Yang Kun
essential information
Early experience
Yang Kun was born in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. In 1987, after graduating from high school, he worked as electrician, riveter and welder in Baotou Iron and steel company for two years.
In 1989, he took part in the "flowers in May" singing competition held by Baotou Iron and steel company and won the first prize. In 1991, Yang Kun was admitted to the Inner Mongolia armed police literary and Art Troupe, and he frequently participated in various artistic performances. At first, he played Saxophone in the military band, and later he went to some bars and nightclubs to sing.
In 1993, Yang Kun moved from Inner Mongolia to Beijing to make a living in nightclubs. Because he is not good at talking, and does not cater to the preferences of the guests, and has no stable job and income, Yang Kun often has to live an uneven life of hunger and satiety, so he has set a record of moving more than 50 times.
Acting experience
In March 1994, he sang the theme song "strange coast" for the TV series "strange coast", thus officially entering the performing arts circle; in the same year, he sang the theme song "love" for the TV series "true love forever".
In 1997, Yang Kun recorded his original album "it doesn't matter" in the bathroom, but it was repeatedly returned by the record company. In 1999, he wrote songs such as "hard to catch up in the past" and "miss you" for singers such as fan Linlin, Geng Ning and Liu Jun.
In April 2002, he released his first personal music album "it doesn't matter", which included 10 songs including the title song "it doesn't matter" and Latin style "Rio de Janeiro road"; later, the song "it doesn't matter" won the "20th issue of Chinese song ranking".
On January 17, 2003, he won the most popular Rookie Award of the year at the 10th China song ranking award ceremony. Later, he launched his personal single "love simple"; in the same year, he sang the theme song "three catties of cattle" for Feng Xiaogang's plot movie "mobile phone"; in August of the same year, he guest starred in the drama "savage girlfriend", playing the leading lady's mother's boyfriend introduced to her; on September 2 of the same year On the 8th, he won the most popular Rookie Award in the mainland of China in the "Music Radio China top list", while the song "it doesn't matter" won the Golden Melody Award of the year; in October of the same year, he released his second personal music album "that day", which included 10 songs including "the moon can represent my heart", "fragile" and so on; on November 30 of the same year, he won the award ceremony of the first southeast pop music list ”Best media recommended male singer award, best singer award.
On March 12, 2004, he won the best male singer of the year award of "Oriental Music List"; on March 22 of the same year, he won the most popular male singer award of "11th oriental music list award ceremony"; on April 24 of the same year, he won the best male singer award of "9th China original song selection award party".
In January 2004, he took part in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song "the hearts of parents all over the world"; in September of the same year, he played in Ding Xiaoxiong's plot film "13th month", his first film.
In August 2005, he released his third personal music album "2008", which included 10 songs including "I'm lonelier than ever" and "flower red", and tried exotic songs in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang for the first time. On October 30 of the same year, he won the best male singer award in the mainland of "the third southeast pop music list award ceremony", while the song "I'm lonelier than ever" won the award in the mainland In December of the same year, he released his first EP album Love Nagasaki.
In April 2007, he released his fourth personal music album "horse herder", which included 10 songs including "poor romance" and "king of loneliness"; in November of the same year, he released his single "brothers", which was the theme song of the film "assembly".
In June 2009, he released his fifth personal music album "Yang Kun", which includes 10 songs including "empty city", "I believe" and so on.
In May 2010, disco, the sixth personal music album, was released, including nine songs including "little girl under the street lamp" and "that night". The overall music style of the album is electronic and rock. On December 4 of the same year, disco won the best male singer award in the mainland at the "eighth southeast pop music list award ceremony".
On March 1, 2011, he acted as the guest of the "Huading Film Festival" and sang the songs "faith" and "it doesn't matter"; in the same year, he played the role of Dong Lei, a good friend of the hero Liu Feiyun, in the plot film "Chamber of Secrets 2" directed by Zhang Fanfan, and sang the theme song "will it or not" for the film.
In February 2012, he released his seventh personal music album "really care", including 11 songs including the title song "really care" and lyric song "dare not love you". In the same year, he served as the director of Zhejiang satellite TV's singing talent show "the voice of China"; later, he held a national tour concert "actually you don't know me"; in addition, he also cooperated with Sun Hong Lei and Wang Luodan co starred in the crime suspense movie "frontier situation", in which they played the abnormal killer "gangster".
In 2013, he participated in CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song "friends for a lifetime" with Zhang Liangying; in July of the same year, he launched his personal single "fast shooter"; in December of the same year, he launched his personal single "I'm not as strong as you think".
On January 31, 2014, he participated in CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song "the answer" with Guo Caijie. In the same year, he served as the tutor of Zhejiang satellite TV's singing talent show "the voice of China Season 3". In September of the same year, he released his eighth personal music album "20 years old tonight", which included "I'm not as strong as you think", "if you want to die, you must die in your hands" And other 11 songs, followed by a "20-year-old tonight" national tour.
On March 11, 2015, he was nominated as the best male singer in the "19th global Chinese list"; in the same year, he served as the tutor of Beijing Satellite TV's music competition reality show "the most beautiful harmony Season 3"; later, he acted in the boxing film "champion's heart" directed by Liu Zhengfu, in which he played boxer Tan Kai.
In 2016, he served as the tutor of the original music challenge program "the battle of sounds of nature" of Oriental satellite TV; on October 10 of the same year, he launched his personal single "the endless river" as the theme song of the movie "warrior"; on November 11 of the same year, he launched his personal single "come home with me".
On January 9, 2017, he released the song "hanging lottery" with Hua Chenyu; on October 11, he released his ninth personal music album "Ode to loneliness", which included 11 songs including "uncle is not bad", "lie down" and so on. In September 2018, he was invited to attend the Mid Autumn Festival Party of China Central Radio and television station in 2018. In January 2019, as the first lineup, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's music competition program "singer 2019", won four weekly Championships in the 11 regular seasons, and finally won the top four of the finals; on March 28, he attended the "please answer, singer" offline music exhibition. On December 6, he sang the theme song "the road of dreams" for the movie "only Yun knows".
On October 1, 2020, I participated in the "2020 CCTV Mid Autumn Festival party" and sang the song "today is your birthday".
Personal life
Yang Kun's parents are both employees of Baotou Iron and steel company. They are too busy to take care of him, so they have to send him to his grandparents' home in the countryside. Yang Kun is the eldest at home. He also has a younger brother, Yang Yu.
In 1994, Yang Kun met a girl from Inner Mongolia named Bai Xue and began to associate with her. In the summer of 1998, Yang Kun broke up with Bai Xue.
Main works
Music Album
Music single
Take part in the film
Concert record
variety show
social activities
On May 22, 2007, Yang Kun participated in the "lightning star charity performance" to raise money for Zhu Huifeng, a senior high school student paralyzed in bed due to comminuted fracture. Through his own appeal, he raised 65430 yuan for Zhu Huifeng's medical expenses. In July of the same year, he participated in the publicity week of "charity 1 + 1 TV public welfare action" held by CCTV news channel.
On January 18, 2010, he participated in the launching ceremony of "anti depression, embracing harmonious life" public welfare activity held in Beijing and acted as the image ambassador of the activity.
On August 21, 2011, he participated in the charity party of Chinese private enterprises and the launching ceremony of children's Starlight fund held in Beijing.
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Yang Kun has a husky voice full of male charm, which has become a symbol of his unique style. Yang Kun's combination of hardness and softness is amazing, so he is also known as "sexy male voice". Through years of accumulation, Yang Kun has established a unique style of music creation. His voice is full of magnetism and slightly Sandy
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