generasia:Featured article for 2009 week 35

alan

alan (アラン, 阿兰, or 阿蘭), born Alan Dawa Dolma, is an ethnically Tibetian Chinese vocalist born in July of 1987 in Kangding, Sichuan Province. She was discovered by avex trax during their Chinese auditions in 2006. She then moved to Tokyo in September of 2007, and, taking on the stage name alan, she released "Ashita e no Sanka" on November 21st, 2007. A digital single was released on May 20th, 2008 to support victims of the Sichuan Earthquake, and her last single of the "Voice of EARTH" era, "Gunjou no Tani", was dedicated to those victims. In July 2008, the single "Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~" was selected as the theme song for NHK's Save the Future TV program. This was also the first in five consecutive monthly singles which represented the five elements of Godai. alan is also known for singing theme songs for the two parts of RED CLIFF movie.

On March 4th, 2009 she released her Japanese debut album "Voice of EARTH", and on July 10th, 2009 she released her Chinese major debut album "Xīn De Dōng Fāng". On September 2nd, 2009, she will release her ninth single "BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~" which will be used as the theme song for the movie of the same name.