Hua Chenyu

At 34 years old, Hua Chenyu has this physical status:

Career

Hua auditioned for the television talent competition Super Boy in 2013, which was produced by Hunan TV, just before graduating from conservatory. He performed his original "Lyricless Song" on his first appearance to the audience, giving him the appearance of a "Martian" for his unique expression. Two of the three judges regarded him as odd or bizarre, but after third judge Laure Shang asked him a few questions and performed a lyricless duet with him, she said, "he is a genius." "He knew instinctively how to express emotions by music." Hua made it through the first round of auditions after Laure Shang's recommendation and his appearance on "The Kill." In the final round on September 27, 2013, he performed with Laure Shang the song "The Star." Chenyu Hua was crowned the 2013 "Super Boy" competition.

Hua was signed to EE-Media, China's largest entertainment company, where the majority of Super Boy and Super Girl contestants are linked. In September 2013, his debut single "Me and Myself" was announced. Hua also participated in the Super Boy Tour with other contestants in which they toured eleven major Chinese cities.

In April 2014, Chenyu Hua went to Italy and Spain to film "Divas Hit the Road," a TVN reality show that "Divas Hit the Road" was broadcast from April 25. The first episode attracted the most viewers in its broadcast time slot. He was welcomed by the first Chinese brand ambassador in June by the well-known Korean eyewear brand ALO, and he went to Korea for the advertisement photography.

In less than a year since Hua's debut, he announced his first headlining concert, Mars Concert, in May 2014. Over 10,000 concert tickets for his first show on September 6, 2014, were sold out in 92 seconds on June 28, 2014. Due to the huge response, the show's producers announced an extra show on September 7. At the Wukesong Arena, the press conference of the Mars Concert 2014 was held. He was the first person to hold a press conference in a venue with a capacity of over a thousand. More than 400,000 online viewers watched the September 6 concert live on QQ Music and Hunantv, which attracted more than 400,000 viewers. Over 120,000 E-tickets were sold.

Chenyu Hua, the brand ambassador for several of its products, was announced on the same day as his show (September 6). On September 19, 2014, Hua unveiled his first solo album Quasimodo's Gift, both in China and overseas. Rock, indie, and folk are among the genres on this atypical album. Quasimodo's Gift does not feature songs about love and marriage, but instead describes the world as Hua sees it. Hua produced three of the ten songs on this album, including the title song "Quasimodo's Gift." On the whole album, there's a sense of sadness but not so much sadness. According to Hua, the album's main theme is "small": "I wanted to name it Size 40 at first." My shoe size is 40. Everyone doesn't need a huge space to live, as one only has a pair of feet of size 40, and simply standing here is sufficient. Hua Chenyu.

Quasimodo's Gift, a short film starring Hua, was released on November 11. Both "Quasimodo's Gift" and "Ashes From the Fireworks" were included in the film, bringing the music and the story together. The songs' music videos were deleted from this short film. For several weeks, the Taiwanese version of this album debuted at number one on the Taiwan Five Music Chart. Several awards, including ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards for Best Album, Best Album Performance, and Best Album Production, as well as Best Composition, were given for the track "Let You Go" by ERC Chinese Music Awards for 2014 Best Album, Best Album, and Best Album Production, including Best Album Design and Best Album Production, China Music Radio Awards for Best Composition, and Best Album Production. On Jingdong's 2014 music sales chart, this album ranked number one.

He was invited on "Say Hi!" in November. Tencent's online variety show "The Hit of China" is the online version of the "History of China). "Spring" was on the show, and Hua chose to rearrange the song "Spring" and received the "Annual Hit Song of China" (Hi). With a rearranged piano composition at pianist Langlang's Beijing concert on December 24, he performed "Shimmer" and "Quasimodo's Gift."

Chenyu Hua performed in the Liaoning TV New Year Gala on January 1, 2015. "Shimmer" was announced as the interlude song of China's television drama "You Are My Sunshine" on January 10. () Chenyu Hua was welcomed by Billboard as a VIP attendee to the 57th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8 (Los Angeles Time Zone). On February 17, he appeared in the Liaoning TV Chinese New Year Gala. On May 11, his song debuted on Forbes China's Celebrity 100 for the first time with the integrated ranking of 91.

The Mars Concert in early May in Beijing was announced. In 35 seconds, almost 10,000 tickets were sold out in 35 seconds, but over 160,000 people were online. This was once more that the Mainland broke the online ticketing record. Due to the tense response, his company revealed two additional shows at the same venue on July 31 and August 2 respectively. It made him the first Mainland singer to stage a concert for three nights in a row. Tencent and HunanTV (TV) carried his live broadcasting of his concert on August 1st. The Tencent online audience reached 2.64 million people in 2012. This was also the first real-time broadcast of an online concert.

