The Taiwanese singer-songwriter released his first album, Jay, in 2001 and soon captured music-lovers' hearts across the strait.
The R&B singer topped many Chinese pop music charts and, within a year had staged sold-out concerts in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Chou is a multi-talented musician who can also play the cello, piano and guitar.
Besides romantic ballads, he also writes songs about peace and is fond of martial arts, such as twin blades, nunchaku and dragon fist, which makes him a unique personality in the mainstream pop music market.
Growing up in a single-parent family, he loves his mother dearly and expresses his feelings for her through his music.
He used her name, Ye Hui Mei, as the title of his fourth album. Chou also wrote a song in honour of his grandmother for his album Qi Li Xiang.