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"[[Kuon no Kawa]]" reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] Daily Charts and #3 on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Originally this single debuted at #9 on the weekly charts, but eventually reached #1 on the sixth day making it her first song to chart in the top 10 as well as making it her first single to top the daily charts. Her 10th single "[[Ballad ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~|BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~]]" which was released on September 2nd, 2009 was actually planned for a summer release. "BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~" was a tie-up theme song for the movie of same title, ''[[Ballad ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~ (film)|BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~]]''. Soon after the release of her 10th single, her 11th single "[[Swear (alan)|Swear]]" was announced to be released on November 4th, 2009 as well as her second album ''[[My Life (alan album)|my life]]''. The album was released on November 25th, 2009, eight months after the release of her debut album ''[[Voice of Earth|Voice of EARTH]]''.
"[[Kuon no Kawa]]" reached #1 on the [[Oricon]] Daily Charts and #3 on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Originally this single debuted at #9 on the weekly charts, but eventually reached #1 on the sixth day making it her first song to chart in the top 10 as well as making it her first single to top the daily charts. Her 10th single "[[Ballad ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~|BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~]]" which was released on September 2nd, 2009 was actually planned for a summer release. "BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~" was a tie-up theme song for the movie of same title, ''[[Ballad ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~ (film)|BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~]]''. Soon after the release of her 10th single, her 11th single "[[Swear (alan)|Swear]]" was announced to be released on November 4th, 2009 as well as her second album ''[[My Life (alan album)|my life]]''. The album was released on November 25th, 2009, eight months after the release of her debut album ''[[Voice of Earth|Voice of EARTH]]''.
alan held her very first concert "voice of you" on January 24th, 2010. In her concert, she sang "Diamond" from her first upcoming double A side single [[Diamond / Over the Clouds|Diamond / Over the clouds]]. Her first concert DVD [[alan 1st Concert -Voice of You- In Tokyo 2010.01.24|alan 1st concert -voice of you- in TOKYO 2010.01.24]]released on March 24th, 2010. In April 2010, her 12th single [[Kaze ni Mukau Hana]] announced to be release on July 7th, 2010. [[Kaze ni Mukau Hana]]is a tie-up theme song for the movie "Hisshiken Sashitori" which planned released on July 10th, 2010.
Her 2nd concert will be held on July 16th, 2010 as well.


===Musical Style===
===Musical Style===

Revision as of 19:46, 6 April 2010

File:alan-overthecloud-promo1.jpg
alan promoting "Diamond / Over the clouds" (2010)

alan (アラン, 阿兰, 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 and released her debut single "Ashita e no Sanka" on November 21st, 2007. 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.

Profile

  • Birth name: Alan Dawa Dolma
  • Stage name: alan
  • Spelling: Simplified Chinese: 阿兰达瓦卓玛, Traditional Chinese: 阿蘭達瓦卓瑪, Pinyin: Ālán Dáwǎ Zhuōmǎ
  • Birthdate: July 25th, 1987
  • Birthplace: Kangding, Sichuan Province, China
  • Height: 160cm (5'3")
  • Weight: 40kg (88.2 lbs)
  • Blood Type: O

Biography

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alan promoting "Xīn.Zhàn ~RED CLIFF~" (2008)

Early Life

Alan Dawa Dolma was born in Kangding, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, on July 25th, 1987. Her father was a government officer and her mother was a singer. Growing up with her grandparents in nearby Danba (Rongtrag, a.k.a. Beauty Valley), she began learning to play the erhu (a two-stringed Chinese violin) at a young age, and in 1997 began to attend the Affiliated Middle & High School of the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu.

Career

She was accepted to the PLA Art Academy in Beijing in 2003 and double majored in vocal music and erhu, and subsequently joined the "Feel Fine Band," a group of young female performers of traditional Chinese instruments. In 2005, she released her Chinese indies debut album, Shēng Shēng Zuì Rú Lán, and represented China at the 9th Asia New Singer Competition, where she won second place. avex trax held auditions in China in 2006, and in the April of that year alan was selected from 40,000 contestants.

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 or Tibetan Bön, the latter representing Earth. "Sora Uta", represents Aether, "Kaze no Tegami" - Wind, "RED CLIFF ~Shin.Sen~" - Fire, and "Megumi no Ame" - Water.

alan was chosen to sing the theme songs for the two-part Chinese epic movie RED CLIFF. The songs were released in both Chinese and Japanese. "RED CLIFF ~Shin.Sen~" was released on October 15, 2008, as part of the five singles representing the five elements, and the second song, "Kuon no Kawa", was released on April 8th, 2009 after a month of the release of her major debut album Voice of EARTH. She performed "Xīn.Zhàn ~RED CLIFF~" at the Cannes Festival in May of 2008.

"Kuon no Kawa" reached #1 on the Oricon Daily Charts and #3 on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Originally this single debuted at #9 on the weekly charts, but eventually reached #1 on the sixth day making it her first song to chart in the top 10 as well as making it her first single to top the daily charts. Her 10th single "BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~" which was released on September 2nd, 2009 was actually planned for a summer release. "BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~" was a tie-up theme song for the movie of same title, BALLAD ~Namonaki Koi no Uta~. Soon after the release of her 10th single, her 11th single "Swear" was announced to be released on November 4th, 2009 as well as her second album my life. The album was released on November 25th, 2009, eight months after the release of her debut album Voice of EARTH.

alan held her very first concert "voice of you" on January 24th, 2010. In her concert, she sang "Diamond" from her first upcoming double A side single Diamond / Over the clouds. Her first concert DVD alan 1st concert -voice of you- in TOKYO 2010.01.24released on March 24th, 2010. In April 2010, her 12th single Kaze ni Mukau Hana announced to be release on July 7th, 2010. Kaze ni Mukau Hanais a tie-up theme song for the movie "Hisshiken Sashitori" which planned released on July 10th, 2010. Her 2nd concert will be held on July 16th, 2010 as well.

Musical Style

alan's songs for the most part are ballads, and for the majority of them she uses a traditional style of singing called the Tibetian wail. She has only used the erhu a few times in her songs, and only for short periods. alan can also play the piano and the hulusi.

Japanese Discography

Albums

Singles

Digital Downloads

DVDs

Compilations / Soundtracks

Chinese Discography

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alan promoting Xīn De Dōng Fāng (2009)

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Downloads

External Links

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