Claim: Ai Jing began singing in 1992 and sings rock and pop genre songs thanks to her mother who was a Pingju singer.
Evidence: She attended the Shenyang Special School of Art, joined the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe (Chinese: ; pinyin: dōngfāng gēwǔ tuán) in Beijing at age 18, and first gained widespread attention with her 1992 song "My 1997" (Chinese: 我的1997; pinyin: wǒde yījiǔjiǔqī). 1992 My 1997