Zhang Yuqi (singer)

Zhang Yuqi (Chinese: 张钰琪; pinyin: Zhāng Yùqí; born May 8, 2001), also known as Rachel Zhang, is a Chinese singer-songwriter. In 2013, she participated in the Children's Singing Program of Hunan Television "Let's Sing Kids" and received attention. In 2019, she won the championship in the Tencent Video music talent show "The Coming One Girls" (also known as "The Coming One 3").

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Yuqi
张钰琪
Born (2001-05-08) May 8, 2001
Huangshi, Hubei, China
Other namesRachel Zed
Alma materBerklee College of Music
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active2013–present
WebsiteSina Weibo

Life and career

On May 8, 2001, Yuqi was born in Huangshi, Hubei, China. She learned singing, composing and dancing at an early age. In 2009, she moved to Wuhan, studied at Wuhan Experimental Foreign Language School and joined the school chorus. In 2011, she got the first place in the city's campus personal performance of red song singing. On October 2012, she participated in the " Rolling Stone 30" concert in Wuhan Station with the school chorus, and sang the opening song "Happy Paradise". Since then, Zhang Yuqi has began to accept regular vocal training.[1]

In 2013, she participated in the Children's Singing Program of Hunan Television "Let's Sing Kids" (first season), and joined the Hu Haiquan (Chinese singer) class, won the name of "a musical nuclear weapon". After the program, her performance received a lot of attention. Her video was posted on Sina Weibo and was once ranked fourth in the platform.[1] On August 18 of the same year, she participated in the 2013 Daweishan (Hunan Province) summer festival camping music season "Cartoon Night" with another student of "Let's Sing Kids".[2] In 2014, Zhang Yuqi and some of the participants of the season formed a "Let's Sing Kids (first season)" combination, and released on August 8 of that year—the first EP "New Sound Class one".[3] In the same year, she participated in the "Let's Sing Kids" (Second Season), and joined the Shang Wenjie class.[4] On September 20, Zhang Yuqi, Pan Yunqi and Lv Xingyang of " Let's Sing Kids 2" participated in the closing ceremony of the Golden Eagle Cartoon Maiji Children's Art Festival.[5] On November 14, 2015, together with Pan Yunqi and Golden Eagle Cartoon "Flying Family", she participated in the Hunan Southern Special Joy World "Fangte Night • Mango FAN" Carnival Carnival.[6]

On January 22, 2016, Zhang joined the 2016 "Chinese Culture Paradise" Excellent Talent Student Exchange Group hosted by Overseas Chinese Affairs Office[7] and went to Australia in mid-February.[8][9] On May 1, she participated in the "To Sing for Love" Super Children's Star Charity Concert National Tour Changsha Station;[10] on the 28th, participated in the "Children's Dreams" Super Children's Charity Concert National Tour Foshan Station.[11] On June 18, part of the "Let's Sing Kids" participants participated in Ningxiang Lushan Maisheng Music Carnival.[12] On July 17, she participated in the Hunan IPTV parent-child singing program "The whole family sang children's songs" finals.[13] On October 1, participants of the "Let's Sing Kids " participated in the 2016 Maiji Music Festival.[14]

On January 2, 2017, she participated in the "Singing for Love" Super Child Singer Public Welfare Concert National Tour Wuhan Station.[15] In the same year, she graduated from Yingge Middle School in Wuhan.[11] And studied in an international school in Beijing and received the qualification of Berklee College of Music in the following year.[16] On June 2019 She joined in the Tencent Video music talent show "The Coming One Girls" (also named "The Coming One 3") as a "Restart" track entrant.[17] And finally on August 24, with 4.07 million points of support to win the title of "the strongest label" for the season (i.e., the champion).[18] On October 31, 2019, Yuqi won the Future Shock Award of Freshasia Music Festival.[19] She attended the 2020 Breakthrough Prize ceremony at NASA's Ames Research Center on November 3, 2019 in Mountain View, California, and sang her own song "Outside" for the ceremony.[20]

