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Nicholas Teo (Chinese: 張棟樑; pinyin: Zhāng Dòng-Liáng) was born November 29, 1981 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He is also known as Nicholas Zhang and he is a Malaysian Chinese singer signed under Play Music based in Taiwan.
Before returning to Malaysia, Nicholas was studying in Taiwan, where he won the Best Singer in a competition among all the Taiwan universities. Thereafter, he was approached and asked if he would sign up with a company as a back-up singer (backing vocalist, to harmonize with the lead vocalist), which Nicholas subsequently ignored. He returned to Malaysia without finishing his studies and participated in the singing competition “2002 Astro Talent Quest”. Nicholas won first place with the song 黃昏(Huáng Hūn), originally sung by Zhou Chuan Xiong. This led to Nicholas signing a contract in Taiwan with Music Street in 2003.
