Ding Dang (singer)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.
Della Ding
Ding Dang in April 2021
Born
吴娴

(1982-04-17) 17 April 1982 (age 42)
Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materHangzhou Normal University
OccupationSinger
Years active2006–present
Notable work"I Love Him"
"Why Did You Lie"
"I'm A Little Bird"
"Onions"
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsB'in Music
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese丁噹
Simplified Chinese丁当
Hanyu PinyinDīng Dāng
Birth name
Traditional Chinese吳嫻
Simplified Chinese吴娴
Hanyu PinyinWú Xián
WebsiteB'in Music

Ding Dang (simplified Chinese: 丁当; traditional Chinese: 丁噹; born Wu Xian on 17 April 1982), also known as Della, is a Taiwan-based Chinese singer who is known for her wide vocal range and emotive soundtracks for numerous television series.[1]

Early life and education

Ding Dang was born on 17 April 1982 in Zhejiang.[2][3] Growing up, her parents divorced.[4] She graduated from the Fourth High School in Jiashan County in 1998.[5]

Career

1999–2005: Early career – bar singing and Rock Records

In 1999, Ding Dang decided pursue her childhood interest in music, and left for neighbouring cities despite concerns from her parents.[6][7] She first adopted the stage name, Ding Dang (叮当) taking after her favourite cartoon character Doraemon,[a] the blue robot in the eponymous manga, however the first character of the stage name was changed to a similarly sounding Ding (丁) after taking advice from a fortune teller.[9] She performed in various cabarets in Huzhou, Ningbo, and subsequent was employed in a bar in Hangzhou's World Trade Center as a singer.[10] In March 2003, Della was signed to the Rock Records after executives from the record company heard her sing at the bar.[7] However, due various reasons she did not debut under Rock Records. Initially, she was delayed by a SARS infection during 2002–2004 SARS outbreak in 2003.[11] Then Rock Records had an exodus of employees who were responsible for producing albums, as well as some financial constraints that limited their abilities to take care of every singer under them.[6][12] Additionally, the Chinese market was getting crowded with new singers minted from popular singing competitions, and thus new singers from record companies had little opportunities to gain a foothold in the market.[13] Ding Dang was unable to participate in the singing competitions due to contractual obligations.[4] With only 1,000 RMB monthly allowance,[11] Ding Dang decided to return to singing at the bar after a discussion with Rock Records.[6]

2006–2007: Debut

In 2006, some of the higher management personnel in Rock Records established B'in Music to manage the development of singers and produce music, while Rock Records would continue to distribute the produced music.[12] This arrangement was made under the advent of online music streaming and the shrinking lucrative CD sales that affected markets globally.[14][15] Many of the established singers signed by Rock Records such as Mayday (五月天), Fish Leong (梁静茹), Victor Wong (品冠) would also move to B'in Music as their contracts with Rock Records were due for renewal about the same time.[12]

During this transition in the management of singers between Rock Records and B'in Music, Ding Dang had an hour long conversation with B'in Music's Xie Zhifen (谢芝芬) who was formerly a higher management at Rock Records.[4] The conversation, along with an 8 seconds long audition lead B'in Music to sign Ding Dang on as a singer as well.[10] As B'in Music is a Taiwanese company with its production crew primarily based in Taiwan, being the only Mainland Chinese under them at that time, Ding Dang left for Taiwan to continue her singing career.[6]

However, before she could release her first album, she would be tasked be the opening act in various Mayday's local concerts in Taiwan. Facing the audience as an unrecognised singer with no songs to call her own, she was met with varying responses from the audience, from polite applause to outright booing.[4][6][7] In July 2007, Ding Dang released her first two singles, Run Away from Home (離家出走) and Can or Not (可以不可以). Thereafter, she performed the songs in as part of an opening act for Mayday's concert on to which the originally unwelcoming audience responded enthusiastically.[4] With Run Away from Home, she won Top New Artists award at 2007 KKBOX Music Awards.[16]

