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{{infobox person
| name = Jasmine
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|5}}
| birth_place = [[Taipei]], Taiwan
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 2007–present
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070527185122/http://www.tingchu.com/ www.tingchu.com]
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| p = Tíng Zhú
}}
| module2 = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| alias = Ting Chu
| background = temporary
| origin = Taiwan
| genre = [[Mandarin pop]]
| instrument = Guitar, piano
| label = [[HummingBird Music]] <small>(2004–present)</small>
}}
}}

'''Jasmine''' ({{zh|c=庭竹|p=Tíng Zhú}}; born January 5, 1981), also known as '''Ting Chu''', is a singer-songwriter who made her debut in the Taiwanese music industry in 2007. She has a contract under start-up recording company [[HummingBird Music]], the same company Hong Kong–based band [[Soler (band)|Soler]] belongs to.<ref>{{cite web|title=HummingBird.hk – Artists |url=http://www.hummingbird.hk/artists.php |publisher=HummingBird Music |accessdate=June 4, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419090258/http://www.hummingbird.hk/artists.php |archivedate=April 19, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Jasmine was born in [[Taipei]], Taiwan, on January 5, 1981. She began songwriting in her teenage years after her uncle died. She wrote her first work, "Blessing", after learning to play the guitar. When she entered university, she continued writing music and performing at bars and coffee shops. Upon graduation, she entered into the [[Musicians Institute]] in Los Angeles, California. She was discovered by Hong Kong music producer and [[Musicians Institute]] faculty member [[Lupo Groining]], who offered her a contract with HummingBird Music.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|title=Jasmine Bio |url=http://www.tingchu.com/aboutme_1_en.asp |publisher=HummingBird Music |date=April 2, 2007|accessdate=June 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629212334/http://www.tingchu.com/aboutme_1_en.asp |archivedate=June 29, 2007 }}</ref>

==Debut==
Jasmine named her album ''Yu Sheng – The Sound of Rain'' ({{zh|t=雨聲|s=雨声}}) in honor of her idol, Taiwanese singer 張雨生 ([[Chang Yu-Sheng]]), using a [[homophone]] of Zhang's [[Chinese given name|given name]] 雨生 (literally 'Rain-Life').<ref name="Biography"/><ref>{{cite news | script-title=zh:唱作新女生庭竹, 送你去看巴黎拜金女 | url = http://www.hitoradio.com/music/1e_1.php?topic_id=235 | publisher = [[Hit Fm Taiwan|Hit FM]] | accessdate = June 4, 2007|language=zh}}</ref>

==Discography==
# ''Sound of Rain'' (雨聲) – April 3, 2007
# ''Ai De Jiu Gong Ge'' (爱的九宫格) – March 1, 2011

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070527185122/http://www.tingchu.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.wretch.cc/blog/tingchu Jasmine Ting Chu's official blog]
*[http://www.chinesesong.org/forum/thread-749-1-1.html Ai De Jiu Gong Ge by Ting Chu]

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Musicians from Taipei]]
[[Category:Musicians Institute alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Taiwanese singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Taiwanese women singers]]

Ting Chu - Revision history

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