Jenny Tseng

Alexander Fu Sheng

(m. 1976; died 1983)

ChildrenMelody Tseng (daughter)Musical careerGenresCantopop, MandopopLabelsSonyBMG
JenFu Records

Musical artist

Chinese nameTraditional Chinese甄妮

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhēn Nī
Wade–Giles	Chen Ni
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jan1 Nei4
Hong Kong Romanisation	Yan Nei

Yan Suk SiTraditional Chinese甄淑詩Simplified Chinese甄淑诗

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhēn Shūshī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jan1 Suk6si1
Macau Romanization	Yan Suk Si

Jenny Tseng (Chinese: 甄妮, Yan Nei; born Yan Suk Si (simplified Chinese: 甄淑诗; traditional Chinese: 甄淑詩; pinyin: Zhēn shū shī); 20 February 1953) is a singer born in Macau. She has been based in Taiwan and Hong Kong for much of her career.^[1]

Career

Collaboration with Roman Tam

In 1983 Jenny and Roman Tam issued the soundtrack to the hit Hong Kong TV series Legend of the Condor Heroes. The Cantonese songs became instant hits with classics including: Iron-blooded Loyalists (鐵血丹心) and 世間始終你好. “When the series was broadcasted (broadcast) in late 1980s in the mainland China, the tune Iron-blooded Loyalists became widely popular, and had since been regarded as one of the classics in Chinese pop music”. ^[2]

Personal life

She married kung fu movie star Alexander Fu Sheng in 1976, after having appeared with him in the film The New Shaolin Boxers (1976).^[3] Her husband died in a car accident in 1983.^[4] In 1987, Tseng gave birth to her daughter, Melody Tseng, which led to speculation regarding the father's identity. In 2012, Tseng revealed that her daughter was conceived through artificial insemination using the stored sperm of her late husband.^[5]

Awards won

Hong Kong Gold Disc Award / IFPIHK Top Sales Award

Local Platinum Disc

1979: 奮鬥 (新興全音)

1981: 春雨彎刀; 祝福你 (新興全音)

1982: 心聲 (金音符)

1983: 數碼大碟 (金音符)

1985: 甄妮; 甄妮演唱會精選; 為你而歌 (CBS/新力)

1988: 甄妮 (華星)

Local Gold Disc

1981: 夢中的媽媽 (新興全音)

1982: 數碼大碟 (金音符)

1983: 播音人 (金音符)^[6]

RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award

1972–1982: 每年的金骆驼^{[citation needed]}

1978: 明日话今天 (The Female Artist of the Year award did not exist at this time)

1979: 春雨弯刀

1981: 東方之珠; Female Singer of the year

1983: 世間始終你好

1984: 再度孤獨

1986: 海上花

2011: Golden Needle Award (金針獎)

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation

1984: 再度孤獨; 無敵是愛 with Sam Hui; The Most Popular Female Artist Award (最受歡迎女歌星獎)

Golden Bell Awards

1981: Best female singer^[7]

References

^[8] – Translated

^ "甄妮全球資訊網 JENNY TSENG WORLDWIDE WEB SITE". jennytseng.com. 21 October 2006. Archived from the original on 28 November 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Hong Kong Memory". Hong Kong Memory. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ Stokes, L.O. (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Scarecrow Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-8108-6458-0. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "一代天后嫁入豪门，流产4次后借精生女，却遭万人唾骂". 甄妮_网易订阅 (in Chinese). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "Jenny Tseng admits Melody is late husband's daughter".
^ "Gold Disc Award presented 1977-2019 IFPIHK". IFPIHK. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "文化部影視及流行音樂產業局-歷屆得獎入圍名單". 文化部影視及流行音樂產業局 (in Chinese). 1 April 1981. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ 甄妮