Chen Jiannian
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1 August 1967
Chen Jiannian | |||||||||
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Pau-dull | |||||||||
.jpg) Pau-dull in 2018 | |||||||||
| Born | Chen Jiannian 1 August 1967 | ||||||||
| Alma mater | National Taitung Junior College, Taiwan Police College | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer, police officer | ||||||||
| Years active | 1999–present | ||||||||
| Awards | Golden Melody Awards – Best Mandarin Male Singer 2000 The Ocean Best Composition 2000 Legend; Wild Fire, Spring Wind Best Instrumental Album 2007 I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 Best Album Producer 2009 The Nanwan Sisters Best Instrumental Album Producer 2019 Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) 2022 pongso no Tao | ||||||||
| Musical career | |||||||||
| Also known as | Pau-dull | ||||||||
| Genres | Mandapop, Indigenous Pop, Instrumental | ||||||||
| Labels | Taiwan Colors Music, Feeling Good Music | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳建年 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈建年 | ||||||||
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Chen Jiannian (Chinese: 陳建年; born 1 August 1967), tribal name Pau-dull, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer.[1] In 2000, he won Best Male Mandarin Singer and Best Composition for the song Legend from Samingad's Wild Fire, Spring Wind at the 11th Golden Melody Awards.[2] After retiring from policing to focus on music, he won Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) for pongso no Tao at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards.[3]
Chen was born on 1 August 1967 in the Puyuma Sakuban Community in Taitung, Taiwan.[4] His maternal grandfather Senbao Lu was a composer and educator.[5] He is the uncle of singers Samingad and Jia Jia.
Learning to play the guitar at a young age, he started a folk quartet with his brother and friends in 1982. In 1984, they entered a songwriting competition in Kaohsiung and recorded a compilation album with the other participants.[6]
He studied architecture at National Taitung Junior College[7] and then attended Taiwan Police College.[8]
Career
Music
In 1999, Chen released his first album The Ocean.[9]
In 2002, he released his second album The Earth.[10]
From 2000 to 2018, he composed the soundtracks for several movies, including Trekking the Way Home, The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale, and Black Bear Forest. In 2007, he won Best Instrumental Album for I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards. In 2019, he won Best Instrumental Album Producer for Black Bear Forest at the 30th Golden Melody Awards.[11]
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with various artists, such as his niece Samingad and The Nanwan Sisters, a trio of Taiwanese indigenous singers.[12] In 2009, he won Best Album Producer for The Nanwan Sisters at the 20th Golden Melody Awards.[13]
In 2021, he released his third album pongso no Tao.[14]
On 12 February 2022, he held his first large concert with Japanese band Tokyo Chuo-Line at the Taipei International Convention Center, along with Abao as guest.[15][16] They also performed at Kaohsiung Music Center on 9 April 2022.
Law enforcement
Chen graduated from police academy in 1986 and was first assigned to a station in Guanshan, Taitung.[17] He also worked in various locations throughout Taiwan.[18]
He worked in Lanyu until his retirement on 1 September 2017.[6][19]
