Nan Quan Mama is a Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

ese music group. The name is a phrase in Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

 to explain having strength while being gentle as a mother. They are closely tied with the Taiwanese

Taiwanese people

Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or Taiwan Area which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945...

 artist Jay Chou

Jay Chou

Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

. The group was nominated for Best Singing Group at the 19th Golden Melody Awards

19th Golden Melody Awards

Ceremonies of the 19th Golden Melody Awards were held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2008. Nominees were announced on May 22, 2008, and the award winners in 12 traditional music categories and 23 popular music categories were selected by a panel of 33 judges after four rounds of jury meetings...

 in 2008.

The current members are Devon (drummer, DJ, rapper) and Yuhao (pianist, rapper). Each of the members contribute to composing their songs, and also sing together in most of their songs, although some of their songs are composed and sung solely by one of the members, such as the song "Crystal Dragonfly" (水晶蜻蜓) which was composed and sung by Lara. As of June 2006, they are the official spokespeople for Motorola

Motorola

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 in Taiwan.

Former

• G-Power (鐘佐泓) 2004-2005
• Gary Yang (楊瑞代) 2004-2005
• Lara
  Lara Veronin
  Lara Veronin , also known as Lara Liang, is a Russian-Taiwanese-American musician, currently signed by JVR . She grew up in Southern California and moved to Taiwan when she was a teenager. She graduated from Taipei American School in 2006. She was the lead female vocalist in the Taiwanese band Nan...
  
   (梁心頤) 2005-2009
• Chase (Zhang Jie) (張傑) 2005-2009

Discography

Album#	Title	|Release Date	|Label
1st	Nan Quan Mama's Summer (南拳媽媽的夏天)	14 May 2004	Alfa Music
2nd	Meal No.2 (2號餐)	17 August 2005	Alfa Music
3rd	Color Palette! (調色盤)	26 May 2006	Alfa Music
4th	Treasure Map Treasure Map 藏寶圖 is Nan Quan Mama's fourth studio album. It was released on July 20, 2007. Its official English title is Treasure Map.-Track listing:# 湘南海鷗 # 笑著流淚... (藏寶圖)	20 July 2007	Alfa Music
5th	Difficult Kids (優の良曲南搞小孩)	25 July 2008	Alfa Music
6th	Fighting With Bach (決鬥巴哈)	July 2010	Alfa Music

Awards and nominations

Year	|Category	2005	Metro Radio Hits Music Awards 新城勁爆頒獎禮	Best Mandarin Song	"消失" (Disappear)
Best Mandarin Group	Nan Quan Mama
2008	19th Golden Melody Awards 19th Golden Melody Awards Ceremonies of the 19th Golden Melody Awards were held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2008. Nominees were announced on May 22, 2008, and the award winners in 12 traditional music categories and 23 popular music categories were selected by a panel of 33 judges after four rounds of jury meetings...	Best Singing Group	Nan Quan Mama

External links

Nan Quan Mama@Alfa Music