Zhou Bichang

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Zhou Bichang, born in Changsha, Hunan Province on July 26, 1985, is a Chinese pop singer, songwriter and actress.

In 2005, she won the national runner up of super female voice; in 2006, she released her first solo album who moved my strings, and successively acted as the heroine in the films "spring field flower Alumni Association" and "601th phone call"; in 2007, she went to Los Angeles Conservatory of music to study and graduated with A-grade; in 2008, she won the Oriental wind and cloud list and Music Radio China top row with her twin albums "now" and "Wo" She is the best female singer in the list. In 2010, she started her personal tour concert "singing to travel". In the same year, her long hair transformation album "I fish light mirror" won the double list of G-Music in Taiwan in the first week of its release. Among them, the English song "im issiming me" was later covered by British singer Leonard Lewis, becoming the first Chinese singer whose English works were covered by European and American singers. In 2012, she set up her own studio beginstudio In 2014, he won the European Music Award (EMA) as the world's best artist and was invited to Paris fashion week twice; in 2015, he held two concerts in Hong Kong Red Mansion, becoming the first mainland singer to sing in Hong Kong Red Mansion; in the same year, he won the American children's Choice Award (KCa) as the most popular Chinese artist; in 2017, he released the album "nottypical" in the form of monthly new songs; in 2019, he released the album Lunar and a tour of the same name.

By 2020, she has won a total of 269 awards at home and abroad, and has become the first mainland singer to win the best female singer, the most popular female singer and the best album of the six major awards, including music billboard, Oriental billboard and music pioneer billboard.

In addition, she is enthusiastic about charity and actively participates in public welfare activities. In 2013, it ranked 17th in China's charity celebrity list; in 2015, it created the public welfare brand beginstolove, and held several public welfare concerts since then to raise money for public welfare undertakings with music.

Early experience

In 1985, Zhou Bichang was born in a musical family in Changsha, Hunan Province. His great uncle was Lu Ji, the first chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association. Both his grandparents and his mother were engaged in music or music education, and his father was also a music lover. Zhou's parents hope that she can become a writer or journalist when she grows up, so they named her "Bi Chang", which means "fluent writing".

In 1991, Zhou Bichang, 6 years old, moved to Shenzhen from Hunan with his parents because of their job changes.

In 2003, he took part in the college entrance examination and was admitted to Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of music with a total score of 681.

Acting experience

At the end of March 2005, Zhou Bichang participated in the Hunan Satellite TV program "super girl", won the Guangzhou competition area champion on May 6, and finally won the runner up in the national finals on August 26, signed with Tianyu media; in September, he released his first single "notes" (the song was included in the first popular music textbook published by Renmin Music Publishing House); on December 30, he signed with Tianyu media The contract will be terminated.

On March 18, 2006, Zhou Bichang signed a contract with Lelin culture; on April 2, 20-year-old Zhou Bichang won the most popular female singer in mainland China; on June 1, she released her first EP "Zhou Bichang 1st EP" and composed two of them; on August 12, she released her first personal music album "who moved my strings" (the official edition at the end of the year). The album sold 801300 copies, with a total sales of 1.3133 million ）In December, she won many awards, such as the most popular pioneer female singer and best album in mainland China in "music pioneer list", the most popular female newcomer Gold Award in "Hong Kong TVB8 Golden Melody list award ceremony", and the national favorite female singer. In the same year, she was the heroine of Hong Kong film "Chuntian Huahua Alumni Association" and mainland film "601th Electronic Music Award" The movie was released as scheduled.

On March 26, 2007, she went to Los Angeles Conservatory of music for a short-term study, and graduated with an a grade. After returning to China, he participated in the creation and singing of a number of Olympic songs, and was one of the leading singers in the theme song "weaready" for the first anniversary of the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. On December 18, he released "now" and "Wo" double albums in the form of double disc release, which finally entered the top 10 G-Music sales list in Taiwan, and "now" won the second place, At the end of the year, he won the champion of Chinese music album list in 2007.

