Joi Chua
| Joi Chua (蔡淳佳) |
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Photo shoot for EP, Perspectives, released in 2012.
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| Background information | |
| Native name | 蔡 淳佳 |
| Born |
August 3, 1978 Singapore |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Genres | Pop, Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Actress |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Labels | Ocean Butteflies, Warner Music Singapore, Joi Music, DP Music, Channy Dynasty |
| Website | www |
Joi Chua or Joi Tsai (Chinese: 蔡淳佳; pinyin: Cài Chúnjiā, born August 3, 1978) is a Singaporean female pop singer. Her most famous songs are "Waiting For A Sunny Day" (《等一个晴天》), "Watching the Sunrise With Me" (《陪我看日出》), the Chinese version of "Nada Soso" and "Wind Chimes" (《风铃》). She is also well known in Mainland China and Taiwan.
Chua was educated at Raffles Girls' Primary School, Clementi Town Secondary School, and Singapore Polytechnic majoring in optometry. Her original major was business administration, but her shifted her major into optometry 3 months later. She was influenced by her elder brother to pick up singing from a young age. She joined and led the choir in her Secondary school and later joined budding singers in The Ark, a cafe with live performances, which molded the most important part of Chua's singing career. Her mother died when she was 19. Both her mother and one of her aunts died from breast cancer.
"" ("Chua" or "Tsai", pinyin: Cài) is her family name. "" (pinyin: Chún) is equal to "" (its pinyin is also: Chún) in ancient Chinese, both meaning "mellow", "good-natured" or "good-hearted". Now the latter character "醇" is only used to describe the good quality of wine. "" ("Joi", pinyin: jiā) means "well" or "fine".
Chua debuted as a commercial singer in 1996 in "Extraordinary Singers Course" organized by Ocean Butterflies Production Company, where she was chosen from over 2000 candidates at its premiere audition to join the label as a trainee singer. Her first album under the same name, was however only launched in 2000 as she decided to complete her education before embarking on her singing career. Unfortunately, the album did not receive its desired response, and Chua returned to the hospital to work as an optometrist between 2001 and 2003 after her short stint.
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