Samuel Tai

Samuel Tai (Chinese: 邰正宵; pinyin: Tái Zhèngxiāo, born 6 November 1966) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer-songwriter.

His most popular songs include "999 Roses", "Thousand Origami Cranes" (千紙鶴), "1001 Nights" (一千零一夜) and "Let You Hear My Heart Beating" (心要讓你聽見) etc.

His most popular songs include: 999 Roses(九百九拾九朶玫瑰), Thousand origami cranes (千紙鶴), 1001 Nights (一千零一夜) and Let you listen to my heart (心要讓你聽見), and others.

That event started his music career; publishing albums like Nomad, Ideal Boys, Devoted to You, Cheer for Me, and others.

He started to perform covers of other singers' songs,[1][clarification needed] such as the "Blue Street Lights" and "Love Movies Play" by Leon Lai, "Devoted to you as usual" by Leo Ku and "Goodbye Means Tears" by Alan Tam.

Tai also sang two songs sung by Leon Lai in Cantonese and included them in the album Rekindle Love.

His company Cinepoly invited his idol Sam Hui (許冠傑) to write the hit song "Moonlight Ocean Dream".

Tai was welcomed and popular in Hong Kong, but the limited size of the Cantonese song market led to the decision to move his career center back to Taiwan.

With the song, Tai hoped to raise money for Sichuan reconstruction and help the survivors of the devastating tragedy to find the strength to rebuild their lives.

In 2011, after 15 years, Tai re-introduced his third Cantonese album Love Songs, to allow him to rise in popularity among younger fans in Hong Kong and Guangdong.

In March 2012, Tai attended an event in Guangzhou, and revealed that his new Mandarin album In the Beginning would be released in September.

With knowledge that being on stage, a musical career had its limits, Tai started to work behind-the-scenes few years after he became famous.

After his marriage, Tai focused on song production and behind-the-scenes work, while he began to be more active in mainland China.

Tai and his girlfriend got married in the United States after a decade-long relationship, the wedding being held at a Seattle church in 1988.