Tan Weiwei


Tan Weiwei, also known as Sitar Tan, is a Chinese singer and actress.
She was the runner-up of the third season of Super Girl, a singing contest in China. In 2015, she participated I Am a Singer, where it was revealed that she is a vegan.

Early life

Tan Weiwei was born in Fushun County, Zigong, Sichuan, on 8 October 1982. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked at a cultural station. She spent her childhood in Zigong with her parents. As a teenager, she became interested in pop music. In 1997, she won first places in the Students Art Festivals in both her primary and secondary schools. At the end of 1998, she began to perform in bars. When she was 19, she entered the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where many the biggest names of the mainland Chinese Mandopop singer had been trained. Although her marks were not very high, she managed to improve her vocal technique thanks to Lanka Dolma, a Chinese vocal trainer of Tibetan ethnicity, who discovered the hidden talent of the young singer. Thanks to Lanka Dolma, she learned many traditional singing techniques which nowadays, Tan uses in her recordings. And at the same year, she was honored as Top Ten singers of Sichuan province.

Music career

In 2020 Tan Weiwei released her album '3811'. Since July, Tan Weiwei has been releasing new singles from her album “3811,” with each of the 11 songs chronicling stories of women from diverse backgrounds, including a taxi-driving single mom, an illiterate elderly woman, and a female poet from the Tang dynasty. In December she released the song 'Xiao Juan'. “Erase our names, forget our beings, same tragedy continues and repeats,” Tan sings. The groundbreaking song, which went viral in China, refers to domestic violence and misogyny, citing recent violent deaths of real women in China.

Personal life

She married Taiwanese actor David Chen after he proposed in 2016 during a trip to Mount Kailash. In 2018, they collaborated on a song for the TV series The Legend of Jade Sword which he acted in.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended Plays:
  • 夏長 Long Summer EP
  • 秋收 Golden Harvest EP
  • 春生 Season of Rebirth EP
  • Winter EP
  • 姐码3811 Sister Ma 3811 EP
  • 姐放3811 Sister Fang 3811 EP

    Singles

  • "If I Haven’t Fell Into Love"
  • "I forgot to say"
  • "Encounter"
  • "In the Shu river"

    Filmography

Film
Variety shows