He is quiet and shy．He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However， if you talk to him about music， he will have a lot to say.

    This is Jay Chou， a pop singer in Taiwan. He was born（出生）on January 18th. He's 36 years old now. His fans were so excited because he sang songs in Beijing on September 12 in 2003．And the album Ye Huimei was released（发行）in July and was named after（以……取名）his mother.

    Jay grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.

    His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn the piano when he was only three years old．He loved it and kept on practicing.

    Jay is not very handsome， but he has big crowds of fans.