On October 28, his second album "Aliens" debuted on Jingdong. Within a day, the limited 30,000 series had sold out. Pre-ordering of his first digital album began on November 7th. Over 100,000 units were sold in eight minutes. On the first day of its debut, the album was sold for 350,000 copies. On December 18, "Aliens" was also available on overseas music websites, including iTunes and the overseas version of "Aliens." Starting from December 23, the advertisement film "Aliens" on the LED screen at New York's Times Square was broadcast. Hua produced 7 of the 11 songs on the record; on this album, he wanted to be "big" and "domineering"; in comparison to his first album. This was also the first time he included rap songs in his album.

Aliens received several accolades, including ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards for Best Concept Album, Best Vocal Collaboration for Kings and Paupers, and Best Chinese Music Awards for Best Album Performance, most Popular Album, and Most Popular Song for Mayfly.

Chenyu Hua appeared on the television show Be the Idol (), which was produced by Jiangsu TV on November 13, on November 13. Hua appeared in his third consecutive Hunan TV New Year Countdown Concert on December 31, a first.

Hua appeared in "Langlang's Sky – Langlang and His Friends Spring Music Festival" on January 8, 2008. On February 1, Liaoning TV showed the program. On February 8, he performed "For My Future Child" on Beijing's TV Chinese New Year Gala. Chenyu Hua appeared on ZhejiangTV on March 4 as a guest on the variety show "Ace to Ace" (). His arrangement of the song "Boluo Mi" originally by Xie Na (Xie Na () attracted a lot of attention and praise.

The Rampage, the interlude song in the film Who Sleeps My Broke, was released on March 7. On April 7, he performed the song "Mars Intelligence Agency," which is the theme song for the online talk show with the same name. On April 9, he appeared in the 16th Annual Festival of Top Chinese Music as Ambassador and received two accolades: Best Album Performance for his album Aliens and Annual Best Idol.

Chenyu Hua's newly released song "Here We Are" was announced as the movie Line Walker's theme song on July 8. (). On August 3, a self-composed song named "To Be Free" was released, and it is the promotion song for the movie The Warriors Gate. Chenyu Hua's second English song "Forever" was specially created for the Mars Concert on August 16, 2012.

Hua performed concerts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen this year. On July 2 in the Wukesong Culture & Sports Center, the Beijing Concert took place. On August 21, Shanghai's concerts were held in the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Khalil Fong, the special guest, attended the final 2016 Mars Concert in Shenzhen Bay Sports Center. The Shanghai and Shenzhen concerts, which LeEco sponsored, attracted over 4.3 million viewers.

Hua appeared as a celebrity mentor and judge in the first season of (The Next) with Karen Mok, Fei Yu-Ching, and Yang Kun from October 2016 to January 2017. In this program, aspiring singers have the opportunity to meet a celebrity mentor, who is given a song by the challenger and has 24 hours to prepare for the performance. Hua gained a following for his rearrangement and appearance, particularly after his own (My Skateboard Shoes), titled 2016, which was later released on his album H.) (Flammable and Explosive). In the semi-finals and (Perhaps Love) in the finals, Hua and contestant Juno Su performed (Nanping Evening Bells).

Hua was a student at Berklee College of Music after filming The Next Generation. He learned singing and rapping skills, but found that some of the methods are more appropriate to English songs than Chinese ones. He also learned how Pentatonic scale is used in Western music (as it was also used in traditional Chinese music), and that he'll incorporate it into his own songs, such as "Drinking Alone"). On June 3, Hua appeared on television travel show Flowers on Trip (), as well as Lin Chi-ling, Zhang Xinyi, Aarif Rahman and others. Following the "One Belt, One Road" strategy, they travelled to Morocco, Russia, Norway, and Denmark.

Chenyu Hua was a judge on Tencent's latest singing competition show The Coming One (), where his support for contestant Hez, a humanoid persona created using augmented reality and vocal synthesizer technologies sparked controversy on Chinese social media. On June 10, the first episode of the show was launched live on YouTube. Hua was announced ambassador of Estee Lauder China on July 13.

On October 13, 13 and 14 in Beijing, the 2017 Mars Festival was held. Just one of the concert dates was live online, and it attracted more than four million viewers. In the second season of The Next, Hua remained as a celebrity mentor and judge alongside Karen Mok, Fei Yu-Ching, Yang Kun, and Jason Zhang.

