Kulilay Amit was born on August 9 1972, she better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, Sisters. Her albums, Truth (2001), Amit (2009), and Faces of Paranoia (2014), each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer, and made her one of the singers who won the category the most times. Having sold more than 50 million records, she has achieved success in Mandarin-speaking world, and she is often referred to as the "Queen of Mandopop". A-Mei was born in a Puyuma family in Beinan, Taitung, Taiwan. In 1992, A-Mei moved to Taipei and took part in the Five Lights Star Singing Contest presented by the Taiwanese TV program Five Lights Awards; she made it all the way through to the finals but lost in the final round. In 1993, she attended the singing contest again and won. After that, she joined her cousin's band in 1995 and started to perform in pubs in Taipei. Her pub performance impressed Taiwanese music producer Chang Yu-sheng and Chang Hsiao-yen, the head of Taiwanese record label Forward Music of the time. In March 1996, she signed a recording deal with Forward Music. After she signed a recording deal with Forward Music, A-Mei's voice appears on Chang Yu-sheng's album, Red Passion, which released in July 1996, and she sang a duet song titled Love Most Hurt Most. In December 1996, she released her debut album, Sisters. The title song featured A-Mei's mother and sisters as background vocals. In June 1997, A-Mei released her second studio album, Bad Boy. The album earned her two Golden Melody Award nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Mandarin Female Singer. In January 1998, A-Mei embarked on her first solo concert tour, which visited Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and released a cover album in April 1998, which included many classic songs she planned to perform during the tour. In October 1998, she released her third studio album, Holding Hands, in which she collaborated with Taiwanese singer-songwriter David Tao. The album earned her a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Mandarin Female Singer. In June 1999, A-Mei released her fourth studio album, Can I Hug You, Lover?. The album earned her a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Mandarin Female Singer. In July 1999, A-Mei embarked on her second concert tour, which visited Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. In April 2000, she released a live album titled Time to Say Goodbye, A-Mei Hong Kong Live. In May 2000, she sang the National Anthem of the Republic of China at the presidential inauguration ceremony of Chen Shui-bian, angering the government of the People's Republic of China which subsequently banned her from visiting mainland China for a few years. In December 2000, she released her fifth studio album, Regardless, which is the last studio album released by Forward Music. The album earned her a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Mandarin Female Singer.

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