1999–2005: Early career – bar singing and Rock Records In 1999, Ding Dang decided pursue her childhood interest in music, and left for neighbouring cities despite concerns from her parents. She first adopted the stage name, Ding Dang (叮当) taking after her favourite cartoon character
Doraemon, the blue robot in the eponymous manga, however the first character of the stage name was changed to a similarly sounding Ding (丁) after taking advice from a fortune teller. She performed in various
cabarets in
Huzhou,
Ningbo, and subsequent was employed in a bar in Hangzhou's World Trade Center as a singer. In March 2003, Della was signed to the
Rock Records after executives from the record company heard her sing at the bar. Then Rock Records had an exodus of employees who were responsible for producing albums, as well as some financial constraints that limited their abilities to take care of every singer under them. Ding Dang was unable to participate in the singing competitions due to contractual obligations. This arrangement was made under the advent of online music streaming and the shrinking lucrative CD sales that affected markets globally. Many of the established singers signed by Rock Records such as
Mayday (五月天),
Fish Leong (梁静茹),
Victor Wong (品冠) would also move to B'in Music as their contracts with Rock Records were due for renewal about the same time.
2008–present In 2008, Ding Dang released her second album
Decisively Loved (我爱上的) in Taiwan first on 8 July 2008, before promoting the album in mainland China on November 27, 2008. By then, one of the songs, ''Can't Guess
, (猜不透) became one of the most downloaded ringtones, requested songs, and most sang to in karaoke establishments in Taiwan. Two of the songs, I Love Him
(我爱他) and Suddenly Want To Love You
(突然想爱你) were used as the opening and ending theme songs for the popular 2009 romance drama, Autumn's Concerto. I Love Him'' became popular as well, with it being the most popular song to be played in karaoke establishments in Taiwan between 2009 and 2010. In 2015, Della entered The Chinese version of
King of Mask Singer (
蒙面歌王), using the mask of Black Swan to conceal her identity. She was crowned the Mask King of the second episode. She also participated in
Sisters Who Make Waves (乘风破浪的姐姐) in 2020. == Discography ==