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Chan Mai (麦陈), typically known as Mark Chan in English, is a member of BLACC. He originally hails from Hong Kong.

Early Life & Voice Acting (1995-2006)
Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1995. He began acting as a child star in commercials and in 2002 ended up with a regular voice role on a Chinese cartoon known as daobanjiang (豆瓣醬), which taught children about healthy eating and nutrition.

By 2005, when daobanjiang ended, Chan had quickly become one of the most popular child voice actors in China for his wide and expressive vocal range. After he sang the jingle in a sneaker commercial, his natural singing talent became well known and he was signed to the massive Chinese music label MaPo Music in 2006.

MaPo Lawsuit (2006-2009)
Quickly after signing to MaPo Music, Chan was subjected to rather extreme working conditions. For two years straight, he was refused sick leave or vacation, was contractually bound to work 18 hours all seven days a week, and only received quarter royalties of all his vocal or music work while under contract, totaling to tens of thousands of yuan lost.

After being forced to miss his own mother's funeral in 2008, Chan decided to file a lawsuit against MaPo Music to release him from his 5-year contract early. The lawsuit was settled out of court in 2009, with Chan being released from his contract and receiving all of his lost wages as compensation.

Independent Work & Signing to Vision Records (2009-Present)
Following his negative experiences with MaPo, Chan was reluctant to sign with another label. Feeling snubbed by the Chinese music industry, no doubt due to being blacklisted by MaPo Music, Chan decided to leave Asia and move to North America, settling in New York City in the USA.

However, he quickly came to realize that his fame in the Asian music industry didn't carry over to the North American music market. Knowing it would be near impossible to achieve success as an independent artist, he reluctantly began to search for a label to sign with.

He eventually settled on Vision Records due to the familiarity of their scouting process and reassurance from the label's founder, a former musician himself.