years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
1981 -- present luoyang , henan , china cheng lin solo_singer 1968 erhu pop music cheng lin
 cheng lin singer
cheng lin

cheng lin -lrb- ; born 1968 -rrb- is a solo singer from china .
her first involvement in the music industry was at the age of 13 when she released the track , little horn .
since then she has gone onto sell 25 million albums across asia .
cheng 's latest album was ` collaborations the album ' , which was produced by grammy award winning producer kc porter .
cheng is also a keen erhu player , a traditional two-string violin .
she was taught to play at a young age by her father , and still uses the instrument in her music today .
she studied in the united states and learned english , learning more about western music in the process .
she was the first chinese national to have her music videos air on national television in china in the 1980s .
