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Chen Jiannian
Pau-dull
Pau-dull in 2018
Born	Chen Jiannian (1967-08-01) 1 August 1967 (age 57) Puyuma Sakuban Community, Taitung, Taiwan
Alma mater	National Taitung Junior College, Taiwan Police College
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, producer, police officer
Years active	1999–present
Awards	Golden Melody Awards – Best Mandarin Male Singer 2000 The Ocean Best Composition 2000 Legend; Wild Fire, Spring Wind Best Instrumental Album 2007 I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 Best Album Producer 2009 The Nanwan Sisters Best Instrumental Album Producer 2019 Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) 2022 pongso no Tao
Musical career
Also known as	Pau-dull
Genres	Mandapop, Indigenous Pop, Instrumental
Labels	Taiwan Colors Music, Feeling Good Music
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳建年
Simplified Chinese	陈建年
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Jiànnián Wade–Giles Chen Chien-nien

Chen Jiannian (Chinese: 陳建年; born 1 August 1967), tribal name Pau-dull, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer.^[1] In 2000, he won Best Male Mandarin Singer and Best Composition for the song Legend from Samingad's Wild Fire, Spring Wind at the 11th Golden Melody Awards.^[2] After retiring from policing to focus on music, he won Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) for pongso no Tao at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards.^[3]

Chen was born on 1 August 1967 in the Puyuma Sakuban Community in Taitung, Taiwan.^[4] His maternal grandfather Senbao Lu was a composer and educator.^[5] He is the uncle of singers Samingad and Jia Jia.

Learning to play the guitar at a young age, he started a folk quartet with his brother and friends in 1982. In 1984, they entered a songwriting competition in Kaohsiung and recorded a compilation album with the other participants.^[6]

He studied architecture at National Taitung Junior College^[7] and then attended Taiwan Police College.^[8]

In 1999, Chen released his first album The Ocean.^[9]

In 2002, he released his second album The Earth.^[10]

From 2000 to 2018, he composed the soundtracks for several movies, including Trekking the Way Home, The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale, and Black Bear Forest. In 2007, he won Best Instrumental Album for I-yen-mei-leg Village No. 3 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards. In 2019, he won Best Instrumental Album Producer for Black Bear Forest at the 30th Golden Melody Awards.^[11]

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with various artists, such as his niece Samingad and The Nanwan Sisters, a trio of Taiwanese indigenous singers.^[12] In 2009, he won Best Album Producer for The Nanwan Sisters at the 20th Golden Melody Awards.^[13]

In 2021, he released his third album pongso no Tao.^[14]

On 12 February 2022, he held his first large concert with Japanese band Tokyo Chuo-Line at the Taipei International Convention Center, along with Abao as guest.^[15][16] They also performed at Kaohsiung Music Center on 9 April 2022.

Chen graduated from police academy in 1986 and was first assigned to a station in Guanshan, Taitung.^[17] He also worked in various locations throughout Taiwan.^[18]

He worked in Lanyu until his retirement on 1 September 2017.^[6][19]

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