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Tengger (singer)

Tengger (Mongolian: Тэнгэр, Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ, lit. "sky"; simplified Chinese: 腾格尔; traditional Chinese: 騰格爾; pinyin: Ténggé'ěr; born 15 January 1960), also known as Tenger or Tengri, is a Chinese singer, songwriter and composer of Mongol descent from Inner Mongolia.

He is one of the most representative Mongol male singers, as his most famous works, including songs Mongol and Tiantang (Heaven), reflect the Mongolian culture, while he uses other elements later in his career, making his music a combination of various kinds of Chinese pop music.

Tengger was born in Otog Banner, Inner Mongolia in the Sainbayar family. Both of his parents were folk singers so he and his four other siblings all aspired to follow suit. Because of an incident in junior high school, he became uninterested in academics. In 1975, while uncertain about his future, he applied and was admitted to Art School of Inner Mongolia. There he briefly studied dance before switching to learning instruments. After graduating, he served as a teacher and conductor. In 1980, he joined College of Music in Tianjin, where he got formal training as a musician.

Tengger met Hasi Gaowa in 1987 and they married in 1988. Because of conflicts over how Tengger spent his money, after seven years, they divorced in 1995. In 1997, he met Zhu La and they married in 2003. They had a daughter in 2004 who died after just six years because of a congenital disease in 2010.

Tengger came to prominence in 1986, when he performed his original song Mongol in a singing competition.

In 1992, Tengger became the first mainland artist to perform in Taiwan since 1949 as he held a solo concert in Taipei. During that 2-hour concert, Tengger performed 18 of his songs, and that number has been the highest of all his concerts. His songs with Mongolian style became so popular among his fans in Taiwan that he was still recognized by the fans 14 years later when he came for another concert in 2006.

Tengger built up a band Wild Wolf in 1993 with five of his friends who also came from Inner Mongolia.

Though having taken part in a band, Tengger kept writing new songs himself and later came up with a new personal album Chuzou (Running Away) in 1997. Among the songs in this album, Tiantang (Heaven) turned out to be a stand-out single, winning many awards in China and across the Globe.

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