Joey Zhou

Joseph Zhou (Chinese: 周佑逸; Zhōu Yòuyì; November 2, 1975 - March 12, 2000

) more commonly known as Joey Zhou, was a Australian-born Tsengian singer-songwriter and actor. His beautiful voice and ability to reach high notes with ease made the media call him the "Prince of High Notes". In 1994, he released the song called "Concrete Jungle" (混凝土叢林), which was an instant hit, earning him the Golden Tune Award for Best New Artist in 1994. His other hits include "Ten Thousand Years" (萬年), "A Man's Tears" (男人的流淚), and "If One Day I Disappeared, What Would You Be Like?" (如果我一天不見，你會這麼樣).

Early life
Zhou was born on November 2, 1971 in, , to Tsengian parents. In his school years, he was bullied, and when he sung, his classmates laughed because he sounded like a girl. This would have a huge impact on him later in life.

Career
In 1985, Zhou was blessed when he and his family moved to Tseng. They settled in Huanzhou. Zhou fared much better at Tseng than in Australia and after noticing his singing talents, Zhou was later signed to Zenghe Records. He changed his name to Joey because it sounded like the romanization of his Chinese name, Yòuyì.

In 1993, Zhou released his first album 2/14 (a reference to Valentine's Day). However, his career didn't take off until the release of the album Concrete Jungle (1994). Its title track was a song in the movie The School, which earned Zhou popularity, and earning him the Golden Tune Award for Best New Artist in 1994. His collaboration with Wu Yufeng and Julian Bai on the 1995 single Just Love (只是爱) was very popular, and Zhou was invited to act in the movie the song would be in, called Glorious Years by Scott Ding. He earned a nomination for the Spring Festival Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, but lost to Henryk Lee.

Zhou earned another Golden Tune Award in 1997, this time for Best Male Mandarin Singer, for the song A Man's Tears.

Death
Due to the abuse he experienced while in Australia, Zhou suffered from clinical depression and bipolar disorder. On March 12, 2000, after eating lunch in downtown Tseng City, he drove his 1998 Ferrari F355 down to the Wanxia Dam, one hour away, and then drove off the edge (destroying the protective barrier in the process), and into the Wanxia River below.

Funeral
Zhou's funeral was on March 17, 2000. Many friends from the music and film industry attended, including his girlfriend Kylie Zhu, the Tsengge Eight, Sofie Yu, Cooper Chao, George Mileham, Jacob Shee, Juliette Zhang, Li Meng, and Yang Zhe-qing.

Studio albums and EPs

 * 1993: 2/14
 * 1994: Concrete Jungle (混凝土叢林)
 * 1994: Love Cards (爱情卡片)
 * 1995: End of the World (到天涯)
 * 1996: If One Day I Disappeared, What Would You Be Like? (如果我一天不見，你會這麼樣).
 * 1997: A Man's Tears (男人的流淚)
 * 1998: Regret (後悔)

Live albums

 * 1995: Sounds of Tseng 1995
 * 1997: Joey in New York