Xu Wei, born in 1968, is from Shaanxi. An important figure in the mainland pop music industry. In 1995, "Perseverance" written and composed by Xu Wei was sung by singer Tian Zhen and became popular all over the country. He had the opportunity to sign with Red Star Production Company and publish his first album "Elsewhere", which immediately caused a sensation. Without any publicity, he Sales volume reached 500,000. In recent years, Xu Wei has been active in the music scene. Not only has he continued to release his own music works, he has also not forgotten to deliver good songs to the music scene. In 1998, as the only two authors in the pop music industry, his works were selected into the Chinese Contemporary Poetry Anthology together with Cui Jian. July 21, 1968: Born in Xi'an. Devout Buddhist 1984: Xu Wei started practicing guitar when he was sixteen years old. April 1986: Won the first prize for duet in the first Xi'an Guitar and Singing Competition, after which he wrote his first song. 1988: Xu Wei came into contact with rock music and received a huge impact. From then on, he determined to be a musician. End of 1990: Xu Wei was demobilized from the army and began his career as a professional guitarist. His guitar skills are recognized as one of the best in the Xi'an music circle. 1991: Composed hundreds of songs including "Don't Cry Baby", "Kuafu", "Wandering" and "Fairy Tale Era", becoming the most prolific local musician. June 1993: Xu Wei gathered all the best musicians in Xi'an to form the "Flying" band. He served as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist and was responsible for writing lyrics and music. December 5, 1993: "Fei" and three other Xi'an bands held their first performance since forming at Xi'an Foreign Languages ??University. The theater of 1,000 people was packed with 3,000 spectators. "Fei" performed five The first work of Xu Wei, Xu Wei's outstanding performance and his unique charm became the most popular band that night. Xu Wei's concert February 1994: "Fly" went to Chengdu for a promotional performance, which was very sensational. After the performance, the band accepted interviews with Chengdu radio stations and major newspapers and magazines. May 1994: "Fei" was interviewed by Japan's "Voice" magazine. July 1994: The band went to Yinchuan to participate in the "Northwest Rock Festival" and performed at the Yinchuan Stadium with three other bands from Lanzhou, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. The finale performance of "Flying" was so outstanding that it attracted the attention of the local media. After the performance, the band accepted Interviews by many media, live recordings of the performance and interviews with the band were broadcast on Yinchuan Radio. After returning to Xi'an, the band accepted a live interview with Shaanxi Literature and Art Station. Demos of the band's songs were also played many times on the radio station, and the response was strong. At the same time, Xu Wei began to serve as a guest host on the art station to introduce Western rock music. October 1994: Xu Wei came to Beijing with his works and contacted Red Star Production Company. The extraordinary charm of his works made Red Star Company immediately announce that they were ready to sign a contract. November 1994: Many top musicians in Beijing expressed their willingness to participate in the recording of Xu Wei's works, and "Two Days" and "Blue Bird" were soon released. For a time, Xu Wei's name quickly became popular all over the country with his two singles. Moreover, these two works have become the favorite repertoire of every guitar player. The strong humanistic color makes him a contemporary youth music idol on the same level as Cui Jian, Zheng Jun, Zhang Chu, etc. 1995: The famous singer Tian Zhen once again became popular all over the country with "Perseverance" written and composed by Xu Wei. This song also became the most popular sung song of the year, winning almost all rankings in the mainland. April 1997: The first solo album "Elsewhere" was officially released and immediately caused a sensation. Without any publicity, the album sold 500,000 copies. At a time when piracy was rampant, this number was already the same as that of mainland China. Record sales were a miracle. January 1998: Xu Wei's first solo album "Elsewhere" won the Best Album of the Year Award in the 1997 Best Album Audience Selection of the Beijing Music Station program "New Music Magazine", once again proving his popularity in China Extraordinary strength in the original new music circle. 1998: As the only two authors in the pop music world, their works, together with Cui Jian, were selected by literary experts into the "Selected Chinese Contemporary Poetry". 1998: Invited by Hong Kong Queen Faye Wong to tailor the song "You" for her album "Singing Tour".

