caption website associatedact occupation birth_place label othername article_title chinesename birth_date instrument yearsactive genre image origin name pinyinchinesename
yoga lin -lsb- http://www.him.com.tw/ www.him.com.tw -rsb- million star gang singer , student chaojhou , pingtung , taiwan him -rrb- international music -lrb- 2007 & ndash ; present james lin yoga lin
 林宥嘉 1 july 1987 vocals , guitar , piano 2007 & ndash ; present -lrb- singing -rrb- mandopop rock & roll , r & b , soft rock , jazz , swing , yoga-lin . jpg republic of china -lrb- taiwan -rrb- yoga lin 林宥嘉 lín yòujiā
yoga lin

yoga lin -lrb- -rrb- was born on 1 july 1987 .
he is a taiwanese mandopop singer and the winner of one million star , season 1 -lrb- 第一季超級星光大道 -rrb- , a reality tv singing competition in taiwan .
during the competition , he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend , eddie tsai -lrb- 蔡政霖 -rrb- .
however , show producers persuaded him to maintain his composure and regain his determination , attaining five rounds of perfect scores -lrb- 20 & above -rrb- continuously after that -- an unbeatable record up to now .
after winning the first place in season one , he was signed by him international music along with three fellow contestants , judy chou -lrb- 周定緯 -rrb- , peter pan -lrb- 潘裕文 -rrb- and stanly hsu -lrb- 許仁杰 -rrb- .
they were dubbed the `` four princes of superstar avenue '' -lrb- 星光四少 -rrb- .
lin was placed fourth on yahoo! taiwan 2007 top ten newsworthy personalities .
on a special episode of one million star during the end of season two , he gave a diversified and theatrical performance of `` a little older '' -lrb- 年紀大了一點 -rrb- originally recorded and composed by matilda tao -lrb- 陶晶瑩 -rrb- .
this performance impressed one of the judges on the show , yun-ling huang -lrb- 黃韻玲 -rrb- so much that she dubbed lin as the magician of music .
at the same time , other fellow judges on the same episode heaped praises on him , exclaiming that he has improved tremendously since his winning of the season 1 title .
before the release of his debut album titled `` mystery guest '' -lrb- 神秘嘉賓 -rrb- in taiwan on june 3 , 2009 , lin has released two compilation albums and an idol drama soundtrack .
in may -- june 2008 , lin set another record in taiwan for being the youngest singer , with a yet-to-be released debut album to hold a solo concert tour in three major cities of taiwan .
he ended his yoga 's trick concert tour in hong kong and singapore in early 2009 and released his second album , `` senses around '' on october 30 , 2009 .
his third studio album , `` perfect life '' , was released on may 6 , 2011 .
his fourth studio album , `` fiction '' , was released on june 22 , 2012 .
after beginning his 2012 to 2013 concert tour , `` fugue '' , his latest jazz inspired live performance compilation album `` jazz channel '' , was released on february 5 , 2013 .
