=13 Sep 2023 | page=437}}</ref> Her husband died in a car accident in 1983.<ref name="甄妮_网易订阅 2020 c642">{{cite web | title=一代天后嫁入豪门，流产4次后借精生女，却遭万人唾骂 | website=甄妮_网易订阅 | date=2020-11-12 | url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/FR80DCOK0528CSE1.html | language=zh | access-date=2023-08-26}}</ref> In 1987, Tseng gave birth to her daughter, Melody Tseng, which led to speculation regarding the father's identity. In 2012, Tseng revealed that her daughter was conceived through [[artificial insemination]] using the stored sperm of her late husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/jenny-tseng-admits-melody-husbands-daughter-090200148.html|title=Jenny Tseng admits Melody is late husband's daughter}}</ref>


==Awards won==
==Awards won==
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===RTHK [[Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award]]===
===RTHK [[Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award]]===
1972–1982: 每年的金骆驼
1972–1982: 每年的金骆驼{{cn|date=September 2023}}


1978: 明日话今天 (The Female Artist of the Year award did not exist at this time)
1978: 明日话今天 (The Female Artist of the Year award did not exist at this time)
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===[[Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation]]===
===[[Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation]]===

[[1984 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation |1984]]: 再度孤獨; 無敵是愛 with [[Sam Hui]]; The Most Popular Female Artist Award (最受歡迎女歌星獎)
[[1984 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation |1984]]: 再度孤獨; 無敵是愛 with [[Sam Hui]]; The Most Popular Female Artist Award (最受歡迎女歌星獎)

===[[Golden Bell Awards]]===
1981: Best female singer<ref name="文化部影視及流行音樂產業局 1981 i608">{{cite web | title=文化部影視及流行音樂產業局-歷屆得獎入圍名單 | website=文化部影視及流行音樂產業局 | date=1 Apr 1981 | url=https://www.bamid.gov.tw/information_164_63983.html | language=zh | access-date=14 Sep 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chien Yao]]
* [[Coco Lee]]
* [[The Dull Ice Flower]]


==References==
==References==
<ref>[[:zh-tw:甄妮|甄妮]]</ref> – ''Translated''
<ref>[[:zh-tw:甄妮|甄妮]]</ref> – ''Translated''
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20110129004626/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20110125-260118.html]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110129004626/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20110125-260118.html]
}}
}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web | title=1991年央视春晚歌曲《鲁冰花》 甄妮 | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bhwW3dAnZ4c | access-date=14 Sep 2023}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{facebook}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|1070492}}
* {{IMDb name|1070492}}


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[[Category:20th-century Hong Kong women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Hong Kong women singers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Mandopop singers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Mandopop singers]]
[[Category:Macau people]]
[[Category:21st-century Macau people]]
[[Category:Macau-born Hong Kong artists]]

Latest revision as of 02:03, 3 December 2024

Jenny Tseng
甄妮
Tseng in 2024
Born
Yan Suk Si (甄淑詩)

(1953-04-03) 3 April 1953 (age 71)
Portuguese Macau
OccupationSinger
Years active1971–present
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1976; died 1983)​
ChildrenMelody Tseng (daughter)
Musical career
GenresCantopop, Mandopop
LabelsSonyBMG
JenFu Records
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese甄妮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhēn Nī
Wade–GilesChen Ni
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJan1 Nei4
Hong Kong RomanisationYan Nei
Yan Suk Si
Traditional Chinese甄淑詩
Simplified Chinese甄淑诗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhēn Shūshī
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJan1 Suk6si1
Macau RomanizationYan Suk Si

Jenny Tseng (Chinese: 甄妮, Yan Nei; born Yan Suk Si (simplified Chinese: 甄淑诗; traditional Chinese: 甄淑詩; pinyin: Zhēn shū shī); 3 April 1953) is a Macanese singer. She has been based in Taiwan and Hong Kong for much of her career.[1]

Career

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Collaboration with Roman Tam

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In 1983 Jenny and Roman Tam issued the soundtrack to the hit Hong Kong TV series Legend of the Condor Heroes. The Cantonese songs became instant hits with classics including: Iron-blooded Loyalists (鐵血丹心) and 世間始終你好. “When the series was broadcasted (broadcast) in late 1980s in the mainland China, the tune Iron-blooded Loyalists became widely popular, and had since been regarded as one of the classics in Chinese pop music”. [2]

Personal life

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She married kung fu movie star Alexander Fu Sheng in 1976, after having appeared with him in the film The New Shaolin Boxers (1976).[3] Her husband died in a car accident in 1983.[4] In 1987, Tseng gave birth to her daughter, Melody Tseng, which led to speculation regarding the father's identity. In 2012, Tseng revealed that her daughter was conceived through artificial insemination using the stored sperm of her late husband.[5]

Awards won

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Hong Kong Gold Disc Award / IFPIHK Top Sales Award

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Local Platinum Disc

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1979: 奮鬥 (新興全音)

1981: 春雨彎刀; 祝福你 (新興全音)

1982: 心聲 (金音符)

1983: 數碼大碟 (金音符)

1985: 甄妮; 甄妮演唱會精選; 為你而歌 (CBS/新力)

1988: 甄妮 (華星)

Local Gold Disc

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1981: 夢中的媽媽 (新興全音)

1982: 數碼大碟 (金音符)

1983: 播音人 (金音符)[6]

RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award

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1972–1982: 每年的金骆驼[citation needed]

1978: 明日话今天 (The Female Artist of the Year award did not exist at this time)

1979: 春雨弯刀

1981: 東方之珠; Female Singer of the year

1983: 世間始終你好

1984: 再度孤獨

1986: 海上花

2011: Golden Needle Award (金針獎)

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation

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1984: 再度孤獨; 無敵是愛 with Sam Hui; The Most Popular Female Artist Award (最受歡迎女歌星獎)

Golden Bell Awards

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1981: Best female singer[7]

See also

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References

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[8] – Translated

  1. ^ "甄妮全球資訊網 JENNY TSENG WORLDWIDE WEB SITE". jennytseng.com. 21 October 2006. Archived from the original on 28 November 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Hong Kong Memory". Hong Kong Memory. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ Stokes, L.O. (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Scarecrow Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-8108-6458-0. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ^ "一代天后嫁入豪门，流产4次后借精生女，却遭万人唾骂". 甄妮_网易订阅 (in Chinese). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Jenny Tseng admits Melody is late husband's daughter".
  6. ^ "Gold Disc Award presented 1977-2019 IFPIHK". IFPIHK. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ^ "文化部影視及流行音樂產業局-歷屆得獎入圍名單". 文化部影視及流行音樂產業局 (in Chinese). 1 April 1981. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ^ 甄妮

Further reading

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Preceded by Golden Bell Awards 金鐘獎 Best female singer
1981 		Succeeded by
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