Hua appeared on Singer 2018 (2018) alongside Jessie J, Wang Feng, Tengger, Angela Chang, KZ Tandingan after turning off the performance for three years. He gained first place in four episodes and his average percentage of votes ranked second among all previous contestants in the six seasons of Singer. Hua's appearance on "Light Years Away" as G.E.M. led him to top four together with Jessie J, Wang Feng and Tengger in the final episode. After Jessie J. Chenyu Hua's appearance of his self-written song "Heaven's Equal ())" was named second in Angela Chang's final performance, he received second place.

Hua created "Halftime" for Karen Mok, a year ago, and he appeared on Tencent's television show "The Coming One 2" () and Yang Mi () as the mentor for vocal track (). Chenyu Hua attended his 2018 Mars Concert in Beijing National Stadium on September 8 and 9, his fifth anniversary since debuting. The tickets were sold out in a minute, making him the first post-1990s singer in mainland China to stage a concert in the stadium with 90,000 audiences. At the 2018 Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards, Hua received Musician of the Year awards and Most Searched Across Asia on December 12, 2018.

"Hua Chenyu Studio Official," the first weibo, announced the opening of Hua's own studio, which is also under EE-Media but still operates independently, on January 1, 2019.

Hua Chenyu will be featured on "Aces to Ace S4" on ZheJiang TV on January 5, a first. In a Yin 2019 Nanjing Pop-Music Festival (2019), Hua collaborated with artist and choreographer Shen Wei to produce a performance (Folding). He announced on May 21 that the 2019 Mars Festival would be held in Shenzhen Baoan Stadium on November 2nd. He ranked 33nd on Forbes China Celebrity 100 in 2019 on August 20, ranked 33nd. The concerts in Shenzhen were postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, but the artist also stated that he would try to book the other available stadium and dates for the 2019 Mars Concert as soon as possible.

The 2019 Mars Concert in Hainan was postponed to November 15-to-17 days, according to Hua Chenyu. On October 28, "Conversation with ET," written by Hua Chenyu and ET, was released on NetEase Cloud Music. The music video of "Conversation with ET" was released on November 11. He appeared and performed a total of 5 new songs composed by himself during the shows. I Really Want to Love This World Madhouse was published on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, 2019. These two songs plus Conversations with ET were released before the concert created Mars Trilogy. Hua Chenyu announced that these songs were created for the purpose of addressing mental health problems during the performance. On Nov. 17, God Tree was announced and first performed on Nov. 17. He later said that Arrival and God Tree are a pair like Yin and Yang, and they should be played in loops. On Nov. 19, he appeared on Seven Personalities for the first time. Seven Personalities, which resembles a recap of the trilogy, was later revealed. "I Really Want to Love this World," composed by Hua Chenyu, was the first release on NetEase Cloud Music on December 4.

Hua Chenyu's first performer on Hunan TV's "2019-2020 New Year's Eve" dropped to 2.7 percent on January 1, 2020, although the market share increased to 30.85%.

He was crowned one of the four returning singers from the fourth to sixth seasons to attend in Singer 2020: Year of the Hits (), the series's final season. Hua performed mainly self-composed songs, including Seven Personality, a progressive rock he wrote, and the live finale aired on April 24, making Hua the only returning artist to win I Am a Singer.

The music video of "Bull Fight," which took six months to complete, was released on May 3. This video was created by Hua, a Japanese filmmaker Mitsunori Yokobori and his team, which combined the special effects of CG and animation. In April 2020, Hua Chenyu's fourth album "New World" will be released. In mainland China, the physical album was released in USB format (Mars Deluxe Collection USB Version). It was also available in CD form. Despite that a free version of his live performances on Singer 2020 was already available, the digital album's sales reached 1.65 million (roughly $4.8 million) by early August 2020. The total number of sales exceeded 98.6 million, despite the fact that his single "I'm Here" was released digitally. He ranked 17th on Forbes China's Celebrity 100 list in 2020.

Ace VS Ace Season 6 Ep1 was aired and broadcast on Zhejiang TV on Jan. 29, 2021. The season, which came on a weekly basis, came to an end on April 16, 2021. Hua Chenyu became one of the Ace Family's four hosts.

Hua Chenyu performed a string of six Mars Concerts at Haikou Changy Universal 100 Wonderland on Nov. 26 - Dec. 5, Dec. 6-6. At each of the shows, he performed a new song. He explained that Airplane Mode was inspired by his encounter with strangers. An important friend's recommendation inspired flower in the Small Town. The Black and White Artist was written to address the problems of professional anti-fans. The remainder of the three songs form the Healing Trilogy. I Want Myself Back is the Struggling Chapter, meet the Flowers of Autumn is the Hope Chapter, and Let's Go Watch the Sunrise is the Future Chapter.

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