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{{Short description|Taiwanese popular singer}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Jiang (surname)|Chiang/Jiang]]|lang=Chinese}}
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| name = Jody Chiang 江蕙
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| birth_name = Jiang Shuhui (江淑惠)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1961|09|01}}
| birth_place = [[Xikou, Chiayi|Xikou]], [[Chiayi County]], Taiwan
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1981–2015
| family = [[Chiang Shu-na]]
| awards = {{awards|award=[[Golden Melody Awards]]|name='''Best Mandarin Female Artist''' (regardless of language) 1990 
'''Best Album''' (regardless of language) 1993 
'''Best Dialect Female Artist''' 2000–2002 
'''Best Taiwanese Female Artist''' 2003 
'''Best Taiwanese Album''' 2005–2006, 2009, 2011 
'''Special Contributions''' 2015}}
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| alias = Jiang Hui, Second Sister (二姐), Queen of Taiwanese Music (臺灣歌后)
| origin = [[Taiwan]]
| genre = [[Hokkien pop]]
| instrument = vocals, guitar
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'''Jody Chiang''' or '''Jiang Hui''' ({{zh|t=江蕙|p=Jiāng Huì|poj=Kang Hūi}}), born '''Jiang Shuhui''' ({{zh|t=江淑惠|poj=Kang Siok-hūi}}), is a Taiwanese singer. She began recording in the 1980s and retired in 2015, having released 60 albums. Her trademark [[ballad]]s and [[folk song]]s are typically sung in [[Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese]]. Her role in Taiwan's popular music scene is often compared to that of [[Teresa Teng]]. She is the older sister of [[Chiang Shu-na]].

==Early career==
Chiang's mother was a food vendor and her father a [[glove puppet]]eer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hu|first1=Ju-hung|last2=Chung|first2=Jake|title=FEATURE: Jody Chiang looks ahead to quiet life|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/15/2003627764|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=15 September 2015}}</ref> She grew up in a poor family and quit school at the age of ten to begin singing at warehouses and bars in [[Beitou District|Beitou, Taipei]].<ref name="Taiday">{{cite news|title=The Queen of Taiwanese Music|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20,29,35,45&post=25219|work=Taiwan Today|date=1 June 1994}}</ref> She started her commercial singing career in 1981 with a Japanese language album,<ref name="ftw"/><ref>{{cite news|title=NEWSMAKER: Retirement of biggest star a blow to world of Hoklo pop|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/01/12/2003609063|accessdate=9 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=12 January 2015}}</ref> and was signed to Country Records two years later.<ref name="Taiday"/> Chiang held her first concert in April 2008.<ref name="ftw">{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Christie|title=Queen of Taiwanese songs to say goodbye after four decades|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aftr/201501080019.aspx|accessdate=11 January 2015|agency=Central News Agency|date=8 January 2015}}</ref> The singer has released 60 albums and won thirteen [[Golden Melody Awards]] over her career.<ref name="ftwretire">{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Ching-yi|last2=Low|first2=Y.F.|title=Singer Jody Chiang to retire (update)|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201509130020.aspx|accessdate=7 March 2017|agency=Central News Agency|date=2 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="2ndsis">{{cite news|last1=Pan|first1=Jason|title=Jody Chiang announces new dates|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/01/09/2003608833|accessdate=9 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=9 January 2015}}</ref> Chiang is known as "Second Sister" amongst her fans, because she is the second eldest of four siblings.<ref name="2ndsis"/><ref name="brother"/> [[Chris Hung]] and Chiang are known as the King and Queen of Taiwanese pop.<ref name="Taiday"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Teo|first1=Larry|title=Jody Chiang's retirement 'ended the best era of Minnan pop'|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/jody-chiangs-retirement-ended-best-era-minnan-pop|accessdate=9 March 2017|agency=AsiaOne|date=30 September 2015|archive-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312041855/http://news.asiaone.com/news/showbiz/jody-chiangs-retirement-ended-best-era-minnan-pop|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Place on the Pop Map|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20,29,35,45&post=25221|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=Taiwan Today|date=1 June 1994}}</ref>

== Farewell concerts ==
On 2 January 2015, Chiang announced that she would end her singing career that year with 16 farewell concerts between July and September in Taiwan.<ref name="ftwretire"/> Tickets to her final performances sold out quickly. The concert promoter, Kuang Hong Arts Management, faced protests by Chiang's fans and eventually announced nine additional performances only to see those tickets sell out in thirty minutes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Christie|title=Jody Chiang demand drives nine extra concerts|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201501160022.aspx|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=16 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Christie|title=Tickets for Jody Chiang's extra concerts sold out in 30 minutes|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201501250005.aspx|accessdate=8 March 2017|agency=Central News Agency|date=25 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Extra Jody Chiang concerts to appease fans|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2015/01/07/425885/Extra-Jody.htm|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=China Post|agency=Central News Agency|date=7 January 2015}}</ref> The first farewell concert was staged at Taipei Arena on 27 July.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chiang cries in first farewell gig|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/chiang-cries-in-first-farewell-gig|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=The Straits Times|date=27 July 2015}}</ref> The final concert of Chiang's career took place at Kaohsiung Arena on 13 September, and featured a retirement ceremony in which she locked a microphone in a box and threw the key into the crowd.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cheng|first1=Sabine|last2=Chen|first2=Christie|last3=Kao|first3=Evelyn|title=Jody Chiang concludes farewell tour with microphone ceremony|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201509130020.aspx|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=Taiwan News|agency=Central News Agency|date=13 September 2015|archivedate=14 September 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914230331/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201509130020.aspx}} [http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2803817 Alt URL]</ref> The concerts held were recorded and sold as a DVD, released in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pop diva Jody Chiang's farewell concert DVD selling like hotcakes|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2016/10/15/2003657160|accessdate=8 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|agency=Central News Agency|date=15 October 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chiang is the second eldest of four siblings, three sisters and one brother.<ref name="brother">{{cite news|last1=Wang|first1=Hsuan-ching|last2=Tseng|first2=Chien-ming|last3=Hetherington|first3=William|title=Singer Jody Chiang protects brother in armed home robbery|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/12/24/2003661835|accessdate=9 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=24 December 2016}}</ref> In 2009, she was reported to be chased for large amounts of debt due to her eldest sister's gambling problem.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strange timing|url=http://www.asgam.com/component/k2/item/735-strange-timing.html|accessdate=3 January 2015|work=Inside Asian Gaming|date=20 January 2009}}</ref> Chiang's younger sister [[Chiang Shu-na]] is also a singer.

==References==
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[[Category:Taiwanese Buddhists]]
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[[Category:Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent]]
[[Category:People from Chiayi County]]
[[Category:20th-century Taiwanese women singers]]
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