March 1999: "Xu Wei's version" of "Persistence" re-arranged and sung by Xu Wei once again caused a sensation. November 2000: The second album "That Year" was released. The producer was Xu Wei and the musician ***. Without publicity, sales reached 150,000 by word of mouth alone, fully demonstrating the extremely high loyalty of its fan base. Many friends agree that "That Year" is the best album in the history of Chinese rock music so far. Xu Wei deserves this evaluation! Yes, it’s not the most profound, nor the most groundbreaking, nor the most alternative, rebellious or wild, but just the best. Xu Wei’s loneliness, Xu Wei’s melancholy, and Xu Wei’s extraordinary excellence all come from this song. The best melodies on the album flow from the genius. In fact, Xu Wei's 1997 album "Elsewhere" has already amazed many people. Among them, "The City I Miss", "My Autumn" and "Two Days" have all become the classics of Chinese rock love songs. A model. Today's "That Year" is still written, composed, sung and produced by Xu Wei. The entire album still shows Xu Wei's keen, emotional and rich inner world: loneliness and wildness, indifference and enthusiasm, Escape and search, numbness and thinking, perhaps it is this kind of contradiction and struggle that allows Xu Wei to write such wonderful works. 2001: Produced the new album "Pisces" and the title song "Rainbow" for Warner star Ye Bei. 2002: Xu Wei's outstanding musical talent has always been the focus of major record companies, and he finally signed a contract with Shanghai Yifeng Music Culture Communication Co., Ltd., the mainland agency of EMI, one of the world's top five record labels. December 2002: Published third album "Time Walking". "Time Walking" is an album that Xu Wei composed with great concentration for three years. The music style has changed a lot. The music of this album is very different from the desperate, angry and noisy style of the first two albums. It is sad, warm, comfortable and beautiful. It immediately impressed a large number of listeners and is said to have become the favorite of white-collar workers and college students. Some insiders believe that , this change in music is a natural change in Xu Wei's life experience, and is the product of many years of hard work. What remains unchanged in the new album is Xu Wei's impressive ability to control melody and his persistence in music. It is said that during the recording of the album, Beijing musicians visited the recording studio to listen to it, which caused widespread outrage. Some people in the industry even cried on the spot while listening to the new songs in the recording studio. Since the album was released, it has achieved astonishing sales results in just 2 months, especially in the south. Sales results from Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan and other places show that Xu Wei's new album has won awards in terms of style. The wider response and the letters and calls received by the record company fully confirmed the extension of Xu Wei's music route. His music has become more and more warm, comfortable and clear with the changes in his life and worldview. However, some fans who were originally loyal to his early music full of despair and restlessness complained that Xu Wei did not rock. . Xu Wei said that they don't know that kind of suffering. I can no longer give them that kind of misdirection. "This thing has misled many people. They think that rock music should be like this, that it should be decadent." Xu Wei said. At that time, many record companies approached Xu Wei and wanted to sign a contract with him. However, Xu Wei did not want to continue doing it. It seemed that the life related to music scared him. When he was in Beijing, a TV station asked him to perform. Standing on the stage, he felt very uncomfortable. He was extremely doubtful about the future of music. , the blow he received from the first two albums made him feel that the music he made was meaningless. He no longer wanted to do it. He said that his life of practicing piano every day was too lonely, and he just wanted to be among people and feel warm. Yes, warmth, another word that is repeatedly sung in Xu Wei's music, is what he sincerely yearns for. Xu Wei's music has finally reached the public. This new album full of changes has also been recognized by professionals in the industry. Xu Wei won 3 awards in the fourth season of the "Chinese Media Music Awards" selected by music media professionals. , and in the annual awards nominations for the "Music Billboard" hosted by Enlight TV, Xu Wei received 11 nominations.

In 2003, he won 11 nominations and won four awards including "Best Rock Singer" and "Best Rock Album". Finally gave Xu Wei the confidence to be recognized. That day, Xu Wei stood on the stage, and the audience applauded him warmly. He exuded unprecedented brilliance, and his friends in the audience were as excited and happy as he was on the stage. This glory marked Xu Wei's becoming a leader in the industry and The beginning of a famous musician recognized by the public. "Time Walk" has won almost all the awards in the mainland pop music industry. Xu Wei's name is also admired and pursued by countless people with music dreams! Xu Wei’s spirit is particularly valuable in today’s music industry! June 2003: After signing a contract with M2, a subsidiary label of Modern Sky, Jiang Xin recently started the production of her fourth solo album and revealed to the outside world that her long-time friend, the famous musician Xu Wei, will be selected as the vocalist for this album. Producer. In December 2004, Xu Wei, who had been in the music industry for ten years, released his fourth solo album "Every Moment is New". Xu Wei, who was once an "angry young man", has grown into a more stable musician instead of a simple campus singer. As a new generation of spiritual leader in the Chinese music scene, Xu Wei has been in the industry for 10 years and has been practicing for 3 years. Xu Wei has finally completed the three-year preparation. The newly created album "Every moment is brand new". This is an album with the beauty of balance. The eleven songs achieve harmony and unity between heavy and light, urgent and slow, light and dense. Behind those notes is Xu Wei’s ordinary heart beating freely. ——In an era of overwhelming materialism, who knows how rare it is to maintain a normal heart; this is a return to nature album, which clearly shows that no matter how the times change, no matter how the environment changes, some things will never change. It will change. For Xu Wei, it has always meant words like this - simplicity, kindness, purity, brightness, hope, sincerity - but in the album, they are just transformed into the most direct behavior: singing from the heart. In this album, the small things in life described by Xu Wei are like viewing the world through the eyes of children, but the messages in those songs have always been conveyed - joy and hope, tolerance and strength. That is determined by the attitude of the singer when facing life after going through ups and downs. It is a kind of optimistic, calm and calm feeling like a cloud and a breeze. Xu Wei himself said frankly that this completely composed album was his experience after practicing hard, and it contains his joys and sorrows, as well as his undeniable self-change. Therefore, Xu Wei admits that whether it is music or life, this is an album that connects the past and the future, connecting him and us with the same past and future. The song "Once Upon a Time" is a tribute to those youth without regrets and a perfect portrayal of those souls who are still on the road. This album is considered a watershed in Xu Wei's music creation process. February 16, 2006: Released the cover album "On the Road". Although "On the Road..." is an original collection of original works, it does not include "new songs", but classic works written by Xu Wei and performed by other singers, including Lao Lang's "Sunny", Ye Bei's "Rainbow", Faye Wong's "You", Tian Zhen's "Perseverance", etc. In addition, "On the Road..." also includes "Blue Bird" and "Two Days" from the 1994 "Red Star II". These two songs have not been included in any of Xu Wei's albums before, and have only been included in a few collections. Appeared on the record. In August 2008, Mr. Zheng Donghan, the former chairman of EMI Records Asia, officially acquired all the shares of EMI in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and established Gold Medal Dafeng Music Group. All Chinese artist contracts originally signed with EMI Records were transferred to Gold Medal Dafeng, the first Chinese music group transformed from an international company in the history of recording, was born! At the end of 2008, after four years, Xu Wei released his fifth solo album "Love Like a Boy".