Penny Tai's bio

Penny Tai (Chinese: 戴佩妮; pinyin: Dái Peìnī; born: April 22, 1978) is a Malaysian Chinese singer and songwriter in the Mandarin pop scene. Since her debut in 2000, she has released seven albums.

Penny Tai was born in Johor, Malaysia, to a Hakka family. She started song-writing at the age of 17, participating in the Halo Song-writing Contest in Kuala Lumpur, a platform which also launched the career of fellow Malaysian singer, Fish Leong. In 1999, she was offered a contract by EMI Music (Taiwan) and moved to Taiwan pursue a career in singing and song-writing. She released her self-titled first album, Penny, in January 2000. Her latest album is Who I Am, released in June, 2008. She is marketed by her company as a talented singer-songwriter who is responsible for both the compositions and performance of her songs.

Her most popular song to date internationally was the end theme for the Taiwanese drama "Meteor Garden" and "Meteor Garden 2" entitled Ni Yao De Ai (The Love You Want).

In the year 2006 she has been awarded asBest Composer (爱疯了) in the Golden Melody Awards (金曲奖). close