G.E.M.

Gloria Tang Sze-wing (born 16 August 1991), known professionally as G.E.M. (backronym of Get Everybody Moving) or Tang Tsz-kei, is a Chinese singer-songwriter raised in Hong Kong and originally from Shanghai, China.

Tang Sze-wing was born on 16 August 1991, in Shanghai, China; she was given the English name Gloria by her father.

Her father is from Hong Kong, and her mother is from Shanghai.

She has a younger sister, four years younger than her.

In 2006, G.E.M. won the champion in the singing competition titled Spice It Up, and caught the attention of Chang Tan (張丹), who offered her a recording deal with Hummingbird Music.

She then became a professional singer at the age of 16.

She graduated from Heep Woh Primary School and True Light Girls' College with a score of 21 points in HKCEE.

She made her debut in the Hong Kong music industry in 2008.

In 2008, she attended Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, but dropped out in 2009 due to her decision to focus on her singing career.

In October 2008, G.E.M. released her debut self-titled EP G.E.M. which included two Mandarin songs and three Cantonese songs.

She won a series of awards for the album, and was dubbed the "Girl with Giant Lungs" and "Young Diva with Giant Lungs" for her vocal range.

In May 2009, G.E.M. travelled to Los Angeles to record her first studio album, 18..., which was released in October 2009.

In November 2009, she held her first concert G.E.M. 18 Live 2009 at Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre, and the concert featured special guests including Jan Lamb and Justin Lo.

In the same year, she also held a concert in Toronto.

In 2010, G.E.M. went to Taiwan to promote the album 18... and then returned to Los Angeles to record her next studio album, MySecret, which was released in October 2010.

G.E.M. spent her childhood at Caoyang New Village and lived with her maternal grandmother who died in March 2011.

She moved to Hong Kong with her parents at the age of four.

She attended Christian schools for her education.

G.E.M. grew up with a musical background, her mother from Vocal Music department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, her grandmother was a vocal coach, her grandfather was a saxophonist in an orchestra, and her uncle was a violinist.

G.E.M. started to write songs at the age of five.

She would play a few practice songs and improvise them herself.

She was featured in a performance on Hong Kong's Educational Television at the age of seven.

She achieved ABRSM's piano grade 8 at the age of thirteen.

G.E.M. names Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, and Mariah Carey as her influences.

In May 2011, G.E.M. performed a three-day concerts titled Get Everybody Moving Tour in Hong Kong Coliseum, and became the youngest Hong Kong female artist to perform in the venue.

She then performed another five concerts in the same venue in September and embarked a concert tour in eight countries.

In June 2012, she performed alongside Jason Mraz and Khalil Fong at the iTunes Live in Hong Kong, and sang "Lucky" with Jason Mraz.

Her third studio album, Xposed, was released in July 2012.

The lead single, "What Have U Done", peaked number one on all four pop music charts in Hong Kong.

G.E.M. embarked on her X.X.X. Live World Tour in April 2013, in support of her third studio album, Xposed.

The tour started with five shows in Hong Kong Coliseum, and ended with a show at Wembley Arena in London, which is also her debut show in Europe.

There was a total of 73 shows in 4 continents.

In May, she became the youngest nominee ever of Golden Melody Award for Best Female Vocalist Mandarin, with her album Xposed.

In June, she released a cover of Chinese smash hit Intoxicated, which was played for 15 million times on QQ Music within a week.

After releasing three albums in Hong Kong, her appearance in the 2014 edition of Chinese singing competition program I Am a Singer 2 and subsequent 2nd-place finish gained her immense fame and popularity in Greater China.

In January 2014, she appeared in the second season of Hunan TV's I Am a Singer 2 alongside Han Lei, Zhou Bichang, Phil Chang, Gary Chaw and others.

Her second-place finish gained her immense popularity and fame in Greater China.

In 2015, G.E.M. released her first full Mandopop album Heartbeat.

The following year, she became the only Asian artist featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30.

She is the first female Chinese singer to have five music videos that exceed 100 million views on YouTube.