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My Take
What grabs me about Jane Zhang is that whistle register. Plenty of singers can belt, but very few can float up into that crystalline high range cleanly enough to earn a nickname like 'Dolphin Princess.' I also can't ignore the backstory: a teenager from Chengdu singing in pubs to help support her family, then making it all the way to a recording career. That kind of origin tends to put steel into a performer. The Sichuan University background hints at someone who balanced ambition with discipline. I'd be curious to hear her in a stripped-down setting, where the technique can't hide behind production.
Overview
Zhang Liangying (Chinese: 张靓颖; pinyin: Zhāng Liàngyǐng; born October 11, 1984), also known as Jane Zhang, is a Chinese singer, songwriter and record producer. She is known for her signature use of the whistle register and has been dubbed the "Dolphin Princess" (海豚公主). Zhang began performing as a teenager by singing in pubs to help earn money for her family.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jane Zhang
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェーン・チャン
- Reading
- じぇーん・ちゃん
- Born
- October 11, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rat
- Origin
- Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / recording artist / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Sichuan University
Awards & achievements
- QQ Music Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer-songwriter — see all → · Recording artist — see all → · More people from People's Republic of China →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.