Amei definition

Born Chang Hui-Mei on August 9, 1972, in eastern Taiwan, the third-youngest of eight children. Addresses: Record company--Forward Music, 13th Floor, No. 89 Nankin E. Rd., Sec. 5, Taipei, Taiwan ROC. Website--A-Mei Official Website: http://www.a-mei.com.

Taiwanese singer A-Mei has been both an Asian superdiva whose songs were number-one hits in Taiwan and mainland China and a political hot potato, forbidden to perform in China at all.

Her career has taken her from a remote Taiwanese village to international stardom. After a political fiasco in which she was muzzled by Chinese authorities, she has made a comeback throughout China and in other Asian countries.

Chang Hui-Mei, known by her stage name, A-Mei, was born into the Puyuma clan of the Bunun tribe, an aboriginal group in Taiwan that has historically been overlooked and disenfranchised from the mainstream of Taiwanese society ever since the first Chinese settlers on the island took their land and pushed them into the mountain