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Correct Name:Yuki Young is a singer from Shenyang, Liaoning, China. In July 2016, she made her debut as a contestant on the first season of the reality television singing competition show Sing! China on Zhejiang Television. She finished fourth in the finals. She released her first single, "Forever", in May 2017. On November 20, 2017, Yuki Young won her first award: "The Most Promising Singer" at a Chinese music awards ceremony. On 2019,Yuki Young Officially joined Warner Music and released first single "Fake Rock".

Career

2016: Became a singer

''Sing! China''

In July 2016, Yuki Young became a singer. She competed in Sing! China and joined Wang Feng's team. She passed the fighting rounds easily. In the cross-fighting round, she defeated Yu Tian with a score of 35 to 16, and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, she received the third highest score, 88.36, and advanced to the Top 6. In the finals, she won runner-up in Wang Feng's team and fourth place overall. During the competition, Yuki Young was the most popular contestant with the public based on Chinese online polls.

Concerts attended in 2016

2017-2018: Self-wrote singles

Notable singles released in 2017

"''Forever''"
Her first single, "Forever", was released in May 2017. She wrote lyrics and the music herself. The song was praised by critics soon after released. In June, "Forever" was chosen as the ending song for the film "Wished" 《反转人生》. At the film premier, Yuki Young said she was interested in acting.
"''Chorn''"
In December 2017, her single "Chorn" released. Yuki Young wrote this song with two African musicians, Teddy Strings and Kenny Leonore. This song uses typical "Reggae" style. And Yuki Young made this song's cover herself.
This song was also performed on "全球中文音乐榜上榜" by Yuki Young herself.
'''''"Fake Rock"'''''
At the end of 2019, Yuki Young formally joined Warner Music with her latest single "fake rock", and became the younger martial sister of Xiao Jingteng, Lin Junjie, Yuan Yawei and other powerful singers in the music world."Fake rock" has the most original rock music gene, which aims to pay tribute to the golden age of rock in the 1970s.

Concerts attended in 2017

Notable singles released in 2018

''"Distorted"'' 《''畸变''》
In May 2018, her single "Distorted"畸变》 released. This song uses pure rock music.

Concerts attended in 2018

Other career

Comedy

On November 25, 2016, Yuki Young performed in a show in a traditional Chinese comedic style known as xiangsheng or "cross talk" with actor Sheng Lang.

Pingyao International Film Festival

On November 2, 2017, Yuki Young appeared on Pingyao International Film Festival as a special guest. She sang "Dream Chaser" 《追梦赤子心》 on the film festival.

Controversy

During the competition of Sing! China, especially at the early stage of the competition, Yuki Young was very controversial. She was criticized by many people, and there was a lot of negative news about her.

Performance on ''Sing! China''

Although Yuki Young was praised by many people during the competition of Sing! China, many people also criticized her. Most of them thought she sings with roaring only. And her performing was controversial. Examples of criticism:
Chinese writer Liu Xinda was also disappointed with her because she couldn't enter university and there was too much negative news about her.

Family circumstance

Before she competed in Sing! China, Yuki Young failed in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination twice. In the bland audition of Sing! China, she said she couldn't enter university because her family was poor. But soon after, some people found that she has showed many expensive things, such as imported snakes, top-brand bags and even iphone 6Splus on her micro-blog. This has caused many people to doubt her family circumstance.

Sex tape

On August 2, 2016, a sex tape published on Sina Weibo and WeChat, claiming it depicted Yuki Young having sex with Wang Feng. Yuki Young herself, Wang's studio, the producers of Sing! China, and Wang's wife, actress Zhang Ziyi, all spoke out against the video, saying it was fake.

Discography

Singles

Awards

In November 2017, Yuki Young won "The Most Promising Singer" award at a Chinese music awards ceremony.