Yuan Yawei

Yuan Yawei (Tia Ray), born on December 12, 1984 in Huaihua City, Hunan Province, is a singer-songwriter.

At the end of 2007, the first original band "SoulSide" was formed. In 2008, he participated in the recording of the Ramp; B version of the Beijing Olympics theme song "Me and You". In 2010, the band ThaKnutZ was formed. In July 2012, he participated in Zhejiang Satellite TV's music talent show "The Voice of China" and was recruited by his mentor Liu Huan. In November 2014, he released his first solo album "T.I.A.". With this album, he won the "Outstanding Young Singer Award" and "Best Stage Performance Award" on the 10th King of Songs Golden Melody List, and also won the 16th Chinese Music Media Award. Nominated for the "Jury's Choice Award". In November 2015, he joined Dragon TV's international exchange singing competition program "China Star". In January 2017, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's original music variety show "Singer" as the first singer. In February 2018, he joined the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang his personal masterpiece "Extraordinary" with Jam Hsiao and Dimash. In April, he released his second solo album "TIARA". On April 1st, the album's first attitude single "Don't Talk Nonsense" was officially released.

In October 2019, he won the 2019 Soul/R&B Singer of the Year on the Asian New Song Chart.

Chinese name: Yuan Yawei

Foreign name: TiaRay

Nationality: Chinese

Constellation: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Huaihua City, Hunan Province

Date of Birth: December 12, 1984

Occupation: Singer

Agency: Beijing Dixing Chuangyi Cultural Development Co., Ltd./Warner Records

Representative works: Extraordinary., LuckyRain, Let's Leave, Achu Girl

Main Achievements: "Outstanding" on the 10th King of Songs Golden Melody List Young Singer Award"

The 10th King of Songs Golden Melody List "Best Stage Performance Award"

Music Style: NEO-SOUL, JAZZRamp; B

Early Years Experience

Yuan Yawei has had a strong interest in music since she was a child. At the age of 16, she entered an art school to study performance and went to Beijing to develop her career after graduation. In 2004, Yuan Yawei went to Japan to study and received formal music training, and returned to China in 2007.

Acting experience

In July 2007, he sang the ending song "Embroidered Injury" for the TV series "Stage Sisters"; at the end of 2007, he formed the first original band "SoulSide".

In 2008, he participated in the recording of the theme song of the Beijing Olympic Games and sang the Ramp; On the same day, he served as a guest performer at the concert of Zhang Yadong's works. On December 30, 2009, he was invited to be the guest of "From Bach to Michael Jackson: A Brief History of Music Concert".

In 2010, the band ThaKnutZ was formed, which was also the first band in China to be based on Jazz and integrate R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop and Funk music styles; in May, for the Wenchuan Earthquake The theme song "Tacit Understanding of Love" was sung to commemorate the second anniversary of the film "The Moment of Life and Death".

On June 19, 2011, he served as a guest performer at the "ArtOnIce Ice Dance Shanghai-Lang Lang and His Champion Partners" ice dance ceremony; in July, he participated in Beijing's "Summer" as the lead singer of "ThaKnutz Band" "Time" Jazz Concert; from October 9th to 13th, Yuan Yawei and the ThaKnutz Band were invited to participate in the 2nd International (Changsha) Jazz Music Week, holding a jazz concert at the Hunan Grand Theater for 5 consecutive nights; in November, singing Chen Weilun's work "Lian Wuji" was included in Chen Weilun's first producer album "The Color of Night".

In July 2012, he participated in Zhejiang Satellite TV's "The Voice of China" and was recruited by his mentor Liu Huan; in October, he was invited to participate in the Jazz Shanghai Music Festival; on December 12, his birthday was held at the People's Liberation Army Opera House in Beijing concert. On December 14, he served as a guest at Chang Shilei's experimental concert "We Shouldn't Be Alone". On December 15, he served as a guest at Cui Jian's "Blue Bones" Beijing concert and sang "The Love of Fish and Birds" with him. On December 20, he attended the "BQ Popularity List Awards Ceremony" and won the "Pop Music Popularity" award.

