John Chen

"Not to be confused with John Cheng."John Chen (Chinese: 陳八豪; Chén Bāháo; born June 10, 1969) is a Spanish-Tsengian singer, dancer, host, professional video game player, and manager of his esports team, Eighty-Eight. He is widely considered to be one of most influential Tsengge singers of the 1990s and is known as one of the members of the "Tsengge Eight", a group of famous Tsengge singers in the late-1980s to the early-2000s. His famous albums include The Outsider (1990), Tenerife (1992), and Forgotten Lover (1999).

Early life
Chen was born Juan Chen on June 10, 1969, in, , the youngest of four. His grandparents emigrated to Spain from Tseng. When Chen was 9, he and his family moved to, where his father and mother got jobs at a 4-star hotel. At the school there, Chen learned how to sing and became popular among the school. Unfortunately, his parents were fired two years later, and soon Chen left his friends to go to Mingzhou, Tseng. He changed his Western name to John since Juan is a female name in Chinese culture.

Career
Hoping to become a singer, he went on a singing competition show called Sing Tseng! in 1988 in which he won T¥100,000 (USD 3,570) and got a contract with Gongshan Records. At first, when he told his parents, they were mad, because his father wanted Chen to follow his steps in becoming a chef, but when Chen told them that he won, they supported him.

Chen released his first album, The Outsider (局外人) on February 27, 1990, which sold 500,000 copies in the first month. Its title track, The Outsider (which is now a classic) was used as the theme song for the famous drama, Withering Rose. When he won the coveted Golden Tune Awards in 1992, he sung Tenerife while showing off his dance moves in one of the most animated performances in Golden Tune Award history.

In 2005, he became the co-host of Entertainment Saturday, a entertainment/variety show, along with Marissa Li. He left the show in 2019. Chen became a dual citizen in 2016 after Tseng permitted dual citizenship.

In November 2017, he created an eSports team, Eighty-Eight. The team achieved moderate success in ' and '.

Studio albums

 * 1990: The Outsider (局外人)
 * 1991: Can't Sleep (睡不著)
 * 1992: Tenerife (特內里費島)
 * 1992: Back to Spain (回到西班牙)
 * 1993: Give You My Love (給你我的愛)
 * 1994: Sad Paradise (悲傷的天堂)
 * 1996: John Chen (陳八豪)
 * 1998: Mortal Men (凡人)
 * 1999: Forgotten Lover (遺忘的情人)
 * 2003: Underwater (水下)