Xidan Girl

Ren Yueli (born April 13, 1988), better known by her nickname Xidan Girl (西单女孩), is a Chinese Mandopop recording artist and a previous street musician-turned Internet celebrity.

Ren Yueli
Born (1988-04-13) April 13, 1988
Zhuozhou, Hebei, China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese任月麗
Simplified Chinese任月丽
Musical career
Also known as"Xidan Girl" (西单女孩)
"Xidan Angel" (西单天使)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ren.

Biography

From a poor village in Zhuozhou, Hebei, she migrated to Beijing at the age of 16 looking for work. Struggling to get by, she was eventually forced to perform songs on a street. In December 2008, a video of her performing the song "Tianshi de Chibang" (天使的翅膀; "Angel's Wings") with a guitar in Xidan subway station, Beijing, recorded by a bystander, went viral online. As her name was unknown then, she was simply called "Xidan Girl" by Chinese netizens, many claiming to have been reduced to tears by her heartfelt performance.

TV stations and journalists soon located her and she began performing on TV. In April 2010, Ren Yueli signed with Beijing New Run Entertainment Co., Ltd. In 2011, she performed in CCTV New Year's Gala, China's top-watched annual television event.

Her life experiences were dramatized in a 2011 Chinese film Xidan Girl.

Discography
  • 2012 album: Xidan Girl (西单女孩)

Publications
  • Wo Shi Xidan Nühai (我是西单女孩) [I Am the Xidan Girl] (in Chinese). Modern Education Press. 2011. ISBN 7510604923.

Filmography
  • 2013 — Yang Guang Liu Shou (阳光留守)
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