[1] She grew up in a poor family and quit school at the age of ten to begin singing at warehouses and bars in Beitou, Taipei.

[2] She started her commercial singing career in 1981 with a Japanese language album,[3][4] and was signed to Country Records two years later.

[2][8][9] 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.

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.

[13] 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.