Maggie Chiang may just be the queen of vocal ballads thanks to her soothing voice and earnest delivery—touching her listeners by singing her life's experiences of joy, heartbreak and loss. Chiang debuted with 1999's I Love Faye Wong, a tribute to one of her chief influences. After gaining a respectable fan base, it was her 2005 album Lover's Poem that launched her into the stratosphere, going platinum multiple times over. We've chosen some of her career-best tracks as an introduction to an artist who is able to silence a room with an intense thunder—or a gentle whisper.