

Despite having its episodes leaked in Taiwan, it still managed to reach the first-place spot among TV show ratings. In 2010, Jerry starred in the China-Taiwan co-production Down with Love alongside Ella Chen of S.H.E. He also won "Asia's Most Popular Singer" at the South East Music Chart Awards. Jerry became the only Taiwanese artist to win "Best International Artist" at the Best Jeanist Awards.

He then held a solo concert in Japan Due to high demand, two additional shows were added. 8 on the weekly chart in Japan's Oricon Chart. According to Taiwan's G-Music chart the album is the ninth best selling album in Taiwan in 2009. The same year, Jerry released his second solo album titled, Freedom.

The series also won "Best Overseas Drama" at the Sky Perfect TV Award. Broadcasting rights to the show were sold to 15 countries. In 2009, Jerry starred in Starlit, co-produced by China's China Central Television, Taiwan's Jam Entertainment and Japan's Geneon Entertainment. In 2008, Jerry starred in the sports comedy Hot Shot alongside Wu Chun of Fahrenheit and Show Lo. It was the first Taiwanese series to be imported by Japan's NHK for broadcast. In 2006, Jerry starred in the critically acclaimed Taiwanese medical drama The Hospital. The same year, he starred in the Hong Kong romantic comedy Magic Kitchen alongside Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng, marking his film debut. He also won the "Best Album" and "Best Newcomer" (for the Hong Kong/Taiwan region) awards at the China Top Music Awards. The album was awarded as one of the "Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" at the IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI. In 2004, Jerry released his debut solo album, Jerry for You.

In 2002, his television series, Love Scar garnered over 10% ratings. At the conclusion of the series, Jerry along with the other cast members of Meteor Garden Vic Chou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu continued to perform together and released three studio albums as the quartet boy band F4. With his role as "Daoming Si" in the highly popular Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II, Jerry shot to fame and became popular across Asia. His first role is a supporting role in " Spicy Teacher". He began filming advertisements and starring in music videos. Yan became a model in 2000, after winning the 1998 TVBS Modelling Competition and Men's UNO modelling competition. Jerry Yan was born Liao Yangzhen in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