Discography

Let's Sing Kids (first season)
Studio album
No.ClassDateTitleNotes
1 Class 1 of Let's Sing KidsAugust 8, 2014
  1. Sunny Sky (太阳天空照)
  2. Wish (心愿)
  3. The End (终结) (Solo)
  4. Never (绝不) (Solo)
  5. The Leading Role (Mr.主角) (Solo)
  6. Guardian angel (守护天使)
  7. Galaxy on Summer Night (夏夜的银河)
  8. Happy New Year
 [3]
Singles
DateTitleNotes
January 15, 2014Happy New Year
March 31, 2014Let's Adventure Together (我们去探险吧)Theme song for "Crazy Maiji"[21]

The Coming One Girls (The Coming One 3)
Singles
DateTitleNotes
June 29, 2019Baby Don't Cry
July 13, 2019Outside
July 27, 2019Answer (回答)
August 17, 2019Light of Heaven
August 24, 2019Another
August 24, 2019We Will Have a Clue (也许明天不再忧愁)

Television shows

Let's Sing Kids
No.DateSongs covered by YuqiNotes
1st season EP11June 15, 2013I’m a Little Bird (我是一只小小鸟)
1st season EP15July 7, 2013Free as a Dream (像梦一样自由)
Dreamer on Air (空中的梦想家)
1st season EP18July 28, 2013Initial Belief (最初的信仰)
Special issueNovember 1, 2013Brave Heart (勇敢的心)
2nd season EP2June 7, 2014For All Who Know My Name (给所有知道我名字的人)
2nd season EP3June 14, 2014Guardian Dream (守护梦想)
2nd season EP5June 28, 2014See You Again(再相见)
2nd season EP7July 12, 2014年Our Dream (我们的梦)
2nd season EP10August 2, 2014Garrin Tribe (加林赛部落)Received special mission award
2nd season EP11August 9, 2014Wish (心愿)With Ruizhuo Wang
2nd season EP12August 16, 2014Journey (旅程)
2nd season EP13August 23, 2014Back to Lhasa (回到拉萨)With Xiangru Wang

The Coming One Girls (The Coming One 3)
No.DateSongsNotes
EP2June 29, 2019Baby Don't Cry / Yuqi ZhangGot six stars
The Moon Represents My Heart (月亮代表我的心) / Covered by Yuqi ZhangBattled with other six-star participants and got five stars
EP3July 6, 2019Our Love (我们的爱) / Covered by Yuqi ZhangGot three stars
EP4July 13, 2019Outside / Yuqi ZhangRanked eighth
EP5July 20, 2019Wave Rash (冲一波) / Covered by Yuqi ZhangGot five stars
EP6July 27, 2019Answer (回答) / Yuqi ZhangRanked second
EP7August 3, 2019Don't Break My Heart / Covered by Yuqi ZhangGot six stars, advanced to the top 14
EP8August 10, 2019Ivory boat (象牙舟) / Cooperated with Eric Tsai (or Weize Cai, from band "Fool and Idiot")Ranked first, advanced to the top 8
EP9August 17, 2019Light of Heaven / Yuqi ZhangAdvanced to the top 4
EP10August 24, 2019I Don't Care (我管你) / Cooperated with Hua Chenyu1st round
Another / Yuqi Zhang2nd round, advanced to the top 3
Blue Lotus (蓝莲花) /Covered by Yuqi Zhang3rd round, candidates for "the Strongest Label”
We Will Have a Clue (也许明天不再忧愁) / Yuqi Zhang4th round, won "the Strongest Label" (champion)

Other shows
DateProgramPlatformNotes
July 24, 2013Happy Baby Go (快乐宝贝GO)Golden Eagle Cartoon TV
August 10, 2013More Talk More Happy (越策越开心)Hunan TV Finance Channel
February 15, 2014Crazy Maiji (疯狂的麦咭)Golden Eagle Cartoon TV[22]
September 12, 2014My Family Has a Star (我家有明星)China BeijingTV Entertainment Channel[23]
February 6, 2016Children Welcomes the New Year (宝贝迎新春)Hunan TV Entertainment Channel[24]
September 8, 2018Let's Sing Kids (fifth season) (中国新声代, 第五季)Golden Eagle Cartoon TV[25]
October 27, 2019Happy Camp (快乐大本营)Hunan TV Entertainment Channel[26]

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