On January 26, 2013, he participated in the "Same Song·1.9 Billion Applause - Teresa Teng's 60th Birthday Commemorative Concert" held in Beijing; in May, he participated in Shandong Satellite TV's "Singing Legend", Adapted and performed "Mona Lisa's Tears"; in May, Yuan Yawei's original work "Want to Love" was included in the China Good Voice student compilation "Where Dreams Begin"; on May 23, the single "Despicable" was released. In June, he served as a guest performer at the "Maple Love Orange Island" International Jazz Festival held in Changsha; in August, he sang "My Dream", the theme song of the 9th Beijing International Sports Film Week, with Chang Shilei ***; 8 On November 24, he collaborated with Cui Jian for the second time and served as a guest at the "Cui Jian China Tour Yancheng Station Rock Concert"; on November 28, he released the single "LoveCanFly"; on December 12, he signed a contract with Gold Medal Dafeng.

From January to March 2014, four consecutive solo concerts of Yuan Yawei's "ThisIsAmazing" series were held in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu. Among them, the first concert in Beijing on January 11th was held in the circle. Many friends from China came to support, Liu Huan even attended with his family ***; in February, the EP "Forgot on Travel" was released; in April, affected by the acquisition of Gold Medal Gale Records, Yuan Yawei officially joined Warner Records; in June, Collaborated with Fang Datong on the song "Peace", which was included in Fang Datong's album "Dangerous World", and served as the heroine of the song MV; on November 18, he released his first album "T.I.A.". This Neo-Soul style album invited Chang Shilei , Fang Datong, Gong Shuoliang and many other musicians participated in the production; in December, he was invited by Australia's "International Chinese Film Festival" to attend the awards ceremony in Melbourne and sang the album's title song "Think Different" for the first time.

On January 5, 2015, the EP "Bloom" was released; on January 31, he was invited to attend the "10th King of Songs Golden Melody Global Chinese Music Festival" and won the award with the album "T.I.A." "Outstanding Young Singer Award" and "Best Stage Performance Award" two major awards; in June, he joined the preparatory activities for soliciting music works for the Winter Olympics, served as a singer and participated in the recording of a music TV short film to promote the Winter Olympics songs; in October On the 12th, he was invited by Huang Yong to participate in the "Jazz China" concert held in Beijing. This concert is held every two years and marks the development level of China's highest-level original jazz. In November, he joined Dragon TV's "China Star" ", its cover of the song "Achu Girl" was well received by the audience. In the seventh period, she won the championship with her song "Crescent Moon Spring" and finally entered the finals; in the same month, she sang the episode of the TV series "Good Evening Teacher"; 11 On the 24th, the album "T.I.A." was once again nominated for the "Jury Recommendation Award" at the 16th Chinese Music Media Awards.

In January 2016, he sang the theme song "Daddy Long Legs" of the school drama "Good Evening Teacher"; on February 6, he participated in the annual finals of "China Star", with Sun Nan, Tan Weiwei, Xu Zhian, Six singers including Jike Junyi and Yang Le competed for the championship of the first season of "China Star"; on May 31, Yuan Yawei and Ding Donghui, deputy director of the San Jose Arts City Hall, held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Beijing ; On July 22, Yuan Yawei’s solo concert was held at Wukesong Huiyuan Space in Beijing, with many friends in the circle present; in October, she was invited to participate in the Jazz Shanghai Music Festival for the sixth time, and on October 21 in Chongqing A special concert of "Soul Singer Yuan Yawei" at the Jazz Music Festival was held.

In January 2017, he participated in the Hunan Satellite TV original singer competition reality show "Singer" as the starting lineup. In May, he participated in the recording of Hunan Satellite TV's interactive music variety show "I Want to Sing with You"; in August, he participated in the iQiyi variety show "China Has Hip Hop".

