Chinese pop star Jane Zhang broke into the Western musical landscape in 2016 with her hit "Dust My Shoulders Off," but she had already been a staple in the mainland Chinese market for years. The vocalist, influenced by Teresa Teng, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion, debuted in the 2000s with The One, issuing a steady string of albums in the coming decades. In the 2010s, she began collaborating with artists such as Tiesto, Migos, and Timbaland, branching outside of China to find moderate success overseas. Her English-language debut, Past Progressive, arrived in 2019.
Born Zhang Li...