Hua Chenyu

Hua Chenyu (born February 7, 1990, in Hubei province, China) is a Chinese rock singer and songwriter.

Hua Chenyu was born to a wealthy family on February 7, 1990, in Zhushan County, Hubei province.

His parents divorced when he was two years old and during his childhood he lived with his father, who remarried when he was ten years old.

He began playing the flute at the age of five and took piano lessons in the fifth grade.

He wrote his first song at the age of twelve after mastering piano.

After finishing middle school, Hua moved to Wuhan alone to attend the Fine Arts High School there.

In 2010, he passed the college entrance examination and entered the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, where he studied pop music vocal performance and became the vocalist of a college rock band called Conseer.

Chenyu became famous after winning the 2013 Super Boy singing contest, which was produced by Hunan TV in China.

In 2013, shortly before graduating from conservatory, Hua entered the casting for the television talent contest Super Boy, which was produced by Hunan TV.

On his first appearance to the audience, he sang his original "Lyricless Song" that gave him the label of being like a "Martian" for his unique expression.

Two of the three judges considered him to be odd or crazy, but after the third judge Laure Shang asked him a few questions and sang a lyricless duet with him, she said "he is a genius!"

because "he knew intuitively how to express emotions through music".

Due to the recommendation of Laure Shang and his performance of "The Kill", Hua made it past the first round of audition.

He later sang with Laure Shang the song "The Star" in the final round on September 27, 2013.

Chenyu Hua won the 2013 "Super Boy" contest.

After the competition, Hua was signed to the Chinese record labels EE-Media, where the most of the Super Boy and Super Girl contestants are linked.

His debut single "Me and Myself" was released in September 2013.

Hua also took part in the Super Boy Tour with other contestants, in which they toured eleven major Chinese cities.

He released his debut album Quasimodo's Gift on September 18, 2014, which peaked at number one on the Jingdong Top 100 Annual Sales Chart (Music).

His first headline concert, "Mars Concert", was held in Beijing on September 6, 2014, before his debut album was released.

Over 10,000 tickets were sold out within two minutes, breaking several records and making him the first mainland Chinese singer of his generation to hold concerts in a large arena.

Another concert on September 7 was then announced and sold out.

Since then, Hua Chenyu tours his "Mars" Concerts throughout China.

Chenyu Hua went to Italy and Spain to film for the TVN reality show "Divas Hit the Road" in April 2014 and the show was broadcast from April 25.

The first episode received the highest viewership in its broadcast time slot.

In June, he was invited by the popular Korean eyewear brand ALO as the first Chinese brand ambassador and went to Korea for the advertising photography.

In less than a year since Hua's debut, he announced his first headlining concert, Mars Concert, in May 2014.

On June 28, 2014, over 10,000 concert tickets for his first show on September 6 were sold out in 92 seconds.

His second physical album Aliens was released in December 2015.

At a "Mars" concert in 2016, he became the first Chinese singer with the first generation to hold a four-sided concert.

On March 7, 2017, he released his third album H, which refers to his family name initial.

He gained widespread recognition for his music talent, strong vocal ability and stage performance after participating in Singer 2018.

One of the critics from the show states that Hua Chenyu has brought the Chinese pop music to a new level of art after his cover performance of 《Fake Monk》(假行僧). Many songs he composed contain his thoughts to the world or imply his own story that he would like to share with his fans.

Songs like 《Qi Tian齊天》 , 《Madhouse 瘋人院》 , 《Seven Personalities 七重人格》 , 《Bull Fight 鬥牛》 ,and more are all stamped with his unique creation and deep messages.

In his 2022 interview with Bazaar Man Magazine, he states that rock spirit is the base color of this life and is also the root of his music.

In a music market dominated by ballad style of Chinese pop songs, he refuses to be limited and be defined in a framed genre.

On September 8 and 9, 2018, he performed in the Beijing National Stadium in front of 90,000 people each day, becoming the only mainland Chinese singer to perform in this venue successively.

His single "I really want to love this world" went on sale digitally on December 4, 2019, selling more than seven million copies and a revenue of over ¥63 millions (US$9.3 million) within six months.

His fourth album "New World" went on sale in April 2020.

It was sold digitally and as USB and CD; sales of the digital album reached 1.65 million, exceeding ¥33 million (around US$4.8 million) by early August 2020.