page_title: Jolin Tsai
hierarchical_section_title: Jolin Tsai
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 蔡依林Jolin出席王国大帝全球巡回赛现场
context_page_description: Jolin Tsai is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. Tsai is known for frequently reinventing both her music and image, and she is cited as a huge role of popularizing dance-pop as mainstream popular music in Greater China. She maintains her autonomy within the recording industry, and her musical productions have received widespread critical acclaim. Referred to as the "Queen of C-Pop", she has achieved popularity in Chinese-speaking world by releasing a series of successful albums.
  Born and raised in Taiwan, Tsai began her singing career by winning the champion at an MTV singing competition in 1998. Her debut album, 1019, made her quickly become a teen idol with a large teenage fanbase. Her fifth album, Magic, is regarded as one of her biggest successes so far, right after her eighth album, Dancing Diva, which reflected her mature artistic statement. Her thirteenth album, Play, further thrust her into the international spotlight. After several successful albums, her fourteenth album, Ugly Beauty, was released in 2018.
  Having sold more than 25 million records in Asia, Tsai is recognized as one of the best-selling artists in the region.
context_section_description: Jolin Tsai (/tsˈaɪ/; Chinese: 蔡依林; born September 15, 1980) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. Tsai is known for frequently reinventing both her music and image, and she is cited as a huge role of popularizing dance-pop as mainstream popular music in Greater China. She maintains her autonomy within the recording industry, and her musical productions have received widespread critical acclaim. Referred to as the "Queen of C-Pop", she has achieved popularity in Chinese-speaking world by releasing a series of successful albums.
  Born and raised in Taiwan, Tsai began her singing career by winning the champion at an MTV singing competition in 1998. Her debut album, 1019 (1999), made her quickly become a teen idol with a large teenage fanbase. Her fifth album, Magic (2003), is regarded as one of her biggest successes so far, right after her eighth album, Dancing Diva (2006), which reflected her mature artistic statement. Her thirteenth album, Play (2014), further thrust her into the international spotlight. After several successful albums, her fourteenth album, Ugly Beauty, was released in 2018.
  Having sold more than 25 million records in Asia, Tsai is recognized as one of the best-selling artists in the region. Her works have earned her numerous awards and accolades, including six Golden Melody Awards, an Mnet Asian Music Award, an MTV Asia Award, and an MTV Video Music Award. As a businesswoman, she founded her own entertainment company Eternal in 2009. Her other ventures include fashion design and writing books. Forbes reported that she is one of the highest-paid Chinese celebrities, with the estimated net worth of NT$2 billion in 2014.
caption: Tsai at the Lords Tournament: Asia in Hong Kong, April 2018
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