Online singers suddenly emerged in the Chinese music scene at the beginning of the 21st century, and online songs have become an indispensable part of popular music.

In 2001, musician Xuecun's original song "Northeastern People Are All Living Thunder Front" became popular on the Internet.

In 2002, college student Tang Lei uploaded the original song "Lilac Flower". Soon after, the song entered the top 10 of Baidu Music Search.

In 2004, Donglai Dongliang's "Don't Say My Tears Don't Matter" and Pang Long's "Two Butterflies" also flew into people's homes via the Internet. The little girl Xiangxiang sang hundreds of covers and put them on the Internet. , achieved the "Star Dream Romance".

In 2005, "Mouse Loves Rice" made Yang Chengang, who was originally unknown, famous overnight.

In 2005, our country held the first China Internet Music Festival, striving to create an online "Grammy".

In 2006, the number of online participants in the Second China Online Music Festival reached 400,000.

In 2007, the third China Online Music Festival set up 8 competition areas across the country, covering all provinces and cities in mainland China.

In 2008, the 4th China Internet Music Festival with the theme of "Moving the Internet, Singing True Love" was an unprecedented event.

After 2009, Xu Song, Xu Liang, Wang Sulong and others opened up a new era of online music.

In 2014, the Chopstick Brothers' "Little Apple", Zhao Keyan's "Don't Give Me a Hundred Dollars", Pang Mailang's "My Skateboard Shoes", Sun Bo's "No Need to Say I Loved You" and other Internet divine songs Newcomers have also joined the ranks of online singers. Their unprofessional singing and low-quality arrangements have quickly become popular.

In 2015, Internet pop songs such as "About Life Without You" and "The Promise" by Wang Yuchen and Wang Wei made original singers join the ranks of Internet singers. Their professional singing and high-quality arrangements made them It went viral quickly.