Tsai Chin (Chinese: 蔡琴; pinyin: Cài Qín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ai⁴ Ch'in²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoà Khîm) is a pop and folk singer from Taiwan. Tsai sings in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien.

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Tsai Chin
Tsai Chin in concert, 2008.
Born	(1957-12-22) 22 December 1957 (age 66) Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Years active	from 1970s
Spouse	Edward Yang (1985–1995)
Awards	Golden Melody Awards – Best Female Mandarin Artist 1991
Musical career
Genres	C-pop Mandopop Hokkien pop Folk
Labels	UFO Records label, Warner Music (1984–1996), Universal Music Group (from 2007)

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Tsai's hits include "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》), "Just Like Your Tenderness" (《恰似你的温柔》), "The Last Night" (《最後一夜》), "Reading You" (《讀你》) and "The Spirit of Your Eyes" (《你的眼神》). The peak of her popularity in Taiwan was from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but she remains popular in Mainland China.^[1]

Tsai's albums Tsai Chin Live 2007 and Golden Voice were recognized with a "Top-10-Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" award at the 2007 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.^[2]

Tsai was married to Taiwanese director Edward Yang from 1985 to 1995. Tsai was featured alongside Hou Hsiao-Hsien in Yang's 1985 film Taipei Story.

Tsai's song "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》) is featured prominently in the 2002 hit Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs as a recurring element of its story line, and also in its sequels. Besides serving to elucidate the theme of the films, the song plays an important plot function in chronologically connecting various elements of the story.^[3]