2008–present

Ding Dang in 2016

In 2008, Ding Dang released her second album Decisively Loved (我爱上的) in Taiwan first on 8 July 2008,[17][18] before promoting the album in Mainland China on 27 November 2008.[19] By then, one of the songs, Can't Guess, (猜不透) became one of the most downloaded ringtones, requested songs, and most sang to in karaoke establishments in Taiwan.[19] On 23 September 2009, she released her third album, Night Cat (夜猫).[20] Two of the songs, I Love Him (我爱他) and Suddenly Want To Love You (突然想爱你) were used as the opening and ending theme songs for the popular 2009 romance drama, Autumn's Concerto.[21][22] I Love Him became popular as well, with it being the most popular song to be played in karaoke establishments in Taiwan between 2009 and 2010.[4] The song would remain as popular in subsequent years.[23]

In 2015, Della entered The Chinese version of King of Mask Singer (蒙面歌王), using the mask of Black Swan to conceal her identity. She was crowned the Mask King of the second episode.[24] She also participated in Sisters Who Make Waves (乘风破浪的姐姐) in 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

  • (2007) Run Away From Home
  • (2008) Decisively Loved
  • (2009) Night Cat
  • (2010) Fu Good (New + Best Selection)
  • (2011) Soulmate
  • (2012) Dall-One in a Thousand
  • (2014) Dare to Love
  • (2016) Be My Own Friend
  • (2019) Die Lovin'
  • (2021) Sing Together Again

Collaborations

  • (2017) "Force it, Okay?" (强求好嗎?) with Alan Tam

Notes

  1. ^ Doraemon is commonly translated to Ding Dang (叮当) or Xiao Ding Dang (小叮当) in Chinese before official translation rights were given. Even after the robot's name was officially translated to a name that matches its Japanese name, the bootleg translation remained popular.[8]

References

  1. ^ Auto, Hermes (22 April 2018). "Della Ding Dang's concert was an emotional journey of heartbreak and recovery | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "丁当欢庆38岁生日 坐收怪礼名堂多！". 8world Entertainment Lifestyle (in Chinese (Singapore)). 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "蒙面歌王丁当揭面 孙浩加盟猜评团被逼疯". ent.sina.com.cn. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "丁当专访：港台模式打造，墙内开花墙外红-搜狐音乐". music.yule.sohu.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ^ "歌手丁当发文回应到综艺节目当选手：以新人的姿态打招呼！_台湾". www.sohu.com. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "丁当回首演艺圈心路历程：一个人的"双城记"". 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011.
  7. ^ a b c "丁当忆首唱阿信牵手送到台口 霍建华助阵". ent.sina.com.cn. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. ^ "长篇研究：盗版《哆啦A梦》在台湾". Sohu. 31 January 2017.
  9. ^ "丁噹愛小叮噹 改名後歌聲變高亢". United Daily News. 19 February 2010.
  10. ^ a b "丁当"衣锦还乡"杭州开唱". ent.sina.com.cn. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b "丁当发行新专辑 难忘新人艰辛-搜狐音乐". music.yule.sohu.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "幕后团队揭秘五月天吸金模式". www.yicai.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  13. ^ "丁当：从杭州飞到台北 一个人的"双城记"-搜狐音乐". music.yule.sohu.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  14. ^ Leeds, Jeff (1 April 2006). "Music Industry's Sales Post Their Sixth Year of Decline". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. ^ Sisario, Ben; Russell, Karl (24 March 2016). "In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. ^ "明星个人首页". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  17. ^ "阿信与师妹爱到走火入魔 1度低温下耍暧昧(图)-搜狐音乐". music.yule.sohu.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  18. ^ "丁当《我爱上的》横扫台湾新媒体 勇夺四榜冠军-搜狐音乐". music.yule.sohu.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  19. ^ a b "丁当新专辑答谢会火爆开唱 性感小礼服寓意火红-搜狐音乐". music.yule.sohu.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  20. ^ "丁当发全新专辑：总有一天唱响小巨蛋". 30 September 2009.
  21. ^ "《下一站幸福》收视火 小小彬不舍吴建豪安以轩". 5 February 2010.
  22. ^ "《下一站幸福》剧情涉及一夜情 登陆内地受阻". www.163.com. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  23. ^ "《下一站幸福》现状：安以轩嫁给富豪！吴建豪离婚三年，小小彬令人惋惜". xw.qq.com. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  24. ^ "我知道還很多人不認識我！丁噹《蒙面歌王》摘面具爆哭 (Chinese)". ETtoday. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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