In 2008, he was invited to sing the 100 day countdown theme song "welcome to Beijing" of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and participated in many Olympic promotion activities. On March 29, at the age of 22, she won the best female singer in the "Oriental storm list"; on April 12, she won the best female singer in the "Music Radio China top list"; on December 31, her contract with Lelin culture expired.

On March 21, 2009, Zhou Bichang signed a gold medal in Hong Kong with an 8-digit price. Subsequently, his first three chapter creative short films "hide and seek", "angel's Corner" and "one and a half" were released, and won the most popular media award of "global Chinese extraordinary short film creative competition"; on July 8, he released his fourth personal music album "time". After its release, the album has been on the sales list of G-Music in Taiwan for 13 weeks, and won the first place in the mainland sales list of 2009 and the second place in the annual record list of 2009 Fab Chinese music. On December 31, it participated in the new year's concert of Jiangsu Satellite TV, and its program period created the 2009 China's top audience (4.240%). In the same year, he sang the theme song "Happy Goat together" for the movie "Happy Goat and big wolf".

Since May 2010, Zhou Bichang's first round of individual national tour concert - "singing to travel" has officially started, and the first ticket sold out in just 40 minutes. On June 18, she released her fifth music album "I fish light mirror" in the form of long hair, which won the double champion of the Chinese language list and comprehensive list of G-Music sales in Taiwan in the first week of its release, breaking the ice of singers in mainland China At the end of the year, he won the first place in the Fab Chinese record sales list and the first place in the mainland of China in the annual extraterrestrial record sales list. The English song "imissumissing me" in the album was created by American Grammy musician Diane Warren. It is also the first time that the musician has personally composed songs for a Chinese singer.

On April 11, 2011, 25-year-old Zhou Bichang won the best female singer in the "music storm list" with his "I fish light mirror" album. On April 24, he won five awards, including the most popular female singer, the best record and the best golden melody in the "Music Radio China top list"; in August, he was invited to participate in the "Versace for H & M" fashion party in New York; in October, he participated in the Korean Asian Music Festival as a Chinese representative; and in November, he was invited to participate in the "Versace for H & M" fashion party in New York On December 12, he released his sixth music album "black · choose · Ming", which won the second place in Taiwan's G-Music sales list and Chinese language list for two weeks. In the same year, Zhou Bichang, as the "business card of Shenzhen", was invited to sing the song "the world is different" at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade.

In January 2012, Zhou Bichang's contract with gold medal Fengfeng expired; on April 7, she won the best album award of "Dongfang Fengyun Bang" for her album "Hei Ze ming", which is the first female singer to win this award. The next day, the album won the best album award of "music Fengyun Bang"; on October 18, she signed a contract to merge into Lehua entertainment, and the company also invested 8 figures to build her own studio ——BeginsStudio。 In the same year, she participated in Hunan Satellite TV public welfare music program "Tian Sheng Yi Dui" and was invited to be the team leader of CCTV public welfare program "dream chorus" for the second time.

At the beginning of 2013, the English song "imissumissing me", which was included in the 2010 "I fish light mirror" album, was covered by British singer Leonard Lewis, which also made Zhou Bichang the first Chinese singer whose English song was covered by European and American singers; in April, as a representative of Chinese artists, he was invited to attend the Coachella Music Festival in the United States; on May 31, Zhou Bichang was the first producer of his seventh music album "U" Nlock was released, and "unlock" concerts of the same name were held in Beijing, Shenzhen and other places. In the same year, the album won the championship of 2013 sales list of dangdang.com and Fab, and won the best female singer, best album "unlock" and other awards at the "music pioneer list" and other awards, becoming the "music storm list", "Oriental storm list", "MusicRadio China top list", "music pioneer list", "Chinese original music pop list" and "Hong Kong new city country" She is the best female singer, the most popular female singer and the best album singer in mainland China.

In early January 2014, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "I'm a singer Season 2" program; on May 19, he released the transnational single "with you" with South Korean hiphop group Epik High chorus;

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