Teresa Teng

Quick Facts

Full Name	Teresa Teng
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1953(1953-01-29)
Age	71
Date Of Death	1995-05-08
Birthplace	Baozhong
Country	Taiwan
Birth City	Yunlin County
Horoscope	Capricorn

Teresa Teng Biography

Teresa Teng is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on January 29, 1953 in Baozhong, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Singer of romantic ballads and folk songs who has released “When Will You Return?” “, and “The Moon Represents My Heart.”

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Teresa Teng (traditional Chinese: 鄧麗君 ; simplified Chinese: 邓丽君 ; pinyin: Dèng Lìjūn ; Jyutping: Dang6 Lai6-gwan1 , 29 January 1953 – 8 May 1995) was a Chinese singer and a cultural icon from Taiwan, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Asian recording history. With the career spanning 30 years, Teng remained widely popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s; she remained popular even upto first half of 1990s, up until her death in 1995. Teng was known as a patriotic performing artist whose powerful ballads and performances revolutionized Chinese popular culture during the 1970s and 1980s. She is often credited for bridging the cultural gap across China and for bringing Japanese closer to its Asian neighbours in South East Asia, Taiwan and mainland China by covering Japanese kayokyoku pop music in Chinese. She was known for her folk songs and ballads, such as “When Will You Return?” “As Sweet as Honey” and “The Moon Represents My Heart”. She recorded songs not only in Mandarin but also in Hokkien, Cantonese, Japanese, Indonesian and English. She also spoke French fluently. To date, her songs have been covered by hundreds of singers all over the world.

As a young child, Teng won awards for her singing at talent competitions. Her first major prize was in 1964 when she sang “Visiting Yingtai” from Shaw Brothers’ Huangmei opera movie, The Love Eterne, at an event hosted by Broadcasting Corporation of China. She was soon able to support her family with her singing. Taiwan’s rising manufacturing economy in the 1960s made the purchase of records easier for more families. With her father’s approval, she quit school to pursue singing professionally.

Born into a family of soldiers and put in the effort to help servicemen throughout her professional career.

Teresa Teng Net Worth

Teresa Teng is one of the richest Folk Singer from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Teresa Teng 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After her performance in the film The Love Eterne, she could earn enough money to provide for her family.

She died of a severe asthma attack at the age of 42 years old.

Teng was born in Baozhong Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan on 29 January 1953, to Waishengren parents. Her father was a soldier in the Republic of China Armed Forces from Daming, Hebei and her mother was from Dongping, Shandong. The only daughter in the family, with three older brothers and a younger brother, she was educated at Ginling Girls High School (私立金陵女中 ) in Sanchong Township, Taipei County, Taiwan.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Teresa Teng Dating?

According to our records, Teresa Teng is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Teresa Teng’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1978, Teng met Beau Kuok, a Malaysian businessman and son of multi- billionaire Robert Kuok. They were engaged in 1982, but Teng called off the engagement due to prenuptial agreements which stipulated that she had to quit and sever all ties with the entertainment industry, as well as fully disclose her biography and all her past relationships in writing.

Facts & Trivia

Teresa Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Teresa Teng celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.

In the early 1980s, continuing political tension between mainland China and Taiwan led to her music, along with that of other singers from Taiwan and Hong Kong, being banned for several years in mainland China for being too “bourgeois”. Her popularity in mainland China continued to grow nonetheless thanks to its black market. As Teng songs continued to be played everywhere, from nightclubs to government buildings, the ban on her music was soon lifted. Her fans nicknamed her “Little Deng” because she had the same family name as Deng Xiaoping; there was a saying that “Deng the leader ruled by day, but Deng the singer ruled by night.

What happen to Teresa Teng?

Teng died from severe asthma , though doctors and her partner Paul Quilery had speculated that she died from a heart attack due to a side effect of an overdose of unspecified amphetamines while on holiday in Chiang Mai, Thailand, at the age of 42 on 8 May 1995. Quilery was buying groceries when the attack occurred.

What nationality is Teresa Teng?

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How popular is Teresa Teng in Japan?

As Popular As Ever Teng was only 42 when she suffered a fatal asthma attack in 1995 while at a holiday resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In Japan her songs remain as popular as ever on karaoke rankings and almost 3 million of her CDs and DVDs have been sold in the country since she passed away.

Did Teresa Teng speak Japanese?

Teng succeeded because of her distinctive sweet and tender voice – the late master of Canto-pop lyrics, James Wong Jim, once described her as “a voice one hears once in a hundred years” – as well as her proficiency in Cantonese, Japanese, English, Hokkien and Indonesian.

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