Alan Dawa Dolma

alan (アラン, 阿兰, or 阿蘭), born Alan Dawa Dolma, is an ethnically Tibetian Chinese vocalist born in July of 1987 in Kangding, Sichuan Province. She was discovered by avex trax during their Chinese auditions in 2006 and released her debut single "Ashita e no Sanka" on November 21st, 2007. On March 4th, 2009 she released her Japanese debut album "Voice of EARTH", and on July 10th, 2009 she released her Chinese major debut album "Xīn De Dōng Fāng".

She was accepted to the PLA Art Academy in Beijing in 2003 and double majored in vocal music and erhu, and subsequently joined the "Feel Fine Band," a group of young female performers of traditional Chinese instruments. In 2005, she released her Chinese indies debut album, "Shēng Shēng Zuì Rú Lán", and represented China at the 9th Asia New Singer Competition, where she won second place. avex trax held auditions in China in 2006, and in the April of that year alan was selected from 40,000 contestants.

She then moved to Tokyo in September of 2007, and, taking on the stage name alan, she released "Ashita e no Sanka" on November 21st, 2007. A digital single was released on May 20th, 2008 to support victims of the Sichuan Earthquake, and her last single of the "Voice of EARTH" era, "Gunjou no Tani", was dedicated to those victims. In July 2008, the single "Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~" was selected as the theme song for NHK's Save the Future TV program. This was also the first in five consecutive monthly singles which represented the five elements of Godai or Tibetan Bön, the latter representing Earth. "Sora Uta", represents Aether, "Kaze no Tegami" - Wind, "RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~" - Fire, and "Megumi no Ame" - Water.

alan was chosen to sing the theme songs for the two-part Chinese epic movie RED CLIFF. The songs were released in both Chinese and Japanese. "RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~" was released on October 15, 2008, as part of the five singles representing the five elements, and the second song, "Kuon no Kawa", was released on April 8th, 2009. She performed "Xīn Zhàn ~RED CLIFF~" at the Cannes Festival in May of 2008.

Musical Style
alan's songs for the most part are ballads, and for the majority of them she uses a traditional style of singing called the Tibetian wail. She has only used the erhu a few times in her songs, and only for short periods. alan can also play the piano and the hulusi.




Birth name: Alan Dawa Dolma
Stage name: alan
Spelling: Simplified Chinese: 阿兰达瓦卓玛, Traditional Chinese: 阿蘭達瓦卓瑪, Pinyin: Ālán Dáwǎ Zhuōmǎ
Birthdate: July 25th, 1987
Birthplace: Kangding, Sichuan Province, China
Height: 160cm (5'3")
Weight: 40kg (88.2 lbs)
Blood Type: O
Official Website
alan at avex China
Official Japanese Blog
Official Chinese Blog
Oricon Profile
alan World (fansite)



"Voice of EARTH" is the Japanese debut album released by alan. This was released in two different versions: a CD+DVD edition and a CD only edition. The album features the eight physical singles previously released and was marketed as a best album. First pressings of either version came with the bonus track "Together", which was written by alan herself. First pressings of the CD+DVD edition came with two bonus videos, one of which is the previously mentioned track, and the other one is the making of video for "Gunjou no Tani". That video featured the Chinese version of the title track titled "Aì Kàn Dé Jiàn" which was then put on her Chinese major debut album "Xīn De Dōng Fāng". Copies of the album bought from TOWER RECORDS came with a bonus CD with a 'modern rock verion' of the ballad "RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~". The album reached #15 on the Oricon chart, where it stayed on the chart for 10 weeks.


CD Track Download

CD Tracklist

1. Tennyo ~interlude~ (天女 ～interlude～; Goddess)
2. Ashita e no Sanka (明日への讃歌; A Hymn For Tomorrow)
3. Sora Uta (空唄; Sky Song)
4. Natsukashii ~longing future~ (懐かしい未来 ～longing future～; Longing Future)
5. Hitotsu (ひとつ; One)
6. Kaze no Tegami (風の手紙; Letter of the Wind)
7. BRAVE
8. Yume no Garden (夢のガーデン; Dream Garden)
9. Gunjou no Tani (群青の谷; Ultramarine Valley)
10. my friend
11. Liberty
12. Tsuki ga Watashi (月がわたし; I'm the Moon)
13. RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ (RED CLIFF ～心・戦～; Heart, War)
14. Megumi no Ame (恵みの雨; Rain's Blessing)
15. Together (First Press Bonus Track)


TOWER RECORDS Bonus CD Tracklist
1. RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ (Modern Rock Version) (RED CLIFF ～心・戦～ (Modern Rock Version); Heart, War)


DVD Tracklist
(download youtube videos from keepvid.com)
1. intro
2. Ashita e no Sanka (PV) (明日への讃歌; A Hymn For Tomorrow)
3. Hitotsu (PV) (ひとつ; One)
4. Natsukashii ~longing future~ (PV) (懐かしい未来 ～longing future～; Longing Future)
5. Sora Uta (PV) (空唄; Sky Song)
6. Kaze no Tegami (PV) (風の手紙; Letter of the Wind)
7. RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ (PV) (RED CLIFF ～心・戦～; Heart, War)
8. Megumi no Ame (PV) (恵みの雨; Rain's Blessing)
9. Gunjou no Tani (PV) (群青の谷; Ultramarine Valley)
10. Gasshou [Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~] (PV) (合唱【懐かしい未来 ～longing future～】; Choir [Longing Future])
11. Together (PV) (First Press Bonus Video)
12. outro "Gunjou no Tani" Making Video (群青の谷; Ultramarine Valley) (First Press Bonus Video)