In October, he sang the opening song "Roll" for the happy twist movie "The Shameful Iron Fist"; in November, he attended the finals of the fashion reality show "Angel Road" as a special guest; in December, he sang the song "Roll" for the movie "The Ex 3: Goodbye Ex". Sing the theme song "Let's break up";

In January 2018, Yuan Yawei sang the promotional song "Fearless" and MV for the movie "Mai Bingbing: Treasure Hunting Couple "Cute"" Go online. On February 15, at the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Jam Hsiao, Yuan Yawei, and Dimash sang the song "Extraordinary". On March 2, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's Lantern Festival Gala; on March 23, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "Tian Tian Shang Shang"; on April 1, he released the first single of the new album "Don't Talk Nonsense". On April 20, the second new album "TIARA" was released; on April 20, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "2018 Singer Golden Ceremony Night" and sang "See You at the Next Crossing" with Ma Boqian. On April 29, the new song "Lucky Rain" in collaboration with Wang Jiaer was released. On May 17, the "hidden tracks" of the album "TIARA" were exposed, and she performed the romantic love song "Just My Luck" and the Chinese version of "Romanticism" with "new R&B singer" Kehlani***. On June 2, the first stop (Chengdu) of Yuan Yawei’s TIARA tour concert in 2018 started. In July, he attended the "Run Carnival" and sang "Let's Leave" with Zheng Kai. On the 18th, Waka Song Nianyu sang the theme song "You'reMyOnlyOne" for the iQiyi online drama "Me and Two Him". On August 8, he served as a guest at Wilber Pan's concert. The two reunited and sang the new single "Moonlight" for the first time. In October, Yuan Yawei served as a judge for the National New Voice Singer Competition. On October 12, Yuan Yawei attended the 2018 Harper's Bazaar Charity Night in Beijing and sang the song "Just My Luck".

In January 2019, he participated in the recording of Youku's art training and education program "In the Name of the Group" and served as a vocal teacher.

In January 2020, he participated in the Hunan Satellite TV music competition program "The Year of the Singer" as the starting lineup.

Main Works

Musical Works

Variety Shows

Concert Records

Social Activities

In May 2008, he participated in the recording of the earthquake relief song "Love Pass on Love".

On July 7, 2013, Yuan Yawei participated in the CCTV charity program "For You" and led her caring team to win a charity for the villagers and children in Zhangjiawan Village, Hunan Assistance funds were used to build a safe travel road; in December, the "Yuan Yawei LoveCanFly Charity Action" was launched in partnership with the Mango V Foundation to build "happy music classrooms" for children in poor areas and purchase music equipment for music teachers. .

In January 2014, as a representative of Chinese artists, he went to the UK to participate in the "China-UK Youth Football Cultural Exchange" event, and served as the "Football Dream Foundation Image Ambassador" together with Beckham ***.

On June 12, 2016, participated in the "Huayi Brothers Fashion Night FashionPop" and supported the Huayi Brothers Charity Fund's "Change Cinema" project.

On October 24, 2017, Yuan Yawei participated in the recording of the charity song "Sing 2030" with other stars, which was the first Chinese charity song in the United Nations system.

Award-winning record

Character evaluation

Yuan Yawei’s voice is an international voice, a voice that can be understood in any corner of the world. (Luca's review)

Yuan Yawei is a comprehensive singer with soul and dexterity. She is free and unrestrained in singing and has strong mobility. Her control of music is beyond anyone's expectations. (Comments by Yu Chengqing)

Yuan Yawei's soul-style singing voice is gentle and changeable. She can master the ups and downs of the melody skillfully, and her singing skills are amazing. (Xinhua Entertainment Review)

Yuan Yawei has a voice that sings from the depths of his soul and also releases the souls of others.

He is free and unrestrained in singing and has strong mobility. His control of music is beyond anyone's expectations (Golden Eagle Online Review)

Yuan Yawei has a solid musical foundation and can freely control such music as dolphin music. With an enhanced version of falsetto singing, her voice is also naturally endowed with the smoky texture of jazz, which is quite chewable. (Review from "Yangtze Evening News")