Jam Hsiao

Jam Hsiao Ching-Teng (, born 30 March 1987) is a Taiwanese singer and actor.

At the age of 17, while still in high school, he began working as a restaurant singer.

In May 2007, Hsiao took part in the first season of China Television (CTV)'s star search show, One Million Star.

In May 2007, Hsiao was accepted to the first season of a TV show, One Million Star 超级星光大道.

This show was the Taiwanese equivalent of American Idol.

The show's production unit recognized his talent and wanted him to appear as a challenger in the already unraveling first season.

Hsiao was arranged to be in a player knockout(PK) style singing match against the show's 10 best remaining contestants.

He won the first two rounds.

Although he lost in the third round, the show's rating shot up to a historical high.

He became the third most searched celebrity in Yahoo! Taiwan, and his name the second hottest keyword for Taiwan Show Business in Google.

His brief appearance on the show captured the attention of the music industry at that time and the restaurant he was singing at was full house whenever there was his shift.

Even though at this time he was not signed with any music record company, Hsiao received many invitation to go on variety shows.

Hsiao's powerful vocal and sudden popularity got A-Mei 張惠妹's attention.

A-Mei is known as Taiwan's Queen of Pop and she invited Hsiao to sing with her in the duet "Moment of the First Sight" (一眼瞬間) in her 2007 music album Star.

It became the instant No. 1 hit.

In December 2007, Hsiao performed a medley of four nominated original themes in the Golden Horse Award, the most significant event for film industry in Taiwan.

At this time, Hsiao was still an ordinary 20-year-old student and freelance musician.

Needless to say, many record companies fought to recruit this young and fresh talent.

He signed a contract with Warner Music Taiwan in 2008 and released his debut album, Jam Hsiao, in the same year.

In March 2008, Warner Music Taiwan and Hsiao entered a four-year contract.

His first album, the self-titled Jam Hsiao 同名专辑, debuted in June 2008.

It was the No.1 hit on the billboard for 7 weeks.

In July 2008, Hsiao's New-song Premiere Concert at Taipei Danshui Fisherman's Wharf Attracted over ten thousand fans.

This album was also the No.1 hit in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

Jam Hsiao visited Italy in December 2008.

Inspired by this visit, he published a book, "Listening to Italy" and wrote a song "To My Beloved".

This song was released as an EP with video to raise funds for the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation.

In June 2009, he was nominated as the Best New Singer in the 20th Golden Music Awards in Taiwan.

Although he did not win the title, his extraordinary performance had won him a solid position in Taiwan music industry.

During this period, Jam Hsiao also tried acting.

He had a cameo in the popular Taiwanese drama "Fated To Love You／ 命中注定我爱你" and received many positive reviews.

Following the success of his first album, Hsiao's second album Princess was released in July 2009 with even greater success.

The title rock song "Princess" was a No.1 hit for three months.

This 12-song album included four songs written by Hsiao and had the chance to become the song producer for these tracks.

These four songs showcased his creativity, and each one of them had its own distinguished style.

In 2011, Hsiao played the lead role in the action film The Killer Who Never Kills and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer for his performance.

In 2013, his fourth album It's All About Love won him Best Male Vocalist at 24th Golden Melody Awards.

In 2015, he formed a four-man band called Lion as singer-songwriter and keyboarder of the band, and they participated in Singer 2017 and got third.

Hsiao later returned three years later on Singer 2020 as a solo singer, where he also finished third.

In June 2023, He will be marrying his manager, 14 years his senior.