Wakin Chau learned to play the guitar when he was about 13 years old. During his college years in Taiwan, he sang and played folk songs in local coffee shops. It is how Wakin learned to sing in Mandarin, which would be key to his future as a music-maker in Taiwan.

Wakin released his first Mandarin album under the Rock Records label in 1987. For a man who had dreamed of performing professionally but had settled on being a record producer, this was a period of particularly good fortune that launched a succession of chart-topping records.

He has become a prominent name in the music of Taiwan and has fans of all ages not only around Asia but also in North America, Europe and elsewhere. His platinum albums such as You Make Me Happy and Sad, Flower's Heart, Music Brings Us Together, and Friends have won awards in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Wakin Chau previously performed with distinguished artists Jonathan Lee, Chang Chen-yue, and Lo Ta-yu in the four-member "Superband."